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SUMMARY:Peter Russell ~ Letting Go of Nothing: An In-Person Event in Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in a shaded garden courtyard.\nBring layers for the variable Berkeley weather. \nPeter Russell will be leading a session based on his new book….\nLetting Go of Nothing: Relax Your Mind and Discover the Wonder of Your True Nature. \nThe call to let go lies at the heart of the world’s spiritual traditions. Non-attachment to outcomes\, surrendering desires\, accepting the present\, opening to a higher power\, relinquishing the ego\, forgiveness—they all entail letting go. But letting go is not always easy. That’s because we often think of it as getting rid of some disturbing thought or feeling. Peter Russell reframes letting go\, not as another task we need to do\, but as letting in and letting be\, and applies this principle to letting go of judgments and grievances\, unhealthy emotions and fixed beliefs\, and our assumptions as to what will make us happy. \nHe shows how letting go is key to meditation—allowing the thinking mind to quieten so that we can experience the intrinsic peace of our natural mind\, unperturbed by worry and concern. When we do\, we discover the true nature of the self—the “I” at the heart of our being. Here\, free from the machinations of the ego-mind\, we can be more in touch with our hearts and our innate wisdom\, and taste the awakening that all the great mystics and spiritual teachers have spoken of. \nPeter Russell is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He is the author of a dozen books\, including The Global Brain\, Waking Up in Time and From Science to God. His new book\, Letting Go of Nothing\, was published this August. \nPeter studied theoretical physics\, experimental psychology\, and computer science at the University of Cambridge\, and meditation and Eastern Philosophy in India. And pioneered the introduction of personal growth programs to corporations in the 1980s. \nHis mission is to distill the essential wisdom on human consciousness found in the world’s various spiritual traditions\, and to disseminate their teachings on self-liberation in contemporary and compelling ways. \nwww.peterrussell.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/peter-russell-oct-9-2021-berkeley-2/
LOCATION:Chochmat HaLev\, 2215 Prince St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
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