Reverend Maria Felipe will be our special guest this Saturday evening at 8 PM Eastern in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Rev Maria is an Ordained Minister through Pathways of Light. The purpose of her ministry is to help people quiet their mind, hear their inner guidance, and connect to God.

Maria is the host of MariaCoconut TV, a YouTube show geared toward inspiring, sharing, and expanding the message of love by interviewing other Spiritual leaders. Maria’s passion to inspire others helped her start the first Spanish ministry at Unity of Burbank where she also speaks on rotation at the English service. Maria also can be seen on TV, Film, Commercials and modeling both nationally and internationally.

Join Us in the Sanctuary on Saturday evening at 8pm Eastern Time for the happy inspiration of Reverend Maria Felipe.

“It’s best to call Sufism a way of experiencing reality as love itself.” ~ Neil Douglas-Klotz

“Islam and Sufism are one. Teaching that to understand Islam one must be a lover, how can one understand Islam when the heart is empty of love?” ~ Zarina Bibi

“Sufism is about connecting with the intuitive parts of ourselves so that we can attune to the highest vibration in the universe, which is pure love. It’s about joining together in the mystical heart.” ~ Charlotte Karl

“Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined …” ~ Idries Shah
 
 
What is this mystical Islamic religion, which has produced great seers such as Rumi and Hafiz? What do Sufis believe about God? What does it mean to totally empty yourself? Join us for “Introduction to Sufi Thought” and discover the heart of the Sufi by experiencing it directly, within yourself.

The primary objectives of this class are:

1.   The participant will become familiar with the mystical path of Islam known as Sufism.

2.   The participant will practice inner devotion and observe its effects.

Specific Information:
This class is 5 weeks long.
There are two class schedules available:
~ On Tuesday evenings, November 17 – December 15 from 7:30pm-9:30pm Eastern Time. Homework begins November 11. Facilitator: Jay McCormick, or
~ On Wednesday mornings, November 18 – December 17 from 10am-noon Eastern Time. Homework begins November 12. Facilitator: Regina Dawn Akers.

Cost is $100.
Textbook needed is The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish, by Neil Douglas-Klotz.

Class is offered in PalTalk. Familiarity with PalTalk is helpful.
Registration closes on November 10.

For more information on this class, click here.

Click to register

This Sunday at 8PM Eastern join Rachel Fielding in the Awakening Together Sanctuary.

Rachel is the mom of a beautiful two year old boy and partner to an always loving man. She studies the Law of Attraction and A Course In Miracles. Her passion is helping others succeed and cultivating their talents and gifts while making money doing it.

Rachel is a successful online entrepreneur. She studied personally with Deepak Chopra! Featured in Joe Vitale’s book “Expect Miracles”!

Come into the Sanctuary and join with us every Sunday morning at 10:15am ET for Awakening Together’s Weekly Gathering. Each weekly gathering includes music, announcements, an inspirational reading and teaching, group contemplation and time for you to share your clarity and insights.

The Sunday Morning Weekly Gathering is Facilitated by:
First Sunday of each month, Rev. David Fishman
Second Sunday of each month, Rev. Jay McCormick
Third Sunday of each month, Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
Fourth Sunday of each month, Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert
With a Guest Minister Whenever there is a Fifth Sunday

Barbara Deurwaader serves as the Sanctuary Administrator for our Weekly Gatherings.

The Awakening Together Weekly Gathering is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together and associate with one another as a close knit spiritual community that is deeply joined through our common spiritual purpose, to awaken to one true Self.

The Weekly Gathering lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes.
It is followed by a one hour “social hour” where everyone is invited to share.
The social hour is facilitated by Lyn Johnson.

We Hope To See You in the Sanctuary on Sunday!

Hi Everyone,

I wrote to you a couple of months ago about a property available in the Spanish Peaks region south of Pueblo, Colorado. Many of you responded that this property would make a perfect location for our retreat center. That property sold this week. It is no longer available.

We are still raising money for a retreat center near Pueblo. There are usually fewer properties available during the fall and winter months. More properties come on the market in the spring and summer. That means that now is the perfect time to raise money so we can be ready when the next perfect property becomes available!

For your information, here are links to some of the properties that are currently available in the Pueblo area. I’m sure you will see there are always potential properties available:

Beautiful home, hot tub on back deck, potential to easily add more bedrooms, 40 acres

Great mountain views in three directions, 35 acres

Five bedrooms, beautiful home, wind turbine & solar panels, 40 acres

Great views of the Spanish Peaks. Large trees. Includes outbuildings with interesting potential, 11 acres

Please continue to donate to the Retreat Center Fundraising Campaign. Right now we have nearly $37,000, which means we are seeing enthusiasm and receiving donations. However, we need to raise more money before we have the amount we need to purchase a property. We are hoping to purchase a property without a mortgage, so we can keep the cost as low as possible for you when you come.

Donate Now
to raise money for an Awakening Together Retreat Center.

All Donations are Tax Deductible in the USA.

Love, Regina

Join us in the Sanctuary this coming Sunday, September 20, at 8pm ET for Satsang with John Mark Stroud.

To help you get to know him before Sunday, here are some biographical excerpts from John Mark’s Website:

In early 2011, I experienced a spiritual awakening. It is sometimes referred to as Enlightenment. That experience deeply and radically changed my life. The months following the Enlightenment were spent in deep silence and stillness. Being a relative newcomer to the spiritual path, I also spent these months studying great teachings in order to place the awakening experience into a context that would allow the universal truth be communicated to all.

I offer here a brief summary of my life before the awakening.

