Reference

 

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prayerwheel

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  I AM THAT - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Audiobook - Chapter 1
(read as QnA)
 
     
 

Perhaps I will get to update this page sometime this year, or maybe it will just turn into a blog on a new website and this will just be archived somewhere?

 
     
 

December 2018

The Ram Dass links Ann mentioned for
Krishna Das & Joseph Goldstein ***
   
     
 

November 2018

 
     
     
 

October 2018

 
 

Links to sounds will be up shortly?

Also book references 10/10/18

Space~Ether Breath (colorless)
In the nose and out the nose, very refined
Air Breath:
In the mouth and out the mouth
Fire Breath:
In the mouth and out the nose

Water Breath:
In the nose and out the mouth

Earth Breath:
In the nose and out the nose

With each element that we explore we must first discover the basic space of awareness to enable us to explore the luminous liberated qualities of all the elemental energies that make up this play of life.

Without any fabrication or effort
The discovery of basic space
The natural state of Being
Open, Spacious, Luminously Knowing
Just This
As It Is

 
   
 

September 2018

 
 

Nine Step Purification Breathing Techniques

We will do a followup on our weekend adventure +
See what we my be exploring next month...

For reference we will be using Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen
By Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

book

website

introduction

Video For Space mantra Ah

 

August 2018

 
     
 

July 2018

 
     
 

June 2018

 
     
 

May 2018

 
     
 

April 2018

 
 

 

Some videos from our last meeting...

Mooji: This Exercise Is All the Help You Need 14:11

Murshid Wali Ali Meyer - State of Today's World - 12/10/2016 3:08

What Do You Do With Emotions and Feelings? 4:30
Adi Da Samraj (Bubba Free John - 1973)

Video list from 4-3-18

We Are This Light Mooji 4:31

Rupert Spira

Spiritual Awakening 9:43

After realization is there still an interest in personal growth? 5:23

The Light of Pure Knowing 9:38

True Acceptance is Not a Practice 6:48

The Belief in a World Made of Matter 22:41

Dr David R Hawkins
Whatever you're upset about happened already & it's over...get over it...2:03

What really exists - Jim Carrey 4:20

 

Video from 4-10-18

Reggie Watts 9:43

 

March 2018

 

Cynthia Bourgeault
The Heart of Centering Prayer:
Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice

 

Some of the videos shared or not quite...

Centering Prayer Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault 34:29

"The Volunteers" Legends of the 21st century Humans 8:12

Consciousness Gives Experience Its Undeniable Reality 11:46

God Is the Very Self of Each of Us 14:45

Of that of which I am certain
The things that I useto be certain of, I am no longer certain of.
The things that I use to be certain of, that I am still certain of,
I am no longer certain of in the way I use to be certain of them and altho I can't be certain,
I can be fairly certain that this is not going to stop.
~Macrina Wiederkehr

Centering Prayer handout 3-20-18

We were sharing Centering Prayer Meditations as way of fostering transformations of our mind and heart.

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Shanti & John Pellicci co-hosted
Wed March,21st discussion...
"The Heart of The Heart Sutra"
@ the Buddhist meetup group
in Stuart FL


Centering Prayer Meditations

The Contemplative Mind of Fr. Richard Rohr
"A Long, loving, look at the Real"
This week we will conclude our exploration of the Christian contemplative way with some of Fr. Richard Rohr Nondual teachings.

Hear is a taste:
Fr. Richard Rohr sharing a taste of
"Unhinging Dualism Toward Absolute Truth"
(Unhinging the universal addiction )

Fr. Richard Rohr

What is Contemplative Prayer and Why is it so Needed? 9:20

How Buddha helped me to be a better Christian 5:47

The Christian Meaning Of Enlightenment 6:57

The "Cosmic" Christ 1:38

The Bible - The Problem and the Solution 2:32

What Did Jesus Really Teach 5:19

The One and The Many 9:17

 

Rupert Spira

How To Remain As Awareness In All Situations 15:50

True Acceptance is Not a Practice 6:48

Awareness Veils Itself with Its Own Activity 12:45

 

Febuary 2018

 

Mahamudra links

Ah

Some helpful Meditation links

Last meeting's meditation was from
Adyashanti's "True Meditation"
True Meditation - On CD
You may also be interested in his
Writings on Meditation
"True meditation has no direction or goal."
& Retreat Talks
"The more clearly you see, the more your patterns become less powerful."

