BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Open Circle Center - ECPv5.7.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Open Circle Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://opencirclecenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Open Circle Center BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T120000 DTSTAMP:20261025T150339 CREATED:20260923T190758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T190758Z UID:36853-1792317600-1792324800@opencirclecenter.org SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ It Takes a Village: Community & the Embodiment of Awakening DESCRIPTION:Awakening may reveal the truth of our essential oneness\, but it is in relationship that this realization is tested\, deepened\, and brought to life. Other people have a wonderful way of showing us exactly where love has taken root and where we are still defending\, hiding\, accommodating\, controlling\, or insisting that life go our way. \nIn this two-hour gathering\, we’ll explore the essential role of community in the embodiment of awakening. What becomes possible when we practice among others who are also committed to truth? How do belonging\, friction\, support\, difference\, and vulnerability help us grow beyond a private spirituality into something lived and relational? \nAnd as the sense of a separate self loosens\, another invitation emerges: to take our place as stewards of the whole. Awakening asks us not only to receive from the field\, but to tend it\, each in our own particular way\, bringing our gifts\, our care\, our courage\, and our unique expression into service of the life we share. \nCommunity asks us to discover how to be fully ourselves while remaining part of the whole\, to love without requiring sameness\, and to let our awakening become more than an inner realization. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi\nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experience—joy\, challenge\, and the mundane—as fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\nIf you can’t pay within the sliding scale\, just contact us to let us know what you can contribute.\nAddress inquiries to web@opencirclecenter.org \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/jeannie-zandi-oct-18-2026/ LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available) CATEGORIES:Online Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://opencirclecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jeannie-Zandi-2025-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Open%20Circle%20Center%20-%20Online%20Events":MAILTO:web@opencirclecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T120000 DTSTAMP:20261025T150339 CREATED:20260928T225330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T225529Z UID:36884-1792317600-1792324800@opencirclecenter.org SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ It Takes a Village: Community & the Embodiment of Awakening DESCRIPTION:Awakening may reveal the truth of our essential oneness\, but it is in relationship that this realization is tested\, deepened\, and brought to life. Other people have a wonderful way of showing us exactly where love has taken root and where we are still defending\, hiding\, accommodating\, controlling\, or insisting that life go our way. \nIn this two-hour gathering\, we’ll explore the essential role of community in the embodiment of awakening. What becomes possible when we practice among others who are also committed to truth? How do belonging\, friction\, support\, difference\, and vulnerability help us grow beyond a private spirituality into something lived and relational? \nAnd as the sense of a separate self loosens\, another invitation emerges: to take our place as stewards of the whole. Awakening asks us not only to receive from the field\, but to tend it\, each in our own particular way\, bringing our gifts\, our care\, our courage\, and our unique expression into service of the life we share. \nCommunity asks us to discover how to be fully ourselves while remaining part of the whole\, to love without requiring sameness\, and to let our awakening become more than an inner realization. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi\nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experience—joy\, challenge\, and the mundane—as fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\nIf you can’t pay within the sliding scale\, just contact us to let us know what you can contribute.\nAddress inquiries to web@opencirclecenter.org \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/jeannie-zandi-oct-18-2026-2/ LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available) CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://opencirclecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jeannie-Zandi-2025-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Open%20Circle%20Center%20-%20Online%20Events":MAILTO:web@opencirclecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T160000 DTSTAMP:20261025T150339 CREATED:20261010T150559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T150701Z UID:36948-1792332000-1792339200@opencirclecenter.org SUMMARY:Saeed Khan ~ Measuring the Unmeasurable: Consciousness\, Transmission and Awakening (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:For the past 25 years\, Saeed has dedicated himself to studying and practicing the wisdom traditions of the world\, including Buddhism\, Hinduism\, Vedanta\, Tantra\, Taoism\, Mystical Christianity\, Sufism\, and other shamanic traditions. His spiritual path took a pivotal turn when he discovered Satsang in Tiruvannamalai\, India – a moment of deep knowing that this was the path meant for him. With an open heart and mind\, Saeed received support from friends and key teachers\, which guided hm into a profound state of consciousness. \nDuring one remarkable year\, Saeed lived free from thought. The truth of Consciousness became so overwhelmingly clear that the ego and negative emotions simple fell away. He experienced himself as limitless consciousness – the radiance of life itself\, blissful and whole. In this space\, thee was an immense sense of acceptance and contentment\, unlike anything h e had ever known. In this deep experience\, it was hard for Saeed to even fathom the existence of ego or personality in others – it almost seemed like a paradox. But as time went on\, thoughts and emotions began to return\, and with them\, a sense of loss for the state of pure awareness. However\, rather than falling into despair\, as many might\, Saeed chose to approach this return with grace and acceptance\, seeing it as an opportunity for deeper integration. Even though thoughts and emotions resurfaced\, the awareness of Consciousness never left. After years of gentle encouragement from teachers and friends\, Saheed began to share his journey with others\, guiding them to a place that feels both mysteriously elusive and yet always present in every moment. Realization is stabilized in a direct and profound way forward. \nJoin us in this space of Satsang\, a gathering of the community\, beginning with meditation\, then comments from Saeed\, and Q&A with discussion. \nSaeed’s website: www.nondualitylife.com \nSaeed’s YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-_fq3AKBc&list=PLK5skPtr3BTctU_yud9Yg2VEr-4glthIG&index=1 target= \nSatsang: 2-4 pm\nRefreshments: until 5\nSuggested Donation: $10- $20\, no one turned away.\nNo reservation needed. Pay at door when you arrive. \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, the home of Tomas Phillips.\nNote: The address sign says 8474/8476.  Park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport.\nPlease dress mindfully (with warm layers)\, doors & windows will be open!\nIf you have Covid like symptoms\, or have had a recent Covid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/saeed-khan-oct-18-2026/ LOCATION:Sebastopol\, 8476 Sonoma Ave.\, Sebastopol\, CA CATEGORIES:SF Bay Area In-Person Events,Sonoma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://opencirclecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Saeed-Khan-Non-Duality_2026-scaled.jpg GEO:38.4355887;-122.8590972 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sebastopol 8476 Sonoma Ave. Sebastopol CA;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8476 Sonoma Ave.:geo:-122.8590972,38.4355887 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR