Thursday, October 31, 2019
Conch Shells--Poem by Dorothy
Conch Shells
(for my friends Julie and Erica who are now on pilgrimage in India)
How often have I listened
as the conch shells
called down the gods.
How carefully I arranged
the fires,
ceremonies awaiting their arrival.
I sang with the chorus,
trembling in anticipation
as we chanted the ancient hymns
of welcome and devotion.
Finally they came,
our prayers ascending with the smoke,
our bodies filled with delight.
Now we performed sacred gestures,
hands and selves turning in patterns
the elders had prescribed.
Our ecstasy was theirs,
we became who they were.
They gave the rishis secret wisdom,
how the universe was formed,
learnings of the cosmic truths,
the cycles of Brahma,
the frequencies of the sun.
The trees, the flowers,
the stones around the fire––
all vibrated together,
lit from within
as we swayed and sang,
circle of bliss.
Our prayers were granted
as we were entered and transmuted.
We were one.
Dorothy Walters
October 31, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
ACISTE Experiencer day w/ John Stringer & Matt Kahn
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Dog Loves Jumping In Leaves
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Monday, October 28, 2019
A Koan from Stone Mountain
"Where Buddhas reside, don't stop. Where Buddhas don't reside, rush past."
(from ancient Chinese (Zen) hermit poet Stone Mountain)
What does this koan mean? If you "stop" (seek truth, instruction) only where enlightened ones reside and never question their teachings, you will not find your own inner wisdom. If you try to learn from those are not enlightened, you will learn nothing.
Today, we can read the writings of wise ones in books or on the internet, but we are warned not to "stop" with their teachings. Even worse is to follow would be teachers who are themselves lacking in wisdom.
What is the answer? Learn from your own inner teacher, and you will become wise. Find your own path and allow your inner light to lead you ahead.
What do you think?
(from ancient Chinese (Zen) hermit poet Stone Mountain)
What does this koan mean? If you "stop" (seek truth, instruction) only where enlightened ones reside and never question their teachings, you will not find your own inner wisdom. If you try to learn from those are not enlightened, you will learn nothing.
Today, we can read the writings of wise ones in books or on the internet, but we are warned not to "stop" with their teachings. Even worse is to follow would be teachers who are themselves lacking in wisdom.
What is the answer? Learn from your own inner teacher, and you will become wise. Find your own path and allow your inner light to lead you ahead.
What do you think?
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Not This––poem by Dorothy
Not This
What I wish to tell you
is that it is not a course,
nor an exercise
of how to breathe your way
happiness
nor an object you wear
around your neck.
It is not a shirt
with a slogan on it,
nor the ability to name
each center with an
ancient foreign word,
nor a method to turn your body
into a pretzel
or a notion you read
in some bestselling book
with an invitation to ascend.
It is instead an altar with an invitation
to climb up
and let yourself be
dismembered,
every part and particle,
taken and transformed,
sacred fires burning,
sacred hymns chanted,
you the small pile of ashes
left behind,
the ember waiting to be
transformed
into the nothingness
that you are,
awareness at last.
Dorothy Walters
October 27, 2019
Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Follower of Melchizedek––poem by Dorothy
The Follower of Melchizedek
"Called to be a high priest after the Order of Melchizedek"
Hebrews, 5:1 0
I have no robe
nor even a mark
on my forehead.
I have never worn resplendent clothes
and sat on a throne
in front of many adoring followers,
all waiting to be instructed
as to how to live their lives.
I cannot levitate
nor transfer my form
to other places
by desire or teleportation.
I have never even gone
out of my body
or almost died and returned.
Yet I have had experiences
of making love with my
Invisible too tender
to be told.
I have listened to those
who craved some sympathetic one
to hear their stories
and help them on their path.
I have been informed
with sacred truths
by unknown sources
that have guided me
to create poems, to receive reflections,
to unexpected knowings.
I have received visions and revelations,
danced to different music,
swum in a different sea.
I was the outsider,
always alone in my journey,
always striving to fulfill my mission.
Dorothy Walters
October 21, 2019
Note: Some writers assert that Melchizedek does not refer to a person but rather to those who act on behalf of humanity (primarily teach and heal), though they are not officially recognized as priests like those who wear robes and perform rituals. In this capacity they are reminiscent of the Hindu bodhisattvas who dedicate themselves to serving humankind.
"Called to be a high priest after the Order of Melchizedek"
Hebrews, 5:1 0
I have no robe
nor even a mark
on my forehead.
I have never worn resplendent clothes
and sat on a throne
in front of many adoring followers,
all waiting to be instructed
as to how to live their lives.
I cannot levitate
nor transfer my form
to other places
by desire or teleportation.
I have never even gone
out of my body
or almost died and returned.
Yet I have had experiences
of making love with my
Invisible too tender
to be told.
I have listened to those
who craved some sympathetic one
to hear their stories
and help them on their path.
I have been informed
with sacred truths
by unknown sources
that have guided me
to create poems, to receive reflections,
to unexpected knowings.
I have received visions and revelations,
danced to different music,
swum in a different sea.
I was the outsider,
always alone in my journey,
always striving to fulfill my mission.
Dorothy Walters
October 21, 2019
Note: Some writers assert that Melchizedek does not refer to a person but rather to those who act on behalf of humanity (primarily teach and heal), though they are not officially recognized as priests like those who wear robes and perform rituals. In this capacity they are reminiscent of the Hindu bodhisattvas who dedicate themselves to serving humankind.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
About Ecstasy–– poem by Dorothy
About Ecstasy
What can you say about ecstasy?
It is indescribable, ineffable,
a thing beyond knowing
unless
you walk into that dark cave,
bare your chest,
let the arrows of love
penetrate your deep heart.
It is a thing
that will destroy you
as you suppose you are.
It will tear you to shreds
and take those shreds
and
rebuild
a new person,
someone ready to dance
at the slightest provocation,
someone who keeps insisting
that this is you,
this delight is yours.
Dorothy Walters
October 14, 2019
Note: As I have made clear earlier, for me "ecstasy" is a sweet bliss, not a total loss of control.
Note: As I have made clear earlier, for me "ecstasy" is a sweet bliss, not a total loss of control.
Monday, October 21, 2019
About Ecstasy
About Ecstasy
I just watched a video on one of Nithyananda's public presentations and realized with a shock that "ecstasy" apparently has a different meaning for him and his followers than It does for me. I think of ecstasy as a sweet feeling within, and even when it is intense, it does not require extreme jerking and writhing about in a state quite devoid of rational control (although sometimes in the early stages of Kundalini, the aspirant may indeed experience some involuntary spasming of the body). In the film I saw folks who had seemingly lost all control, and were bouncing and bending and jumping about wildly and even rolling on the floor. For me, this behavior is not the goal of yoga, nor the intended result of spiritual practice.
No, this is not the behavior I associate with "ecstasy." When I speak of ecstasy, it is reminiscent of the rapture of St. Teresa of Avila or the mystical state of St. John of the Cross. It does not require any movement whatever, though the inner guide may direct a certain gentle bodily response. Such movement may be so subtle that an observe could not even detect it. Yet the feeling may be one of utter delight, as if one were suddenly given access to a level of experience that lies hidden within for most of us most of the time. It can be triggered in countless ways, from music or poetry or nature or perfume or whatever speaks to the practitioner. And this state is, for me, the ecstasy that is the goal of yoga and union with the unseen lover who resides inside us all.
I just watched a video on one of Nithyananda's public presentations and realized with a shock that "ecstasy" apparently has a different meaning for him and his followers than It does for me. I think of ecstasy as a sweet feeling within, and even when it is intense, it does not require extreme jerking and writhing about in a state quite devoid of rational control (although sometimes in the early stages of Kundalini, the aspirant may indeed experience some involuntary spasming of the body). In the film I saw folks who had seemingly lost all control, and were bouncing and bending and jumping about wildly and even rolling on the floor. For me, this behavior is not the goal of yoga, nor the intended result of spiritual practice.
