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2-2-20 Weekly Gathering: “What if Consciousness is an Addict?”

February 2, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

Weekly Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Title: “What if Consciousness is an Addict?”

Description: What if Consciousness is an addict and life as a human is Consciousness’ opportunity to heal this addiction? Rev. Regina Dawn Akers shared about this insight and what the cure is to being addicted to having your attention constantly going outward.

Reader: Lin Castaldo read excerpts from Regina’s Seven Steps Journal. If you would like to read from the PDF from Regina’s Journal, you can read it here: Read Here

1-26-20 Weekly Gathering: “There Are No Stages or Degrees of Realization, Only Stages of Spiritual Practices.”

January 26, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Meg Reinhart

Title: “There Are No Stages or Degrees of Realization, Only Stages of Spiritual Practices.”

Description: Rev. Meg Reinhart talked about observing the various states of mind the spiritual seeker sees through during purification and awakening while remaining focused on abiding in the no-mind Self.

Reading: Kate Brennan read a passage from “No Mind – I am the Self” in a section called “Sadhana”. “No Mind – I am The Self” is the life and teachings of Ramana Maharshi’s direct disciple, Sri Lakshamana Swamy and his adopted daughter and successor, Sri Mathru Sarada, who both realized Self, without the return of the dualistic thinking system.

1-19-20 Weekly Gathering: “Dropping the Fear of Death”

January 19, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with George Maddox, LM

Title: “Dropping the Fear of Death”

Description: George shared about death and dying and why it’s helpful to see death as a great teacher.

Reading: Susan Bacon read Ch. 17 from Untethered Soul written by Michael Singer.

1-12-20 Weekly Gathering: “Wait! What am I Defending?”

January 12, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

Title: “Wait! What am I Defending?”

Description: Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert looked at the tendency we have to defend ourselves. She examined how pervasive our defense mechanism is and how it preserves the ego sense of self. She discussed how defending ourselves supports our fundamental sense of separation from and conflict with others.

Reading: Dawn Fernandez read an excerpt from Jeff Foster’s book, The Deepest Acceptance.

1-5-20 Weekly Gathering: “The Properties of Water Assimilate A Spiritual Path.”

January 5, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Billy Sintiris

Title: “The Properties of Water Assimilate A Spiritual Path.”

Description: Rev. Billy talked about how his homily came together like a grand soup with many spices consisting of NTI, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Tao Te Ching, ACIM, The Wisdom of Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas and Magdeline that have influenced the continuous awakening of falling upward toward a non-dual mind.

Reading/Reader: Rev. Meg Reinhart read #49 in I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj.

12-29-19 Weekly Gathering: “Self-Love, that Too.”

December 29, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Gloria Wells

Topic: Self Love – That too

Description: Rev. Gloria shared how trying to love from the limited self or the ego is difficult but once the realization to practice including all that she sees as ‘that too is me’ and from the place of “I am” presence, then the Loving All Method no longer felt forced. The previous resistance she had felt doing the Loving All Method has now been replaced by a joy, a joy of inclusion.

Reading: Toni Fields read from I am That – Mind and World are not separate by Nisargadatta Maharaj.

12-22-19 Weekly Gathering: “The Value of the World.”

December 22, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Topic: The Value of the World.

Description: Rev. Regina Dawn Akers shared how the world we see is helpful as we seek to let go of unconscious egoic thinking.

Reading: Rev. Francine Wright read NTI 1 Peter, Chapter 2 from The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of New Testament (NTI).

12-15-19 Weekly Gathering: “What’s In Your Wallet?”

December 15, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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Weekly Gathering with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

Title: “What’s In Your Wallet?”

Description: Jacquelyn examined how the subconscious thoughts act as a driver of our experience and teaches us that we are what we are not. She shared how to uncover these thoughts and let them go so that we have direct access to our True Nature.

Reading: Rev. Shawna Summers read NTI Luke Chapter 12.