June 2023
Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Join us for a silent group meditation. Do your own practice quietly in the company of others. Let’s be present, together. .... more details
Mon.: 8:00am – 8:30am (PT) and Wed.: 9:00am – 9:30am (PT)
Ongoing drop-in group – attend as often as you like.
Weekly, with rare exceptions. Verify dates on Full Calendar.
Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Mondays: 8:00am – 8:30am Pacific Time
Wednesdays : 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific Time
Ongoing every week, with rare exceptions. Check Full Calendar to verify dates.
Join for a group meditation – just us, without a teacher. Do your own practice silently in the company of others. There will be no talk or guidance – only a bell to start and finish. Let’s be present, together.
After half an hour of silent sitting, there will be space for a brief hello in the end, if we like.
Please be seated by the time meditation starts, so that we can begin together. You are welcome to have your camera and microphone on (unless you have a lot of background noise), so that we can feel as if we were in one space.
The zoom link remains the same for all the sessions, so you are welcome to register only once and save the link for future reference.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
Ishita Sharma ~ Call to Coherence: Relational Coherence
Coming together in a space that is slow, curious, generous and kind, we will explore the nature of flow and ourselves, learning by contrasting in our own experience what coherence is and isn't, what hinders and augments it. We will engage processes that augment access to coherent fields at various levels of being, becoming and belonging.
Join us in a series of 3 facilitated experiential conversations to examine flow/coherence at 3 levels of field: self, shared and universal, to strengthen your capacity to access it at will.
Each call will build on the last while also standing alone as a wholesome offering in itself.
As much as attending the whole series is beneficial, you are welcome to register for any number of calls, even if you haven't joined the previous ones.
Part 1: Inner Coherence: authenticity, self-alignment, how I am being (May 15th)
Part 2: Relational Coherence: mutuality, how we are being, within and between us. (June 10th)
Part 3: Universal Coherence: interconnectedness, synchronization with the rhythm of the whole. (July 1st)
Join like-hearted others to play with friendly curiosity in a field of shared intent.
ON EACH CALL WE WILL:
- Explore contrast between discordance and coherence, learning from our own experience.
- Practice an experiential somatic meditation.
- Experience the healing power of inner and group coherence.
- Have space to share, ask questions.
- Learn about deeper upcoming offerings to engage and answer your inner call to coherence.
In times of accelerated growth, communities of care are balm for the soul. And a community is formed when we come together with authenticity, openness and respect. This will be a series of such calls.
About Ishita
Ishita Sharma serves as a mirror, mentor and muse to those who wish to better the world starting within. Her work is the joyful expression of her deepest realizations, and an invitation into your own. Come to Center is fueled by her wish to realize a world that lives from enlightened awareness. She helps clients heal disconnects and mine the gold hidden in everyday challenges to live a life that is connected, expansive and joyful!
She draws on her unique capacity to attune to her clients’ nervous systems and guide contraction and confusion into clarity and ease. Her incisive approach is grounded in spacious, loving connection.
Ishita sees her role here as a bridge between cultures, paradigms and dimensions- marrying western intellect and eastern spirit through the wisdom of the human heart and body. Contending the future of humanity hinges upon healing division within and between us, Ishita supports individuals and groups alike to wake up, step up and show up together for the world we wish to see.
Find out more about Ishita: cometocenter.com
Suggested donation: $15 to $40
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please register early if you can.
The event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
John Prendergast ~ Emptiness and Fullness ~ In-Person Daylong Gathering
To be filled, we must first be emptied. The spiritual path is initially about subtraction instead of addition. There is a stripping away of illusion, an emptying out of confusion, an unlearning and unveiling. Whatever our self/world view may be, it is not the ultimate truth. We are not who we think we are and the world is not what we think it is. When there is a willingness to not know with the ordinary mind, we are open to the Unknown and available to being filled by an essential Life. This influx of fullness comes of its own – the natural radiance of our true nature.
Through guided and silent meditation, heart-felt inquiry, and experiential conversations we will explore this natural process of emptying out and being filled.
We hope you will join us!
John is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS and the author of several books on the intersection of nondual wisdom and psychology, including The Deep Heart and In Touch. He studied for many years with the European sage, Jean Klein, as well as with Adyashanti, and now teaches in a profoundly experiential manner.
Suggested Donation: $75 No one turned away - any donation accepted.
To register:
Email Rob at robmschwartz@yahoo.com
Location:
The meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails.
Address and directions will be provided upon registration.
Please bring your own lunch, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods.
Find out more »John Prendergast ~ Emptiness and Fullness ~ In-Person Daylong Gathering
To be filled, we must first be emptied. The spiritual path is initially about subtraction instead of addition. There is a stripping away of illusion, an emptying out of confusion, an unlearning and unveiling. Whatever our self/world view may be, it is not the ultimate truth. We are not who we think we are and the world is not what we think it is. When there is a willingness to not know with the ordinary mind, we are open to the Unknown and available to being filled by an essential Life. This influx of fullness comes of its own – the natural radiance of our true nature.