No, this is not the behavior I associate with "ecstasy." When I speak of ecstasy, it is reminiscent of the rapture of St. Teresa of Avila or the mystical state of St. John of the Cross. It does not require any movement whatever, though the inner guide may direct a certain gentle bodily response. Such movement may be so subtle that an observe could not even detect it. Yet the feeling may be one of utter delight, as if one were suddenly given access to a level of experience that lies hidden within for most of us most of the time. It can be triggered in countless ways, from music or poetry or nature or perfume or whatever speaks to the practitioner. And this state is, for me, the ecstasy that is the goal of yoga and union with the unseen lover who resides inside us all.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
The Goal of Yoga Embodying Ecstasy
Friday, October 18, 2019
Jeff Carreira––Mystery School––Free
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(This link will take you to a fuller description of the Symposium. I am the speaker on November 10, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. You can also register at this site.)
Nov 9-16, 2019
The Mystery School for a New Paradigm
Online Symposium
Exploring how Mystery Schools can create a Magnificent Future
(with presentations by six speakers, one each morning)
Gary Lachman
Dorothy Walters
Nicolya Christi
Tim Freke
Jeffrey J. Kripal
Nora Bateson
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Six Dialogues
Six Master Luminaries
One Live Workshop
Nov. 9 to 16, 2019
Six thought-provoking dialogs revealing the power of Mystery Schools to change the future.
This symposium is an extended exploration of the many ways that mystery schools are alive and active today, and the role that we can play in shaping the future of this world.
A mystery school is a gathering of pioneering individuals working together to dramatically shift the course of the future.
Deep inside many of us know that something wonderful is possible for this world, but none of us can create that future on our own - it can only be done together.
We can learn how to support and teach each other so we can tap into the hidden sources of love and wisdom that wait for us in the heart and mind of the cosmos.
Together we can awaken each other to our true potential and unlock the higher human capacities that will change everything for everyone.
This symposium is an extended exploration of that incredible possibility.
“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.”
~ Alfred North Whitehead
Throughout history there have always been small groups of people who wake up together and recognize how they have been bound up in limited views and assumptions of the current paradigm handed down in the form of social norms and cultural agreements.
Seeing these constraints ignites a burning desire for liberation. In every age these adventurous souls have gathered together to explore new ideas, new perceptions, and new ways of being. The Gnostic Schools of the Christian tradition, the ancient Greek schools, the artists and thinkers of The Renaissance and The Enlightenment, and the many creative circles of the past two centuries - throughout history, the world over, you find gatherings of ordinary individuals who change the course of history by establishing new ways of being. Often these gatherings are referred to as Mystery Schools.
Mystery Schools are gatherings right now all over the world. In this symposium you will learn about how they operate and why they will change the world.
In the broadest sense, a Mystery School is a group of people engaging in practices and study that liberate them from the hypnotic spell of the seemingly obvious and unquestionable reality that they were born into. These individuals can now work together to continue to inspire, support and propel each other to give birth to a new future.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
~ Margaret Mead
Mystery schools are the incubators of the future.
The Mystery School for a New Paradigm Online Symposium brings together six extraordinary individuals, among them, scholars, spiritual adepts, mystics, philosophers, and artists. Each voice illuminates a different understanding of how mystery schools can shift the paradigm we live in.
Starting on November 9, you will receive one audio seminar each day for six days. Each day will feature a dialog with one of our special guest speakers, but this is more than a collection of audio dialogs.
Each of the seminars in this Symposium includes:
An introductory video from Jeff Carreira that contextualizes the seminar.
A written introduction to the seminar that describes what you are about to hear and how it relates and adds to the overarching conversation of the symposium as a whole.
An in-depth dialog conducted by Jeff Carreira with the featured speaker that explores the significance of mystery schools for the world.
3 supplemental resources (including: short audio clips, video clips and written essays) that add more depth and richness to the seminar.
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The Six Symposium Speakers
Gary Lachman
SESSION 1:
Gary Lachman:
A Brief History of the Occult
Saturday, November 9th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Gary Lachman is the author of more than 20 books including The Secret Teachers of the Western World, Jung the Mystic, and Lost Knowledge of the Imagination.
