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SUMMARY:John J. Prendergast\, Ph.D ~ ÒFalling OpenÓ ~ 4-Part Course
DESCRIPTION:4-Part Online Course \nFeb 24\, Mar 2\, 9\, 16\, 2024 \n10:00 am Ð 12:00 noon Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed \nto participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nIn this four-part series we will explore the theme of falling open to not knowing\, to the boundless heart\, and to the groundless ground of Being. What happens when our mind sees itÕs limits and lets go\, when our heart remembers its native innocence and wholeness\, and when our false ground falls away? Meetings will include guided and silent meditations\, talks\, experiential conversations\, and dyadic and group meditative inquiries. \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart (2019 ) and In Touch (2015) and is working on a new book for Sounds True about the Ground. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nSliding Scale: $80 to $140 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-j-prendergast-ph-d-ofalling-openo-4-part-course-2/
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SUMMARY:John J. Prendergast\, Ph.D ~ ÒFalling OpenÓ ~ 4-Part Course
DESCRIPTION:4-Part Online Course \nFeb 24\, Mar 2\, 9\, 16\, 2024 \n10:00 am Ð 12:00 noon Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed \nto participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nIn this four-part series we will explore the theme of falling open to not knowing\, to the boundless heart\, and to the groundless ground of Being. What happens when our mind sees itÕs limits and lets go\, when our heart remembers its native innocence and wholeness\, and when our false ground falls away? Meetings will include guided and silent meditations\, talks\, experiential conversations\, and dyadic and group meditative inquiries. \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart (2019 ) and In Touch (2015) and is working on a new book for Sounds True about the Ground. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nSliding Scale: $80 to $140 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-j-prendergast-ph-d-ofalling-openo-4-part-course/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Cairns ~ Is There a "Doer"?
DESCRIPTION:There’s no “doer” doing anything\, there is no independent person\, it’s just a happening\, all of it\, now. When you’re walking your legs are simply walking all by themselves and we claim that and we say “I’m walking”. \nWho is this “I” that walks ? \nThere’s nobody that’s walking. \nWalking happens. Speaking happens. Looking happens. Hearing happens. Action happens. \nAnd our illusion is that we act. \nI act. I’m naked. I’m not naked. I’m free. I’m not free. I’m enlightened. I’m not enlightened. \nThere is nobody. It’s all coming from divinity and nothing is outside of you\, nothing! \nEverything is a production of your brain\, and your brain is a production of that infinite unknowable source which is free. It’s so free\, everything! \nThere’s nothing you need to worry about or not worry about but yeah\, worrying happens. But it’s not your worrying and there’s nothing wrong with worrying happening\, There’s nothing wrong with deceit happening\, there’s nothing wrong with anger happening\, there’s nothing wrong with love happening or joy happening\, they’re all the same. It is simply life playing out\, and it couldn’t be any other way. \nNon-duality is what is in this moment: \n \nAbout Lisa: \nIn Bali in 2011\, Lisa suddenly lost total control while eating banana fritters with ice cream\, and there was a sudden and explosive energetic shift; at that moment it was understood\, beyond the intellect\, non-dual philosophy. \nFor the past eleven years\, she has traveled around the world\, sharing an amazing Indian Philosophy called Non duality. She has spoken in book shops\, cafes\, yoga centers\, universities\, schools\, the UKÕs NHS (National Health Care System)\, conference centers\, festivals\, theatres and in someoneÕs front room. \nIn her talks\, she tries to communicate the limitless nature of life\, which you could say is at the root of every philosophy\, religion or story. This is a tall order\, so failing that\, she hopes to open doors for anyone who wants to listen\, providing a broader perspective on this magical thing we call life. \nMore about Lisa: www.lisacairns.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-cairns-is-there-a-doer/
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SUMMARY:Gail Brenner ~ Melting into Being  (In-Person Event)
DESCRIPTION:Melting into Being –   Come and enjoy an afternoon of melting into being with your fellow truth lovers. All are welcome!  \nIn our time together\, weÕll relax into effortless being\, marinating in the luminescent knowing of our true nature. WeÕll leave the limitations of our personal stories and attachments to discover liberationÑalready hereÑtimeless\, boundless\, and free.  This is youÉwho youÕve always been despite any beliefs that tell you otherwise.At the same time\, we bow to our humannessÑmeeting our conditioned and fear-based patterns with understanding and compassion. And we know that who we are is unlimited\, overflowing with love\, and infinitely peaceful. You are welcome just as you are with your fears\, doubts\, shame\, and questionsÑor simply to share sacred space. With guided meditation\, quotes from our beloved masters\, and open conversation\, weÕll celebrate together\, discovering peace and happiness right at the heart of our everyday human lives.  I look forward to being with you! \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D.Êis your guide. As a psychologist\, author\, and teacher\,Êshe transmits a love of truth with a fire that burns brightly. Gail is an expert in healing from early trauma and brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups. She is known for creating the safe space needed for deep inner exploration. GailÊis the author of the award-winningÊThe End of Self-HelpÊandÊSuffering Is Optional. \nGail’s website: gailbrenner.com \nSatsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nSuggested Donation:  $10- $20\, no one turned away. \nNo pre-registration. Pay at door when you arrive. \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA. Park on Sonoma Ave. \nNote: The address sign says 8474/8476.Ê Park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. \nPlease dress mindfully\, doors & windows will be open! \nIf you have covid-like symptoms\, or have had a recent Covid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/gail-brenner-melting-into-being-in-person-event/
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SUMMARY:Susanne Marie ~ The Light Inside the Dark  ~ In Honor of Solstice
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Solstice we will meet in the unmoving stillness\, resting with equanimity\, holding what we encounter within with kindness and allowance. By entering darkness\, we are invited to know ourselves more intimately\, surrendering to that which does not push away what we contain. By making peace with what is denied and feels uncomfortable\, we open to the power of yielding to the wisdom of inner reconciliation. Solstice in Latin translates to: the standing still of the Sun. Together we will stand still\, rest and gather nurturance within our beingness\, opening in allowance to what is\, which initiates what can become. Only by meeting ourselves with allowance\, do we evolve beyond resistance. Solstice is an ideal day to rest\, heal\, and prepare for the longer days ahead. \nAbout Susanne Marie \nFeatured in conversation with Adyashanti on Buddha at the Gas Pump as well as on Conscious TV\, Susanne Marie offers integrated teachings in support of freedom\, and the celebration of our common essence of love and unity with all life. Susanne\, who lives in Northern California\, is the parent of two young adults. As a natural empath\, her teaching style is heart-centered and practical\, whose focus is on supporting you in your unique awakening journey. Susanne leads in-person retreats\, online courses\, a monthly online meeting\, and mentors individuals privately.  \nFind out more about Susanne Marie: susannemarie.org \nIn this short video Susanne is sharing details of her awakening journey: \n \n  \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/susanne-marie-the-light-inside-the-dark-in-honor-of-solstice/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast ~ Being No One; Being Your Self ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The freer we are of our self-image and story and all of the emotional reactions and somatic contractions that go with this limited identity\, the freer we are to simply be ourself Ð a living mystery not separate from the whole of life. Self-inquiry facilitates an unveiling\, unlearning\, spontaneous letting go\, and discovery of our true nature. This meeting will include silent and guided meditations\, a talk\, dyadic self-inquiry\, and intimate\, powerful\, experiential conversations.  \nJohn Prendergast\, Ph.DÊis a spiritual teacher\, retired psychotherapist\, and retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS\, well known for his pioneering work in integrating non-dual wisdom and psychotherapy. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years\, as well as with Adyashanti\, who gave him dharma transmission in 2023. He is the author of The Deep Heart (2019)\, In Touch (2015)\, and a new book\, Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March\, 2025) from Sounds True. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nThe meeting will be from 10:00am to Noon and 2:00pm to 4:30pm\, with a break for lunch. \nPlease bring your own lunch\, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at 5 pm on Dec. 6th \nSuggested donation: $75 \n(Any amount acceptable. No one turned away for lack of funds.) \nPRE-REGISTER HERE & PAY AT DOOR WHEN YOU ARRIVE. \n(Cash or Check only) \nThis event is Co-sponsored by Open Circle & the Schwartz Family Trust. \nAll proceeds\, above covering event costs\, will go to the  \nSchwartz Family Trust to support Rob SchwartzÕs vision of  \nhis property being available for Open Circle retreats and events. \nEvent donations will go directly to the Schwartz Family Trust\, rather than to Open Circle. \nIf you want to contribute more for this project\, you can do so at the event\,  \nor contact us for more information (contributuons\, loan\, volunteer). \nREGISTER \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a respiritory infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-being-no-one-being-your-self-bay-area-daylong-retreat/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson &  Caverly Morgan ~ Engaged Nonduality
DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality \nActing on Behalf of The Heart of Who We Are \nwith John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson and Caverly Morgan ~ Nov. 2nd \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nThis gathering is about the act of being. ItÕs about knowing a happiness you canÕt explain because you have no reason to point to. The joy of pure being. Together weÕll explore knowing who you are\, resting in presence\, and what it means to act in the world on behalf of this deep knowing. \nWeÕll give our attention to the pleasure of being aware of being aware\, and seeing what gets in the way of thisÑpersonally and collectivelyÑwhile exploring how to let it go\, to undo\, to realize freedom together. \nThis gathering will consist of a guided meditation\, a teaching\, and a group discussion. It is based on CaverlyÕs book: The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together. \nCaverly Morgan is a spiritual teacher\, non-profit founder\, speaker and writer who blends the original spirit of Zen with a modern nondual approach. She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together as well as  A Kids Book About Mindfulness. Caverly is the founder of Peace in Schools\, a nonprofit that created the nationÕs first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. Her practice began in 1995 and has included eight years of training in a silent Zen monastery.Ê She has been teaching contemplative practice since 2001. Caverly leads meditation retreats\, workshops and online classes internationally. Learn more at caverlymorgan.org. \nEngaged Nonduality Series \n \nThis series weaves nondual awakening and an embodied response to our world in crisis. We are facing intersecting crises of climate breakdown\, the potential of ecological and systems collapse\, severe injustice and inequality\, rising authoritarianism\, unaligned tech and AI\, and more. The path of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep recognition of our wholeness and shared Being\, and opening to the wellspring of our wise response. \nWhile awakening is often engaged in a more personal context\, we are expanding the context to include structural harm and systemic crisis\, where the rubber hits the road in our world today. This series invites guest presenters to explore how the wisdom of these nondual teachings may be deeply embodied through a response to our world in crisis. These sessions may include guided meditations\, group and dyadic inquiry and group interaction. \nRegister for one or more dates\, or the full series together. \nOctober 13th: John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Awakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nThe following events in the series will be hosted by John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson. \nOctober 20th: Jeremy Lent ~ From Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Earth \nOctober 27th: Jonathan Gustin ~ Non-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nNovember 2nd: Caverly Morgan ~ Acting on Behalf of The Heart of Who We Are \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019 ) and In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015) and is working on a new book entitled Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March 2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.Ê She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER for Nov. 2nd \nFull Series: Sundays October 13\, 20\, 27\, and Saturday Nov 2 \nSuggested Donation: $60 to $120 \n(no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER for Full 4-part Series \nThe event leaders are donating their entire share of the event donations\, after expenses\, to support Rob SchwartzÕs vision of maintaining his property to be available as a spiritual retreat space\, where Open Circle may hold some of its events. \nThe events will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-lisa-ferguson-caverly-morgan-engaged-nonduality/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson &  Jonathan Gustin ~ Engaged Nonduality
DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality \nNon-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nwith John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson and Jonathan Gustin ~ Oct. 27th \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nFor a short 3 minute video preview\, watch “Non-dual Responsibility” and read the corresponding paper here. \nMany spiritual journeys adjourn with a peaceful detachment. A different finale is possibleÑa love of the unmanifest infinite with a passionate engagement with material existence. \nIn this gathering we will explore moksha-dharma (liberation and responsibility). A splitting between Moksha (Liberation/Enlightenment) and Dharma (purpose/duty) is not only false…it may be inadvertently contributing to metacrisis. Non-duality can (and should) evolve\, to include dharmic responsibility and ‘engaged liberation’ where “love leaves nothing out.” \nWe will explore: two varieties of Non-duality and the Metacrisis\, Non-dual dharma\, Non-Dual Kinship and how this relates to soul-level purpose. \nJonathan Gustin\, M.A\, MFT\, Jonathan is the founder of Purpose Guides Institute. He helps people to find and embody their lifeÕs purpose\, and offers training for those who want to become Purpose Guides