Regina Dawn Akers reads selections from books by Bernadette Roberts. The purpose of this inspired book study is to learn from one who walked through the final doorway to no self, no world, no God–Only Reality.
Something Genuine: “How Things in Nature Tend to Sync Up.”
Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up.
This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.
Jacquelyn Eckert – As It Is, “What Is Prayer?” ~ 6/3/20
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert shares with honesty and passion about the ups, downs, and all-around of the spiritual journey. Jacquelyn is transparent as she shares about the impersonal awakening process we all experience. She moves us with stories from her own journey, with direct insight from inner wisdom and with guidance from spiritual masters, both contemporary and legendary.
Something Genuine: “Why Being Respectful to Your Coworkers Is Good for Business.”
Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business | Christine Porath
This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.
The Guiding Light ~ Bernadette Roberts #47: Beyond God
Regina Dawn Akers reads selections from books by Bernadette Roberts. The purpose of this inspired book study is to learn from one who walked through the final doorway to no self, no world, no God–Only Reality.
Something Genuine: “How to Tame Your Advice Monster.”
This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.
How to tame your Advice Monster | Michael Bungay Stanier
5/24/2020 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: Chocolat
A young mother and her daughter arrive in a new town. While the town is very conservative, Vianne (Binoche) is quite unconventional. Vianne opens a confectioner’s shop, and as the two newcomers begin to interact with the other villagers, change seems to be in the air, even for Vianne herself when Roux (Johnny Depp) enters her life and her daughter begins to chafe at their vagabond lifestyle.
Change and how we react to it, is a main theme in the movie. Here is a commentary on the film by Samantha Gray on the Spiritual Media Blog.
“…the movie’s theme is one of acceptance and forgiveness. It’s no coincidence that the movie is set in the Lenten season, a time of serious reflection and penitence in the Christian faith. Chocolat is all about the different ways that people confront change in their lives. For the mayor, the change comes in the form of his village which is moving away from the traditions and old ways of the previous decades. His unwillingness to meet that change is personified in his doomed relationship with his never shown wife who’s always mentioned as being “on vacation,” though everyone understands that’s she’s left the mayor. Vianne has to deal with her familiar role as an outcast, but she must also face that fact that her transitory lifestyle isn’t suitable for her daughter Anouk who wants some consistency in her life. The river gypsy Roux must face the prejudice against his lifestyle, whereby people universally view him as untrustworthy and criminal.
There are other major and minor characters in the film that confront similar changes in their lives, and they all meet them in their own way. The movie teaches us that we shouldn’t be closing ourselves off from others because of their differences. Instead, we could be opening our doors to other exactly because they live differently than we do; it’s about understanding that everyone has something to bring to the table that’s worthwhile, whether it’s the traveling chocolatier or the old-fashioned mayor.”
Ron Raitz facilitated this month’s movie discussion group.
Here’s the playsheet for Chocolat: Click Here
Jacquelyn Eckert – As It Is, “Surrender to the Silence” ~ 5/20/20
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert shares with honesty and passion about the ups, downs, and all-around of the spiritual journey. Jacquelyn is transparent as she shares about the impersonal awakening process we all experience. She moves us with stories from her own journey, with direct insight from inner wisdom and with guidance from spiritual masters, both contemporary and legendary.
Something Genuine: “Choices that can Change your Life”
Choices that can Change your Life | Caroline Myss
This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.
Freedom Practice Sangha Debut~ 5-17-20
Following the recent Awakening Together online retreats it has become clear that many feel called to dive into intensive follow-up work. While the practice of unearthing and looking directly at our individual beliefs is primarily solitary in nature, we all recognize that the sharing of that work with others who are undergoing the same process can be enormously beneficial and supportive. 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. This program will be facilitated by Anne Blanchard.
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