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Dorothy Hunt ~ Being, Doing, Having ~ Online Daylong Retreat

Online Daylong Retreat

January 14, 2024

9:00am – 11:00am & 12:00pm – 2:00pm (Pacific Time)

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Recording will be emailed to participants within a week.

You’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend the live sessions.

When we are operating from the deep dimension of Being, life is experienced as fresh, alive, spontaneous, open, wise, loving, and present to the immediacy of Now. Being is also continually becoming, showing itself as doing, as well as all that appears to come and go in nature and in our relative lives.

However, if we base our identity on what we do, and do not know who or what we truly are, we are in a constant state of trying, striving, and judging a self that needs to become some ideal or perfect version of itself. This leads to a vast

consumer mentality of Òhaving” and acquiring more and moreÑwhether we are attached to having money, power, approval, influence, a partner, or spiritual experiences. Once basic needs are met, does freedom or worth, really depend on having? Is something at peace regardless of circumstance?

In this daylong exploration, we will examine how we value ourselves and so-called others. What does it feel like to allow our doing to come from Being rather than continually equating doing with a self-image or an idea of self-worth? What is the experience of living from Being rather than having? And who is the

ÒI AMÓ that seems to be wrapped in so many beliefs?

Dorothy HuntÊcurrently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020.Ê She is the author of Only This!, Leaves from Moon Mountain, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season.

Presently, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom, and dokusan by phone. For more information, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org

Sliding Scale: $40 to $70

Some Partial Scholarships Available

Please Register Early if you can.

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Our online events are always recorded and the recording is sent to all registrants via email within a week, usually sooner. The recordings remain available for at least 1 year. We also occasionally record and/or livestream our in-person events. If that’s the case, you’ll find it noted on the given in-person event page.
It’s part of our core values to make our events as accessible as possible. If you are not able to pay within the sliding scale, we’d still like to make it possible for you to join by offering a partial scholarship. Please contact us on web@opencirclecenter.org to request a scholarship.
We offer our events by donation or sliding scale with scholarships available to make them as accessible as possible. We still however have many expenses to pay and therefore we ask that you contribute as much as you can comfortably afford for an event. Most of the funds are paid directly to the teacher. The remainder goes towards Open Circle’s expenses so that we can keep our platform in operation. Your generosity also helps cover any scholarships we offer to those unable to pay within the sliding scale.
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Most events consist of a guided or silent meditation, a talk by the teacher, and time for questions and sharing. There may be other practices such as somatic exercises, movement practice, dyads, etc. Each teacher chooses the format freely according to what they feel supports their message best, so formats may vary.
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