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SUMMARY:Neelam ~ Freedom in Times of COVID ~ 3-hour TeleSatsang
DESCRIPTION:Uncertainty and Resilience of the Nervous System as Gateways to Awakening \nOpen Circle Satsang with Neelam \nWe are living in a unique moment in time\, maybe even during a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\nThe invitation to Awakening and Freedom just became so much more available and the potential for true transformation is so profound now. \nWe can both individually and collectively face our fears and dependence on what we “know” as the world that we are used to — as it is changing and falling apart. \nWe can however\, use this profound slowing down and change for transformation and Freedom for truer and deeper reliance on Peace (our true nature); for change in our way of Being — internally and in the world — and ultimately for Awakening. \nIn our upcoming 3-hour call\, I will be addressing: \n\nthe Nervous System and our capacity to Be Here;\nembodiment of challenging states;\nand speaking about uncertainty and the steps necessary for Awakening now\n\nAs always\, we will have time for sharing\, Q and A\, and practice. \nLet’s use this opportunity together for Awakening\, Embodiment\, and Freedom\, to grow in Peace and to expand our capacity for Peace and change in the world. \nAreas of interest: \n\nThe changing world — how it affects us and our opportunity for transformation\nHow to use patterns of the past and current reactivity for Awakening\, Embodiment and Freedom and how to expand our capacity to live in the world in Peace\nUncertainty and Resilience of Nervous System as gateways to Awakening\n\nAbout Neelam\nNeelam is a direct disciple of HWL Poonja (affectionately known as Papaji)\, whose own teacher was Ramana Maharshi. Neelam’s unequivocal commitment to Truth helps us turn inward and release underlying patterns of conditioning which block the recognition of our True Nature. With the utmost tenderness\, she invites us into the same recognition of Truth that her teacher\, Papaji\, transmitted to her\, while helping us to address all aspects of daily living\, including past conditioning and trauma. \nTestimonials from Program Participants\n“What’s different about Neelam is that she demystifies the actual practice of being present – she’s helped me see what’s actually happening when feelings and emotions come up\, and how\, in a very practical way\, to deal with them. Her strong point is “how to actually do this being the present thing.” It really helps to take it out of the mind and into the body” \n“Neelam showed me that Being Here was what I was looking for. Then she showed me how to build Nervous System capacity to Be Here and that took time and repetition” \n“Awakening is a shift from identifying yourself as this body to knowing yourself as Presence. Freedom means a true independence from the past\, where our ability to Be Here and the action in the moment are not guided by our attachment to the arising past. To truly be Free we need to embody our recognition of Presence\, and that requires growing of the capacity of our nervous system to Be Here. It is in the meeting of what arises that we find true and lasting freedom.” \nNeelam’s website: www.neelam.org \nYouTube Video Recording You May Like: Everything Ok Just the Way it Is/ Practice with Neelam \nSliding Scale: $20 to $45\nSome Partial Scholarships Available\nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week.\nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/neelam-nov-8-2020/
LOCATION:Worldwide TELE-satsang\, Meetings by phone or internet access (Audio Only)
CATEGORIES:Online Event
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SUMMARY:Isira ~ Awakening in a Time of Significant Change in the World: 3 Part Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Three-Part Retreat\nSundays\, Nov. 8\, 15 & 22\n3:00 – 5:00 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. \nAwakening in a Time of Significant Change in the World\nBridging the gap between awakening and lived experience during these times.\nThe world is experiencing many challenges and changes. As spiritual seekers we can be experiencing an even greater gap between what we are living and feeling\, and the spiritual ideals of awakening and  consciousness. \nHow to consciously respond and adapt to this time of significant change in the world:\nIn this three part workshop series Isira will explore with us how to bridge the higher principles and elements of the spiritual path with the raw reality of the challenges being experienced as a human on the planet now. Isira will share how we can find relevance in our spiritual ideals and apply them for the greatest benefit and effect. \nThis will support you to understand: \n\nWhat is the relationship between the upper realm of truth and our lived experience\, and how to bridge the gap between the two?\nWhy we are experiencing what we are\, and finding deeper understanding?\nHow our own spiritual process relates to these times of crisis\, and how to bring conscious change?\nHow what is happening in the world relates to being on our spiritual path?\nWhy we may still be struggling and how to restore faith and power?\n\nIsira will share insights\, tools and meditations enabling you to benefit from spiritual theory at a more lived level. This will support you to more easily bridge the gap in your own experience and give you the ability to: \n\nRespond to the disruptions internally and externally.\nNurture and support the effects of these disruptions internally and externally.\nAnchor in a consciously poised state and therefore set in motion a higher paradigm of experience and intentional creation.