Audio & Homework~ Gentle Healing Year 2 with Rev. Michele Hojnacki – Week 78

August 12, 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, 162-168.
Homework Assignment C: Read NTI 1 Corinthians 3 – 9. Follow the daily reading assignment given in the tips.

Discover “Who We Are” — Foundation of Awakening Together

August 11, 2024

We are excited to announce the addition of a new video to the Ministers’ Playlist. In this insightful video, you will find:

A brief history of Awakening Together
An overview of our Constitution
Our financial and growth philosophies

This video provides a comprehensive understanding of our organization and its guiding principles. We believe that understanding these aspects will enhance your engagement and deepen your connection with our collective journey.

Watch the Video Now: Discover “Who We Are”

Who Should Watch? While this video was initially created for Awakening Together Ministers, we encourage anyone within the Awakening Together community who is interested in learning more about our organization’s core identity to take the time to watch. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of who we are and what we stand for.

Accessing the Ministers’ Playlist: You can always access the Ministers’ Playlist on YouTube by following these steps:

Go to the Classes section on our website’s menu bar.
Click on Minister Preparation Program (MPP).
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Free Continuing Education for AT Ordained Ministers.

We hope you take the time to watch this teaching from Regina Dawn Akers about the foundation of Awakening Together.

Enlightened Leadership, Tao Te Ching ~ Ch. 38 – Conclusion & Ch. 39 – Part 1, 08-11-24

August 11, 2024

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.

Taught Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Sundays 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET

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08-11-24 Weekly Gathering, “Annihilation of ‘The You'” with Rev. Billy Sintiris

August 11, 2024

Title: “Annihilation of ‘The You'”

Description: Rev. Billy will take pointers from Nisargadatta, Mooji and Adyashanti to expose the thought systems “I Am a dream that can wake me up.”, and/or “I Am a dream that cannot wake me up.”, by exposing ,”the you” in the seeker is the sought and bringing to light the mind’s concept of bondage and liberation because of its loyalty to personal Identity.

Reading: Joseph Schmitz read compiled contemplation excerpts of Nisargadatta Maharaj’s I Am That and Pointers From Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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REMINDER for Norma Clarke’s Ordination Ceremony

August 10, 2024

Please join us for Norma Clarke’s ordination ceremony on Sunday, August 11th at 8:00 pm ET/6:00 pm MT.

The ordination will be held live in the Sanctuary. Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will host the ordination & President Minister Rhoda Makled will be the guest speaker.

We look forward to honoring Norma’s commitment and completion of the Ministerial Preparation Program (MPP) in her ordination ceremony. Come be a part of this momentous occasion!

1 Hour, Twice a Month: “A Lot to Say About Nothing” with Rev. Billy Sintiris

August 9, 2024

Rev. Billy Sintiris’ program, “A Lot to Say About Nothing,” will now air for 1 hour every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 5:30-6:30 pm ET / 3:30-4:30 pm ET. The regularly scheduled time of 6-6:30 pm ET/4-4:30 pm MT will continue on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesdays of the month. The new 1-hour time slot will start Wednesday, August 14th, 2024.

In this program, Rev. Billy will expand on Awakening Together’s Core Value Number One by utilizing inspirational writings by various authors, including awakened masters, poets, and personal guests. Words alone, being subject to duality cannot transform in and by themselves but when paired with seeing and looking within, we can go beyond their limits. “A Lot to Say About Nothing” is about surrendering self (personal identity) where words, within their best intentions can create space for a split mind, but can only point to the Truth of the Whole Mind. He will look deeper into the many words used to take us home to the One.

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Deepen into The Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj

August 8, 2024

“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.)

Cost: $120*

Registration closes: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 @ 5 p.m. ET

For more information on this class, click here.

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*If there is a need and you would like to take this course, but require some assistance, please contact us.

Gentle Healing Year 3 with Rev. Sharon Hepburn ~ Week 28

August 8, 2024

This Gentle Healing Group Year 3 is being led by Rev. Sharon Hepburn. The Gentle Healing Curriculum guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group began year 3 on January 24, 2024.

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Here’s a direct link to the helpful facilitator guide for Gentle Healing Year 3 that helps you to know what week you are on: Click Here

Group Led Contemplation ~ Sangha – Step Three, Quote 551 & “Seven Steps”, Quote 552 – 08-07-24

August 7, 2024

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Please join us as we continue to contemplate Out of the Stillness & The Seven Steps to Awakening. This program is on Wednesdays, 3pm ET / 1pm MT (except for the first Wednesday of the month).

“Awakening Together was designed by inner guidance to be a sangha rather than a guru-centered collective.”

As we step into the vision of “The Sangha is the New Guru” we are learning how the sangha is its own teacher, and honing the skills that are important for each member of a highly effective sangha. We are teaching ourselves how to genuinely support awakening, for each of us and for the community.

The primary qualities of a sangha are:

Members genuinely live the spiritual teachings they study.
They speak and teach from their own authentic experience.
They support one another on the spiritual path.

During this program we are currently contemplating Out of the Stillness and The Seven Steps to Awakening as Regina had been contemplating during this time.

A new facilitator will also be assigned each week. The facilitator will be the one to facilitate the program during the following week. The facilitator will lead by reading the quotes, calling on participants who wish to share their contemplations and may also be the one to share contemplations. To be a facilitator you will need both books.

Any questions posed will be posed to the group and inner wisdom will be brought forth from the sangha in response. We invite anyone who feels called to join us as we step into the vision of a highly effective sangha.

Live in the Sanctuary
Wednesdays at 3 pm ET/1 pm MT,
except for the first Wednesday of the month

List of Step 3 Quotes

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Rev. Anne Blanchard ~Unfiltered, “Feeling Gutted” 08-07-2024

August 7, 2024

Rev. Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.

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