 

The 4 yogas of Mahamudra

Gampopa says about the 4 yogas:
We realize the yoga of one-pointedness
When we maintain a lucid state of mind
Without preventing its unceasing mental activities.

We realize the yoga of non-conceptuality
When mental lucidity is revealed as self-present
And we cease to be concerned
About its existence or non-existence.

We realize the yoga of one-flavoredness
When we are no longer concerned
With diligently trying to remove disturbing influences
From our sensory impressions or mental events.

We realize the yoga of non-meditation
When we see reality consists of the empirical world
And the emptiness that is its nature.
Reality is these unceasing and inseparable aspects.

 

From our week in:

The yoga of of One-flavouredness

When you understand the yoga of one-flavoredness you will understand yourself.

One-flavoredness means that we not become too fixated on our dualistic ways of thinking or on anything.

When we realise that all polar realities have the same nature we have the flavor of one-flavoredness.

When phenomena reveal themselves to be endowed with one reality; emptiness reveals itself.

Thoughts of existence or non-existence, emptiness or non-emptiness, cease to play a significant role.
Thoughts of understanding or not understanding, meditation or post-meditation, samadhi or non-meditation reveal the same flavor. The flavor of ultimate reality.

Trying to develop confidence by hanging onto your experiences will only create further confusion, instead be with whatever you are experiencing .

Base your confidence on the fact that you are meditating and that you have the capacity to accommodate all of your experiences.

When you understand your own true condition, it is an immediate experience; there is no further need to indulge in rationalization.

This month's study of Mahamudra teachings was from
"Moonbeams of Mahamudra
The Classic Meditation Manual"
by Traleg Kyabgon

link above and below for dealOz search for best book prices
Moonbeams of Mahamudra
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We explored some guided meditations from Reggie Ray' Course "Mahamudra for the Modern World" celebrating our ever connectedness with the Awakened Earth, also a few other sharing's from Reggie's work throughout the month.

From 1-16-18

Crazy Wisdom (Documentary Film 2011)
the life, teachings, and "crazy wisdom" of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

a taste at Youtube
(at Netflix, or if you have a picamov account)

 

January 2018

Walk With Me

In January we saw
"Walk With Me" movie Thich Nhat Hanh

Zen meditation in action!

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The mind that seeks happiness is like a wave that seeks water.
~Rupert Spira

 

January

preparing the way for

February's

4 Yogas of Mahamudra

with the book listed above

  Mahamudra  
 

December

dealOz search for best book prices

Master Avatar Adi Da Samra's renderings for some of the main nondual Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism texts including those atributed to Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu...(image above for dealOz search for best book prices)

Shanti's handout "the nondule perspective(s)" (with links)
from "Hearts & Diamonds"meetup with the honorable Sri Kevin
refering to The Buddhist Heart Sutra that says,
Form is none other than emptiness and emptiness is none other than form.
What is that referring to, in your view?

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Books mentioned Dec 5th

The Complete Works of Lao Tzu:
Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Chin
by Lao Tzu and Hua-Ching Ni

The I Ching or Book of Changes
by Wilhelm and Baynes, C. G. Jung
also by Brian Browne Walker
also by Thomas Cleary

 

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November

 

this seasons quote from the Weather Lama Yeshé Dorjé
"...it is much more difficult to control one's mind
than to control the weather."

November saw 4 evening's
of intro into

Non-duality and Alchemy

David Chaim Smith's website

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some of his youtube videos @
Lightning Flash of Alef

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inside his latest book
Deep Principles of Kabbalistic Alchemy

 

We explored from The Awakening Ground: A Guide to Contemplative Mysticism by David Chaim Smith a poetic mix of Mystic Gnostic Hermetic Kabbalistic Alchemy with the Ground of Dzogchen...

here is an introduction to The Awakening Ground: A Guide to Contemplative Mysticism by David Chaim Smith
(word doc has links to some of David's other works and videos)

Awakening Ground

click image above for dealOz search for book prices
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Non-duality and Alchemy

 

From Sangha meetup 11/1 "One Taste of Mahamudra" links

     
 

October

 
Strand of Jewels

Dzogchen Retreat in a book of Khetsun Sangpo lifetime’s practice teachings & realization
Strand of Jewels
My Teachers' Essential Guidance on Dzogchen

by Khetsun Sangpo

 

"Everything we encounter and perceive in our daily life is a product of our imagination, but because we believe in the illusions we create, they become such deeply rooted mental habits that we completely forget they are little more than fantasy. The imagination is therefore one of our most powerful tools, and working with it by changing the ways we look at our world is what we call the practice of visualization."
~Dzongsar Rinpoche

Non-duality and Meditation

All Are Welcome
we begin again anew every week
as well as carry on from where we left off ...+ introducing some more short meditation styles, some guided visualization meditation
and looking deeper into non-meditation...