Dorothy Walters
SESSION 2
Dorothy Walters:
The Ecstasy Of Kundalini Awakening
Sunday, November 10th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Dorothy Walters is a pioneering advocate of Kundalini Awakening and the author of numerous books including, Unmasking the Rose, Kundalini Poems, and the forthcoming title, Kundalini Splendor.
Nicolya Christi
SESSION 3
Nicolya Christi:
Purification and Conscious Evolution
Monday, November 11th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Nicolya Christi is a Visionary and Futurist and the author of two books, 2012: A Clarion Call: Your Soul's Purpose in Conscious Evolution and Contemporary Spirituality for an Evolving World: A Handbook for Conscious Evolution.
Tim Freke
SESSION 4
Tim Freke:
We Are Our Own Best Hope for the Future
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Tim Freke is a spiritual philosopher and the author of 35 books including, The Mystery Experience, Soul Story and Deep Awake.
Jeffrey J. Kripal
SESSION 5
Jeffrey J. Kripal:
A New Culture for the Mystically Open and Paranormally Gifted
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He is the author of numerous books including, Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred; and Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal.
Nora Bateson
SESSION 6
Nora Bateson:
Creating A Living Co-Learning Community
Thursday, November 14th, 2019 - 10:00am Eastern Time US.
Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”.
The Symposium Concludes with:
A SPECIAL LIVE EVENT WITH JEFF CARREIRA
'The Mystery School for a New Paradigm Preview'
Saturday, November 16th, 2019
12 noon - 1:30pm Eastern Time US.
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In this 90-minute event Jeff Carreira will share his understanding of how a new paradigm can be brought to life between us. He will draw on the wisdom that was shared in the six symposium seminars and conclude by exploring how all of that wisdom is informing the structures of The Mystery School for a New Paradigm.
There will be plenty of time for you to ask any questions you have about any of the seminars you listened to, or about The Mystery School for a New Paradigm.
The Mystery School for a New Paradigm
Online Symposium
Exploring how Mystery Schools can create a Magnificent Future
NOVEMBER 9TH - 16TH, 2019
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Jeff Carreira has single pointedly pursued spiritual awakening for over twenty years. As the Director of Education of an international nonprofit organization he guided the spiritual growth and development of hundreds of individuals worldwide. He continues to lead groups of people through the mysteries of awakening and transformation guiding them into the profound depths of meditative practice and mystical inquiry. His sensitive and precise guidance will invite you into unlimited possibility. His direct and supportive manner of instruction consistently brings both experienced practitioners and novices alike to their most profound realizations.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Enneagram Song
Enneagram Song
If you like the Enneagram, you will enjoy this:
Enneagram Rhapsody–– on YouTube
If you like the Enneagram, you will enjoy this:
Enneagram Rhapsody–– on YouTube
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Janet Fatoke––Dorothy Walters, Dialogue
Dorothy Walters
5 mins ·
Here is more of the conversation between Janet and me. (This repeats earlier comments in replies):
Janet Fatoke: "He is my brother" and I am your sister. What joy to find you my beloved Dorothy, what ecstatic rapture to have found a one who knows God through the ecstasy of His love making.
Dorothy Walters: Dearest Janet, I feel so blessed to be connected with you, dear sister on the path. I call the One "The Beloved Within" and consider these times of rapturous union a great mystery. I am thrilled to have you in my life. I loved your post from Shiva Somadev. I gather that he uses mushrooms. I use no substances, just a whiff of essential oil sometimes (a magical vial of frankincense and amber, purchased at my local Vitamin Cottage). This scent immediately puts me in an altered state. I have tried other vials of the same ingredients from the same maker, and no results. I feel that ecstasy is the path and the goal and that all will experience it ultimately. I also believe it is the "unconditional love' described by those who experience Near Death and return to tell about it.
Janet Fatoke: You are so very blessed. It was all very fast and powerful for you.
