May 2025
John Prendergast ~ “Seeing through False Ground” ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
Description: Almost all of us unknowingly stand (or have stood) upon a highly conditioned, self-constructed ground that we mis-take as being solid and real. As we become more honest and intimate with our experience, this constructed ground, much like the foundations of a house, begins to give way revealing a breath-taking openness – a groundless ground – that is our true nature.
In this daylong retreat, we will welcome this false ground into Presence via silent and guided meditation, talks, dyadic meditative inquiry, and experiential conversations.....
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July 2025
Dorothy Hunt ~ Me, Myself, and I: An exploration of ego, self, and truth (In-Person Event)
Spiritual seekers are quite concerned about "ego". It seems to be the “bad guy” in the spiritual search, the thing that must “die” in order to be liberated. But what is it? Is it real? Is there really a solid little self sitting inside your skin, thinking your thoughts, feeling your feelings, searching for truth, striving to improve, trying to “be present,” judging the world, and separate from the wholeness of being? .......
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September 2025
Lisa Witter ~ Awakening through Kashmir Shaivism (In-Person Event)
In this satsang, Lisa will guide us in exploring Kashmir Shaivism. This points to a deep engagement with life, finding the sacred in the simple, and connecting with the Divine through our sense of taste. Rooted in non-dual Tantric tradition, this is a journey of awakening through sensory exploration. Discover a non-dual approach to savoring each moment, finding joy and divinity in even the most mundane experiences. .......
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John Prendergast ~ “Letting Go” ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
While the essence of the awakening process is a letting go, it cannot be willed. Rather, it arises from a spontaneous upwelling of our deepest desire to be completely emptied out, opened, and freed from any internal resistance to abiding in and as our true nature as loving awareness. Through guided and silent meditation, dyadic inquiry, a talk and experiential conversations, we will explore attuning with this deepest of desires and recognizing and welcoming the inevitable resistance that arises......
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October 2025
Jim Newman ~ SIMPLY THIS
Co-sponsored by Open Circle and The Open Way
You can join one date or the full Series:
Fri, Oct. 10 ~ 7:30-9pm ~ Sat, Oct. 11 ~ 2-6pm ~ Sun, Oct. 12 ~ 2-6pm
Simply This meetings share the simple message that what is truly longed for is already "what is"........
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Jim Newman ~ SIMPLY THIS
Co-sponsored by Open Circle and The Open Way
You can join one date or the full Series:
Fri, Oct. 10 ~ 7:30-9pm ~ Sat, Oct. 11 ~ 2-6pm ~ Sun, Oct. 12 ~ 2-6pm
Simply This meetings share the simple message that what is truly longed for is already "what is"........
LEARN MORE HERE
Jim Newman ~ SIMPLY THIS
Co-sponsored by Open Circle and The Open Way
You can join one date or the full Series:
Fri, Oct. 10 ~ 7:30-9pm ~ Sat, Oct. 11 ~ 2-6pm ~ Sun, Oct. 12 ~ 2-6pm
Simply This meetings share the simple message that what is truly longed for is already "what is"........
LEARN MORE HERE
November 2025
Susanne Marie ~ Awakening to Connection: Why Belonging Matters (In-Person Event)
Please check your time! Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 am Nov. 2nd.
Set your clocks back 1 hour!
Join Susanne and community: At the heart of being human lies a deep longing to belong, to one another, to Spirit, to the Earth, and to ourselves. True wholeness arises when we honor both our inner autonomy and our connection to the greater web of life. Without a felt sense of belonging, we can become isolated, untethered, and alone........
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Miranda Macpherson ~ Waking Up and Showing Up ~ Daylong Retreat, Bay Area & Livestream
In these immense times, we need the refuge that spiritual practice provides to nurture our access to the luminous love and clarity of our shared Being. Equally, we need the refuge of community to help us acknowledge all that we may be feeling – fear, anger, despair, hopelseness, and open to the presence that can transform them into responsiveness from our depth.
What does it take to abide in natural great peace, and come from love amidst such anxiety provoking times? What can help us find the restorative Grace we need to thrive, even in the face of heart-breaking news?..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »POTLUCK DHARMA ~ with Joryu Myosei and John & Christiane Prendergast
Annual Community Celebration & Fundraiser for Mountain Home Sanctuary
With Joryu Myosei and John & Christiane Prendergast
In partnership with Open Circle, honoring Rob Schwartz and his vision for maintaining Mountain Home Sanctuary, his home and land, as a retreat space for spiritual gatherings.
Joryu Myosei created and leads Potluck Dharma as a monthly community practice gathering and holds an annual fundraising event in November for Mountain Home Sanctuary with the help of so many in our community. John & Christiane Prendergast, have generously joined this year to offer their deep and embodied wisdom. Mirabai will be offering devotional music to open our hearts with her soulful voice and instruments.
Registration closes Nov. 19th. Space is limited so register early to save your seat at our table........
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