themselves. He is also a meditation teacher\, facilitating meditation gatherings remotely as well as in-person in his hometown of Victoria\, BC\, Canada. \nEngaged Nonduality Series \n \nThis series weaves nondual awakening and an embodied response to our world in crisis. We are facing intersecting crises of climate breakdown\, the potential of ecological and systems collapse\, severe injustice and inequality\, rising authoritarianism\, unaligned tech and AI\, and more. The path of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep recognition of our wholeness and shared Being\, and opening to the wellspring of our wise response. \nWhile awakening is often engaged in a more personal context\, we are expanding the context to include structural harm and systemic crisis\, where the rubber hits the road in our world today. This series invites guest presenters to explore how the wisdom of these nondual teachings may be deeply embodied through a response to our world in crisis. These sessions may include guided meditations\, group and dyadic inquiry and group interaction. \nRegister for one or more dates\, or the full series together. \nOctober 13th: John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Awakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nThe following events in the series will be hosted by John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson. \nOctober 20th: Jeremy Lent ~ From Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Earth \nOctober 27th: Jonathan Gustin ~ Non-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nNovember 2nd: Caverly Morgan ~ Acting on Behalf of The Heart of Who We Are \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019 ) and In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015) and is working on a new book entitled Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March 2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.Ê She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER for Oct. 27th \nFull Series: Sundays October 13\, 20\, 27\, and Saturday Nov 2 \nSuggested Donation: $60 to $120 \n(no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER for Full 4-part Series \nThe event leaders are donating their entire share of the event donations\, after expenses\, to support Rob SchwartzÕs vision of maintaining his property to be available as a spiritual retreat space\, where Open Circle may hold some of its events. \nThe events will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-lisa-ferguson-jonathan-gustin-engaged-nonduality/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson &  Jeremy Lent ~ Engaged Nonduality
DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality \nFrom Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Earth \nwith John Prendergast\, Lisa Ferguson and Jeremy Lent ~ Oct. 20th \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nA deep investigation into the source of the metacrisis reveals\, at its root\, a worldview of separation: a belief that weÕre split between mind and body\, separate from each other\, and at odds with the natural world. \nIn this session\, Jeremy Lent will show how that worldview has led to todayÕs civilizational crisis and whatÕs at stake for our future. Then\, weÕll explore an alternative worldview of deep interconnectedness that arises naturally both from modern science as well as the great wisdom traditions of Buddhism\, Taoism\, and Indigenous knowledgeÑ and what it implies for our identity and values. \nFinally\, Jeremy will offer a glimpse of what a civilization might look like based on values arising from this worldviewÑone that sets the conditions for all people to thrive on a regenerated Earth: an ecological civilization. \nJeremy Lent is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilizationÕs existential crisis\, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His award-winning books\, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of HumanityÕs Search for Meaning\, and The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe\, trace the historical underpinnings and flaws of the dominant worldview\, and offer a foundation for an integrative worldview that could lead humanity to a flourishing future. He has written extensively about the vision and specifics of an ecological civilization and is founder of the Deep Transformation Network\, an online global community exploring pathways for a deep transformation toward a life-affirming future on a regenerated Earth. Author website: jeremylent.com \nEngaged Nonduality Series \n \nThis series weaves nondual awakening and an embodied response to our world in crisis. We are facing intersecting crises of climate breakdown\, the potential of ecological and systems collapse\, severe injustice and inequality\, rising authoritarianism\, unaligned tech and AI\, and more. The path of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep recognition of our wholeness and shared Being\, and opening to the wellspring of our wise response. \nWhile awakening is often engaged in a more personal context\, we are expanding the context to include structural harm and systemic crisis\, where the rubber hits the road in our world today. This series invites guest presenters to explore how the wisdom of these nondual teachings may be deeply embodied through a response to our world in crisis. These sessions may include guided meditations\, group and dyadic inquiry and group interaction. \nRegister for one or more dates\, or the full series together. \nOctober 13th: John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Awakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nThe following events in the series will be hosted by John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson. \nOctober 20th: Jeremy Lent ~ From Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Earth \nOctober 27th: Jonathan Gustin ~ Non-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nNovember 2nd: Caverly Morgan ~ Acting on Behalf of The Heart of Who We Are \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019 ) and In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015) and is working on a new book entitled Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March 2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.Ê She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER for Oct. 20th \nFull Series: Sundays October 13\, 20\, 27\, and Saturday Nov 2 \nSuggested Donation: $60 to $120 \n(no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER for Full 4-part Series \nThe event leaders are donating their entire share of the event donations\, after expenses\, to support Rob SchwartzÕs vision of maintaining his property to be available as a spiritual retreat space\, where Open Circle may hold some of its events. \nThe events will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-lisa-ferguson-jeremy-lent-engaged-nonduality/
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SUMMARY:TEST **** - John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Engaged Nonduality
DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality Series \nRegister for one or more dates\, or the full series together. \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nOctober 13th: Awakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nwith John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson \nThe following events in the series will be hosted by John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson. \nOctober 20th: Jeremy Lent ~ From Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Future \nOctober 27th: Jonathan Gustin ~ Non-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nNovember 2nd: Caverly Morgan ~ \nDetails & Registration for all events will be available soon. \nThis series weaves nondual awakening and an embodied response to our world in crisis. We are facing intersecting crises of climate breakdown\, the potential of ecological and systems collapse\, severe injustice and inequality\, rising authoritarianism\, unaligned tech and AI\, and more. The path of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep recognition of our wholeness and shared Being\, and opening to the wellspring of our wise response. \nWhile awakening is often engaged in a more personal context\, we are expanding the context to include structural harm and systemic crisis\, where the rubber hits the road in our world today. This series invites guest presenters to explore how the wisdom of these nondual teachings may be deeply embodied through a response to our world in crisis. These sessions may include guided meditations\, group and dyadic inquiry and group interaction. \nEngaged Nonduality: \nAwakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nwith John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Oct. 13th \nIn this kickoff to the series\, Lisa will present a working framework and practices to open the space to explore an engaged nonduality: how the recognition of non-separation moves in response to our world in crisis. This will include themes of personal and collective awakening\, individual action\, and collective liberation. We will explore how love and truth might move through us\, as well as how we can kindly tend to our conditioned parts and intense emotions – such as terror\, despair\, rage and shame – that may emerge as we face the enormity of our Metacrisis. \nJohn and Lisa will offer space for group sharing\, meditation and a deep meeting of what arises as we face our Metacrisis in community\, from the heart of being.  \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019 ) and In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015) and is working on a new book entitled Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March 2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.Ê She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER for Oct. 13th \nREGISTRATION FOR FULL SERIES TOGETHER WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE SOON. \nFull Series: Sundays October 13\, 20\, 27\, and Saturday Nov 2 \nSuggested Donation: $60 to $120 \n(no one turned away for lack of funds) \nThe events will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/test-john-prendergast-and-lisa-ferguson-engaged-nonduality/
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SUMMARY:John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Engaged Nonduality
DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality \nAwakening and Action: Toward an Engaged Nondual Approach \nwith John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson ~ Oct. 13th \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nIn this kickoff to the series\, Lisa will present a working framework and practices to open the space to explore an engaged nonduality: how the recognition of non-separation moves in response to our world in crisis. This will include themes of personal and collective awakening\, individual action\, and collective liberation. We will explore how love and truth might move through us\, as well as how we can kindly tend to our conditioned parts and intense emotions – such as terror\, despair\, rage and shame – that may emerge as we face the enormity of our Metacrisis. \nJohn and Lisa will offer space for group sharing\, meditation and a deep meeting of what arises as we face our Metacrisis in community\, from the heart of being. \nEngaged Nonduality Series \n \nThis series weaves nondual awakening and an embodied response to our world in crisis. We are facing intersecting crises of climate breakdown\, the potential of ecological and systems collapse\, severe injustice and inequality\, rising authoritarianism\, unaligned tech and AI\, and more. The path of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep recognition of our wholeness and shared Being\, and opening to the wellspring of our wise response. \nWhile awakening is often engaged in a more personal context\, we are expanding the context to include structural harm and systemic crisis\, where the rubber hits the road in our world today. This series invites guest presenters to explore how the wisdom of these nondual teachings may be deeply embodied through a response to our world in crisis. These sessions may include guided meditations\, group and dyadic inquiry and group interaction. \nRegister for one or more dates\, or the full series together. \nThe following events in the series will be hosted by John Prendergast and Lisa Ferguson. \nOctober 20th: Jeremy Lent ~ From Awakened Heart to a Flourishing Earth \nOctober 27th: Jonathan Gustin ~ Non-dual Responsibility – Exploring Non-duality & the Metacrisis \nNovember 2nd: Caverly Morgan ~ Acting on Behalf of The Heart of Who We Are \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019 ) and In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015) and is working on a new book entitled Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March 2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.Ê She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER for Oct. 13th \nFull Series: Sundays October 13\, 20\, 27\, and Saturday Nov 2 \nSuggested Donation: $60 to $120 \n(no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER for Full 4-part Series \nThe event leaders are donating their entire share of the event donations\, after expenses\, to support Rob SchwartzÕs vision of maintaining his property to be available as a spiritual retreat space\, where Open Circle may hold some of its events. \nThe events will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-and-lisa-ferguson-engaged-nonduality-2/
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SUMMARY:A Call to Awaken with Unmani
DESCRIPTION:Awakening is an endless strip-tease. We are continually invited to see where we are still believing in some kind of conclusion\, or assumption about who we are and about Life itself. This endless stripping away of whatever we are holding onto\, leaves us naked and vulnerable. This can be a scary and uncomfortable process\, and leaves us with no firm ground under our feet. But at the same time it answers a call from who we really are\, to wake up out of the dreams of the mind\, and to come alive as Life itself. \nUnmani is a contemporary teacher\, facilitator\, and mentor\, for those who long for deep spiritual awakening\, and to explore how this is grounded in our human lives. \nWatch Unmani’s short sharing on the “Heart of Freedom”: \nhttps://youtu.be/ptrGW1ewtwk \n  \nAlso see Unmani’s upcoming 2-day online retreat “The Heart of Freedom” \nAbout Unmani \nMeeting with Unmani is meeting with yourself in the most real and alive way. Unmani is originally from the UK\, but has lived in many countries around the world. Since she was a child\, Unmani didn’t identify with being a separate individual\, but assumed there was something wrong with her\, until she came across the expression of Satsang and nonduality. Truth has always been her passion. Unmani had teachers including Osho\, Dolano\, Nathan Gill\, Tony Parsons\, Gangaji and several other amazing people who are not considered ‘teachers’. \nIn 2013 she met her husband\, the wonderful musician\, and courageous lover of life\, Robert Hanuman. In 2015 their son\, Sky\, was born. On 3rd January 2018\, Robert Hanuman died suddenly from a heart attack while they were in India. Robert Hanuman’s presence deeply influenced Unmani’s teaching\, and in the time they were together it evolved into a more human expression of the courage to live the paradox of the Absolute\, living as this human. Robert put Unmani’s words to his beautiful classical guitar music and Unmani still plays his songs at her meetings. \nUnmani has been holding meetings and retreats all over the world for since 2003\, and in this time people have been deeply touched by her work: She meets each person exactly where they are at\, and in whatever they need at the time\, while at the same time holding them in the truth of who they really are beyond it all. This combination\, and paradox\, of the personal and impersonal\, brings so much depth\, openness and healing to people’s lives. They wake up to who they really are\, and discover how this is lived and integrated into their daily lives. \nUnmani has written 3 books ‘I am Life itself’\, ‘Die to Love’ and ‘The Courage to Come Alive’. Unmani holds regular meetings and retreats several times a year as well as monthly webinars on different themes. \nFor more information about Unmani’s work go to: www.die-to-love.com \nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unmani \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/unmani \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unmani_hyde/ \nRobert Hanuman’s music can be downloaded on iTunes here: https://music.apple.com/nl/artist/robert-hanuman/1329878840?l=en \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter \nPlease note Daylight Savings Time starts in the US at 2 am (Pacific Time) on Sunday morning\, March 10th. \nThis may mean the event starts at a different time than usual in your area. \nFor example\, start times for most Europeans from March 10 until March 31 will be one hour earlier than usual.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/a-call-to-awaken-with-unmani/
