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Change to Audio/Video links from Awakening Together

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We are changing where we store our audios, videos and other content. In an effort to keep costs down, we are moving various files over from our current storage system, Drive HQ, to Dropbox. Therefore, you will notice a change when you click on some links on our website.

When you click a link, you may notice the Dropbox logo in the top left corner (see image below). On your phone or tablet, there will be an invitation to download and use Dropbox. It’s free to download and use this app on your device. However, you do not have to download Dropbox.  If you prefer, you may click on “continue to website” and enjoy the content without downloading the app (see second image at the bottom of this post).

Here’s a screenshot of what it would look like on a PC. Notice the Dropbox logo and the play button:

On a phone or tablet it will look like this:

 

 

 

Learn How to Become an Awakening Together Minister

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All Awakening Together members are invited to participate in the Minister Preparation Program (MPP). Our MPP curriculum is now being offered in the Awakening Together Discussion Forum. Our Minister Preparation Program is designed to help participants:
  • Increase reliance on their own inner spiritual wisdom
  • Recognize universal truth in various spiritual teachings
  • Embrace natural, wakeful spiritual practice with ease
  • Realize unswerving clarity and discernment

Introduction to the Awakening Together Minister Preparation Program (MPP)

If you think you might be interested in the Minister Preparation Program, we are offering a free single session self-study Introduction to MPP class.  This class is required for all members who want to apply for MPP. The purpose of this class is to teach those who feel they may be interested in becoming an Awakening Together minister about Awakening Together and the responsibilities of an Awakening Together minister. If, after completing this free single session self-study class, a person feels he or she wants to become an Awakening Together minister, that person may apply to join the Minister Preparation Program (MPP).

Registration for Introduction to MPP begins on February 21 and ends March 1.
More About MPP

 

Introducing This Month’s Movie: August Rush

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Join us on Sunday, February 23, 2020 from 8 -9 pm ET/6-7 pm MT for a discussion of this musical drama that involves an 11-year-old musical prodigy living in an orphanage who runs away to New York City. He begins to unravel the mystery of who he is, all while his mother is searching for him and his father is searching for her. The many different sounds and rhythms he hears throughout his journey culminate in a major instrumental composition which concludes the film.

This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by Ron Raitz.

The Play sheet for the movie can be found HERE.

  1. Rent on Amazon PRIME for $3.99
  2. Rent on YouTube for $3.99
  3. Rent on Vudu for $3.99

 

 

New Consistent Gentle Healing Year 2 Begins March 3

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A new Consistent Gentle Healing Year 2 group will begin on March 3 and meet each Tuesday at 6:30 pm-8:30 pm ET / 4:30 pm-6:30 pm MT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. The group will be facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole.

 

The Gentle Healing Curriculum guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy and love.

Everyone who is willing to make a commitment to awakening is invited to join an online Gentle Healing group or go through the curriculum as self-study.

Year 2 is based on:

  • Thoughts of Awakening – Get the Free Ebook
  • The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI)
  • The Teachings of Inner Ramana

This Sunday in the Sanctuary ~ February 2, 2020

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Join us at 10:15 am ET/ 8:15 am MT for Our Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Topic: “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 will ponder this possibility in this week’s homily.

Reader: Lin Castaldo will read excerpts from Regina’s Seven Steps Journal

 

*Weekly gathering is held every Sunday morning at 10:15 am ET/8:15 am MT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Join us after the Gathering for our Fellowship Time, hosted by Rev. Jay McCormick.

 

 

Join us at 6:00 pm ET/ 4:00 pm MT for Something Genuine with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert facilitates this program, in which Awakening Together members and friends join together to watch and discuss TED talks that reveal the Truth of ourselves and our universe based on the actual experience of ordinary people. Their insights are genuine—not based upon theory or dogma—and give us a “man on the street” perspective on what we are coming to learn through Awakening Together.

 

 

Regina Dawn Akers Outside

Join us at 7:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm MT for The Guiding Light with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Regina Dawn Akers reads selections from books by Bernadette Roberts. The purpose of this inspired book study is to learn from one who walked through the final doorway to no self, no world, no God–Only Reality.

 

 

 

Join us at 8:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm MT for a Special Member Meeting

Join Revs. Regina Dawn Akers and Jacquelyn Eckert for a Special Member Meeting.

They will be discussing:

  • Announcing a change in Regina & Jacquelyn’s roles with Awakening Together
  • Introducing a new MPP curriculum offered through the Forum

A 3-Day Weekend Retreat in La Veta ~ Letting Go of Fear ~ March 27-29

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Letting Go of Fear


March 27-29, 2020
with Regina Dawn Akers
at the 
Awakening Together Retreat House
in La Veta, Colorado

When we asked you what retreats you wanted offered in 2020,
the most requested retreat was Letting Go of Fear.

Fear can be experienced in many ways. It may feel like uneasiness or angst, which blocks your ability to relax fully; it may be experienced as nervousness, apprehension or excessive worry; it may be experienced as absolute terror. Fear can also be repressed and experienced as other emotions, such as frustration or anger. In any case, fear distorts your perception and your ability to think clearly with the right mind.

