A universal assembly for true discernment
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 299
Everything is love.
If you see any differently,
your seeing is in error.
Take My advice.
Practice as I ask.
Today is a day of review
and self-reflection.
Do not judge
your opportunities for improvement,
but seize them with the heart
in gratitude.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Today’s message speaks directly to your desire to awaken. Likely, somewhere deep inside, you already know everything today’s message has to teach, although the mind does not think about this knowledge. The mind’s thinking distracts us from the wisdom that is clear through today’s message.
Today, we are told that our primary interest now is to lose interest in the mind. That is to lose interest in mental chatter. Just as the only way to stop smoking is to stop smoking, the only way to stop listening to mental chatter is to stop listening to mental chatter. As today’s message points out, we can’t be free by quieting the mind for a little bit each day if we engage in mental chatter the rest of the day, just as you can’t quit smoking by not smoking from 7am-10am while still smoking the rest of the day.
In today’s message, Inner Ramana says:
I ask you to be my student.
If your heart says, “Yes,” to this invitation, read today’s message very carefully. Notice how much you love its instruction. Read it lovingly two or three times! And then give your best effort to practicing the mantra and surrender today.
Note: The next tip will be available tomorrow morning after 3:50am ET at this link
These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.
The final three training sessions are being offered today.
Click here for the Zoom training schedule.
You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:
1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours. However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.
https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary
2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.
3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.
To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:
Sanctuary Program Schedule
How to Enter the Sanctuary
Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.
If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This only works if you’ve entered the Sanctuary at least once before.):
1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.
2. Click on Join a Meeting
3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)
4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 298
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 298
Peace is acceptance.
It is not acceptance of non-truth,
for non-truth does not exist.
Non-truth is only imagined.
Peace is acceptance of truth,
and willingness to let go of imagining.
~ From our Holy Spirit
As we saw yesterday, in the language of The Teachings of Inner Ramana, Self-realization is the equivalent of true perception, which is awakening to consciousness. One is “awake” when one awakens to reality, the First Principle of God.
Today’s reading says that quieting the mind is essential to Self-realization. It also says that the purpose of the mantra is to help us quiet the mind. That is the same as saying that the purpose of the mantra is to help us disengage from mental chatter.
Today’s reading shares four guidelines for effective use of the mantra. Please review the guidelines carefully so you can remember them and practice the mantra in the way today’s reading recommends. Also, remember to practice surrender today as it was taught on Day 296.
Note: The next tip will be available tomorrow morning after 3:50am ET at this link
These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.
There are three training sessions offered today.
Click here for the Zoom training schedule.
You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:
1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours. However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.
https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary
2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.
3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.
To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:
Sanctuary Program Schedule
How to Enter the Sanctuary
Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.
If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This only works if you’ve opened the Sanctuary at least once before.):
1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.
2. Click on Join a Meeting
3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)
4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.
Join us in the Awakening Together Sanctuary this coming Sunday night, December 2, at 8pm ET/5pm Pacific for the Fourth Quarter Member Meeting. The agenda for this quarter’s meeting is:
The meeting will be led by Regina Dawn Akers. It will also be recorded and posted on our website under Audios & Videos, Member Meetings.
Reminder: The Sanctuary will be in Zoom starting this Sunday. To enter the Sanctuary, go to the Sanctuary Schedule page on our website, and then click Enter the Sanctuary in Zoom.
