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Rhoda Makled ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Investigating Lost”

February 1, 2023

With humor, love, and open-hearted awareness Rev. Rhoda Makled is exploring her own take on the Surrender Experiment as coined by Michael Singer. Raw, authentic, and faithful she is uncovering the path to living in the undefended Heart.

Rev. Rhoda will dig into topics she is exploring in her life such as what it means to live the experiment of being surrendered. Feeling every feeling and seeing every thought she can, Rhoda will share the journey of studying, journaling, contemplating, being inspired by, and surrendering to Truth. Inspired by so many teachers including those here at Awakening Together, Rhoda will share her contemplations and invites you to come and discuss your experience with your own surrender experiment. This undefended dialogue with Inner Wisdom is just one more way to observe as the self is undone–the intention being to leave space only for awareness of Awareness and release everything that covers Truth.

In this program, Rev. Rhoda will explore the teachings of Michael Singer, Regina Dawn Akers, Paul Hedderman, Roger Castillo, Helen Hamilton, and many more.

Live in the Sanctuary
Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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Satsang with John Astin, February 19, 2023

January 31, 2023

We are excited to be joined by John Astin for a Satsang Interview on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. MT. in the sanctuary. Anne Blanchard will be facilitating the Satsang interview.

While John has an impressive resume, what is really helpful about John’s teaching is his direct, simple, and easy-going approach to non-duality. If you’re curious, we invite you to visit his YouTube channel.

John Astin is the author of four books exploring the nature of reality—Too Intimate for Words, This Is Always Enough, Searching for Rain in a Monsoon, and his most recent, This Extraordinary Moment. He is also a singer, songwriter, and recording artist having produced seven CDs of original spiritual-contemplative music. In addition to his writing and music, John holds a Ph.D. in health psychology, is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of mind-body medicine, and a professor of counseling/clinical psychology at Santa Clara University.

If you would like to learn more about John, please visit his website: https://www.johnastin.com

What’s Happening in the Sanctuary – Tuesday, January 31, 2023

January 30, 2023

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – – – – See helpful links below

7:30 am – Loving Consciousness Meditation with Rev. Rhoda Makled
This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to love consciousness more than the objects that appear in consciousness. The Loving Consciousness Meditation is a practice that came from Michael Langford and is intended to be practiced in an undisturbed setting. Rhoda Makled facilitates this program on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET by gently leading participants through the Loving Consciousness Meditation. These meditation practices are a core teaching here in the Awakening Together Community. Come join us as we discover what Loving Consciousness means for each of us.

9:00 am – Heart Explorations: Embracing the Whole Show – Facilitated by Anne Blanchard
During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.

5:30 pm – Discussion of Be As You Are by Ramana Maharshi – Lina Luckway
This new weekly program will be facilitated by Lina Luckway. She will be reading and sharing from Be As You Are by Ramana Maharshi.

Be As You Are is a treasury of Ramana Maharshi’s knowledge. The book collects conversations with the many seekers who came to him for guidance, answering the questions sought on the road to enlightenment. Self-realization is the vital quest we must all pursue before we can attempt to understand the world.

Ramana’s method of self-inquiry is to dissolve the belief of separation from the Self, his insistence that there is a direct path to awakening and that enlightenment can be attained by anyone is in strong focus. Ramana puts everything in clear and simple words, and Hindu terms and Sanskrit words are also explained. There is no need to be familiar with Hindu scripture before reading this book.

Let’s get together, read and discuss the essence of Ramana Maharshi’s teaching Be As You Are, and see what insights and delights unfold.

6:30 pm – Early Insights- Facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert & Connie Poole
The pair will play Regina Dawn Akers’ Early Teaching videos and invite those in attendance to contemplate those teachings along with them.

Regina’s recently completed YouTube playlist featuring the “meat” of her early teachings is a treasure trove of insight into the practices and understanding that illuminated her path to awakening. Regina compiled the teachings by trimming down her early teaching audios to highlight the core components of the guidance she received early in her journey.

Because these teachings are so helpful, Jacquelyn and Connie plan to slowly review them by playing one or two of them each week and contemplating them in a group format.

7:30 – 8:00 pm – Silence of the Heart – Lin Castaldo
Lin Castaldo will be sharing a new half-hour program on the 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th Tuesdays of the month from 7:30 – 8 pm ET. She will be exploring the book Silence of the Heart ~Dialogues with Robert Adams. “Robert Adams (January 21, 1928 – March 2, 1997) is an American Self-realized master and a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi. This book is dedicated to the teachings of Robert Adams during his Satsangs from 1991-1993. If you are a sincere seeker, and if you find the all-important heart connection with Robert, your life will never again be the same. Doors will unlock, and magic will happen.”

8:00 pm – Joining around A Course of Love – Pieter van Prooijen
Pieter facilitates the reading and joining around A Course of Love. Pieter says this book is different in the sense that it is not a course you can learn by the intellect. It speaks in a way that is different from learning. In short, it speaks through joining. This book is written for the mind but only to move the mind to appeal to the heart.