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Sometimes we used the videos of Sat Shree for a base line for some of our understanding.
Here are links to the Gita lessons from Chapter 6 on Meditation Parts (1 of 2) & (2 of 2)
for review, discussion & practice

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In January we will be focusing on Mahamudra teachings from
"Moonbeams of Mahamudra
The Classic Meditation Manual"
by Traleg Kyabgon

Moonbeams of Mahamudra

 

     

as mentioned last Tues.

Saint Germain

found Neville Goddard only in the Romanian wikipedia

What can you find on DNA (genetic) memory?

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See what our Sister Sangha in MA is up to

"Mind Beyond Death" by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

 

September

We continued our study and application of the Bhagavad Gita as seen through the Non-duality 

Bhagavad Gita could be said to be the Song of the Divine Self an epic story of Spiritual Realization 18 chapters in 3 parts.

We will be using the lessons of Sat Shree for a base line for our exploration.
below are links to the Gita lessons

Transcriptions of the Audio Sessions

Audio Recordings of each Chapter

Video Teachings of each Chapter

First the initial emerging, then reaching sufficient readiness, as we begin to dissolve into realization.
handout 8-8-17

handout 8-15-17

handout 8-22-17

Some Gita's to choses from if you would like to have a book in your hands
full list Bhagavad Gita

*note al book links will open in new window at DealOz for comparison

Below is a list of a few of those who have added there Commentary’s:
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (illustrated!) (Keith’s favorite )
Other favorites by
Swami Satchidananda
Lahiri Mahasay
Paramahansa Yogananda if you haven’t read his "Autobiography of a Yogi" classic!
some of Yogananda's students
Roy Eugene Davis
Swami Kriyananda
There is even a comparison one by Donald Walters a.k.a. Swami Kriyananda called "The Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita"
Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, N.Y.
Yogi Ramacharaka
Mahatma Gandhi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Annie Besant
Sri Aurobindo
Swami Rama
Bede Griffiths
Ram Dass & Baba Hari Dasss

     

Satsang 8-8-2017 Videos

Leonard Jacobson Teachings
1. True Awakening Pt.1 10:00
2. Pt.2 7:52
3. Experiencing God 4:05
4. The ego's surrender 5:21
5. The two dimensions of ego 8:59

Burt Harding
6. Burt, what is God to you? 7:22
7. Simplifying ACIM through "Four Unknown Facts" 26:34

Bentinho Massaro
8. Intro to Teachings 25:13

August

August eclipse in Leo
August eclipse's in Aquarius & Leo

 

Shadow Work

with Caroline Myss
and Andrew Harvey
The Biggest Shadow of Our Time
interview by Tami

   

incase you missed these links relating to some of our exploration July 11th

Bentinho Massaro's interview 2:02:55

 

July

Before and After

A Buddhist prayer over water (colorized)

Dr. Emoto's website

 

We started to look into Sat Shree"s teachings on the Bhagavad Gita

Gita Study from his website

Below are interviews of Sat Shree's Spiritual experiences

Here is a Long interview 2hr+ Qed up to miss at least 14 min.

Here is a more concise presentation
Sat Shree - Yoga and Stages of Consciousness
from Yoga Day Summit 2017

     

Samadhi Movie, 2017
"Maya, the Illusion of the Self"

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Here are some videos we missed from 6-6-17
on history of Advaita Vedanta with a intro to Sri Ramana Maharshi
by Jason Gregory 32:37

'Who Am I' (1/5)- Documentary on Sri Ramana and the Advaita Tradition 9:41 David Godman

'Who Am I' (2/5) intro Papaji 5m 9:34

Who Am I' (3/5) Papaji 12:49

Who Am I' (4/5) Nisargadatta Maharaj 9:23

Who Am I' (5/5) 7:04 Ramana devotie Peter

Dharma Wheel

June

We started last month to look into The Avadhoota Gita and may have another taste of this "Song of the free" here is one version.pdf

