A universal assembly for true discernment
In this program, Rev. Cyndi will explore how we can use the Conditioning Loop (What I think, I see, what I see, I experience, what I experience I think) to shine a light on how the little self works to keep us in the dark. She will be using personal stories, contemplations, and wisdom teachings. Join Cyndi in using the world that we see and the thoughts that we think to Awaken Together.
Wednesdays 12:00-12:30 p.m. ET
Please join Josh Putnam who will be joining us for our September Satsang. This special event will take place on Sunday, September 15th, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. MT in our Zoom sanctuary. Josh will be interviewed by Joe Schmitz.
Here is some information about Josh Putnam:
Josh is a highly experienced professional with over 25 years of teaching experience in the fields of acting and spirituality. Initially trained as a teacher, actor, and director. He spent over two decades as an esteemed acting coach, running a successful theatre company. Along the way, Josh embarked on a personal spiritual journey, exploring the universe and eventually finding a path within the non-dual context. After a transformative encounter, Josh dedicated himself to guiding individuals along their spiritual path. In concert with his wealth of experience and intuition Josh is able to meet people exactly where they are on their journey, offering direct and personalized support and clarity. His clients describe him as authentic, exceptionally skillful, warm, indispensable, compassionate, and enlightening, authentic and direct. With Josh’s guidance, you’ll learn to be present and embrace every moment of life.
We look forward to being with all who are able to join us!
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole play Regina Dawn Akers’ Early Teaching videos and invite those in attendance to contemplate those teachings along with them.
Because these teachings are so helpful, Jacquelyn and Connie plan to slowly review them by playing one or two of them each week and contemplating them in a group format.
Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 pm ET
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Here’s a link to RDA Early Teaching that will be played next week: “Purifying the Mind of False Beliefs, Part 1”
Rev. Dianne Scott guides a group of committed students through year 1 of Gentle Healing who want to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Tuesdays at 3-5 pm ET/1-3 pm MT. All members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.
During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.
To deepen further into the teachings from Heart Exploration here’s a link to the Being Aware of Awareness meditation podcast. In these meditations, the reading from Heart Explorations is contemplated.
Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Tuesdays, 9-11 am ET
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Jill Grace facilitated today while Michele takes a holiday. Jill guided 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:
Registration closing TODAY @ 5 pm ET.“When I met my Guru, he told me: ‘You are not what you take yourself to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense I am, find your real Self.’ I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. …
I simply followed (my teacher’s) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being I am, and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the I am in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared — myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.” ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Join us as we contemplate the extremely profound teachings of a great sage, a cigarette salesman, who trusted his guru completely and awakened to become one of the most perspicacious teachers of our time.
In this course you will learn to:
1. Allow inner spiritual intuition to guide you to a small portion of a teaching so you can go deeper within that teaching.
2. Write from beyond one’s self in order to realize additional clarity or commitment.
3. Meditate on the sense of ‘I Am’, also known as awareness watching awareness.
Course Duration: 4 weeks
Homework & Course Begins: Monday, September 9, 2024
Last Day of Course: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Facilitators: Rev. Susan Telford
Individual Homework Time Commitment: An hour per day 5 days per week.
Structure of Course: Forum. Four weeks including one introductory video and reviewing one other participant’s homework.
Textbook needed: The textbook needed is “I Am That” by Nisargadatta Maharaj (or use the free pdf format.)
Format: Classes will be held live on a Zoom Link weekly.
Cost: $120*
Registration closes: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 @ 5 p.m. ET
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Join us for an engaging and insightful study group as we explore “Awake: It’s Your Turn” by Angelo DiLullo. This group will convene every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ET, beginning September 3, 2024. Each week, a new facilitator will lead the discussion. We welcome everyone to join us in this journey of awakening and self-discovery. Participants are also encouraged to take a turn facilitating the discussion, making this a collaborative and enriching experience for all.
“Awake: It’s Your Turn” is a transformative book that invites readers to awaken to their true nature through direct experience. Angelo DiLullo shares profound insights and practical guidance to help individuals transcend their everyday experiences and discover a deeper sense of presence and awareness. Through a combination of personal anecdotes, philosophical reflections, and meditative practices, DiLullo encourages readers to embark on a path of self-realization and spiritual awakening.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow together! Whether you are new to these teachings or a seasoned practitioner, this group promises to offer valuable insights with meaningful connections.
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Are you ready to share your insights and let your light shine? Have you ever experienced a moment of clarity about a challenge in your life and felt the urge to share it with your spiritual community, but weren’t quite prepared to commit to a weekly program?
Join us for the brand new program,“Member Spotlight” hosted by Rona Marren, where you share. This is an opportunity to teach yourself what you most need to learn by committing to sharing in the sanctuary for 10-15 minutes, without making a commitment to share weekly.
This new program will debut on Thursday, September 5th and will be weekly on Thursdays 2:00pm-2:30 pm ET/12:00-12:30 pm MT in the Awakening Together Zoom Sanctuary.
This program is inspired by the principle of teaching what we seek to learn for our own awakening. We’ve called this new program “Member Spotlight” because the purpose is to provide a platform for members to share whatever is on their heart in brief segments of 10-15 minutes, live in the sanctuary. No need to commit to a weekly sharing. You sign up to share as you are called by Inner Wisdom.
Examples of what to consider sharing:
Interested participants can start signing up now for available time slots.
Please use this link to sign up for your time to share: AT Member Spotlight
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This is Enlightened Leadership, Tao Te Ching’s Last Program
Awakening Together’s Vice President-Minister, Rev. Rhoda Makled, and Rev. David Hemphill share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them.
The Tao Te Ching (The Way), written by Lao-Tzu (Old Teacher), is a guide to enlightened leadership. While most people believe effective leadership lies in knowledge and power, the Tao teaches it lies in emptiness, stillness, and presence.
The pair are using three books including interpretations by Derek Lin, Wayne Wang, and Stephen Mitchell. And now they are excited to add Regina’s translation to their contemplations of the Tao and you are invited to join them each Sunday.
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