You are invited to join in and read with us. The first 24 chapters can be downloaded for free from the website: https://acourseoflove.org/free-24-chapters/

Here’s some helpful information on what “A Course of Love” is: https://acourseoflove.org/what-is-acol/

“Most books enter our lives to inform us. A Course of Love enters our lives to transform us. A Course of Love (ACOL) is one of those few: a book that changes lives. ACOL is a complete course on Self-knowledge leading to lasting benefits to your life. It’s not a book of mental concepts, but one that reaches into your heart and works a transformation.

ACOL posits that all changes we would like to see happening in our lives, even in the world, stem from a single change: moving from seeing ourselves as separate individuals to seeing the truth that we are an integral part of life, and of an eternal Consciousness that exists in Unity.”

8:30 pm – As I Am – Marisol Landin
Join Marisol as she dives deeper into self-acceptance. She will share her journey toward compassion and love within the human condition. This will be a practice of forgiveness, love, and trust as we all welcome the Light within together.

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What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Monday, January 30, 2023

January 29, 2023

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – – – – See helpful links below

7:30-8:30 am – Being Aware of Awareness Meditation – Facilitated by Anne Blanchard
This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Anne Blanchard facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET by leading participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness meditation.

5:00-7:00 pm – Consistent, Gentle Healing Year 1 – Facilitated by Rev. Michele Hojnacki
Rev. Michele guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love using the Gentle Healing Curriculum. Year 1 is based on A Course in Miracles Workbook for Students and other non-dual teachings.

7:00-8:00 pm – Consistent, Gentle Healing Year 3 – Facilitated by Rev. Shawna Summers
Rev. Shawna guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love using the Gentle Healing Curriculum. Year 3 is based on The Seven Steps to Awakening. Here’s the Gentle Healing Year 3 Guide: Click Here

You can also use this link to the Year 3 Daily Contemplation tips: Click Here

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Sunday Meditation with Michael DeForbes, “Aliveness of Being” 1-29-23

January 29, 2023

Michael DeForbes led our Sunday morning meditation. His guided meditations are based on the direct path, which is an integral part of our teachings here at Awakening Together.

Enjoy this powerful, deep meditation into ever-present peace and the radiant aliveness that is here and available now.

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What’s Happening- Sunday, January 29, 2023 – In the Sanctuary

January 28, 2023

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – See links below to join us in the Sanctuary

9:30 am – Sunday Morning Meditation Live – Michael Deforbes
Michael’s meditations are inspired by non-dual teachings, direct path teachings, and Buddhist philosophy. With each meditation, Michael takes us on a journey through a non-dual perspective. Each week a new and different meditation is shared but with the Universal theme of encountering the direct experience of Truth as The One.

10:15 am – Weekly Gathering – Rev. George Maddox
Title: “Hiding in Plain Sight!”

Description: The path to awakening is right in front of you, but the imposter self, the ego, the thought of being a separate being, is a master of distraction just like the magician that uses sleight of hand to distract us from what’s really going on. Join Rev. George as he shares teachings from Michael Langford, where he has cut away all the distractions in his book The Seven Steps to Awakening and shows us the proper use of our time to get to Reality.

Reading: Joseph Schmidt will read the introduction in The Seven Steps to Awakening.

11:30 am – Weekly Fellowship Time – Joy Bedford
This is the time when Awakening Together fellowships as a community. We share what is on our hearts and minds from the recent homily or anything else that is truly inspiring us.

12:00 pm – Giving Up Kate! – Rev. Kate Brennan
Rev. Kate reads and shares her journal, contemplation, and experience of applying the teachings of Gentle Healing.

12:30 pm – God Through Audz – Audrey Whitehead
Join Audrey Whitehead for her new program God through Audz where she will read from Helen Hamilton’s, Dissolving the Ego. Audrey will share, if prompted, in dedication to discerning for Truth and invites others in attendance to listen deeply, for all answers are within, and succinct, soulful sharing is encouraged.

This will be a weekly ongoing half-hour program in the Sanctuary on Sundays from 12:30-1 pm ET/10:30 am MT.

1:00 pm – Sacred Inquiry – Rev. Shawna Summers
Rev. Shawna demonstrates the art of Sacred Inquiry in real time. Join her as she follows the guidance, questioning each layer that the thinking mind throws at her in an attempt to hide the wisdom that is inherent in us all. She is learning to go deeper into beginners’ mind with humble and honest curiosity. This is an evolving process, as she learns to feel for the vibrational level of each thought, exposing the source. She invites all listening to join her in their own Inquiry to experience the strength of this powerful spiritual practice. The original inspiration for this half-hour came from Adyashanti’s book ‘Sacred Inquiry’.

1:30 pm – Freedom Practice Sangha – Facilitated by Anne Blanchard
This will be a time of sharing our inquiries, insights, and challenges, listening to others, or just knowing that we are in community as we find that undefended place within ourselves that longs to be free.

2:30 pm – 4:45 pm Awakening Together Radio Broadcast during the break.
This is the time designated as a break so that our Sanctuary Director may have the time to rest.

5:00 pm – The Mighty Companions – Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes
Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes, who are interfaith ministers, share a delightful, funny, and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM.

6:00 pm – Herein Lies the Peace of God – Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert & Glen Ganaway
Join Revs. Jacquelyn Eckert and Glen Ganaway as they review and discuss The Keys to NTI*. The program will focus on how the principles of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament inform their personal lives, relationships with others, and relationships with the world at large. This program will be an ongoing weekly exploration of the timeless teachings that came through the scribe, Regina Dawn Akers.

*The Keys to NTI is a sampler of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament. It includes the books of Luke, Acts, Galatians, and Revelation.

7:00 pm – Deepening Into Clarifying the Teachings Together – Facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert
During this program, we will listen to a portion of each previously recorded “Clarifying the Teachings” program. Afterward, we will spend time contemplating and teaching ourselves what is most alive for us at the moment. We may also spend time practicing what Regina is teaching. And…we will start at the very beginning.

Bring your journals, openness, and curiosity as we explore what is most alive in us and ready to be seen. We hope you feel inspired to join.

8:00 pm – RDA Early Teachings
From the very beginning, Truth has guided Regina Dawn Akers and in these early recordings, Regina adds extra helpful wisdom and clarity to what the teachings really meant for her and potentially for us as well. These videos are on our YouTube Channel: Awakening Together Channel. But we are taking this time to revisit these timeless treasures. We hope you join in with us and allow the truth to wash over you in this hour.

*Sanctuary closes at 9 pm ET/7 pm MT.

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – See helpful links below.

Enter the Sanctuary or see the complete listing of speakers.
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What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Saturday, January 28, 2023

January 27, 2023

All times are Eastern Standard Time. Look below for helpful links.

1:00 – 3:00 pm – Self-Inquiry Dyad Practice – Facilitated by Yvonne Unger & Anne Blanchard (LIVE in the Sanctuary only)

The practice is intensive, direct self-inquiry. The format is partner-assisted contemplation, commonly referred to as dyads, which means two.

The day is Saturday and the time of the practice is 1 to 3 PM ET. You can join for either the first hour, the second hour, or for both depending on the time available in your schedule.

What do you want? What do you really want? What is the aim of your spiritual practice? What is the purpose? What is your purpose? We ask because we embark weekly to practice in the sanctuary, and have a direct experience of the truth of what we are. The very good news is that you cannot, not be the Truth of what you are. Truth doesn’t go away because we don’t know it, can’t see it, or don’t presently experience it.

If you are interested in exploring your own blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, to the Truth of what you are, you are warmly invited to join us.

No prior experience is necessary. An introduction and overview will be given at the beginning of each hour.

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What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Friday, January 27, 2023

January 26, 2023

All times are Eastern Standard Time. Look below for helpful links.

7:30-8:30 am – Being Aware of Awareness Meditation – Facilitated by Anne Blanchard & Guests
This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no-place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Anne Blanchard facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET by leading participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness meditation.

3-4 pm – Nisargadatta Maharaj: Contemplating “I am That” – Facilitated by Anne Blanchard & Yvonne Unger
In this program, we contemplate the teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj together. “Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj

While the impetus for this program was born from the power and the clarity of the practice of the Minister Preparation Program curriculum, “The Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj,” in which his pointings were contemplated, the desire is to share in this practice with all at Awakening Together regardless of any prior familiarity with the teachings of this Indian Master. So whether you have taken the MPP class or are brand new to these teachings, you are warmly invited to join in and see how Nisargadatta speaks to you.

Enter the Sanctuary or see the complete listing of speakers.
All Times are Eastern Standard Time – See helpful links below.

How to Enter the Sanctuary

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What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Thursday, January 26, 2023

January 25, 2023

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – – – – See helpful links below

7:30-8:30 am – Loving Consciousness Meditation – Rev. Rhoda Makled
This program provides an opportunity to be in a community with others who will to love consciousness more than the objects that appear in consciousness. The Loving Consciousness Meditation is a practice that came from Michael Langford and is intended to be practiced in an undisturbed setting. These meditation practices are a core teaching here in the Awakening Together Community. Come join us as we discover what Loving Consciousness means for each of us.

2:00-4:00 pm – Gentle Healing Year 2 – Rev. Susan Telford
Rev. Susan guides a group of committed students through year 2 of Gentle Healing who would like to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Thursdays at 2-4 pm ET and all members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.

6:00-8:00 pm – Gentle Healing Year 2 – Rev. Cyndi Krupp
Rev. Cyndi guides a group of committed students through year 2 of Gentle Healing who would like to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love.

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Rhoda Makled ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Deep Root Cause Inquiry”

January 25, 2023

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In this program, Rev. Rhoda will explore the teachings of Michael Singer, Regina Dawn Akers, Paul Hedderman, Roger Castillo, Helen Hamilton, and many more.

Live in the Sanctuary
Wednesdays 12:30-1 pm ET
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