The Nature of Consciousness:
Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter
Rupert with Deepak (with planes of Consciousness)

Here are some videos we saw & missed from 6-13-17

Rupert Spira Synchronicity 8:20

The Nature of Consciousness:
Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter 9:30
Rupert with Deepak (with planes of Consciousness)
(OK it's an infomirtial for one of his new books)
Even Depression is Illuminated by the Light of Awareness 
The Heart of Suffering 14:24
Avoiding Painful Feelings 11:09
Exploring Uncomfortable Feelings 12:30
Discovering What Fear is Made Of
15:42

Buddhism and Science videos


Here are some videos we saw & missed from 6-20-17

Here is the one we started
Zero & One - A film about Non-duality (Short Version) 30:00

There Is No Person  GP Walsh 18:07

Tony Parsons It's Complete! 15:04

Peter Russell Non Duality and the Mystery of Consciousness 19:50

The nondual truth already IS - NON-DUALITY EXPLAINED IN A SIMPLE WAY!
Kensho Teachings 10:15 www.kenshoteachings.org

     

April found us exploring some of the Aramaic teachings of Yeshua

Below are some of the videos we shared
Welcome to Viceland

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Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz website

The Aramaic Worldview of Yeshua (Jesus):
A Native Middle Eastern Cosmology 7:10

The Meaning of "Abwoon d'bashmaya"
(First words of the Aramaic Lord's Prayer) 3:42

The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz
Music by Akbar Eric Manolson

Abwoon Resource Center youtube videos

Learn to say the Aramaic Lord’s Prayer

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Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice through Centering Prayer
by Cynthia Bourgeault (book)

What tools do you use to introduce objectless awareness? - 5:52

Are we evolving away from dependence on meaning and dogma? 1:41
For the full interview please visit:
Science and nonduality

Centering Prayer and the Foundations of Non-dual Awareness - 25:59

Wisdom Way of Knowing (intro) 15:28

The Heart of Centering Prayer: Part 1 of 4

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We started to look into The Avadhoota Gita and will have another taste of this "Song of the free" here is one version.pdf

Sai Baba of ShirdiAvadhuta a Sanskrit term referring to a mystic or saint who is beyond egoic-consciousness, duality, common worldly concerns and standard social etiquette.

Aro gTér

Also looked into the works of Bernadette Roberts

Bernadette Roberts
bolg

Papers for download review
Non-Duality as a Definition of Christ 6pgs
from Sand Conference Science and Nonduality 2015

What is Self? A Research Paper 10pgs

What Is Self?:
A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness (book)

Bernadette Roberts Interview

westernmystics

Bernadette Roberts and the loss of Self

May and Buddha Nature

Buddhism and Science
goes to videos pg.
including the Samadhi Movie

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We explored some teachings by Anam Tubten from his book "The Magic of Awareness"
Anam Thubten
Guided Meditations, Dharma Talks, YouTube

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And just a touch of Budddha Brats

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We also heard form Anam Thubten
from his book "The Magic of Awareness"
some of his other links
Guided Meditations, Dharma Talks, YouTube

We explored a few words from the Heart Sutra and the some from the Zen poem Sondokai "The Identity of the Relative and Absolute.

Sandōkai, refers to the unity, harmony, or meeting of sameness and difference, the relative and the absolute. San-Dō-Kai. “San” means plurality, diversity and difference. “Dō” means sameness, equality, oneness, or commonality. “Kai” means “to shake hands” or agreement. “San” is associated with the Japanese principle of “ji” or relative reality, “dō” with the Japanese principle of “ri,” or absolute reality. The poem shares its name with an earlier Taoist text, underscoring the historical influence of Taoism on emerging Chinese Buddhism. The poem is essentially about the unity of ri and ji, or non-dual and everyday reality.

by Bernie Glassman
Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen
Part one covers The Heart Sutra
part 2 Sandokai "The Identity of Relative and Absolute"
part 3 The Zen precepts

a interesting article by Karl Brunnholz
"The Heart Sutra Will Change You Forever"from Lions Roar

   

January - March found us in deep exploration of our ordinary mind & our Pristine Mind helping us to awaken to the Infinite Mystery that we Truly all are

"The luminous nature of mind, like the changeless sky, Is unaffected by temporary events."
~ Bodhisattva Maitreya

"The vividly clear present moment of unceasing awareness is primordially perfect enlightenment." ~Padmasambhava

As we develop the motivation to gain a better understanding of our mind through direct experience. It is as simple as relaxing the mind and observing it with loving kindness, perseverance and patience.

