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Gentle Healing Year 2 – NTI Luke 17

May 25, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Yesterday we learned that our perception comes from past judgments that are reapplied as meaning. As Nisargadatta told the questioner in I Am That, Conversation #9:

The world you can perceive is a very small world indeed. And it is entirely private.

That’s because the world we each perceive is based on the filter of our individual mind.

Today’s reading says:

Now let’s talk about forgiveness. … Of themselves, the thoughts [in your mind] have no meaning. But based on past learning, learned through judgment, the thoughts seem to have meaning. And so you feel offended or hurt based on what you think you know.

Can you see how your brother has done nothing? Can you see how all meaning that has seemed to result in hurt has come from the filter of your mind?

Let’s look at an example:

Imagine that I am a modern day “super mom.” I am a professional woman with a son. After working all day, I come home and cook dinner, help my son with homework, bathe him and read him a bedtime story. He’s in bed by 8pm. That’s when I pull out my laptop computer and catch up on email. I typically work until my bedtime at 11pm.

On weekends, I buy groceries, clean house, do laundry and take my son to soccer games and piano lessons.

One day, a friend asks me to go to dinner and a movie with her on a Wednesday night. I explain that I can’t, and I tell her everything I have to do each night. She says, “Who are you trying to impress?” I notice a flash of anger, and I snap back, “No one! It just is as it is!”

Fortunately, I notice my upset. That night, after my son is in bed, I skip email, and I journal about my upset with my friend.

Why did I get angry at Jill? Because she implied that my whole life is a farce set up to impress someone.

Did she really say that or is that how I interpreted it? I don’t know for sure why she said what she said. She might have felt rejected and was acting out. My interpretation of her comment is my interpretation of her comment.

Why does the idea that my life ‘is a farce set up to impress someone’ upset me? Because I think there’s a truth there. I think I am trying to impress someone.

Who are you trying to impress? Everyone? No, not really everyone. I am trying to impress everyone, but the real reason I want to impress them is to impress me. If I believe they are impressed, then I can feel good about myself.

So, why is your life so busy? Because I am trying to deny my own belief that I am unworthy by hiding that belief under all of the great things I do.

When this journaling is complete, I see that Jill didn’t hurt me. I was hurt, because of ideas in my mind.

As NTI says:

And then, forgiveness is taking this realization one step further by acknowledging you do not want to be hurt anymore. You acknowledge that the meaning that has hurt you is within the mind. You are the owner or believer in that meaning, and so you are also the one that can let go of any meaning you have applied.

 

Thoughts of Awakening # 82

O Holy Brother of Mine,
As you come to look upon the ego,
you may at first experience great pain.
Embrace the pain, Holy One.
It is a gift come to awaken you.

Continue to ask to look and see,
that you may see the blindness you have made.
In seeing it, you tire of it.
And you will choose to want it no more.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Update Your Zoom Software

May 25, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Zoom software is being updated. We received the following message from Zoom and pass it on to you so you won’t have difficulty entering the Sanctuary.

Dear Valued Customer,
As we have previously communicated, Zoom 5.0 is live! Please begin updating all your clients to Zoom 5.0 now. After May 30, 2020, all Zoom clients on older versions will receive a forced upgrade when trying to join meetings.

Update Now

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Open for Registration: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

December 5, 2019 By Jacquelyn Eckert

The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

This class is 6 weeks long.

Ramana Maharshi was born on December 30, 1879 in a village in Tamil, India. His father died when he was twelve, and he went to live with his uncle. At age 16, he experienced a sudden and extreme fear of death to which he responded by immediately seeking the truth of the Self and became Self-realized. Six weeks later he followed an inner calling and ran away to India’s holy hill, Arunachala, where he remained for the rest of his life. For years he was a silent ascetic. He spent many hours each day deep in samadhi. Years later he emerged from silence to share the wisdom of the True Self with those who came seeking it. Before the end of his life in 1950, thousands of people had come to him from all over the world. Ramana Maharshi became known as one of the greatest saints to have ever graced this planet with Presence.

Join us as we contemplate the teachings of this great sage. We will also read stories about about him told by the people who knew him best.

In this class you will:

1. Consider the legend, the living example and the teachings of a great sage and determine what is most helpful to one’s own spiritual process.

