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ORIGINAL w/REG -Loch Kelly ~ Shift Into Freedom

Day long event: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

“Loch Kelly is one of the clearest expressions of authentic awakened freedom and love that I know. Shift Into Freedom is a shining gem in the modern spiritual landscape.”

– Adyashanti from his Foreword to Shift Into Freedom

Loch Kelly is a contemporary spiritual teacher, psychotherapist, author and founder of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. After a spontaneous awakening early in his life, he went on to explore how to access, abide in, and live from awake awareness. In the early 1980Õs, Loch was awarded a fellowship to study forms of non-dual meditation in Sri Lanka, India and Nepal with teachers from a variety of traditions, including the legendary Dzogchen master, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Later, Loch was invited to teach by one of his Tibetan teachers, Mingyur Rinpoche, as well as by Adyashanti. He has also worked extensively with the homeless, with families of 9/11 victims, and as an Interspiritual Chaplain at Union Theological Seminary, and has collaborated with neuroscientists in the study of awareness training. He is known for his warm sense of humor, and his practical, non-dual pointers, which help people shift into the freedom that has always been their true nature. His new book and audio CD, published by Sounds True, Shift Into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness, has won two ÒBest Books of the Year AwardsÓ including one from Spirituality & Health Magazine.

“It is not enough to have an insight into the absence of a separate self. We must also discover the presence of awareness-based heart-knowing, so that we can live from here. The awakening process often begins with an initial waking-up from ego-identification and into awake awareness. Then it continues with waking-in to include and know our body, thoughts, and emotions from non-conceptual knowing and abiding. Spontaneous unfolding leads to waking-out, where we learn to create and relate from open-hearted awareness. Each stage brings its own liberation. Waking up leads to freedom from the fear of death. Waking-in leads to freedom from the fear of life. And waking-out leads to freedom from the fear of love.Ó

There will also be a Level Two** event with Loch Kelly on Sunday, Oct. 16th in San Anselmo. For more more details click here

SATURDAY Oct. 15, 11am to 5pm (no prerequisite): $80 – $100 per person

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709

Level Two – SUNDAY Oct. 16th, 11am – 5pm: $80 – $100 per person

San Francisco Theological Seminary, 105 Seminary Rd, San Anselmo, CA 94949

** LEVEL TWO on Sunday is for those who will have read LochÕs book, Shift Into Freedom, and listened to the audio of the meditations before the weekend. This is not to exclude anyone, but to be able to dive deeply into the support of realization, abiding, expression and unfolding.

Scholarships available

Please address inquiries to host@eastbayopencircle.org

To Register for one or both events click here:

Pre-registration requested.

There will be some space for walk-in & pay at the door.

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