\n\nPart 1\nWe will acknowledge and recognize both the upper realm of spiritual (more abstract) ideals and principles and the ground level experience of what we are living in. We will recognize the challenges we are faced with and bring a new perspective to both of these. \nPart 2\nWe will learn how to respond to the challenges effectively. Learn which tools can assist us most in meeting the challenges and disruptions to restore balance internally and externally. \nPart 3\nWe will discover how to ground and occupy ourselves in a higher vibrational state and intentionally create a higher paradigm. \nAbout Isira\nIsira (pronounced “I-sai-ra”) is a spiritual teacher from Southern Australia of mixed European and Aboriginal heritage whose teaching ─ rooted in non-duality ─ revolves around the primacy of love\, the necessity to transform limiting beliefs\, and the profound need for deep communion with the Earth\, its creatures\, and elemental forces. From infancy onwards\, Isira experienced profound meditative states\, prophetic dreams\, powerful visions\, psychic abilities\, vivid past life memories and auspicious synchronicities. After a difficult childhood\, and surviving a brutal murder attempt as a teenage runaway\, Isira received ordination from the Dalai Lama and spent several years living in Himalayan hermitages as a Tibetan initiate\, before returning to Australia to explore her indigenous roots. Today she functions as a wisdom keeper\, a spiritual leader\, an ardent advocate for conscious change in the world\, and an exemplar of the life of love\, all the while bringing penetrating insight into both the nature of consciousness and the urgent global challenges we all face. She is the author of a remarkable memoir\, Buddha on the Dance Floor\, and a book of teachings\, Awakening You: Empowering Peace\, Love and Freedom on Earth. \n“I am Universal. I am not of one religion\, one lineage\, one race or one country. My lineage is consciousness. My religion is love. And the world is my sacred home.”  \nWatch an hour-long conversation between Isira and Open Circle’s Sara. \nwww.isira.com \nSliding Scale: $50 to $90\nSome Partial Scholarships Available\nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/isira-retreat-nov-2020/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
CATEGORIES:Online Event
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SUMMARY:Isira ~ Awakening in a Time of Significant Change in the World: 3 Part Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Three-Part Retreat\nSundays\, Nov. 8\, 15 & 22\n3:00 – 5:00 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. \nAwakening in a Time of Significant Change in the World\nBridging the gap between awakening and lived experience during these times.\nThe world is experiencing many challenges and changes. As spiritual seekers we can be experiencing an even greater gap between what we are living and feeling\, and the spiritual ideals of awakening and  consciousness. \nHow to consciously respond and adapt to this time of significant change in the world:\nIn this three part workshop series Isira will explore with us how to bridge the higher principles and elements of the spiritual path with the raw reality of the challenges being experienced as a human on the planet now. Isira will share how we can find relevance in our spiritual ideals and apply them for the greatest benefit and effect. \nThis will support you to understand: \n\nWhat is the relationship between the upper realm of truth and our lived experience\, and how to bridge the gap between the two?\nWhy we are experiencing what we are\, and finding deeper understanding?\nHow our own spiritual process relates to these times of crisis\, and how to bring conscious change?\nHow what is happening in the world relates to being on our spiritual path?\nWhy we may still be struggling and how to restore faith and power?\n\nIsira will share insights\, tools and meditations enabling you to benefit from spiritual theory at a more lived level. This will support you to more easily bridge the gap in your own experience and give you the ability to: \n\nRespond to the disruptions internally and externally.\nNurture and support the effects of these disruptions internally and externally.\nAnchor in a consciously poised state and therefore set in motion a higher paradigm of experience and intentional creation.\n\nPart 1\nWe will acknowledge and recognize both the upper realm of spiritual (more abstract) ideals and principles and the ground level experience of what we are living in. We will recognize the challenges we are faced with and bring a new perspective to both of these. \nPart 2\nWe will learn how to respond to the challenges effectively. Learn which tools can assist us most in meeting the challenges and disruptions to restore balance internally and externally. \nPart 3\nWe will discover how to ground and occupy ourselves in a higher vibrational state and intentionally create a higher paradigm. \nAbout Isira\nIsira (pronounced “a-SIRA-a”) Sananda is a spiritual teacher from Southern Australia of mixed European and Aboriginal heritage whose teaching ─ rooted in non-duality ─ revolves around the primacy of love\, the necessity to transform limiting beliefs\, and the profound need for deep communion with the Earth\, its creatures\, and elemental forces. From infancy onwards\, Isira experienced profound meditative states\, prophetic dreams\, powerful visions\, psychic abilities\, vivid past life memories and auspicious synchronicities. After a difficult childhood\, and surviving a brutal murder attempt as a teenage runaway\, Isira received ordination from the Dalai Lama and spent several years living in Himalayan hermitages as a Tibetan initiate\, before returning to Australia to explore her indigenous roots. Today she functions as a wisdom keeper\, a spiritual leader\, an ardent advocate for conscious change in the world\, and an exemplar of the life of love\, all the while bringing penetrating insight into both the nature of consciousness and the urgent global challenges we all face. She is the author of a remarkable memoir\, Buddha on the Dance Floor\, and a book of teachings\, Awakening You: Empowering Peace\, Love and Freedom on Earth. \n“I am Universal. I am not of one religion\, one lineage\, one race or one country. My lineage is consciousness. My religion is love. And the world is my sacred home.”  \nwww.isira.com \nSliding Scale: $50 to $90\nSome Partial Scholarships Available\nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/isira-retreat-nov-2020-2/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
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