My Kundalini awakened when I first fell madly in love in my early 20s. Suddenly I had telepathic abilities, a lot of love, bliss, all kinds of inner knowing and fire. So much fire. Then I lost it for 10 years and it came back during childbirth when I was determined to surrender to the pain and give birth naturally.
You know, someone told me sometimes we need someone to show us that what’s hiding in our closet is very precious. You are that person to me. I felt personally that this ecstasy and love is what everyone seeks but when people spoke of visions, vastness, etc I kept second-guessing myself. But when you said it with such conviction I had no more doubts. I accepted fully ecstasy as my path. I finally relaxed in my own joy of knowing God so intimately. Such lover He is. Thank you so deeply. ❤️🙏❤️
Dorothy Walters: Janet, this is wonderful. I was especially impressed by what you said about ecstasy in childbirth, an experience I have heard of but never known someone who experienced it. Yes, the talk about vastness–– I was never sure what they meant. For me (and I believe for you) the blessing is the sense of the Great Other literally entering the body and uniting with the small self. It is indeed an amazing experience and I often feel it is "the closest to God I ever expect to get in this lifetime." It is the ultimate surrender (to love, to exaltation, through knowing not by words but through bodily affirmation.
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Dorothy Walters ¥es, my opening was swift and ecstatic. But this brilliant beginning was followed by many years of isolation, various times of "ups and downs" and ongoing integration of these new energies. Everyone is climbing the mountain but each follows a different path. Nobody gets a free pass.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Shivasoma––poem by Dorothy
This is a poem. Blogger does not allow line breaks or stanzas to appear. Figure it out!
Shivasoma
He lives as a sadhu
in a faraway place.
He talks of ecstasy,
one of the few.
He is my brother,
but he does not know it.
I live near the mountains
and go there when I can.
I use no substance,
the triggers are within.
I spend my time
writing poems and experiencing
the god inside,
speaking with aspirants,
helping them
as I may.
I write of bliss,
of love,
of union with
that which is.
He is my brother,
but he does not know me.
Dorothy Walters
October 14, 2019
Saturday, October 12, 2019
A Memory––poem by Dorothy
NOTE: Blogger no longer allows me to post entries with correct line breaks and spacing. It runs all the text together and creates a terrible post. I have inserted / marks to indicate line breaks for this poem.
A Memory
You were young enough then/
to sleep with Yeats/
under your pillow,/
have dreams of the lost garden/
filled with sacred animals,/
archetypal beasts.
Sometimes you talked in your sleep/
and I answered, often not/
with words./
You said child poems of your own making,/
or spoke as spirits passing through.
Things happened/
that were unexpected,/
the spirit cat that came,/
our card layouts each the other's/
in reverse,/
the uncanny tarot telepathic exchange./
It was bliss just to be in your presence,/
to sense your auric field./
Now we each have gone our separate ways,/
never see nor communicate/
one with the other./
You a retiree and world traveler,/
me a writer dedicated to the task./
Yet I sometimes think/
of how it was/
when we were together/
and you were so very young./
Dorothy Walters
October 12, 2019
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
About Joe Dispenza
About Joe Dispenza
Last night I watched a fascinating presentation from Joe Dispenza,a well known expert in the art of
healing yourself from whatever through the use of mental concentration. Joe himself experienced a
broken back a few years ago and through effort and intention was able to heal himself and is now a
successful figure on the healing circuit through retreats, youtube presentations, and similar activities. He has
many offerings on YouTube, but the one I happened to watch was
DR JOE DISPENZA: How to Create Miracles by Becoming Supernatural! (from Inspire Nation with Michael Sandler as
host)
He described the many research projects he and others have conducted measuring such things as heart rate,
energy surrounding the body, and so forth.
Joe asserts that through his 7-day workshops, people have had some miraculous results, including:
someone born with only 4% vision learned to see
someone deaf in one ear learned to hear
he himself who was wheelchair bound after he broke his back learned to walk and function normally
through his own efforts
Joe is a dynamic speaker. His approach is radical and challenges the basic assumptions of the
medical profession. He offers intriguing thoughts to contemplate and persuasive evidence. His workshops are very
appealing but also quite costly.
His latest book is "Becoming Supernatural."
Check him out.
Note: Something is wrong with my blob. I cannot control the font size nor the spacing on the printed version.
Sunday, October 06, 2019
Jeff Carreira––Life as Risk
Jeff Carreira is a contemporary mystic and philosopher who teaches meditation and transformative philosophy throughout the world. He and his wife Amy Edelstein are the publishers of Emergent Education, a firm that is devoted to publishing books about the future.
Hi Dorothy,
Today I want to share an essay that comes from a new book I am working on. I hope you enjoy it.
And I hope it inspires you to consider joining me during one of my upcoming 7-day silent retreats either in Brazil in March, or in Montreal in May.
Or one of my weekend retreats either at the end of November in New York, or the start of December in Philadelphia.
Love,
Jeff
Life is a Risk, Take It!
“Only those who risk going too far can find out how far they can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
I once asked a spiritual teacher a question that had been preoccupying me for months. I had read one of his books and deeply resonated with it, so when I had the chance to speak with him during a public event I said, “I’ve been reading your book over and over again, and everything I read in it feels more true to me than anything else, but where do I get the faith to give my life to that and know it will turn out OK?”
He got very focused, looked straight at me and said, “Who says it's going to turn out OK? It could end up a total mess! If you knew it was going to turn out OK, you wouldn't need any faith, would you? because you'd have a guarantee.” He paused and then added, “There are no guarantees. I'm offering you a one-way ticket; you get on this train and you never come back. And the part of you that wants a guarantee is that part that’s getting its head dragged to the chopping block.”
I heard the words and they blew my mind open because I realized that I had always thought there was a way to life safely – that I could figure out a way to live that would be guaranteed to be good in the end. Suddenly, it was so obvious that no life is inherently any less risky than any other. Every life is equally at risk. There's no guarantees in any direction. You can do what everyone thinks is the right thing. You can even do it perfectly and still it can turn out a mess. On the other hand, you can live in opposition to the norms of culture and do everything wrong and that can turn out a mess too. And anything in between can also end up a mess. There's no life that's guaranteed to be any better than any other. We just don’t know what’s going to happen.
Up to that point in my life, I'd been trying to do it right and I was really good at doing all the right things. I was 29 years old and married. I had a degree in engineering even though all I had ever wanted was to be an artist. I was making a lot of money. My wife was making a lot of money. We owned a white house with a white picket fence on a corner lot near a good school system. I had exactly the life that was supposed to make me happy, but I knew that down deep I was unfulfilled.
In that moment I realized that the road I was on wasn't going to lead to deep satisfaction, at least not for me. I decided to devote my life to what was calling most deeply to my heart and to never question it again. It had never occurred to me before that moment that I could dedicate my whole life to spiritual awakening. I had always thought that would be an important part of my life, but fundamentally, my life was about career and family. Now I was awakened to the possibility of choosing to live a spiritual life and I realized that was exactly what I wanted to do. I ended up leaving my marriage, very amicably by the way, and my career, and moving into a community where I could do spiritual practice to my heart’s content for the next twenty years.
It felt crazy, to me and almost everyone I knew, but I had to. I was determined to live a spiritual life no matter what that meant and no matter how it turned out. As an engineer I realized that I had one life to live, which meant one experiment to run. I saw that I, and almost everyone I knew, was running the try-and-get-it-right experiment, and I wanted to run a different one. I decided to live a life dedicated to spirit and never back down until the day I died. In the end, I’d see how it turned, but no matter what happened I would die knowing that I had lived a life of my own choosing according to the highest truth I heard. I offer my story to illustrate the possibility of giving your entire life and all your heart and soul to spiritual pursuit.
There is no life that's inherently any less risky than any other. We never know how things are going to turn out no matter how hard we try. My spiritual community collapsed after I’d been involved for twenty years, but my experiment will continue until the day die. We are very culturally conditioned into a value set where things like status, power, wealth, and pleasure are assumed to be important. When we consider the possibility of living a spiritual life it doesn't seem to stack up well to those cultural values, but I’m profoundly inspired to share the possibility of living a truly spiritual life and I want to explain exactly why that is.
