Sunday, April 02, 2006
Lawrence Edwards' Workshop and a poem
Lawrence Edwards, Ph. D., author of "The Soul's Journey" and a long time leader in the Kundalini Research Network (and a wonderful guy) is offering the following workshop and retreat. I have heard from those who have attended these in the past, and they tell me it is amazingly restorative to be with Lawrence in these settings.
Meditation:
The Power To Change Your Life
A ONE DAY MEDITATION COURSE
SUNDAY, May 21, 2006
GREAT FOR BOTH NEW AND EXPERIENCED MEDITATORS!
Registration Fee: $120 (includes light lunch)
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Anam Cara, Inc., Bedford, NY
Taught by: Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.,
Internationally known meditation teacher and author of:
The Soul’s Journey: Guidance From The Divine Within
For more information: http://www.thesoulsjourney.com/events.html
Give yourself a day to let it all go and discover what is beyond!
Meditation heals the body, even lowering cholesterol levels and blood pressure. More than that, it calms the mind, bringing inner peace as it opens the gateway to the extraordinary domain of pure Unbounded Awareness. Through guided imagery, healing mantras, chants, gentle movement and ancient teachings you will mine the riches of meditation and deepen your access to your powers of healing and self-renewal.
For information or to register call: (914) 234-4800
Weekend Meditation Retreat: June 9-11, 2006
Mysteries of the Divine Feminine:
Kundalini Awakening and Empowerment.
WEEKEND MEDITATION AND EMPOWERMENT RETREAT
by Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.
Author of The Soul’s Journey: Guidance From The Divine Within
The extraordinary power of Consciousness to transcend the mind, body and even the world, to know the Infinite as your very own Self, is symbolized as the Goddess Kundalini in the yogic tradition. This great power is known in some form in every spiritual tradition. Awakening Kundalini marks the most important turning point in the soul’s journey. In this retreat people will be guided through practices that awaken and continue the unfolding of the inner power of meditation and yoga - Kundalini. With that power we will explore the archetypal realms of transcendence, wisdom and grace. Through mantra, chanting, breath work, and the profound mythic tales of Inanna, the Black Madonna, Kali and Kundalini we will further access the inner source of true knowledge, wisdom and freedom. That inner source is your highest Self, the Divine within.
June 9-11, 2006
Friday: 7-9pm, Sat. 9am-5:30pm, 7-9pm; Sun. 9am-3:30pm
Anam Cara, Inc., Bedford, NY
914-234-4800
$250 (includes lunch Sat. & Sun.)
Accommodations and additional meals extra
For more information and people's sharing from having taken the retreat, please visit: www.thesoulsjourney.com
Sponsored by Anam Cara, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching meditative practices. www.anamcara-ny.org
(now from Dorothy:)
I have long taken pleasure in the fact that poets do not always have to "look on the bright side" of things. All of us have moments, or even days, when we are not in an ecstatic state, when we feel more cut off or a bit lost in our journey. I believe that these moments should be honored as part of total experience of the seeker who sometimes "finds," sometimes is in the state of searching and not immediately finding. However, if we have once experienced the "vision", that memory becomes a great source of courage to continue. And, of course, it is at times like these that the opportunity to be with such empowered and empowering teachers as Laurence Edwards is especially helpful.
The Pilgrim’s Song
If you ask me about holy longing
I can tell you how it is to go on
for lifetimes with hands
holding nothing
but a begging bowl
filled with regret
and a thin film of desire,
waiting for rain.
copyright, Dorothy Walters
(P. S. The final line here now seems a bit ironic, since we in San Francisco have just broken the record for the most rainy days in March.)
Meditation:
The Power To Change Your Life
A ONE DAY MEDITATION COURSE
SUNDAY, May 21, 2006
GREAT FOR BOTH NEW AND EXPERIENCED MEDITATORS!
Registration Fee: $120 (includes light lunch)
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Anam Cara, Inc., Bedford, NY
Taught by: Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.,
Internationally known meditation teacher and author of:
The Soul’s Journey: Guidance From The Divine Within
For more information: http://www.thesoulsjourney.com/events.html
Give yourself a day to let it all go and discover what is beyond!
Meditation heals the body, even lowering cholesterol levels and blood pressure. More than that, it calms the mind, bringing inner peace as it opens the gateway to the extraordinary domain of pure Unbounded Awareness. Through guided imagery, healing mantras, chants, gentle movement and ancient teachings you will mine the riches of meditation and deepen your access to your powers of healing and self-renewal.
For information or to register call: (914) 234-4800
Weekend Meditation Retreat: June 9-11, 2006
Mysteries of the Divine Feminine:
Kundalini Awakening and Empowerment.
WEEKEND MEDITATION AND EMPOWERMENT RETREAT
by Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.
Author of The Soul’s Journey: Guidance From The Divine Within
The extraordinary power of Consciousness to transcend the mind, body and even the world, to know the Infinite as your very own Self, is symbolized as the Goddess Kundalini in the yogic tradition. This great power is known in some form in every spiritual tradition. Awakening Kundalini marks the most important turning point in the soul’s journey. In this retreat people will be guided through practices that awaken and continue the unfolding of the inner power of meditation and yoga - Kundalini. With that power we will explore the archetypal realms of transcendence, wisdom and grace. Through mantra, chanting, breath work, and the profound mythic tales of Inanna, the Black Madonna, Kali and Kundalini we will further access the inner source of true knowledge, wisdom and freedom. That inner source is your highest Self, the Divine within.
June 9-11, 2006
Friday: 7-9pm, Sat. 9am-5:30pm, 7-9pm; Sun. 9am-3:30pm
Anam Cara, Inc., Bedford, NY
914-234-4800
$250 (includes lunch Sat. & Sun.)
Accommodations and additional meals extra
For more information and people's sharing from having taken the retreat, please visit: www.thesoulsjourney.com
Sponsored by Anam Cara, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching meditative practices. www.anamcara-ny.org
(now from Dorothy:)
I have long taken pleasure in the fact that poets do not always have to "look on the bright side" of things. All of us have moments, or even days, when we are not in an ecstatic state, when we feel more cut off or a bit lost in our journey. I believe that these moments should be honored as part of total experience of the seeker who sometimes "finds," sometimes is in the state of searching and not immediately finding. However, if we have once experienced the "vision", that memory becomes a great source of courage to continue. And, of course, it is at times like these that the opportunity to be with such empowered and empowering teachers as Laurence Edwards is especially helpful.
The Pilgrim’s Song
If you ask me about holy longing
I can tell you how it is to go on
for lifetimes with hands
holding nothing
but a begging bowl
filled with regret
and a thin film of desire,
waiting for rain.
copyright, Dorothy Walters
(P. S. The final line here now seems a bit ironic, since we in San Francisco have just broken the record for the most rainy days in March.)
