This Weekend in the Awakening Together Sanctuary

August 19, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

Join us this Sunday for our Weekly Gathering. Our Minister will be Reverend Regina Dawn Akers, Her topic: True Compassion

Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will share on the practice of true compassion, a meaningful and helpful heart-based responsive practice.

Reading: Rev. Rubye Nasser will read “Compassion” from Regina Dawn Akers’ Seven Steps Journal.

Our Weekly Gathering is held each Sunday Morning at 10:15am ET in the Awakening Together Sanctuary on Paltalk.

Brent Haskell Satsang this Sunday at 7:30pm ET

Join Reverend Jacquelyn Eckert on Sunday August 21st at 7:30pm ET for our monthly Satsang with Brent A. Haskell, Ph.D., D.O.

Brent is the author of Journey Beyond Words and The Other Voice: A Companion to the Text of The Course Chapters 1-15 (Miracles Studies Book). He taught A Course in Miracles for many years. In 1990 he began hearing a Voice that identified itself as Jeshua. He received teachings, books and articles from Jeshua.

Brent Haskell will be a presenter at our Awakening Together Fall Retreat in October 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Special Member Meeting Sunday, August 21 at 9pm ET

There will be a Special Member Meeting this Sunday night, August 21 at 9pm ET (6pm Pacific). The speakers at the member meeting are Rev. Regina Dawn Akers, Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Rev. David Fishman. The agenda for the member meeting is:

Reduced Sanctuary Schedule Beginning September 1
ACIM Gather is Reopening on a New Part-time Schedule
Awakening Together Job Openings: Sanctuary Director and Assistant Sanctuary Director
Overview of How Decisions are Made in Awakening Together

Please join us for the Member Meeting.

A recording will be posted for those of you who are unable to make it to the meeting.

August 19, 2016 Daily Quote

August 19, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“When I try to control, I get attached to how I think it should play out; I think that I know the best way for things to happen. But many examples in my life have shown that when I trust and let go of thinking I know best, the outcome is better than anything I could have imagined. Letting go doesn’t mean giving up the desire, it means letting go of the struggle. It’s exhausting needing to be in control all the time, isn’t it? And the truth really is that any sense of control that we think that we have is false anyway.” Sheila Viers

Brent Haskell Satsang this Sunday at 7:30pm ET

August 18, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

Join Reverend Jacquelyn Eckert on Sunday August 21st at 7:30pm ET for our monthly Satsang with Brent A. Haskell, Ph.D., D.O.

Books by Brent Haskell:

Journey Beyond Words: A Companion for the Workbook of The Course (1994)

It was received, all in auditory form, during the year 1990 by one who had for five years humbly and openly submitted himself to the transformational wisdom of the Course. The real author of Journey Beyond Words refers to himself as Jeshua — and as the author of A Course In Miracles.

The material covered herein brings a new and refreshing simplicity to many of the seemingly difficult concepts of the Course, and will be extremely helpful to all students, advanced or novice, as well as to study groups, especially those lacking a facilitator who is well versed in the Course.

Most of all, Journey Beyond Words is the Jeshua-endowed guide to the study and application of the Course at the level of one’s innermost sanctuary, where, in the presence of Truth, no guide or companion is needed. For none is higher or closer.

The reader who enters these pages with a quiet and open mind will find himself transported to a new world of peace, freedom, and joy. For this is the world of A Course In Miracles.

The Other Voice: A Companion to the Text of The Course Chapters 1-15 (1998)

The Other Voice was given as a companion to A Course In Miracles. As with the previous book, Journey Beyond Words, which has touched and changed thousands of lives around the world, this volume was received all in auditory form from a source who identified himself as Jeshua — and as the author of A Course In Miracles.

This new material further clarifies and simplifies the teachings of the Course, many of which have remained difficult for students, advanced or novice, to understand and apply. But perhaps more importantly, herein can be found insights that will take the reader to new and exciting levels in the experience of the truth of the Course.

Most of all, The Other Voice is designed to bring us ever closer to the constant awareness of our innermost guide. For it is in hearing and following its voice that we discover the meaning we seek. But beyond that, it is in learning to truly listen and follow that voice that we avail ourselves of a peace that the world is helpless to destroy.

Whoever enters these pages will encounter profound yet remarkably practical teachings that offer themselves as a vehicle to an unshakable inner peace.

Brent Haskell will be a presenter at our Awakening Together Fall Retreat in October 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

August 18, 2016 Daily Quote

August 18, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“We should always try to be active coming out of Samadhi. For this, we have to forget things like ‘I should be mindful of this or that.’ If you are mindful, you are already creating a separation (‘I-am-mindful-of-…’). Don’t be mindful, please! When you walk, just walk. Let the walk walk. Let the talk talk. Let the eating eat, the sitting sit, the work work. Let the sleep sleep.” Muho Noelke

August 17, 2016 Daily Quote

August 17, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“Isn’t it extraordinary to realize that a mere shift in attention will produce the life experience we choose? We don’t have to get rid of people, move, change jobs, rob a bank, or run off to parts unknown. Everything in our lives can be exactly the same, and, with that shift in attention, everything in our lives is completely different.” Cheri Huber

August 16, 2016 Daily Quote

August 16, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“Once you realize that the road is the goal, and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple. In itself an ecstasy.” Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj

August 15, 2016 Daily Quote

August 15, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for misery, for joy.” Pema Chödrön

Common Ground Mini-Series: Carrie Triffet – Part 6 of 6

August 14, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

LIVING IN MASTERY

Living in mastery is a proactive decision, starting from this moment. No need to wait for enlightenment to ‘happen to you’ first! This course will offer some simple forms of practice for stepping into this choice right now , to help you gain firsthand experience and confidence in this process.

Listen to this recording

About Carrie:

“My life was forever changed in 1986 by the sudden appearance of a mysterious inner Voice—which introduced itself with the intriguing statement: Long time no see. This divine guide led me into a twenty year practice of Buddhism. And then beginning in 2005, a series of profound shifts very quickly changed everything for me. Over the next decade the Voice led me to an intensive practice of A Course in Miracles, as well as other subsequent teachings. And finally this magnificent inner guide has led me—a stubbornly single-minded spiritual seeker—to the end of seeking.”

Carrie’s Books: Tastes Like God, Long Time No See, and The Enlightenment Project.

Weekly Gathering 8/14/16

August 14, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

Reverend Carrie Christiansen was our Minister today — The title of Carrie’s talk was – “Seek ye first the Kingdom…”

Sonja Spahn Read two poems selected from Rumi – The Book of Love , translation and commentary Coleman Barks

Barb Deurwaarder was our Admin

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August 14, 2016 Daily Quote

August 14, 2016 By Dawn Fernandez

“Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others.” Dr. David R. Hawkins