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Registration CLOSES TODAY: Introduction to Bhagavad Gita

REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY

The Bhagavad Gita is an eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India. The word Gita means song and Bhagavad means God, so the Bhagavad Gita is literally the Song of God. Most experts feel the Bhagavad Gita was written 2200 – 2500 years ago, although some experts say that it was written as much as 5000 years ago. The Bhagavad Gita is a conversation, set on a battlefield,  between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna. It is comprised of 700 sanskrit verses contained within 18 chapters. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna discusses topics such as ultimate truth, reincarnation, states of mind and liberation (awakening).

In this course you will:

  1. Become familiar with the classic Hindu work, The Bhagavad Gita.
  2. Contemplate verses from the Bhagavad Gita and realize your own guidance.

Course Duration: 3 weeks

Course Starting Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Homework Begins: Monday, June 10, 2024

Last Day of Course: Sunday, June 30, 2024

Facilitators: Revs. Cyndi Krupp and Susan Telford

Individual Homework Time Commitment: 30-60 minutes per day, six days per week

Structure of Course:Three weeks including one introductory video, 3 weekly instructional videos, and reviewing one other participant’s homework.

Textbook needed: Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

Format: Classes will be held in the forum.

Holiday Breaks: No breaks are scheduled

Cost: $90

Registration Closes: June 5, 2024 @ 5 p.m. ET

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Rev. Jacquelyn & Connie – Early Insights, “Everything is a Gift” Part 1 & 2

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: “Looking at the Belief, “I am the Doer”

Audio & Homework ~ Gentle Healing Year 1 with Rev. Dianne Scott – Week 22

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.

 

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Homework for week 22

  1. Homework Assignment A: Workbook lessons 141-147 including the tips. Direct link to Regina’s tips: https://devwp.awakening-together.org/interact/gentle-healing-group/reginas-tips/Practice daily awareness-watching-awareness meditation for 5-10 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
  2. Homework Assignment B: NTI 1 Timothy, Chapters 1-6, pages 373-381.
  3. Homework Assignment C: Practice the 30-minute ‘Self-Inquiry Meditation’ at least once. You will find it at Meditations with Regina Dawn Akers (awakening-together.org)under Regina’s Audios, More RDA Audios, Meditation Audios, and RDA Meditations. Scroll down in that list until you find the meditation we are practicing this week. Here is a direct link: https://devwp.awakening-together.org/self-inquiry-meditation-with-rev-regina-dawn-akers/

Heart Explorations: Embracing the Whole Show ~ 06-04-24

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.

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Live in the Sanctuary Weekly on Tuesdays, 9-11 am ET
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Registration Closing Soon for the John Astin Retreat ~ The Well of Being

The Well of Being
A Retreat with John Astin

Wednesday – Saturday
 July 17-20, 2024

At the Awakening Together Retreat House
in La Veta, Colorado

If you’re interested in attending this 4 day retreat with John Astin, please sign up soon as registration will be closing on June 16th at 5pm ET. 

 

Come join psychologist, spiritual teacher, and songwriter John Astin for a 4-day retreat. exploring the inconceivably rich fabric of moment to moment experience, tasting, touching, reveling in the ever-present presence of whatever is here, reality itself, revealing through every thought, every feeling and every perception, its astonishingly beautiful and profound nature.

Through a series of guided meditative inquiries, dialogue and music, John will invite you to drop down into the deep and fathomless well of your own being, the miraculous presence of life itself. It is here, right where we find ourselves in this very instant, where the true well-being can be found, a well-being that doesn’t come and go but shines forth as all comings and goings.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin on Wednesday at 9am and end by 6pm on Saturday.

All Inclusive Retreat Fee: $1,250
$150 non-refundable deposit
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Retreat Only Option: $695
$50 non-refundable deposit
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Registration closes on June 16th at 5pm ET

The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, 5 nights shared or dorm lodging at the retreat house, breakfast and dinner. The retreat only option includes the retreat fee (no lodging or meals). 

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Scholarship Opportunities

Lodging discounts available for Sustaining Subscribers. A Sustaining Subscriber is someone who makes a regular monthly donation to help support the Retreat House. For more information, click here.

Are you traveling to La Veta? If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.

Audio & Homework~ Gentle Healing Year 2 with Rev. Michele Hojnacki – Week 68

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 Assignments for week 69:

  1. Homework Assignment A: Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
  2. Homework Assignment B: Thoughts of Awakening, 99-105.
  3. Homework Assignment C: Read NTI John 8-18 by following the daily reading assignments given through the tips.

Visiting Minister’s Informational Session

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There have been a few changes made to the Visiting Ministers Program.

We have added additional support for ministers who may be interested in serving the Awakening Heart Sangha community. Please see the link below for “Visiting Ministers Program Overview (*updated).”

The Visiting Ministers program offers a unique opportunity for Awakening Together Ordained Ministers to extend their service to our community members residing in the Villa del Angel community. Awakening Together exclusively facilitates this initiative to support our members and foster an effective and successful sangha in the spirit of service.

Some of the updates to the program include:

  • Daily Food Stipend of 300 Peso (Approx. $15)
  • Up to $500 in travel assistance for stays of 1 month or longer

Just a reminder, if this calls to you, and you feel as if financial assistance might be support you please contact us for other scholarship options.

Below you will see links to an informational session on the Visiting Minister’s Program. This informational session took place on Sunday, June 2nd in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. The half-hour session is for both current and future ministers who are interested in serving the Awakening Heart Sangha Community in Ajijic, Mexico.

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Important Documents:

Awakening Heart Sangha Information Sheet

Scholarship Request

Visiting Ministers Program Overview (*updated)

For more information about the Awakening Heart Sangha Community, please visit their website at awakeningheart.love

If you are an Awakening Together Ordained Minister and you are interested in exploring service at the Awakening Heart Sangha please let us know. 

June Satsang with Stephan Bodian

Please join Stephan Bodian who will be joining us for our June Satsang. Stephan will be interviewed by Anja Janssen. This special pre-recorded event will take place:

📅 Date: Sunday, June 16th, 2024
🕢 Time: Pre-Recorded @ 7:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. MT.
📍 Where: Awakening Together’s Zoom Sanctuary

Stephan Bodian is a teacher in the non-dual wisdom tradition of Zen, Dzogchen, and Advaita Vedanta. Since 2007 he’s been offering the annual School for Awakening, a multi-month intensive program in spiritual realization and awakened living.

As a licensed psychotherapist, he brings a deep appreciation of the impact of early conditioning on the process of spiritual unfolding and offers individual counseling and mentoring in psychospiritual integration. Trained as a Buddhist monk, he spent many years studying with Advaita master Jean Klein, and in 2001 he received Dharma transmission (authorization to teach) from Adyashanti. His books include Wake Up Now, Beyond Mindfulness, and the bestselling guidebook Meditation for Dummies.

For those who are eager to join for the live Satsang, Anja Janssen will be interviewing Stephan:

📅 Date: Sunday, June 16th, 2024
🕢 Time: Live @ 1:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. MT.
📍 Where: Awakening Together’s Zoom Sanctuary

To learn more about Stephan Bodian, please visit: stephanbodian.org

Quarterly Member Meeting 06-02-24

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In this Quarterly Member Meeting, President Minister, Rhoda Makled shared about:

  • Financials for Awakening Together.
  • Details about Awakening Together’s 2024 Pilgrimage to New Mexico.
  • The available Retreat House Caretaker position.
  • “Sangha is the New Guru” Retreat

The Quarterly Member Meeting was held in the sanctuary at 8 pm Eastern/6 pm Mountain on Sunday, June 2nd.

Enlightened Leadership, Tao Te Ching ~ Ch. 36 “Practical Paradox” Part 1, 06-02-24

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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