"The luminous nature of mind, like the changeless sky,
Is unaffected by temporary events."
~ Bodhisattva Maitreya

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche -
"Pristine Mind"
with meditation 1:29:05

 

 

photo by Joseph Davidson futzed with by Shanti
Just enhanced the colors aura around the head is in the actual photo
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Our exploration went off in this direction too...from the discussion last
Tuesday night (March 7th) ...
Hear are some videos that might help in clarity and deepening

God Needs Our Mind to Know the World 26:16

The Belief in a World Made of Matter 24:41

The Essence of Prayer and Meditation 13:55

 

 

Here is the introduction to “Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness” by Orgyen Chowang the source text we will be using throughout the year as practical application to help deepen our understanding / innerstanding experience of nondual teachings.
So we can know and embody the Truth of our Natural State of Being here and now, effortlessly.

if you have an older version of word and the link to the doc above won't open for you here is one for you

or those who would like to get there own copy of “Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness” by Orgyen Chowang
best prices I have found

 

 

Links to Hsin Hsin Ming translations
(right side of page)

 

     

Exploring Bio Intrinsic Resonant Energy with Edd Edwards

We had a guest speaker and presenter Edd Edwards who demonstrated his ability with the use of Bio Intrinsic Resonant Energy showing us how it works as a catalyst for instantaneous healing and energy movement.

Edd's website is a work in progress

Here is a helpful link to Edd explaining Bio Intrinsic Resonant Energy

What is this energy?

Frequently asked questions

 

pdf download

Nov-Dec 2016
We explored Nonduality through
the Teachings of Adyshanti from his book
"The Way of Liberation" Free Ebook Download! Here or you may order a softcover copy from his website

We reviewed The Core Practices Meditation, Inquiry, and Contemplation.
Explored a Story of Lived Awakening and dipped into
‘Resurrecting Jesus: Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic’ by Adyashanti to end out the year.

Resurrecting Jesus - Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic at Adya's store $19.00 Printed Copy

(last year's) End of the year bonus from Sounds True
Listen to Adyashanti:
Embracing the World: Resurrecting Jesus

     
photo by Joseph Davidson futzed with by Shanti
photo by Joseph Davidson
futzed with by Shanti
May be of some intrest:
Line of teachers found on the Advita UK site.
Line of teachers found on the Advita UK site
Jacque Fresco

Jacque Fresco
American Futurist and self-described Social Engineer
&
The Venus Project

     

 

Audio Archive of 33 Interviews
from Lex Hixion’s new book
"Conversations in the Spirit"

Lex Hixion

 

Tai Sheridan
Zen and Buddhist Classics in Modern Verse - Free EBooks

 

Rupert Spira 10 25 2016

 

1. Liberating Our Thoughts From the
Tyranny of the Illusory Self
12:27

2. The Implications of Realizing
Our True Nature
6:38

3. Do We Choose our Thoughts? 16:03

4. What Happens to Awareness after Death? 10:08

5. A New Model of Karma, Deep Sleep and Death 20:42

(all video links open in a new window at YouTube)

Rupert & Ellen

     

Video list for Satsang 10-18-2016

1. Awakened Beings share their awakening, mystical experiences 32:21

Eckhart Tolle: 0 - 7:15
Adyashanti: 7:20 - 16:50
Mooji: 16:55 - 23:22
Rupert Spira: 23:25 - 28:00
Sadhguru: 28:02 - 32:22

Rupert Spira:

2. You are safe everywhere.

3. Who Am I? 7:16

4. Noticing the Presence of Awareness 10:15

Rainbow Buddha brush

 

 

 

 

space for rent...

     

Video list for Satsang 8-23-2016
(all video links open in a new window at YouTube)

 1. Sailor Bob Adamson's Pointers to
'What Is'- 12 October 2014 19:04


2. Question All that You Take to be Real ~ Spoken by Mooji 7:29

 

godlet

3. Tony Parsons
Longing for Wholeness 18:01

Tony Parsons Longing for Wholeness

4. Sailor Bob - The Nonduality "Spiel"
Melbourne, March 12, 2015 34:19

5. Nisargadatta Maharaj Quotes
I AM THAT - 3:19


6. Tony Parsons • Non Duality •
Introduction 12:33


7. Robert Adams: "I-Am" Meditation
(with subtitles) 6:30
     

Video list for Satsang 7-12-2016
(open in a new tab @ youtube)

You Are Silence Itself ~ Guided Meditation with Sri Mooji 16:21

Adyashanti - The Drive to Truth 6:31

Adi Da Samraj: The Bodily Location of Happiness 12:23
Adi Da Samraj: Sacred Camel Garden 3:41

Adyashanti - The Power of Paying Attention 5:02

Rupert Spira
The Implications of Realizing Our True Nature 6:38

Francis Lucille What To Do As I Cannot Find Time To Investigate, Meditate 7:16

Adyashanti - Spontaneous Compassion Q&A 6:07

Mooji Master Pointing #3: Spirituality Cannot be Taught, It Can Only Flower 5:35

Adyashanti - Waking Up All the Way 7:01

Adyashanti Guided Meditation - What Is the Nature of Self? 30:31


July 2016

Buddhist meetup group in Stuart FL

Dainichi Buddha (image above)
Dainichi stone statue, early 20th century, in Kamakura private garden.

Original image from:
Copyright Mark Schumacher,
www.onmarkproductions.com
futzed with
by Shanti

 

Rupert Spira
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness 5:25

Contemplating the Nature of Experience 5:28

The Yes Which Has No Opposite 5:34

Video list for Satsang 7-26-2016
(open in a new tab @ youtube)

You Are Silence Itself ~ Guided Meditation with Sri Mooji 16:21

Adyashanti - The Drive to Truth 6:31

Adi Da Samraj: The Bodily Location of Happiness 12:23

Adi Da Samraj: Sacred Camel Garden 3:41

Adyashanti - The Power of Paying Attention 5:02

The Implications of Realizing Our True Nature,Rupert Spira 6:38

Francis Lucille What To Do As I Cannot Find Time To Investigate, Meditate 7:16

Adyashanti - Spontaneous Compassion Q&A 6:07

Mooji ~ Spirituality Cannot be Taught, It Can Only Flower 5:35

 

More meditation options

 

Lama Tsultrim Allione

Lama Tsultrim Allione
shares stories at Naropa University and the teachings and practices of
Feeding Your Demons, a five-step process that enables one to compassionately engage with one’s demons, rather than continue the cycle of struggle and suppression.

8:16 quick overview

practice starts here

Mooji

Calm.com
Free and subscriptions mindfulness meditations & app

 

Ah

here are links to ARO
mentioned in last class
free internet meditation course
ARO free internet meditation course

     

Shared some of Lewis Mehl-Madrona's Teaching Stories from the Lakota tradition calling on the strength of our ancestors, community, and spiritual help so that we can re-create our life's story as one of wholeness and health.
Also we participated in some Shamanic Journeys & Pachakuti Mesa Teachings...
We explored Communion, the joyful recognition of the Unicity of all that is. Light, Love & Beauty as the harmony of graceful ever-changing form and emptiness.
Walking the Beauty Way by opening to healing our relationships.
Through Ceremony and sacred sounds of Quechua chanting, we came together sharpening our skills as visionary dreamers, dreaming a better dream as a blessing for all.

Aho Mitakuye Oyasin

June 2016

Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Lewis Mehl-Madrona website

don Oscar Miro-Quesada

don Oscar Miro-Quesada
website

Youtube

 

     
"All phenomena are awakened mind,
and to use a metaphor the
- universal metaphor -
Buddha nature is like space,
which is also the ultimate meaning of awakened mind.
Space, air, water, earth, and fire-these five
are the superb manifest aspect of
buddhahood within
awakened mind."
~Longchen Rabjam
Buddha Nonduality
Of course our evenings always flow with the energy of who shows up. Thanks to all for your continuing commitment to the Enlightenment of all beings everywhere! Emaho!

