A universal assembly for true discernment
“Just as life is made to live, and there is no song until someone sings it, so God remains unreal to us until we have made God real.” Dr. Ernest Holmes
“Do the smallest thing in a great way. We must add one stitch, no matter how small it be, to the magnificent tapestry of life.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“We are all one and we are also unique and essential expressions of the One. Unity does not mandate uniformity.” Dr. Roger Teel
“Attempting to exert control over learning situations is a reflection of belief that you have nothing to learn. An attitude of openness is required for unlearning and new learnings both.” A Course Of Love (23:27)
“What harm is there in specialness? Only all the harm you see within the world.” A Course In Love – 15:2
“Accepting ‘what isn’t’ is just as important as accepting ‘what is’. It’s only more difficult when it’s not what you wanted from a specific person.” Doe Zantamata
“True happiness is the absence of comparison. It’s the absence of trying to be happy. It’s an invitation to be whole, grounded, present, right where you are.” Jeff Foster
Rev. Jay McCormick talks to us about “What Is The Source of True Knowing?” We all approach this question in a different way, and answer this is different ways, but yet is the true source actually the same for all of us? Where can it be found? What do we place our security in and how can we connect and be with this source ? The presence of the being-ness of our true self beckons us all every moment of every day.
Barbara Deurwaarder served as Sanctuary Administrator.
Lyn Johnson reads from ACIM Chapter 26 section VIII The Immediacy of Salvation
Regina Dawn Akers interviewed Ram Das Batchelder for Awakening Together’s August 2015 Satsang. In this interview, Ram Das shares enthusiastically about his early spiritual path and the ego-delusions that accompanied his first experiences of God. He also shares how he found his Satguru, Amma, “the hugging saint.” In the final 30 minutes of the interview, Ram Das discusses his realization of truth through Self-inquiry including how through truth, he sees that everything he believed in before, including his own spiritual path, does not exist. Supreme Truth alone exists.
Ram Das was born in Pennsylvania in 1961, had a spiritual awakening in his early twenties, and has spent most of the last 25 years in India as a devotee of Amma, the “hugging Saint.” He has written four children’s books, which have been translated into several European languages, and also a novel in rhyming verse, three full-length plays, and 40 original songs. In 2012, he and his wife, Tarini Ma, wrote and co-taught a university course on Hinduism in Venezuela. He has given numerous talks and workshops about various aspects of spirituality in many locations around the world. He and his wife are currently offering 5-star tours of the sacred cities of India, to both Spanish and English-speaking groups.
Ram Das’ website: rising-inlove.org
Ram Das’ book: Rising in Love: My Wild and Crazy Ride to Here and Now, with Amma, the Hugging Saint