Through guided and silent meditation, heart-felt inquiry, and experiential conversations we will explore this natural process of emptying out and being filled.
The meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails.
John is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS and the author of several books on the intersection of nondual wisdom and psychology, including The Deep Heart and In Touch. He studied for many years with the European sage, Jean Klein, as well as with Adyashanti, and now teaches in a profoundly experiential manner.
Find out more »What is Nondual Awakening? ~ with Kathleen McTeigue and Tomas Phillips ~ In-Person Local Event
Satsang: 2-4 pm
Refreshments: until 5
Suggested Donation: $10- $20, no one turned away.
Location: 8476 Sonoma Ave, Sebastopol, CA. Park on Sonoma Ave.
Note: The address sign says 8474/8476. Park on the street, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early.
Please dress warmly, doors & windows will be open!
Since the pandemic, fewer teachers are available for local meetings, and more teachings are onling. Yet there is a value and synergy in meeting in person! This satsang is facilitated by Kathleen McTeigue and Tomas Phillips, two locals who've experienced the teachings directly. We'll explore Nondual Awakening, and direct experience, yours and ours. We'll talk about these topics:
* What do I awaken from, and to?
* Is nondual awakening available to anyone?
* What is duality like in our everyday lives, and what is nonduality?
* What happens to the ego in awakening?
* Can the spiritual ego co-opt awakening?
Kathleen had a spontaneous awakening to nondual nature. This recognition of the unitive nature of reality, forever altered her perspective. It revealed the illusory nature of a separate self and the indescribable essence of our true nature. The awakening was the beginning of an alchemical process of transformation, including as a student of Adyasanti. She enjoys being in satsang and spiritual community with fellow lovers of truth. Kathleen's website: openingtopresence.com
Tomas has been hosting nondual satsangs since 2004. His first teacher was Adyashanti, and his current teacher is Angelo DiLullo. He experienced a consciousness shift on a Sunday afternoon in 2006. Since then he's learned to make the teachings his own, through inquiry, and looking within. Awakening is a continuous process of expansion, away from fixed positions of the mind, to freedom in all areas of life.
Find out more »Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Join us for a silent group meditation. Do your own practice quietly in the company of others. Let’s be present, together. .... more details
Mon.: 8:00am – 8:30am (PT) and Wed.: 9:00am – 9:30am (PT)
Ongoing drop-in group – attend as often as you like.
Weekly, with rare exceptions. Verify dates on Full Calendar.
Pamela Wilson ~ The Blessing of Balance ~ 4 Part Online Retreat
June 12, 15, 19 & 22, 2023
10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Pacific Time
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Recording will be emailed to participants after each meeting.
You're welcome to join even if you can't attend all the live sessions.
Join Pamela and your fellow sages for a four part satsang retreat.
We will invite any tension between the opposites within to balance and self adjust by meeting them respectfully and inviting them to know themselves. Only realization resolves human conditioning back to healthy balance and stability. Even perceived threat, habitual opposition, stress and separation can root and return to natural clarity and relaxation.
When we function as the sage we are, everything self liberates and balances. Allowing us to live as wise love, flow, peace and ease.
Pamela Wilson evokes through dialogue, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about one’s identity relax. Featured in the book Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue, so please bring your questions!
More about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com
Sliding Scale: $80 to $120
Some Partial Scholarships Available
Please Register Early if you can.
Pamela Wilson ~ The Blessing of Balance ~ 4 Part Online Retreat
Join Pamela and your fellow sages for a four part satsang retreat.
We will invite any tension between the opposites within to balance and self-adjust by meeting them respectfully and inviting them to know themselves. When we function as the sage we are, everything self-liberates and balances, allowing us to live as wise love, flow, peace and ease. Even perceived threat, habitual opposition, stress and separation can root and return to natural clarity and relaxation.
Pamela Wilson evokes through dialogue, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about one’s identity relax.
Find out more »Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Mondays: 8:00am – 8:30am Pacific Time
Wednesdays : 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific Time
Ongoing every week, with rare exceptions. Check Full Calendar to verify dates.
Join for a group meditation – just us, without a teacher. Do your own practice silently in the company of others. There will be no talk or guidance – only a bell to start and finish. Let’s be present, together.
After half an hour of silent sitting, there will be space for a brief hello in the end, if we like.
Please be seated by the time meditation starts, so that we can begin together. You are welcome to have your camera and microphone on (unless you have a lot of background noise), so that we can feel as if we were in one space.
The zoom link remains the same for all the sessions, so you are welcome to register only once and save the link for future reference.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter