What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Friday, January 6, 2023

January 5, 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

Awakening Together Internet Broadcast: Listen Live on AT Radio

What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Thursday, January 5, 2023

January 4, 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 ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Worry Pretends to Be Necessary”

January 4, 2023

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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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Registration CLOSING TODAY:The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

January 3, 2023

Registration closing TODAY.

Ramana Maharshi was born on December 30, 1879 in a village in Tamil, India. His father died when he was twelve, and he went to live with his uncle. At age 16, he experienced a sudden and extreme fear of death to which he responded by immediately seeking the truth of the Self and became Self-realized. Six weeks later he followed an inner calling and ran away to India’s holy hill, Arunachala, where he remained for the rest of his life. For years he was a silent ascetic. He spent many hours each day deep in samadhi. Years later he emerged from silence to share the wisdom of the True Self with those who came seeking it. Before the end of his life in 1950, thousands of people had come to him from all over the world. Ramana Maharshi became known as one of the greatest saints to have ever graced this planet with Presence.

Join us as we contemplate the teachings of this great sage. We will also read stories about about him told by the people who knew him best.

In this course you will:

Consider the legend, the living example and the teachings of a great sage and determine what is most helpful to one’s own spiritual process.
Practice self-inquiry in order to distinguish between what is and is not the Self.
Practice removing attention from the non-Self and placing it with the Self using a spiritual practice that is most suited for you now.

Purpose:The purpose of this course is to introduce the participant to the spiritual teaching of one of the great sages of the twentieth century, Ramana Maharshi.

Course Duration: 6 weeks

Course Section Times & Starting Dates: Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET beginning January 17, 2023 (Facilitator: Rev. Carl Lammers) OR Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. ET, beginning January 18, 2023 (Facilitator: Rev. Christina Goldsmith).

Homework Begins: Tuesday Class; January 10, 2023 OR Wednesday Class; January 11, 2023.

Last Day of Course: Tuesday Class; February 21, 2023 OR Wednesday Class; February 22, 2023.

Facilitators: Revs. Carl Lammers OR Christy Goldsmith

Individual Homework Time Commitment: One hour per day five days per week plus 15 minutes per day two days per week.

Structure of Course: Six weekly 2-hour sessions.

Textbook needed: The textbook needed is The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi. If you make your book purchase through Amazon Smile and select Awakening Together as your designated charity, a small portion of your purchase will be donated to Awakening Together.

Format: Classes will be held live on a Zoom Link weekly.

Cost: $180

Registration closed

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Registration Closed

What’s Happening in the Sanctuary – Tuesday, January 3, 2023

January 2, 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 – Empty Timeslot- Will Play a Mooji Video

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 pm – Empty Timeslot- Will Play a Video

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.

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

Awakening Together Internet Broadcast: Listen Live on AT Radio

What’s Happening in the Sanctuary ~ Monday, January 2, 2023

January 1, 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.

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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Sanctuary Closed Today: Jan. 1, 2023

December 31, 2022

Have you ever listened to the weekly gatherings from the past and heard something you didn’t hear before? Are you deep into Regina’s teachings and haven’t re-listened to her homilies? While the Sanctuary is closed, we will play our Weekly Gathering Playlist on AT Radio. The Weekly Gathering Playlist contains all the weekly gatherings that have been given since October 2019, which you can enjoy as you feel called today.

The Awakening Together Sanctuary will be closed today (New Year’s Day) so that our staff, members, and friends can be with their loved ones during the holiday season.

We will have our regularly scheduled programs during the week and look forward to being with you then. Our regular Sunday programming will return on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Happy Holidays!

Sanctuary Closed Tomorrow: Jan. 1, 2023

December 30, 2022

The Awakening Together Sanctuary will be closed on Sunday, January 1, 2023 so that our staff, members, and friends can be with their loved ones during the holiday season.

We will have our regularly scheduled programs during the week and look forward to being with you then. Our regular Sunday programming will return on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Happy Holidays!

Registration CLOSING SOON:The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

December 28, 2022

Registration closing in 1 week.

Join us as we contemplate the teachings of this great sage. We will also read stories about about him told by the people who knew him best.

In this course you will:

Consider the legend, the living example and the teachings of a great sage and determine what is most helpful to one’s own spiritual process.
Practice self-inquiry in order to distinguish between what is and is not the Self.
Practice removing attention from the non-Self and placing it with the Self using a spiritual practice that is most suited for you now.

Purpose:The purpose of this course is to introduce the participant to the spiritual teaching of one of the great sages of the twentieth century, Ramana Maharshi.

Course Duration: 6 weeks

Homework Begins: Tuesday Class; January 10, 2023 OR Wednesday Class; January 11, 2023.

Last Day of Course: Tuesday Class; February 21, 2023 OR Wednesday Class; February 22, 2023.

Facilitators: Revs. Carl Lammers OR Christy Goldsmith

Individual Homework Time Commitment: One hour per day five days per week plus 15 minutes per day two days per week.

Structure of Course: Six weekly 2-hour sessions.

Format: Classes will be held live on a Zoom Link weekly.

Cost: $180

Registration closed

For more information on this class, click here.

Registration Closed

Rhoda ~ Living the Undefended Surrender Experiment, “Proper Use of Denial”

December 28, 2022

Listen to the Recording

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
Add to Calendar

*To add a recurring program to your own calendar click the three dots in the upper right-hand corner, and then click “copy” and “save”.