A universal assembly for true discernment
Please read and contemplate quotes 101-104 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
As the mind is made of words and images, so is every reflection in the mind. It covers up reality with verbalization and then complains.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Somewhat like a crescendo, this retreat will build in intensity for the first five days. You’ll experience two days of gradually increasing clarity through group meditation, contemplation and discussion, and then you’ll dive deep into Self awareness with three days of self-inquiry dyads.
What are self-inquiry dyads?
A self-inquiry dyad is when two people practice self-inquiry together, and they share everything they experience with one another as they look within. Psychologists have discovered that people go deeper within themselves in dyads than they do when looking at themselves alone, and we agree. Self-inquiry dyads are surprisingly effective! At this retreat, you’ll have the opportunity to practice self-inquiry dyads in several different dyad pairs.
After dyads, we’ll end the Self Awareness retreat with two days of wrap up, relaxation and fun.
This retreat is planned specifically for you. Between now and the beginning of the retreat, you may submit questions or topics that you’d like addressed at the retreat. Regina Dawn Akers will design an experience-based retreat focused on your submissions, making this retreat participatory instead of lecture-based. In addition, she will plan fun “field trips” to places in and around La Veta, so everyone also has the chance to enjoy one another’s company.
This retreat is called “Satsang and Sangha” because it combines wisdom, clarity and togetherness into one fun and insightful week. Like peanut butter and chocolate, satsang and sangha is the perfect combination for Awakening Together’s annual retreat.
Please read and contemplate quotes 97-100 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
Do understand that the mind has its limits; to go beyond, you must consent to silence.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Please read and contemplate quotes 93-96 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
All thinking is in duality. In identity no thought survives.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
The Heart is the Self, Part 1
Self-Inquiry Dyad Retreat
This retreat is for everyone interested in an extremely deep experience of self-inquiry, regardless of whether you are new to self-inquiry or you’ve been practicing self-inquiry for years.
Psychologists have discovered that dyads (two people sharing in a structured way) are a powerful way of going deeper within one’s self in order to see that which is beyond one’s daily conscious awareness. At this retreat, we will utilize this same practice for the purpose of awakening.
This is a structured, silent retreat led by Anne Blanchard and Jacquelyn Eckert with an introduction by Regina Dawn Akers.
The retreat will begin at 10am on Monday, April 15 and end at 3pm on Friday, April 19. We recommend arriving in La Veta on or before Sunday, April 14 and departing on or after Saturday, April 20.
All guests are welcome to stay at the AT Retreat House for up to 28 days. Longer stays are possible with permission.
Note: There is space available at this retreat, but lodging at the Retreat House is nearly full. We have room for one woman in the ladies’ dorm. If you are a man, couple or friends who want to share accommodations, we recommend a private cabin at Two Fox Cabins. Prices are cost effective, you will be able to prepare your own breakfast & dinner each day, and you will have the quiet that is necessary for an effective experience at this retreat.
Please read and contemplate quotes 89-92 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
You need to return to the state in which I am — your natural state. Anything else you may think of is an illusion and an obstacle.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Please read and contemplate quotes 85-88 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
Merely talking about Reality without doing anything about it is self-defeating.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Please read and contemplate quotes 81-84 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
Now I know nothing, for all knowledge is in dream only and not valid.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Please read and contemplate quotes 77-80 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
To see that all knowledge is a form of ignorance is itself a movement of reality.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