At this retreat, you will come to understand the cause of fear and learn how you can become free of fear.

Regina Dawn Akers Happy AssisiRetreat Details:

The retreat will begin at 10am on Friday, March 27 and end at 4pm on Sunday, March 29.

Retreat Fee: $120 if you lodge at the retreat house, $150 if you stay elsewhere. $50 non-refundable deposit required.

Enjoy an optional pre-retreat outing with Regina on Thursday, March 26.
$25 includes lunch.
 

Register for the Retreat
View the AT Airport Shuttle Schedule
View the Retreat House Rooms & Rates
Retreat House lodging cost is separate
from the retreat fee.

All guests are welcome to stay at the AT Retreat House for up to 28 days. Longer stays are possible with permission.

 

Join Us for a Very Special Member Meeting on Sunday, 2/2 at 8pm ET

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Join Regina and Jacquelyn
for a Special Member Meeting
on Sunday, February 2
at 8pm ET/6pm MT.

Agenda:

  • Announcing a change in Regina & Jacquelyn’s roles with Awakening Together
  • Introducing a new MPP curriculum offered through the Forum

Join us for our Awakening Together Satsang with Bhante Wimala Sunday, February 16th at 7:30 pm ET

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Anne Blanchard will interview Bhante Wimala for our Awakening Together Guest Satsang on February 16, 2020 at 7:30 pm ET/5:30 pm MT.

Venerable Bhante Y. Wimala has been a Buddhist monk for 47 years, known throughout the world as a compassionate spiritual teacher and tireless humanitarian, with projects and teaching programs all over the world.

Unlike most monks who wander in their homelands or live ascetically in monasteries, Bhante has been called to spend his life traveling around the world to teach and to heal and to bring peace to the people of our planet. He has forged friendships across the globe and has been involved in numerous projects involving restoring entire villages in Sri Lanka ravaged by the tsunami and war, earthquake relief in Haiti and Nepal, and cyclone relief in Bangladesh. He personally oversees countless projects across the globe, especially in Africa and Asia, to restore eyesight, bring medical supplies and wheelchairs where there were none, educate youth, build orphanages and hospitals, bring water to villages high in the mountains of Nepal which were cut off after the earthquake, create job training for women, homes for the homeless and bring hope to prisoners and suffering individuals around the world.

To find out more about Bhante, visit his website: http://www.bhantewimala.com

This Sunday in the Sanctuary ~ January 26, 2020

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Join us at 10:15 am ET/ 8:15 am MT for Our Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Meg Reinhart

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

Description: Rev. Meg Reinhart will talk 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 will be reading 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.

*Weekly gathering is held every Sunday morning at 10:15 am ET/8:15 am MT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Join us after the Gathering for our Fellowship Time, hosted by Rev. Jay McCormick.

 

 

Join us at 6:00 pm ET/ 4:00 pm MT for Something Genuine with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert facilitates this program, in which Awakening Together members and friends join together to watch and discuss TED talks that reveal the Truth of ourselves and our universe based on the actual experience of ordinary people. Their insights are genuine—not based upon theory or dogma—and give us a “man on the street” perspective on what we are coming to learn through Awakening Together.

 

 

Regina Dawn Akers Outside

Join us at 7:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm MT for The Guiding Light with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Regina Dawn Akers reads selections from books by Bernadette Roberts. The purpose of this inspired book study is to learn from one who walked through the final doorway to no self, no world, no God–Only Reality.

 

 

 

Join us at 8:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm MT for Movie Watcher’s Discussion Group

The Nines starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis and Elle Fanning unfolds in three parts, featuring the same actors in different (and in some ways overlapping) incarnations. Together, the three stories form a single narrative that explores the relationships between author and character, actor and role, creator and creation. Alternately funny and unsettling, The Nines is like a riddle where the answer may just lead to another question.This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by Rev. Jay McCormick.

The Play sheet for the movie can be found HERE.

Open for Registration – Introduction to the Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Nisargadatta_Maharaj_by_Mad_Mantos 3This class begins on March 3. It is 4 weeks long. Registration deadline is February 23. About this class:

“When I met my Guru, he told me: ‘You are not what you take yourself to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense I am, find your real Self.’ I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. …

I simply followed (my teacher’s) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being I am, and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the I am in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state.

In it all disappeared — myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.” ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Join us as we contemplate the extremely profound teachings of a great sage, a cigarette salesman, who trusted his guru completely and awakened to become one of the most perspicacious teachers of our time.

In this class you will:

1. To allow inner spiritual intuition to guide you to a small portion of a teaching so you can go deeper within that teaching.

2. To write from beyond one’s self in order to realize additional clarity or commitment.

3. To meditate on the sense of ‘I Am’, also known as awareness watching awareness.

Class Schedule:

~ On Tuesday afternoons, March 3 – March 24 from 2:00pm-4:00pm ET (12:00pm – 2:00pm MT). Homework begins February 25. Facilitator: Rev. Meg Reinhart

Specific Information:
Cost is $80.
Textbook needed is “I Am That” by Nisargadatta Maharaj (or use the free pdf format.)
Registration closes on February 23.
For more information on this class, click here.

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