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Satsang with Stephen D’Amico: Presence and Direct Inquiry
In this session, Stephen will energetically shift you out of the narrative of the seeker and draw you into the silent presence that is already here. Following a brief meditation and a reflection on the mechanics of awakening, the floor will open for personalized guidance and deep inquiry. Whether you'd like the opportunity to ask your most pressing spiritual questions, or simply wish to resonate in a palpable field of heightened awareness, this space will help clarify the way things are. Stephen D’Amico spent much of his early life connected to the enlightened state of being and attained full self-realization at age 22. For nearly three decades, he has been teaching and guiding others on the path. Based in Toronto, he runs an urban ashram where he hosts Satsang and offers spiritual direction.
Saturday, July 4, 2026 @ 9:00am-11:00am (Pacific Time) at Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)Ishtar ~ Effortless Wholeness
When the mind settles into Silence, the heart opens to the great mystery hidden everywhere in plain sight. The formless takes the form of Love, melting the barrier between self and world, reconnecting us to primordial Wholeness. This Wholeness is like a song that is already playing within. Every moment of life, sublime or awful, can be experienced as a flowing wholeness. We’ll practice an effortless way of melting into wholeness, using Shakti bija mantras as a means of letting Presence move through us like a song; praying until we become the prayer. Ishtar is a meditation teacher, monk, gardener, and head teacher of the School for Awakened Living. He poetically speaks about discovering the Bliss-Filled Fullness we never need to chase, as it's always already trying to flood our lives.
Saturday, July 11, 2026 @ 10:00am-12:00noon (Pacific Time) at Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)Jeannie Zandi ~ Love’s Homing Device: The Role of Longing in Spirituality
Within all our longings lies the greatest longing of all: to know ourselves as whole and divine. Yet in everyday life, we can lose touch with this living pull, or attempt to satisfy it through things that can never fully meet it. In this gathering, we will look at the ways longing opens us, motivates us, and calls us beyond the pleasures of the earthly realm toward something more sublime. We will explore the relationship between longing and devotion, yearning and surrender, heartbreak and opening, and the mysterious way love itself can become a guide. Known for her fierce tenderness, irreverent wisdom, and unwavering presence, Jeannie Zandi creates powerful spaces for transformation, where truth is met in the raw, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality.
Sunday, July 12, 2026 @ 10:00am-12:00noon (Pacific Time) at Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
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