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SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Meditation without a Meditator: From Deliberate Awareness to Nondual Presence ~ 2-Part Online Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Dec. 9th & 10th\, 2023\n9:00 am – 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time\nTime Zone Converter\nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting.\nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nMany seekers who shift from progressive approaches like deliberate mindfulness to a more direct approach continue to search for the right meditative strategy\, the sweet spot that allows them to let go of their efforting and drop into their natural state of nondual presence. But paradoxically it’s this very strategizing that needs to drop away as presence reveals itself to be the nature of reality\, the deeper ground beyond a separate self\, not something that you can strategize into being. You can’t do it—you can only join the nondual presence that’s always already taking place. \nSo how exactly can you position your awareness to fall into nondual presence? In this two-day mini-retreat you’ll learn how to take the backward step to illuminate the deeper ground of Being as your true nature or true Self beyond all division. Once that deeper identity has been revealed\, you no longer have to search for what is already so blatantly obvious. You merely need to be it. \nThe retreat will feature self-inquiry\, direct pointers to the nature of reality\, and a series of guided meditations that lead you through the stages of awakening to nondual presence. In nondual presence life unfolds effortlessly\, without an illusory someone in charge of the unfolding\, as an expression of the exquisite intelligence at the heart of the Mystery. Absolute and relative dimensions of Being—universal and individual\, trans/impersonal and personal\, one and many—dissolve into a single\, vibrant\, multidimensional\, perfectly imperfect current of love and manifestation. Just This! \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. He’s been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and a five-session mentoring intensive in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness.\nFor more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90\nSome Partial Scholarships Available\nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/stephan-bodian-retreat-dec-2023-2-2/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
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