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SUMMARY:Where Awakened Heart Meets Broken Heart: Attending to A World in Crisis\, with John Prendergast\, Riyaz Motan and Lisa Ferguson ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Where Awakened Heart Meets Broken Heart:  \nAttending to A World in Crisis \nA daylong event with John Prendergast\, Riyaz Motan and Lisa Ferguson \nThis daylong is an opportunity to turn toward our world in crisis and explore how our awakened hearts and deep knowing are called to respond. Whatever is touching your heart is welcomed\, including climate and ecosystem breakdown\, war and conflict\, injustice and polarization. How is Being moving through us in response? We will explore through meditation\, dyadic inquiry\, and group interaction what it means to open to the deepest knowing of our awakened nature\, while also being touched by our collective heartbreak.  \nBios \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart (2019 ) and In Touch (2015) and is working on a new book for Sounds True about the Ground. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nRiyaz Motan is a spiritual guide\, teacher\, and former marriage and family psychotherapist. His work interweaves Western psychology & Eastern wisdom traditions to help others find freedom from suffering to awaken to their essential wholeness. Through one-on-one spiritual mentoring\, small intimate groups\, day-long or multi-day retreats\, he supports others in the journey of discovering who they truly are: to uncover who and what they are at essence\, and to fully embody and express this in their lives and relationships. \nwww.RiyazMotan.com \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.  She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nThe meeting will be from 10:00am to 4:00pm\, with a break for lunch. \nPlease bring your own lunch\, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at 5 pm on June 21st  \nSuggested donation: $75 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/where-awakened-heart-meets-broken-heart-attending-to-a-world-in-crisis-with-john-prendergast-riyaz-motan-and-lisa-ferguson-bay-area-daylong-retreat-2/
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SUMMARY:Where Awakened Heart Meets Broken Heart: Attending to A World in Crisis with John Prendergast\, Riyaz Motan and Lisa Ferguson ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Where Awakened Heart Meets Broken Heart:  \nAttending to A World in Crisis \nA daylong event with John Prendergast\, Riyaz Motan and Lisa Ferguson \nThis daylong is an opportunity to turn toward our world in crisis and explore how our awakened hearts and deep knowing are called to respond. Whatever is touching your heart is welcomed\, including climate and ecosystem breakdown\, war and conflict\, injustice and polarization. How is Being moving through us in response? We will explore through meditation\, dyadic inquiry\, and group interaction what it means to open to the deepest knowing of our awakened nature\, while also being touched by our collective heartbreak.  \nBios \nJohn J. Prendergast\, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart (2019 ) and In Touch (2015) and is working on a new book for Sounds True about the Ground. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a retired psychotherapist. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years as well as with Adyashanti who gave dharma transmission to John in August\, 2023. John and his wife Christiane offer residential retreats in the United States and Europe. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nRiyaz Motan is a spiritual guide\, teacher\, and former marriage and family psychotherapist. His work interweaves Western psychology & Eastern wisdom traditions to help others find freedom from suffering to awaken to their essential wholeness. Through one-on-one spiritual mentoring\, small intimate groups\, day-long or multi-day retreats\, he supports others in the journey of discovering who they truly are: to uncover who and what they are at essence\, and to fully embody and express this in their lives and relationships. \nwww.RiyazMotan.com \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative.  She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nwww.climatecompassion.org \nThe meeting will be from 10:00am to 4:00pm\, with a break for lunch. \nPlease bring your own lunch\, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at 5 pm on June 21st  \nSuggested donation: $75 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nREGISTER \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/where-awakened-heart-meets-broken-heart-attending-to-a-world-in-crisis-with-john-prendergast-riyaz-motan-and-lisa-ferguson-bay-area-daylong-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Giving & Receiving
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore the generosity of giving and the humility of receiving. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-giving-receiving/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Meeting the World from the Open Heart
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to deepen your capacity to meet the world with an open heart. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-meeting-the-world-from-the-open-heart/
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CREATED:20260106T170606Z
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SUMMARY:Lynn Marie Lumiere\, MFT ~ EMPOWERED EMBODIMENT: The Deepest Solution to LifeÕs Challenges
DESCRIPTION:With all that is going on in our personal lives as well as in the world we live in\, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and disempowered. The only way we can be fully empowered is to embody our deepest nature. Having a direct experience of our nature is only the beginning. Then we embark on the beautiful and challenging journey of embodying that on all levels of our human beingÑsomatic\, emotional\, psychological\, and relational. The more we can embody our loving presence on any of those levels\, the more empowered we are to transform our lives and the lives of those around us\, as well as the world we live in. This is the deepest solution to all that we are facing. \nIn this event\, we will start with the somatic level with group practices that align our nervous system with our calm\, open\, nature. When those two are out of alignment\, it makes life more difficult than it needs to be. We are meant to live as a powerful\, integrated whole. You are also welcome to bring whatever issues you have on any other level of your humanness. Lynn Marie will meet it all with open awareness and psychological skills\, if needed. \nLynn Marie Lumiere\, is a seasoned psychotherapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, spiritual mentor\, and author. She offers a rare blend of embodied spiritual wisdom with a skilled therapeutic approach that facilitates healing of psychological trauma and wounding and the embodiment of awakening. Her depth of experience\, rooted in her own healing and awakening journey\, spans decades of expertly guiding individuals in the resolution of their trauma and into connection with their true nature. Lynn Marie is the author of Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying More Love in Relationships. \nwww.lynnmarielumiere.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lynn-marie-lumiere-mft-empowered-embodiment-the-deepest-solution-to-lifeos-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240101T000000
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CREATED:20260106T170747Z
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Waking Up Through the Metacrisis: Finding Deeper Ground in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:The Buddha said it succinctly 2500 years ago: human existence is\, and always has been\, marked by constant change and uncertainty. Yet we find ourselves in uniquely challenging and uncertain times: overpopulation\, mass extinctions\, extreme weather\, environmental tipping points\, political upheaval\, nuclear proliferation\, demographic instability and widespread migrations\, and the advent of technologies that challenge and distort our understanding of whatÕs real and true. \nPerhaps our civilization is just on the verge of collapse\, like so many before it. But since it covers the globe\, this raises the unprecedented prospect that the future of human life on Earth may be threatened as well. \nOf course\, we can always seek refuge in the simplicity and innate perfection of right now and in the knowing that our true nature–awakened awareness\, consciousness\, the absolute–is undisturbed and never dies\, and life is always unfolding in its own sacred and mysterious way.  \nBut\, as one of my Zen teachers used to say\, what about the blood? That is\, what about all the painful consequences at a very human level of all this difficult and precipitous change? How do we find peace in a deeper ground while acknowledging and welcoming our understandable feelings of fear\, outrage\, or grief and doing what we can to make a difference if we choose?. \nPlease join me for one or more satsangs in this monthly series (Jan-May) that include meditations for returning to and resting in our deeper ground while welcoming and working with the feelings that these challenging times evoke. There will also be a brief talk and plenty of time for sharing and discussion. This will not be a space for intellectual analysis or political discussion. \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and mentoring in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness. For more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. Any amount welcome. \nStephan Bodian has offered that all donations for this event will go \nto support Open Circle in continuing this work of offering teachings. \nREGISTER \nPlease register early if you can. \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-waking-up-through-the-metacrisis-finding-deeper-ground-in-challenging-times-3/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Waking Up Through the Metacrisis: Finding Deeper Ground in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:The Buddha said it succinctly 2500 years ago: human existence is\, and always has been\, marked by constant change and uncertainty. Yet we find ourselves in uniquely challenging and uncertain times: overpopulation\, mass extinctions\, extreme weather\, environmental tipping points\, political upheaval\, nuclear proliferation\, demographic instability and widespread migrations\, and the advent of technologies that challenge and distort our understanding of whatÕs real and true. \nPerhaps our civilization is just on the verge of collapse\, like so many before it. But since it covers the globe\, this raises the unprecedented prospect that the future of human life on Earth may be threatened as well. \nOf course\, we can always seek refuge in the simplicity and innate perfection of right now and in the knowing that our true nature–awakened awareness\, consciousness\, the absolute–is undisturbed and never dies\, and life is always unfolding in its own sacred and mysterious way. \nBut\, as one of my Zen teachers used to say\, what about the blood? That is\, what about all the painful consequences at a very human level of all this difficult and precipitous change? How do we find peace in a deeper ground while acknowledging and welcoming our understandable feelings of fear\, outrage\, or grief and doing what we can to make a difference if we choose?. \nPlease join me for one or more satsangs in this monthly series (Jan-May) that include meditations for returning to and resting in our deeper ground while welcoming and working with the feelings that these challenging times evoke. There will also be a brief talk and plenty of time for sharing and discussion. This will not be a space for intellectual analysis or political discussion. \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and mentoring in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness. For more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. Any amount welcome. \nStephan Bodian has offered that all donations for this event will go \nto support Open Circle in continuing this work of offering teachings. \nREGISTER \nPlease register early if you can. \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-waking-up-through-the-metacrisis-finding-deeper-ground-in-challenging-times-4/
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SUMMARY:Louise Kay ~ Embodied Awareness
DESCRIPTION:If you bring your attention fully present into the now and inquire with a genuine\, open curiosity into the truth of this moment\, what is discovered is that underlying all experiences lies an invisible\, potent presence. This presence is often referred to as stillness\, being\, consciousness or awareness and is the eternal\, formless essence of who you are. All else appears in and is perceived by this awareness. \nThe recognition of this truth through direct experiential knowing is a divine blessing and is followed by a sacred process of integration\, which takes place on the level of body and mind. As higher consciousness penetrates the physical body in the surrendered state\, unconscious beliefs and conditionings are revealed and released\, and unprocessed emotions held in the system rise to the surface to be consciously felt and transmuted. This process of deep healing and maturing takes place over time on the level of form\, while one remains anchored in the formlessness of the unending now. \nYou are invited to join Louise for an exploration of Embodied Awareness comprising a guided meditation and opportunity to ask questions. \nWatch a 5-part conversation with Louise \nwhere she shares about her awakening journey and its impact on her life\, her  \nunderstanding of what true meditation is\, gratitude for challenging situations\, and more. \n.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px;  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px;  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}.tg .tg-0lax{text-align:left;vertical-align:top}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tg {width: auto !important;}.tg col {width: auto !important;}.tg-wrap {overflow-x: auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;}} \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Louise \nLouise Kay was born in the north west of The UK. After graduating from university she worked as an English teacher for 15 years\, and during this time began to question the deeper meaning of life. This led her to the path of spirituality\, where she found a strong resonance with the teachings of non-duality. \nIn her early thirties Louise felt a deep call in her heart to visit India\, where she experienced a profound spiritual awakening. Shortly afterwards Louise began channeling and traveled around the world sharing this gift for several years. During this time she experienced a deepening and integration of her initial spiritual awakening and as she opened more to this non-dual truth a new form of expression revealed itself from deep in her heart. \nLouise is passionate about supporting people to live a life of presence and unconditional love. Her greatest joy is to sit together in presence and gently hold space for all emotions\, all sensations and all experiences which arise in the moment in order to support the integration of unresolved energies and allow the unfolding of the divine in all who feel the call. \nExplorations are usually focused around self-inquiry\, the release of limiting beliefs and the integration of unprocessed emotions and energies. \nLouise holds group events online and around the world. \nMore about Louise: www.louisekay.net \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/louise-kay-embodied-awareness-4/
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SUMMARY:Louise Kay ~ Embodied Awareness
DESCRIPTION:If you bring your attention fully present into the now and inquire with a genuine\, open curiosity into the truth of this moment\, what is discovered is that underlying all experiences lies an invisible\, potent presence. This presence is often referred to as stillness\, being\, consciousness or awareness and is the eternal\, formless essence of who you are. All else appears in and is perceived by this awareness. \nThe recognition of this truth through direct experiential knowing is a divine blessing and is followed by a sacred process of integration\, which takes place on the level of body and mind. As higher consciousness penetrates the physical body in the surrendered state\, unconscious beliefs and conditionings are revealed and released\, and unprocessed emotions held in the system rise to the surface to be consciously felt and transmuted. This process of deep healing and maturing takes place over time on the level of form\, while one remains anchored in the formlessness of the unending now. \nYou are invited to join Louise for an exploration of Embodied Awareness comprising a guided meditation and opportunity to ask questions. \nWatch a 5-part conversation with Louise \nwhere she shares about her awakening journey and its impact on her life\, her  \nunderstanding of what true meditation is\, gratitude for challenging situations\, and more. \n.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px;  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px;  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}.tg .tg-0lax{text-align:left;vertical-align:top}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tg {width: auto !important;}.tg col {width: auto !important;}.tg-wrap {overflow-x: auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;}} \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Louise \nLouise Kay was born in the north west of The UK. After graduating from university she worked as an English teacher for 15 years\, and during this time began to question the deeper meaning of life. This led her to the path of spirituality\, where she found a strong resonance with the teachings of non-duality. \nIn her early thirties Louise felt a deep call in her heart to visit India\, where she experienced a profound spiritual awakening. Shortly afterwards Louise began channeling and traveled around the world sharing this gift for several years. During this time she experienced a deepening and integration of her initial spiritual awakening and as she opened more to this non-dual truth a new form of expression revealed itself from deep in her heart. \nLouise is passionate about supporting people to live a life of presence and unconditional love. Her greatest joy is to sit together in presence and gently hold space for all emotions\, all sensations and all experiences which arise in the moment in order to support the integration of unresolved energies and allow the unfolding of the divine in all who feel the call. \nExplorations are usually focused around self-inquiry\, the release of limiting beliefs and the integration of unprocessed emotions and energies. \nLouise holds group events online and around the world. \nMore about Louise: www.louisekay.net \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/louise-kay-embodied-awareness-3/
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SUMMARY:Shakti Caterina Maggi ~ Embodied Non-duality
DESCRIPTION:The teaching will be a dive into the heart of nonduality. An open and direct sharing about how our spiritual essence embodies in human experience to wake up to itself. \nWe will explore how suffering is the way through which we can recognize our self-imposed limitations. With courage and radical honesty we can use suffering as a trampoline to consciously connect to an unshakeable inner peace. \nShakti will offer a talk followed by Q&A. \nWatch Shakti speak about the perception of oneness with life  \nin contrast to seeing objects as external to ourselves: \n \n  \nShakti Caterina Maggi is a spiritual guide\, meditation teacher and author widely recognized as one of the most authentic and profound voices of contemporary spirituality. Combining the vision of Advaita and non-dual Tantra with a contemporary approach\, Shakti offers with humanity\, compassion and great clarity an inner technology to dissolve that contraction of suffering that accompanies our lives\, and access a space of peace and unconditional love towards life. \nwww.shakticaterinamaggi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/shakti-caterina-maggi-embodied-non-duality-4/
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SUMMARY:Chesaray ~ Somatic Self-Inquiry: Embodied Awakening and Psychological Integration through Movement
DESCRIPTION:Experiential Divinity in our everyday lives requires a holistic approach that embraces the whole self. Let us turn from the temptations of spiritual bypassing and lean into the fire of embodiment.  \nSomatic Self Inquiry supports people in discovering their true nature by welcoming below-the-mind\, bottom-up approaches to integration. When we are reminded of our Divinity deep within\, we can be liberated from patterns that hold us back from joy and freedom. Through exploring the richness of the somatic depths and opening to the unknown\, we find ourselves “in the world but not of it.” \nLet us come together in the spirit of Inquiry for a guided movement exploration\, meditation\, and exchanges with Chesaray. \nChesaray is passionate about supporting those to awaken to the lived experience of Unconditional Love and Being. She is the Spiritual Director of Loving Ground\, a 501 c3 non-profit. She offers online and in person retreats and courses based on a wide range of psychological\, spiritual\, holistic healing modalities that support human evolution. \nPlease find out more about ChesarayÕs offerings at www.chesaray.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-somatic-self-inquiry-embodied-awakening-and-psychological-integration-through-movement-2/
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SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Transmitting Peace Worldwide From Within ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join with your fellow sages and Pamela to uncontain the heart \, so it can transmit clarity\, balance and blessings. \nPamela Wilson evokes through dialogue\, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about oneÕs identity relax. Featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom\, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue\, so please bring your questions! \nMore about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com \nThe meeting will be from 10:30am to 4:30pm\, with a break for lunch. \nFeel free to bring your own lunch and a sun hat and walking shoes for enjoying a walk during our lunch break. \nSee you there! \nYou also have option to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at 5 pm on July 5th  \nSliding Scale: $60 to $120 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nREGISTER \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-transmitting-peace-worldwide-from-within-bay-area-daylong-retreat-2/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Schumacher ~ Choose Love
