Kundalini Splendor

I consider Sally Kempton one of the wisest teachers among us today.  She has spent years researching and experiencing the wonders of the phenomenon we call Kundalini.  Her depth of understanding of this divine love force is unparalleled.  This course is a rare opportunity to explore one of the fundamental texts of spiritual awakening.  She is well equipped to be your guide.


Sally Kempton's Awakened Heart News

November 2017

Save the dates!
NEW Telecourse: Your Heart is the Divine Heart:
Exploring the Tantric Teachings on Self-Recognition
January 10 to February 21, 2018

from Sally Kempton

Dear Ones,

"Stay where you are without worrying
For the goal is assured!
And who but the Self could teach this?
And to whom?"

Those are the words of a Shaivite sage from the 9th century. They point to a radically hopeful vision of human possibility. Yes, he is saying, our lives are tough and uncertain. But despite how things look, you ARE divine. You are God undergoing human experience. Even when things seem to be going horribly wrong, you and everyone else are on the freedom train. You're destined to know the truth of who you are, and to recognize that same divinity in the others in your world.

The sooner you accept this and decide to actualize it, the sooner you'll realize the miraculous beauty of your embodiment!

That's what we'll be doing together this winter, in the new teleclass that starts January 10th. The seven-week course is called Your Heart is the Divine Heart: Exploring the Tantric Teachings on Self-Recognition.

The course is based on the incomparable text, the Heart of the Doctrine of Recognition (in Sanskrit, Pratyabhijnahrydayam). This short work—it's only 20 sutras—describes how Consciousness manifests universes within herself, condensing her vastness to become your human psyche and body, then unfolds and expands back into complete embodied awareness of your own divinity.

Basically, it's about our journey, yours and mine. I don't mean our journey as psychological beings. Our journey as embodied divinity.

The text intends for us to recognize our own awareness as Shiva's Awareness, and our own heart as the abode of cosmic creativity—Shakti.

The sutras hold the empowerment of a lineage of enlightened beings, and they can awaken you. Each one of these sutras carries an entire world of truth, that expands inside you as you hold these words up to your experience. In other words, studying the sutras on Recognition creates an alchemical shift—especially when you combine your study with meditation and practical exercises.

So, our classes will include meditation, sutra contemplation, lectures, personal exercises, partner discussion and much more—always using the text to open us to a deeper understanding of ourselves.

We all know that we're living through a time of radical upheaval and change. The energy of this time can push us into despair, but it can also open up the highest possibilities of this incarnation. To harness the power that wants to unfold in us, we need to cultivate our understanding of what is real, of who we are and are not, and of who we can be if we are willing to see through the veils. The sutras on Recognition were written to help you do that.

I invite you to read the short description below, and see if you're called to deepen your awareness of these radical truths!

What is the doctrine of Recognition?

The Heart of Recognition (Pratyabhijna Hrydayam in Sanskrit), by Kshemeraja is the Cliff's Notes of tantric non-dual realization.

It explains in 20 pithy sutras the entire arc of the spiritual journey. Half the book describes the initial 'descent' of Shakti into embodiment as your mind, body, and the world. The other half reveals the path back.

As we contemplate these sutras and the teachings behind them, we realize that the physical and subtle universe is the playground within which we are invited to discover the truth behind our lives.

There are dozens of teachings about non-duality available these days. Many of them are reductive. They teach that human life to an illusion, and that only pure awareness is real.

Tantric Shaivism offers us a wider view. Rather than denying the reality of the body and the world, it shows us how to recognize the innate divinity that shines in the material world, including our own physical and subtle bodies. Tantric Shaivism is the teaching of enlightened beings whose hearts had opened fully to the radical sacredness of our own embodiment and the wonder of the universe itself.

The Sutras on Recognition can alchemically transform your consciousness, so that you begin to recognize what it really means to say that the great Self exists within you, speaks through your mouth, perceives through your senses, and constantly shows the path back to itself.

You are God living as a human body. This is true even when you don't realize it. When you do grasp the depth of your own sacredness, you can begin to consciously live the truth of what you are.

And, the world needs us to know this. Register now.

More on the 2018 Calendar

May 24-June 1
9-Day Meditation Immersion Retreat
Mount Madonna Center, Watsonville, CA
An in-depth exploration of meditation as a practice and a way of life, based on the most essential teachings of the Tantric and Yogic Meditation Traditions. Designed for teachers as well as practitioners who want to deepen and expand your practice. The retreat will include long practice sessions, deep journaling, small group for depth conversation on meditation, lectures on the philosophical basis of awakened heart meditation, chanting and yoga.

July 27-29
Weekend Workshop
1440 Multiversity in the Santa Cruz Mountains

August 24-26
Kripalu Center
Lennox, Massachusetts

August 30-Sept 3
Yoga International Conference
Honesdale, PA

September 9-14
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA

And check this out:

A Brilliant Album combining the Chamunda Mantras and a jazz-rock ensemble, with Elizabeth Rossa
Elizabeth Rossa, who teaches yoga at some of our retreats, is also a gifted musician (she plays the bass). A few years ago, after a retreat where we chanted Om Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye Viche Swaahaa, she was inspired to make a record with a group of other talented musicians, that combines these mantras with jazz and indy rock and blues grooves for a truly ground-breaking approach to sacred sound. (I also am on the record, as you can see from this clip. You can pre-order it, or listen to some of the tracks, by following this link.

With so much love,
Sally

from her newsletter: Sally Kempton teaches at the cutting edge of ancient and contemporary wisdom, unfolding the energetic practices of the tantrikas in an atmosphere that creates space for real inner change. A former swami in a Vedic tradition, she has been teaching for nearly 40 years and is known for her powerful transmissions of meditative states. Sally is the author of the recently released Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga and the best-selling book Meditation for the Love of It. Her audio program of meditations on the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Doorways to the Infinite, was recently released by Sounds True. She offers regular retreats and workshops as well as teleconferences.

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