We live in a largely secular world which means there is very little belief in the existence of God, or any higher power. We’re taught that we live in a material universe full of random events. We’re trained to be good people busy forwarding our own agendas and generating achievement and success and at the same time, there is a nagging sense of emptiness that many of us can’t escape. No matter how hard we try, we keep bumping up against places where we ask, “What am I achieving all this for? I’m just going to die in the end anyway.” But our conditioning is so strong that these moments of existential angst become just bumps in the road. We tend to jump into the next round of achievement again quickly before the question burns too deeply in our soul.
Our culture would like us to believe, that the safest thing to do is what everybody else is doing, only because everyone else is doing it. After all, everybody can't be wrong, can they? I want to inspire you to consider living a different kind of life, one that is guided by a direct connection with the ultimate source of existence. It is possible, through practice and surrender, to open to sacred wisdom and true love, and live a life that is bountiful, creative, and celebratory.
...the end...
I want to remind you again that I have two weekend retreats coming up in the next few months, one at the end of November in New York, the other at the start of December in Philadelphia.
And during the first half of next year, I will be leading a monthlong Summer Institute in Portugal open to participants of the Members Circle Program.
I also have seven-day silent retreats scheduled in Brazil in March, and in Montreal in May.
Love,
Jeff
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Thursday, October 03, 2019
Anam Cara––Ecstatic Retreat
Anam Cara––Ecstatic Retreat
Meditation Retreat Led By Lawrence Edwards, PhD - October 11-13, 2019
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY.
Every spiritual tradition has its poet saints and mystics who express the ecstatic, love-drenched state of union in language and poetry that propels the mind back to its source. Dissolve the mind and its endless stream of chatter in the ocean of ecstatic Being through the inspired poetry of the great mystics of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The truth is that we're all mystics seeking the direct experience of what lies beyond the ordinary mind and senses. You can fulfill that longing to penetrate the mystery of the transcendent One through meditation, practice, and the gifts of grace.
This weekend retreat will be a celebration of the living presence of the Divine within everyone, right here, right now. We’ll use the power of mantra and meditation, as well as the inspired words of great masters, to leave the ordinary mind behind and rest in the immeasurable joy, love, compassion, and equanimity of Unity Consciousness! You are invited to bring your own favorite spiritual poem to share. Give yourself this weekend retreat to joyfully deepen your meditation practice and immersion in the Divine. The retreat includes the classic forms of Shaktipat and teachings on unlimited power of Consciousness known as Kundalini in the yogic tradition.
Program Fee: $230, plus Garrison Institute's accommodations fees. Visit the registration page for details.
Join us for a wonderful autumn weekend on the banks of the Hudson River!
Click here for more information and registration.
Dear Friends,
Our mission at Anam Cara is to make meditation training freely available to everyone and to support people in their ongoing meditation practices. Given the state of turmoil in the world it is especially important that we have an inner state of calm centeredness that empowers us to bring wisdom, compassion and transformation into the world.
We make meditation training available through free weekly programs, our website, retreats, courses, and this e-newsletter. There are just a few openings left for the next retreat, Ecstatic Union: The Way Of Poet Saints And Mystics, to be held on the second weekend in October. I hope you can join us for this joyous meditation retreat and enjoy the beautiful fall foliage on the majestic Hudson River!
The free weekly Thursday evening meditation programs are open to everyone, nothing to join, no registration needed, just come!
As a non-profit educational organization we are grateful for the support of participants and donors whose generosity makes all this possible. I deeply appreciate the many ways people help us to fulfill our mission, including sharing this newsletter with others and telling people about our programs. It's a privilege for me to serve the Anam Cara community. Please contact me, le@anamcara-ny.org, if you have anything you would like to share with me.
With love and respect for all,
Lawrence Edwards, PhD - Founder & Director
Anam Cara Meditation Foundation
Weekly Meditation Program
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:45pm
Anam Cara Meditation Center
2 Byram Brook Pl., Armonk, NY 10504
Open to everyone. The program includes meditation instruction, chanting and silent meditation. Click here for more information.
Sophia' Gifts
Snow melts,
cherry blossoms appear,
Now, crimson leaves
and geese fill the sky.
Kalidas
Meditation Resources:
Free written and guided meditation recordings from Anam Cara Meditation. Click here.
Meditation, Mantra and Kundalini resources from Lawrence. Click here.
Donate
You can also support Anam Cara with no cost to you by using Smile.Amazon whenever you make purchases. They will donate a small percentage to Anam Cara every time you buy something!
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Meditation Retreat Led By Lawrence Edwards, PhD - October 11-13, 2019
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY.
Every spiritual tradition has its poet saints and mystics who express the ecstatic, love-drenched state of union in language and poetry that propels the mind back to its source. Dissolve the mind and its endless stream of chatter in the ocean of ecstatic Being through the inspired poetry of the great mystics of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The truth is that we're all mystics seeking the direct experience of what lies beyond the ordinary mind and senses. You can fulfill that longing to penetrate the mystery of the transcendent One through meditation, practice, and the gifts of grace.
This weekend retreat will be a celebration of the living presence of the Divine within everyone, right here, right now. We’ll use the power of mantra and meditation, as well as the inspired words of great masters, to leave the ordinary mind behind and rest in the immeasurable joy, love, compassion, and equanimity of Unity Consciousness! You are invited to bring your own favorite spiritual poem to share. Give yourself this weekend retreat to joyfully deepen your meditation practice and immersion in the Divine. The retreat includes the classic forms of Shaktipat and teachings on unlimited power of Consciousness known as Kundalini in the yogic tradition.
Program Fee: $230, plus Garrison Institute's accommodations fees. Visit the registration page for details.
Join us for a wonderful autumn weekend on the banks of the Hudson River!
Click here for more information and registration.
Dear Friends,
Our mission at Anam Cara is to make meditation training freely available to everyone and to support people in their ongoing meditation practices. Given the state of turmoil in the world it is especially important that we have an inner state of calm centeredness that empowers us to bring wisdom, compassion and transformation into the world.
We make meditation training available through free weekly programs, our website, retreats, courses, and this e-newsletter. There are just a few openings left for the next retreat, Ecstatic Union: The Way Of Poet Saints And Mystics, to be held on the second weekend in October. I hope you can join us for this joyous meditation retreat and enjoy the beautiful fall foliage on the majestic Hudson River!
The free weekly Thursday evening meditation programs are open to everyone, nothing to join, no registration needed, just come!
As a non-profit educational organization we are grateful for the support of participants and donors whose generosity makes all this possible. I deeply appreciate the many ways people help us to fulfill our mission, including sharing this newsletter with others and telling people about our programs. It's a privilege for me to serve the Anam Cara community. Please contact me, le@anamcara-ny.org, if you have anything you would like to share with me.
With love and respect for all,
Lawrence Edwards, PhD - Founder & Director
Anam Cara Meditation Foundation
Weekly Meditation Program
Thursday Evenings 7:15-8:45pm
Anam Cara Meditation Center
2 Byram Brook Pl., Armonk, NY 10504
Open to everyone. The program includes meditation instruction, chanting and silent meditation. Click here for more information.
Sophia' Gifts
Snow melts,
cherry blossoms appear,
Now, crimson leaves
and geese fill the sky.
Kalidas
Meditation Resources:
Free written and guided meditation recordings from Anam Cara Meditation. Click here.
Meditation, Mantra and Kundalini resources from Lawrence. Click here.
Donate
You can also support Anam Cara with no cost to you by using Smile.Amazon whenever you make purchases. They will donate a small percentage to Anam Cara every time you buy something!
Click to go to Smile.Amazon for Anam Cara.
FB page
Anam Cara webstie
Copyright © 2019 Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, All rights reserved.
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Anam Cara Meditation, 2 Byram Brook Pl., Armonk, NY 10504
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