2. Practice self-inquiry in order to distinguish between what is and is not the Self.

3. Practice removing attention from the non-Self and placing it with the Self using a spiritual practice that is most suited for you now.

Class Schedule:

Tuesday afternoons, January 14 – February 18, 2019 from 2:00-4:00pm ET (12:00-2:00pm MT). Homework begins January 7. Facilitator: Rev. Meg Reinhart

Specific Information:
Cost is $120.
Textbook needed is The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi.
Class is offered in Zoom. Familiarity with Zoom is helpful.
Registration closes on January 5.
For more information on this class, click here.

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Sanctuary Closed Wednesday, November 27, 2019 for Thanksgiving

November 20, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

The Awakening Together Sanctuary will be closed on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 so that our members, friends, and staff can be with their families and prepare for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Our regular programming schedule will resume on Sunday, December 1, 2019.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

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Speaker Spotlight – Shiryl Kaplan

October 14, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

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Shiryl teaches weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30pm to 6pm ET .  Her program is called “Walking with Holy Spirit”

Shiryl will be moving to La Veta Colorado to become our new Retreat House Caretaker.

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Developing Trust Interview – Rev. Ken Gibson

February 1, 2017 By Dawn Fernandez

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Ken’s willingness to explore spiritual and metaphysical concepts has taken him on an interesting journey over the past ten years. Some of Ken’s spiritual influences include “Disappearance of the Universe”, Regina Dawn Akers and Brent Haskell. Ken is an Awakening Together Ordained Minister. Ken holds an MBA from the University of La Verne and his work experience has been primarily in financial systems and international contract negotiations. In addition, he has been both a church treasurer and financial advisor. Ken was elected to the Member Board of Trustees in July 2014 and is our Sanctuary Director.

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Developing Trust Interview – Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

January 18, 2017 By Dawn Fernandez

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Jacquelyn Eckert
Jacquelyn is Awakening Together’s Vice President, an Awakening Together Ordained Minister, and a founding Trustee.  Jacquelyn is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is a semi-retired District Court Judge. She has a substantial history with nonprofits including service on several nonprofit boards in roles including chair, vice-chair, and secretary. Jacquelyn grew up reading Edgar Cayce, Ruth Montgomery and Emmet Fox, began studying A Course in Miracles in the early 1980’s, and has continued to pursue an ultimate understanding of the Self through numerous non-dual teachings.
Jacquelyn and her husband, Tom Conway, met on retreat in 2010. At that time, each was led by inner wisdom to embrace the other in what they trusted would be a holy relationship. Tom and Jacquelyn will be co-hosting the Joy of Relationship Couples Retreat in Louisville Kentucky April 26-30 with John Mark Stroud and Cindy Stroud.  As co-hosts, they will share their experience of the struggle and rewards of choosing to move from their special relationship framework to a relationship premised first and foremost on undoing the ego.

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Audios from Regina's Teachings – Week of December 11, 2016

December 16, 2016 By Regina Dawn Akers

Links to This Week’s Audios:

Sunday, 7pm ET
The Seven Steps to Awakening

In this audio we looked at the possibility that there is an awakening that goes beyond the potential for suffering.
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Wednesday, 2:30-3:30pm ET
The Guiding Light

This week Regina read NTI 1 Corinthians, Chapter 3.
In this audio we looked at how willingness brings healing opportunities to us.

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Audios from Regina's Teachings – Week of December 4, 2017

December 9, 2016 By Regina Dawn Akers

Links to This Week’s Audios:

Sunday, 7pm ET
The Seven Steps to Awakening

In this audio we looked at the difference between ‘faith’ and ‘belief.’
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Wednesday, 2:30-3:30pm ET
The Guiding Light

This week Regina read NTI 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2.
In this audio we looked at how to ‘let go of self’ while the mind is active.

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Audios from Regina's Teachings – Week of November 27, 2017

December 2, 2016 By Regina Dawn Akers

Links to This Week’s Audios:

Sunday, 7pm ET
The Seven Steps to Awakening

In this audio we looked at ‘forgetting everything’ as a spiritual path.
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Wednesday, 2:30-3:30pm ET
The Guiding Light

This week Regina read NTI 1 Corinthians, Chapter 1.
In this all new beginning of the Guiding Light,
Regina asks us to look at all of the things we cannot let go of.
She also asks us to deeply contemplate NTI 1 Corinthians, Chapter 1 over the next week.

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