In my mid twenties I had an experience, one that left me with a deep and dark sense of emptiness. … By 2007, I was no longer able to gloss over the emptiness that had been lurking in the back of my mind. It was time to face the truth. My marriage was deeply unhappy, I struggled to connect with my children, I was bored with my business, and the distractions of possessions and travel weren’t working anymore. I came to realize the emptiness was not going to go away, and nothing I could do or achieve was going to fill it. It was like a black hole. I decided that no matter what it took, I would find lasting happiness and peace. I finally was ready to turn toward the emptiness instead of avoiding it. I decided to dive into the darkness and despair with the same vigor and commitment that I had approached all my worldly activity. As was my nature, I went “all in.” I sold my business, and began the search.

Almost immediately, I was swept up in a tidal wave of synchronistic events that began to reveal to me in ever deepening ways, the reasons for and the nature of my unhappiness. For the next two years I was moved in ways that were far outside of my comfort zone. This dive into darkness was transforming despair into hope and healing. … I realized I was walking a spiritual path, a path to a destination as yet unknown, but one I would not attempt to avoid even if I had been able.

I attended a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat. I understood deeply that I needed to learn to still and calm my mind. It was then that I truly began to dive deeply into my own mind. During that retreat that I had several of what I later learned were mystical experiences. Those experiences of revelation began a deep and profound inner shift in awareness. Soon after the mediation retreat I was guided to A Course in Miracles. I instantly recognized it contained the answers I had been seeking. It was as though life itself begin to move me, instead of me trying to control my life. With growing trust, I started surrendering ever deeper into the void and to the Force that was carrying me. That Force, often referred to in Christianity as the Holy Spirit, began to guide me toward awakening.

In December of 2010, I found myself on a month long sojourn to Oneness University in India. That thirty days was a continuous revelation of miracles. I began to see so clearly that the nature of my own suffering was the same for all of humanity. During the third week of that trip, I had an experience in meditation that I later came to understand was similar to the Buddha’s experience 2500 years before. The following week, while in a small red cab on the way the Chennai airport for my flight home, the full experience of Enlightenment descended upon me. It seemed to come out of nowhere and as an experience of light that goes beyond description. It was wordless, and it cast me beyond the mind and world of form. The very nature of reality or God was experienced directly. I was ALL of creation. I was everyone and everything that had ever been and it was all so beautiful and perfect. All of creation was being birthed within me in that very moment. I was creator and created all at once. … That experience deeply and profoundly shifted my consciousness to a simple moment to moment awareness of deep silence and stillness. That unchanging pure awareness became the very center of my being.

Click here for “Waking Up to the Movies” by John Mark Stroud

Prayer Circle is a wonderful time to come together in reverent silence and honor prayer requests from our members and friends.

When life is busy, we all need the refreshment of silence. Prayer Circle offers that opportunity at the end of the day, near the end of the week.

Make a cup of tea, or possibly light some incense, kick off your shoes, grab a comfortable throw blanket, and relax in stillness with us for thirty minutes, every Thursday at 6pm Eastern Time in the Awakening Together Sanctuary.

If you have a prayer request that you would like us to honor, please click here to let us know about it.

Learn More About Prayer Circle

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Opportunity to Buy Tickets at the Pre-Launch Price of $449!

The 2016 ACIM Conference has not been formally launched yet. However, as one of the presenters at the conference, I have permission to offer you the opportunity to purchase tickets at a pre-launch discount price of $449.

Note: Once the conference is formally launched, the price will go up!

To get your tickets at the pre-lauch price of $449,
donate $100 using this Donation form
or call Community Miracles Center at (415) 621-2556.
Email: miracles@earthlink.net

Be sure to tell them you were inspired by Regina Dawn Akers & Awakening Together
to register for the Las Vegas ACIM conference.

List of Presenters:

The Las Vegas conference will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel, an off-strip hotel with casino, pool, spa, fitness center, shows and more. (Room price is additional.)

Book Your Room Now

Want some inspiration?

This conference is a wonderful opportunity for a road trip. Whether you are traveling to Las Vegas from the north, south, east or west, there are many mystical places along the way. Although you can fly into Las Vegas, many of you may want to consider driving so you can enjoy the national parks and other magnificent and quiet places that surround Las Vegas.

This class is 4 weeks long.

For centuries, Christian mystics have awakened to truth by contemplating the teachings of Jesus as written in the New Testament. What did they see in his teachings that traditional Christianity has been unable to see? Contemplate scripture as the mystics have, and discover the answer for yourself.

In this class you will:

1.   Become familiar with the life of Jesus as told in the New Testament.

2.   Let inner discernment bring forth clarity.

Specific Information:

There are two class schedules available:
~ On Tuesday evenings, September 29 – October 20 from 7:30pm-9:30pm Eastern Time. Homework begins September 23. Facilitator: Jay McCormick, or
~ On Wednesday mornings, September 30 – October 21 from 10am-noon Eastern Time. Homework begins September 24. Facilitator: Regina Dawn Akers.
Cost is $80.
Textbook needed is any New Testament.
Class is offered in PalTalk. Familiarity with PalTalk is helpful.
Registration closes on September 22.
For more information on this class, click here.

Click to register

You are cordially invited to Awakening Together’s Third Quarter Member Meeting, which will be held in the Sanctuary on Sunday, September 13 at 8pm ET.

The agenda for this member meeting includes:

~ Update regarding our application for church status

~ Changes on the Member Board of Trustees

~ Full Disclosure – Financial Status Review

~ And more …

All members are invited to bring questions and feedback to the member meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
The Member Board of Trustees