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SUMMARY:CANCELED Lisa Schumacher ~ Choose Love: Self-Inquiry Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We regret to inform this event has been canceled. \nA meeting with Lisa is an encounter in openness and silence\, where you are invited just as you are and where you will find clear and loving support for your awakening. \nYou are invited into a community space that values the transmission of peace and love that is present here. In your search for freedom\, you can rest in stopping. You can find stillness in Satsang. \n“Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature. \nLisa offers guidance for your awakening\, and would love to hear what you are discovering in yourself. All of your spiritual questions and reports are welcome as we discover together how to meet the intensity of the world with an open and loving heart. \nThis is an embrace of inclusion and an inquiry into the heart of the truth\, as it transmits through your life. \nAll are welcome. \n\nDuring our meeting together\, Lisa will support you with deep stillness and skillful self-inquiry to open to your true nature\, leaving behind the illusion of a separate self. During the webinar\, you may rest in silence. This is deeply nourishing. We will begin each meeting sitting in silence. \nWatch Lisa share on True Meaning of Self Discovery: \n\n\n  \nAbout Lisa Schumacher \nLisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”\, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. \nIn 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share her discovery of the Love that is alive in the core of one’s being . She holds meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, Gangaji’s husband\, and a founding teacher of the “Leela School of Awakening”. Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”\, a book of poetry inspired by her meeting with Gangaji\, available on her website. \nIn Lisa’s meetings\, she invites you to rest in stillness. Your discoveries and questions about awakening\, deepening\, and the unfolding truth are welcome. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/lisa-schumacher-mar-1-2025/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
CATEGORIES:Online Event
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SUMMARY:Lisa Schumacher ~ Choose Love: Self-Inquiry Meeting
DESCRIPTION:A meeting with Lisa is an encounter in openness and silence\, where you are invited just as you are and where you will find clear and loving support for your awakening. \nYou are invited into a community space that values the transmission of peace and love that is present here. In your search for freedom\, you can rest in stopping. You can find stillness in Satsang. \n“Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature. \nLisa offers guidance for your awakening\, and would love to hear what you are discovering in yourself. All of your spiritual questions and reports are welcome as we discover together how to meet the intensity of the world with an open and loving heart. \nThis is an embrace of inclusion and an inquiry into the heart of the truth\, as it transmits through your life. \nAll are welcome. \n\nDuring our meeting together\, Lisa will support you with deep stillness and skillful self-inquiry to open to your true nature\, leaving behind the illusion of a separate self. During the webinar\, you may rest in silence. This is deeply nourishing. We will begin each meeting sitting in silence. \nWatch Lisa share on True Meaning of Self Discovery: \n\n\n  \nAbout Lisa Schumacher \nLisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980’s. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say “Be your Natural Self”\, Lisa’s heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. \nIn 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share her discovery of the Love that is alive in the core of one’s being . She holds meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. She’s also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, Gangaji’s husband\, and a founding teacher of the “Leela School of Awakening”. Lisa is the author of “The Stone I Love”\, a book of poetry inspired by her meeting with Gangaji\, available on her website. \nIn Lisa’s meetings\, she invites you to rest in stillness. Your discoveries and questions about awakening\, deepening\, and the unfolding truth are welcome. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\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/lisa-schumacher-mar-1-2025-2/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
CATEGORIES:Featured
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SUMMARY:Amoda Maa ~ Discovering Freedom as the Natural State of Open Awareness ~ Daylong (In-Person & Livestream)
DESCRIPTION:Open Circle is hosting a series of SATSANGS & a DAYLONG with Amoda Maa in California\, USA.\nFebruary 27th (7-9 pm\, PT) ~ Berkeley\, CA\nFebruary 28th (7-9 pm\, PT) ~ Mill Valley\, CA\nMarch 1st Daylong (11:00am – 5:00pm\, PT) ~ Fairfax\, CA\nMarch 2nd (2-4 pm\, PT) ~ Sebastopol\, CA \nAll events are In-Person ~\nLivestream is also available for Feb. 27th to March 1st\nClick here to access details & registration for ALL events in series. \nAn opportunity to meet and dialogue with Amoda Maa in an intimate setting. In this sacred meeting space\, there is an amplification of the field of presence and the possibility to open to the innermost discovery of what is already here as the natural state of open awareness. \nAmoda Maa offers profound pointers to how this freedom reveals itself if we are willing to surrender all resistance to “what is” and how the light of our essential nature shines through all experience when the “veil of self” comes undone. Through dialogue\, inquiry\, and guided meditation she supports the recognition of that which is beyond the duality of perception\, thought and feeling\, and takes us to the experience of the ever-present and unchanging reality of awareness. This unbounded awareness is the eternal ground of Being … and this is the source of true peace and freedom. \nYou will have the opportunity to ask your essential questions and share your realizations.  \nThere are two meetings in the day\, each of two hours in duration. Each meeting includes time for guided meditation/silence\, discourse\, and Q&As. \nAmoda Maa offers an invitation to all those who wish to embody the truth of awakened consciousness in the midst of everyday life. Amoda’s teachings are free from any ideology and are not affiliated with any lineage or tradition\, and yet the luminous truth is the same nondual understanding at the core of many spiritual traditions. \nShe offers meetings and retreats in the USA and Europe\, is the author of several books\, and is founder and spiritual director of the Amoda Maa Foundation.\nwww.amodamaa.com \n– \n\n  \nPre-registration is Required for In-Person Attendance to this Daylong\, as space is limited.\nRegistration for In-Person attendance closes at Midnight on Feb. 28 (the night before event)\nSliding Scale: $60 to $120\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nREGISTER for IN-PERSON Attendance \nOR \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM &/or Recording Access\nIf you register for Recording access by event date\, link to access it will be sent to you within a week.\nIf you register for Recording access AFTER event date\, please forward your confirmation email to web@opencirclecenter.org to notify us that you registered after event date. \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencirclecenter.org \nLunch:\nBring your own lunch\, or drive 5 minutes into town where there are restaurants\, as well as the Good Earth Natural Foods Store that has a full hot and salad bar\, plus deli. \nLocation:\nThe 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. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent\nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others.
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/amoda-maa-mar-1-2025/
LOCATION:Private country home & LIVESTREAM\, Fairfax\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Marin,Online Event,SF Bay Area In-Person Events
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