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Isaac Shapiro ~ Meetings in Truth

Join us for this special series of evening meetings and daylong gatherings with Isaac Shapiro in Berkeley.

Date & Time info is detailed below.

Isaac helps us inquire into how we live our lives moment by moment, and how to better align ourselves with the deepest spiritual truths. He works through pointed but good-humored questioning, reflecting back to us, and helping to unravel, the conditioning of the mind and the nervous system, allowing a deeper participation in the moment.

Isaac is an internationally known facilitator and non-dual teacher, fascinated with life lived in alignment with the worldÕs wisdom traditions. He enjoys exploring and assisting those who share this interest. A student of H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji), Isaac draws on a broad spectrum of understanding, from neurophysiology to some of the latest discoveries in quantum physics, which he applies in a light-hearted but direct way.

Through years of working with people, Isaac has cultivated and refined an ability to track what is happening in the nervous system of participants. Bringing this awareness to peopleÕs attention, allows our natural, innate self-regulating mechanism to be re-established.

ÒMy approach is to invite you to look for yourself at what is true in your own being. This points to what you already know, but which is obscured in the ways of the nervous system. The beauty of this invitation is that nothing needs to be changed, fixed or eliminated. It is a non-dualistic, non-judgmental enquiry into our present being.

ÒEverything happens through the agency of awareness. As we bring awareness to our unconscious habits, there is a shift that occurs. In the course of the investigation, people spontaneously recognize the true nature of themselves, which many report as the experience of peace, unconditional love, compassion, or simply of being home.Ó

www.isaacshapiro.org

Evening Meetings

Wed. & Thur. Sept 11th & 12th

and Sun.- Fri. Sept 15th to 20th in Berkeley

7:00 – 8:45 pm

Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley

Suggested Donation for evenings: $15-$25

No one turned away for lack of funds.

Daylong Intensives

Sat. and Sun., Sept 21st & 22nd, in Berkeley

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley

No pre-registration required

Sliding Scale: $50 to $100

Lunch Break:

Welcome to bring your lunch, and there are also various places near the Berkeley venue, to go out to eat.

Note: Per venue policy, only vegetarian food is allowed on premises at Chochmat HaLev.

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