Starting today, the Awakening Together Sanctuary is in Zoom instead of PalTalk.

You can get to the new Zoom Sanctuary by clicking this link:

https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary

If you did not attend Zoom training and you want to know how to enter the Sanctuary, follow the instructions on this page from a PC or Mac. (If you are using a smart phones or tablets, download the Zoom App from your App store, and then click the link above.)

1. The link above is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours.  If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.

2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.

3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.

To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:

Sanctuary Program Schedule

How to Enter the Sanctuary

Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.

If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This method will only work if you’ve entered the Sanctuary at least once before.):

1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.

2. Click on Join a Meeting

3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)

4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.

Our new Sanctuary Director, Dawn Fernandez, starts training with Ken Gibson today.

Welcome, Dawn!

Dawn lives in Tampa, Florida. She is a student in Awakening Together’s MPP program. You may have seen her in the PalTalk Sanctuary as Blissful1. We are very excited about the opportunity to get to know Dawn better as she takes over this key role in Awakening Together.

These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.

The final three training sessions are being offered today.

Click here for the Zoom training schedule.

You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:

1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours.  However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.

https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary

2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.

3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.

To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:

Sanctuary Program Schedule

How to Enter the Sanctuary

Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.

If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This only works if you’ve entered the Sanctuary at least once before.):

1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.

2. Click on Join a Meeting

3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)

4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.

These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.

There are three training sessions offered today.

Click here for the Zoom training schedule.

You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:

1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours.  However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.

https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary

2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.

3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.

To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:

Sanctuary Program Schedule

How to Enter the Sanctuary

Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.

If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This only works if you’ve opened the Sanctuary at least once before.):

1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.

2. Click on Join a Meeting

3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)

4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.

Join us in the Awakening Together Sanctuary this coming Sunday night, December 2, at 8pm ET/5pm Pacific for the Fourth Quarter Member Meeting. The agenda for this quarter’s meeting is:

• Financial Update
• Toni Fields’ Ordination Ceremony
• Retreat House Update including an Announcement about the Grand Opening and first retreats

The meeting will be led by Regina Dawn Akers. It will also be recorded and posted on our website under Audios & Videos, Member Meetings.

Reminder: The Sanctuary will be in Zoom starting this Sunday. To enter the Sanctuary, go to the Sanctuary Schedule page on our website, and then click Enter the Sanctuary in Zoom.

These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.

Zoom training starts today!

Click here for the Zoom training schedule.

You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:

1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours.  However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.

https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary

2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.

3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.

To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:

Sanctuary Program Schedule

How to Enter the Sanctuary

Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.

If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps. (This only works if you’ve entered the Sanctuary at least once before.):

1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.

2. Click on Join a Meeting

3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This will only work if you clicked the Sanctuary link at least once before.)

4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.

These instructions are for PCs and Macs. This week’s Zoom training is not for smart phones or tablets. However, you can download the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets from your app store, and then you can enter the Sanctuary following the instructions at #3 below.

Zoom training starts tomorrow.

Click here for the Zoom training schedule.

You can access the Online Awakening Together Sanctuary through Zoom on your computer or mobile device. Here’s how:

1. The following link is the link you will use to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary in Zoom. The link will only take you to the Sanctuary during the Sanctuary’s Open Hours.  However, you can also use the link to download the Zoom App. If this is the first time you have used Zoom, once you click the link, you will be guided through the download and installation process on your device. You do not need to create an account to use the Zoom App to enter the sanctuary.

https://zoom.us/my/awakeningtogethersanctuary

2. If the Sanctuary is not open when you install the Zoom App, you will get a message that says, “Waiting for the host to start the meeting”. If you get this message, click on Leave and then confirm you want to leave the meeting. If the Sanctuary is open when you install the Zoom App, you will be taken directly into the Sanctuary after the installation is complete.

3. Once the app has been installed on your computer, there are a few ways to enter the Awakening Together Sanctuary. You can open the Sanctuary from a page on the Awakening Together website or you can open the Sanctuary from the Zoom App.

To open the Sanctuary from our website, go to either of the following pages on the website and click Enter the Sanctuary:

Sanctuary Program Schedule

How to Enter the Sanctuary

Both pages are found under the Online Sanctuary menu on the menu bar. The Sanctuary Program Schedule can also be accessed by clicking the Sanctuary Schedule icon on the website homepage.

If you prefer to enter the Sanctuary from the Zoom App, you can do so by following these steps:

1. Open the Zoom App on your computer.

2. Click on Join a Meeting

3. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Meeting ID or Personal Link Name box and select Awakening Together Sanctuary from the list. (This only works if you’ve entered the Sanctuary at least once before.)

4. Once you’ve selected the Sanctuary, the following code will appear in the box. Click Join to enter the Sanctuary.

The Awakening Together Sanctuary will use Zoom instead of PalTalk as its online platform beginning on Sunday, December 2. Our last day in PalTalk will be this Wednesday, November 28.

To help you become familiar with our new online Sanctuary platform, Awakening Together will offer free Zoom training sessions this week. In these sessions, you will learn:

• How to turn on/off your video camera
• How to unmute/mute your microphone
• How to raise your hand
• How to see who else is in the Sanctuary
• How to use the Zoom chat board
• New Sanctuary Etiquette

You may attend any of the following Zoom training sessions. You are also invited to attend more than one training session:

Thursday, November 29
Zoom Training Sessions led by Ken:

7pm ET/4pm PT
7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT
8pm ET/5pm PT
8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT

Friday, November 30
Zoom Training Sessions led by Regina:

10am ET/7am PT
10:30am ET/7:30am PT
11am ET/8am PT

Saturday, December 1
Zoom Training Sessions led by Jacquelyn:

11:30am ET/8:30am PT
Noon ET/9am PT
12:30pm ET/9:30am PT

Watch the Daily Update on Wednesday for information about
How To Attend Zoom Training.

All Sanctuary Speakers are encouraged to attend a Zoom training session.

This class is 3 weeks long.

What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose? In the 14 years that he studied Zen, Adyashanti found that most seasoned meditators had used the practice as “an end instead of a means to an end.” What he ultimately realized was that only when you let go of all techniques – even the concept of yourself as a meditator – will you open to the art of True Meditation, dwelling in the natural state.

In this class participants will:

1.   Observe his/her attempts at control within his/her environment and experience, and practice releasing control through letting all things be as they are.

2.   Experiment with meditation and inquiry to discover what results in flashes of realization for him/her.

3.   Look at the difference between the personality and the Self, and realize what blocks him/her from having a fully harmonious relationship with the personality.

Class Schedule:

We are offering two class times:

~ On Tuesday afternoons, November 27, December 4 & December 11 from 2-4pm ET (11am-1pm PT). Homework begins November 20. Facilitator: Rev. Doreen Bonnet.

or

~ On Thursday afternoons, November 29, December 6 & December 13 from 1-3pm ET (10am-12pm PT). Homework begins November 22. Facilitator: Rev. Carl Lammers.

Specific Information:
Cost is $60.
Textbook needed is True Meditation by Adyashanti.
Class is offered in Zoom. Familiarity with Zoom is helpful.
Registration for the Tuesday session closes on November 19.
Registration for the Thursday session closes on November 20.
For more information on this class, click here.

Click to register

 
The Awakening Together Sanctuary will be closed this Wednesday, November 21, so that our staff and speakers may prepare for the US Thanksgiving Holiday.

The Sanctuary will reopen at its usual time on Sunday, November 25.