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7:00 – 7:30 am – Centering Prayer – Rev. Anne Blanchard
Centering Prayer is a method designed to seek the true Self by deepening into the intention to recognize and promptly empty ourselves of what is not true and, in turn, abide more and more fully in the heart as a symbol of the Truth of What We Are.
Devotional music or words will be offered prior to the start of the 20-minute silent practice period and for a couple minutes directly following the practice period to allow a transition time back to our ordinary awareness.
7:30 – 8:30 am – Being Aware of Awareness Meditation – with Rev. Anne Blanchard
One of the core practices of the Awakening Together community is Awareness watching Awareness meditation. Those words can inspire as much confusion for some as they do clarity of purpose for others. This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no-place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Anne Blanchard facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET by leading participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness meditation.
3:00 – 4:00 pm – Nisargadatta Maharaj: Contemplating “I Am That” – Facilitated Rev. Anne Blanchard
While the impetus for this program was born from the power and the clarity of the practice of the Minster Preparation Program curriculum, “The Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj” in which his pointings were contemplated, the desire is to share in this practice with all at Awakening Together regardless of any prior familiarity with the teachings of this Indian Master. So whether you have taken the MPP class or are brand new to these teachings, you are warmly invited to join in and see how Nisargadatta speaks to you.
The only thing that’s needed is an open heart, a little curiosity, and the aim to bathe and soak in the Truth coming through the teaching; to abide in the place Nisargadatta points to. On a practical level, this means we will read and contemplate the book I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (by Maurice Frydman)”, which is available as a free PDF here: Click Here
You are also invited to choose and contemplate your own weekly reading assignment from the book. There will be space for sharing your contemplation during our time together.
“Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with life and gets stuck at the banks, that it becomes a problem.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj. Come and step into the river of life with the teachings of I Am That as your guide. Come see for yourself where your river of life is flowing and where mind refuses to flow with life and gets stuck on the bank.
4:00 pm ET The Sanctuary is Closed
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