DESCRIPTION:A meeting with Lisa is an opportunity to step away from your day to day life and devote time for self-inquiry into the heart of Love. There will be a few moments of silence to start the meeting and then Lisa will speak and invite the community to share reports about their realizations and ask questions. \nWatch Lisa’s awakening story: \nhttps://opencircle.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/231101V_Lisa-Schumacher-Interview-clip-1.mp4\nLisa Schumacher: Lisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”\, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. In 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share Satsang. She has held meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, Gangaji’s husband\, and a founding teacher of the Eli’s “Leela School of Awakening”. Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”\, a book of poetry inspired by Gangaji\, available on her website and for purchase at the gathering. \nIn Lisa’s meetings\, she invites you to sit close and inquire about your awakening\, your spiritual questions\, and the unfolding truth. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa will also be offering a Daylong Retreat in Fairfax\, California on July 20th (click to see details). \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org \nSuggested donation for July 16\, 10am to 12noon: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-schumacher-choose-love-2/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ True Nature
DESCRIPTION:Who are we really? Join Jeannie to explore the idea and experience of true nature. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-true-nature/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Dancing around the Center
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore the integrity of resting in the center of your being and allowing your life to be an expression of that. \nJeannieÕs gift for inviting people to join her in resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality. Within that\, JeannieÕs humor and iconoclasm serve to bring people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through silent and guided meditation\, spontaneous talks and exchange with participants\, Jeannie will host a space of clarity and warmth where the richness of relating can be explored safely and your innermost questions met fully. \nJeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet\, inspiring\, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter\, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity\, tender mercy toward humanness\, and a juicy\, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta\, Sufism\, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-dancing-around-the-center/
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UID:10000846-1704067200-1704067200@opencircle.net
SUMMARY:Chesaray ~ Our Greatest Resource
DESCRIPTION:There are many ways to discover our greatest resource and live embodied freedom. In this class we will create a grace filled path into the great Silence. By utilizing movement and sound\, we can open the channels and activate the body’s innate healing response. The cells can discover their connection with Grace and we can find our way home. Join me in remembering who we really are. \nChesaray is passionate about supporting those to awaken to the lived experience of Unconditional Love and Being. She is the Spiritual Director of Loving Ground\, a 501 c3 non-profit. She offers online and in person retreats and courses based on a wide range of psychological\, spiritual\, holistic healing modalities that support human evolution. \nPlease find out more about ChesarayÕs offerings at www.chesaray.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter \nPlease note Daylight Savings Time starts in the US  \nat 2 am (Pacific Time) on Sunday morning\, March 10th. \nThis may mean the event starts at a different time than usual in your area\, \nFor example\, start times for most Europeans from March 10 until March 31 will be one hour earlier than usual.
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/chesaray-our-greatest-resource/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 9th & 10th\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nMany seekers who shift from progressive approaches like deliberate mindfulness to a more direct approach continue to search for the right meditative strategy\, the sweet spot that allows them to let go of their efforting and drop into their natural state of nondual presence. But paradoxically itÕs this very strategizing that needs to drop away as presence reveals itself to be the nature of reality\, the deeper ground beyond a separate self\, not something that you can strategize into being. You canÕt do itÑyou can only join the nondual presence thatÕs always already taking place. \nSo how exactly can you position your awareness to fall into nondual presence? In this two-day mini-retreat youÕll learn how to take the backward step to illuminate the deeper ground of Being as your true nature or true Self beyond all division. Once that deeper identity has been revealed\, you no longer have to search for what is already so blatantly obvious. You merely need to be it. \nThe retreat will feature self-inquiry\, direct pointers to the nature of reality\, and a series of guided meditations that lead you through the stages of awakening to nondual presence. In nondual presence life unfolds effortlessly\, without an illusory someone in charge of the unfolding\, as an expression of the exquisite intelligence at the heart of the Mystery. Absolute and relative dimensions of BeingÑuniversal and individual\, trans/impersonal and personal\, one and manyÑdissolve into a single\, vibrant\, multidimensional\, perfectly imperfect current of love and manifestation. Just This!  \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness.  \nFor more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-meditation-without-a-meditator-from-deliberate-awareness-to-nondual-presence-2-part-online-retreat-5/
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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 9th & 10th\, 2023 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nMany seekers who shift from progressive approaches like deliberate mindfulness to a more direct approach continue to search for the right meditative strategy\, the sweet spot that allows them to let go of their efforting and drop into their natural state of nondual presence. But paradoxically itÕs this very strategizing that needs to drop away as presence reveals itself to be the nature of reality\, the deeper ground beyond a separate self\, not something that you can strategize into being. You canÕt do itÑyou can only join the nondual presence thatÕs always already taking place. \nSo how exactly can you position your awareness to fall into nondual presence? In this two-day mini-retreat youÕll learn how to take the backward step to illuminate the deeper ground of Being as your true nature or true Self beyond all division. Once that deeper identity has been revealed\, you no longer have to search for what is already so blatantly obvious. You merely need to be it. \nThe retreat will feature self-inquiry\, direct pointers to the nature of reality\, and a series of guided meditations that lead you through the stages of awakening to nondual presence. In nondual presence life unfolds effortlessly\, without an illusory someone in charge of the unfolding\, as an expression of the exquisite intelligence at the heart of the Mystery. Absolute and relative dimensions of BeingÑuniversal and individual\, trans/impersonal and personal\, one and manyÑdissolve into a single\, vibrant\, multidimensional\, perfectly imperfect current of love and manifestation. Just This!  \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness. For more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
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