Audio & Homework~ Gentle Healing Year 2 with Rev. Michele Hojnacki – Week 93

November 26, 2024

Rev. Michele Hojnacki guides a group of committed students through year 2 of Gentle Healing who want to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Mondays at 5-7 pm ET/3-5 pm MT and all members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.

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Homework for next week:

Homework Assignment A: Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
Homework Assignment B: Thoughts of Awakening 274-280 including the Commentary on Love (Day 274).
Homework Assignment C: Read NTI Revelation 6-11. Read the Bible excerpt whenever there is a Bible icon next to the verses in NTI Revelation. Do the journaling exercises mentioned in NTI Revelation 8, 9, and 10. No NTI Reading on Day 274.

If you do not already have The Teaching of Inner Ramana, order it now. We will begin reading from that book in Week 97.

2025 Gentle Healing Group: Year 1 – BEGINS JAN. 3, 2025

November 25, 2024

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Gentle Healing group for 2025! Whether you’re just starting your journey with us or continuing to deepen your practice, we have something special for you. Read on to discover more about our Year 1 class.

Consistent Gentle Healing Year 1: A Journey Begins

Join us for the inaugural session of our newest Gentle Healing Year 1 group. This weekly session provides a space for sharing experiences and learning new practices, encouraging growth and inner peace that resonate in your daily life.

🗓️ WHEN: Starting on Friday, January 3, 2024. Meetings are scheduled every Friday from 10 am – 12 pm ET (8-10 am MT).

🛐 WHERE: Participants will meet in the Sanctuary.

🧑‍🏫 FACILITATOR: This group will be led by Revs. Melody Brauninger and Erica Joy West.

The Gentle Healing Curriculum is designed to foster steady and gentle progress toward a life filled with peace, joy, and love. It’s an open invitation to anyone committed to their healing and awakening journey. Our Year 1 group will explore profound insights through daily workbook lessons from “A Course in Miracles,” “The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI),” Michael Singer’s “Untethered Soul,” Gina Lake’s “In the World but Not of It,” among other transformative teachings.

Interested in joining? Simply arrive at the Sanctuary on January 3rd at 10am ET. No prior registration is needed. Please note that participants are required to purchase their own copies of “A Course in Miracles” (Foundation for Inner Peace Edition) and “The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI).”

ACIM Manual For Teachers — Section 4.9: Faithfulness

November 25, 2024

Faithfulness

Listen to Mediation Recording.

Excerpt from the reading:

”The extent of the teacher of God’s faithfulness is the measure of his advancement in the curriculum. ²Does he still select some aspects of his life to bring to his learning, while keeping others apart? ³If so, his advancement is limited, and his trust not yet firmly established. ⁴Faithfulness is the teacher of God’s trust in the Word of God to set all things right; not just some things, but all things.”

Excerpt from the contemplation:

“I like the reminder in this section to simply look and see as I go through the day to see if there is any aspect of life which is kept apart from faithfulness in Oneness, and if there is some found, to not be judgmental of it , but to just look at it with curiosity as to the why? What is it that is valued more? And through looking I can become clear on what it is I truly want. So part of this faithfulness is the looking for beliefs. Faithfulness is the teachers of God’s trust in the word of God that we are not separate but One Being-ness. Trusting either from devotion or from our own experience or from a combination of the two. And I like the reminder that Jesus has been telling us all throughout this book which is to set all things right consistently, not some, but all.”

📖Meditate and Contemplate ACIM Manual for Teachers with Rev. Karen Worth.

💬Here is a general section in the forum where you can share your daily contemplations.

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Listen to the Voice That Likes You ~ The Mighty Companions Hour ~ 11-10-24

November 25, 2024

Please join Rev. Yolanda as she continues to share her beautiful voice and heart during The Mighty Companions Hour. This is a program she and her late, beloved husband, Rev. Glen Ganaway began in 2020.

Rev. Yolanda Mapes, who is an interfaith minister, shares a delightful, funny, and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM. You can find out more about the Mighty Companions on the website: themightycompanions.com

Live in the Sanctuary on Sundays at 5 pm ET/3 pm MT.
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*We ask anyone who feels called to please help support our beloved Rev. Yolanda as she walks through this difficult time. Donations are now being accepted. Please clink on this link https://gofund.me/545d958a

Registration CLOSES TODAY: The Teachings of Inner Ramana Course

November 24, 2024

Registration Closes Today.

The Teachings of Inner Ramana came to our founder, Rev. Regina Dawn Akers, in 2009 when she said a prayer asking for something to take her to the next step. It teaches three tools, surrender, mantra and self-inquiry, which work together to help break the addiction to the chattering mind.

ALL who are called are invited to join us for this course.

In this course you will:

1. Become familiar with surrender as a means of tuning into spiritual intuition for guidance in everyday circumstances.

2. Practice the mantra as a way of gently removing attention from mental chatter.

3. Practice self-inquiry in order to notice that the “I” in thought is only thought.

4. Practice Self-inquiry in order to seek for the true Self.

Course Duration: 3 weeks

Course Starting Date & Homework Begins: Monday, December 2, 2024

Last Day of Course: Sunday, December 22, 2024

Facilitators: Rev. Kelly Barber

Individual Homework Time Commitment: 45 minutes per day seven days per week

Textbook needed: The Teachings of Inner Ramana by Regina Dawn Akers available on Amazon.

Format: Forum

Cost: $90

Registration closes: November 25, 2024 @ 5 p.m. ET

For more information on this class, click here.

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ACIM Manual For Teachers — Section 4.8: Patience

November 24, 2024

Patience

Listen to Mediation Recording.

Jesus says that Trust is the bedrock of characteristics. Trusting that you are what you are is critical. The spending of time with seeing what you are from your own experience is very important to this step of Patience. When we fall into impatience it’s because we have forgotten who we are, we have become confused about the I Am that we think we are. If you are confused about what you are, you have no trust in what you are, then you won’t be able to be consistent about the outcome. If you are interested in diving deeply into Self-Inquiry as per Sri Ramana Maharshi I can point you to some resources. Reach out in the forum and we can investigate that together.

An excerpt from the Reading:

“Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety. Patience is natural to the teacher of God. All he sees is certain outcome, at a time perhaps unknown to him as yet, but not in doubt. The time will be as right as is the answer. And this is true for everything that happens now or in the future. The past as well held no mistakes; nothing that did not serve to benefit the world, as well as him to whom it seemed to happen. Perhaps it was not understood at the time. Even so, the teacher of God is willing to reconsider all his past decisions, if they are causing pain to anyone. Patience is natural to those who trust. Sure of the ultimate interpretation of all things in time, no outcome already seen or yet to come can cause them fear.”

📖Meditate and Contemplate ACIM Manual for Teachers with Rev. Karen Worth.

💬Here is a general section in the forum where you can share your daily contemplations.

🫶DONATE: If you feel called to donate to support FREE offerings and the many resources at Awakening Together you may do so here.

11-24-24 Weekly Gathering, “Practicing Mindful Activism” with Rev. Erica West

November 24, 2024

Title: “Practicing Mindful Activism”

Description: In a time of increased suffering from growing economic inequality, social injustices and polarization, what is our spiritual responsibility to activism? By looking at social justice through a dharmic lens we can use the spiritual wisdom of the Four Noble Truths to actively participate in the transformation of our society.

Reading: Rona Marren read The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, Chapter 28 “Touching the Buddha Within”, Pgs. 418-419.

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FINAL PROGRAM ~ Contemplating Poetry Using Lectio Divina with Rev. Susan Telford ~ 11-24-24

November 24, 2024

This is the final installment of Contemplating Poetry Using Lectio Divina.

Rev. Susan Telford guides us in learning the contemplative practice of Lectio Divina using poetry.

In each session, Rev. Susan reads a poem, drawing from a wide range of poets, including Rumi, Hafiz, David Whyte, Mary Oliver, John O’Donohue, and many others (including her own work), then guides participants through the four steps of Lectio Divina.

Susan shares that this direct practice is a beautiful way to connect with Inner Wisdom and obtain clarity.

*This was a special edition program in honor of our dear Rev. Glenn Ganaway. Glen was a regular attendee for the Lectio sessions and his spouse, Rev. Yolanda Mapes shared three of Glen’s favorite Rumi poems which were contemplated during this program.

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Closing Soon ~ Pray Without Ceasing: Dec 2-6

November 23, 2024

Pray Without Ceasing

An Online Retreat

December 2-6

with Anne Blanchard

Ramana Maharshi observed there were two primary paths to Self-Realization; the first being the path of wisdom or self-inquiry and the second being the path of devotion. In this retreat, we will take a deep dive into the second path, which has been called the way of the heart. Participants will contemplate what it means to pray, to whom or to what do we pray, and most importantly, how to cultivate and sustain a deep and enduring regular practice of prayer. Join facilitator Anne Blanchard as she guides participants through an examination of what is required in the devotional pathway and how one’s way of being can become love: a love of Truth and God and a willingness to let go and surrender anything blocking the experience of this love.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning about 1pm ET (11am MT).

Retreat Fee is $300

$50 non-refundable deposit is required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Registration Closes on November 30th at 5pm ET

Contact us for scholarship information.

ACIM Manual For Teachers — Section 4.7: Generosity

November 23, 2024

Generosity

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This section is very thought provoking. Jesus explains the term generosity has special meaning to the teacher of God. It is not the usual meaning of the word; in fact, it is a meaning that must be learned and learned very carefully. Like all the other attributes of God’s teachers this one rests ultimately on trust, for without trust no one can be generous in the true sense. To the world, generosity means “giving away” in the sense of “giving up.” To the teachers of God, it means giving away in order to keep. This has been emphasized throughout the text and the workbook, but it is perhaps more alien to the thinking of the world than many other ideas in our curriculum. Its greater strangeness lies merely in the obviousness of its reversal of the world’s thinking. In the clearest way possible, and at the simplest of levels, the word means the exact opposite to the teachers of God and to the world.

One of the things I came to see from contemplating this section was shared like this: “Forgiveness is the generosity of seeing the truth of what everything is. And so forgiving another, seeing the truth of what they are, and forgiving yourself is seeing the truth of what you are, that we are. All this is generosity.”

📖Meditate and Contemplate ACIM Manual for Teachers with Rev. Karen Worth.

💬Here is a general section in the forum where you can share your daily contemplations.

🫶DONATE: If you feel called to donate to support FREE offerings and the many resources at Awakening Together you may do so here.