Some of May's exploration was with the text
"A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission
A Commentary on The Precious Treasury
of the Basic Space of Phenomena
"
by Longchen Rabjam
(You can download a free copy here )

more books

The Buddhist heart sutra says, “Form is none other than emptiness and emptiness is none other than form.”
What is that referring to, in your view? from a nondule perspective(s)

 

   
Mooji
Nothing Here But You ?
Guided Meditation 19:59 link
Mooji Month
A Simple and Profound Introduction to Self-Inquiry
by Sri Mooji 2:51:09 link
     

This March we were blessed by
Melody a.k.a. Karima
with some Dances of Universal Peace

Dances of Universal Peace

March Mix-nMatch Masters

"This experience is a bardo state."
Adi Da Samraj & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Bio for
Lama Tsultrim Allione

link to
10 Tibetan Buddhist Women You Need to Know

wikipedia link to
Women in Buddhism

The Oracle - Keeper of Wisdom - HD Film link

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds
film link


     
Ah

In February

We continued our Dzogchen Explorations
and had our 2nd New Moon Dakini Mandala Meditation.
Then easing into some Tibetan Buddhism & Shamanism
 Leading into our celebration Nonduality through Universal Shamanism under the Full Moon!

In February We continued our Dzogchen Explorations
     
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here is a link to ARO
mentioned in last class
free internet meditation course
ARO free internet meditation course

January 2016
found us

intrrobangInterrobang

With some of AdyaShakti's explorations in Consciousness
“Emaho!" is the shortest Dzogchen Tibetan teaching.

Mark

Link to Nonduality Talk
Adyashakti a.k.a. (Mark Canter) - November 6, 2013
(Mark comes in about 31:49

blogsite The Way of Wonder: Recognizing and Celebrating our Condition of Irreducible Mystery

     
November
3, 10, 17, 24
"The Way of Liberation"
Free Ebook Download! Here or you may order a softcover copy from his website

The Way of Liberation

November & December
Our Yearly Exploration of Adyashanti's teachings

Plus a few surprises

Adyashanti

December
1, 8, 15, 22
In December we took a dip into Adyashanti's latest book
Resurrecting Jesus -
Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic
at Adya's store
$19.00 Printed Copy

Resurrecting Jesus - Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic

 

 

October

 

October 6, 13, 20, 27
What where we exploring?

Had to be here...

six degrees of heart
Reference
     
 

July-September with Rupert Spira's
"The Light of Pure Knowing"

 
click here for book Rupert Spira

In July through September we explored about 1/4 of Rupert Spira's "The Light of Pure Knowing" Non-Duality Guided Meditations. A journey into the most essential and ever-present nature of our experience – pure Knowing, the truth of our own Being. No previous philosophical, religious or spiritual orientation is required for these contemplations, for they offer a contemporary, original and highly experiential approach to the essential nature of all experience, free from all traditional religious or spiritual dogma.

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June was a Mix-n-Match Masters Month
Exploring the Nonduality Teachings and Insights from Masters We Know & Love
and some we have yet to meet

Mix-n-Match Masters Month

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Sakyong Mipham
Making Peace Possible: The Shared Wisdom of the Human Heart
A free talk by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and spiritual leader of Shambhala.
see talk here

the Heart Sutra:
Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of Mother of the Buddhas: Meditations on the Prajnaparamita Sutra

Mother of the Buddhas: Meditations on the Prajnaparamita Sutra by Lex Hixon
"These Perfect Wisdom Sutras (Heart Sutra) are revered as accomplishing the impossible, expressing the inexpressible, and making trans-verbal enlightened reality accessible to the verbally cultivated mind. They constantly deconstruct themselves as they go along, proclaiming that their teaching is not a teaching at all, that there is no attainment, no attainer, no understanding, no understander, but, importantly, no nonattainer, nor nonunderstander either."

April & May 2015
We Explored the Nonduality of our Buddha Nature,
the Heart Sutra +
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Happy Wesak!!!

Wesak Day is one of the most important festivals in the Buddhist calendar as it commemorates three significant events in Gautama Buddha’s life – namely his birthday, enlightenment and passing away.

During this festival flowers, incense and candles are offered to remind us that, just as flowers wither and die, and incense sticks and candles burn away, so too life is temporary.

Astrology for the Soul May 12, 2015 Tom Lescher
astrology  confirming the dissolution of ego and realizing Oneness
In La Kesh "I am another you" or "I am another yourself". (Mayan)
View on Youtube

Open Way Open Door

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From Tue. 4-21-15
Read by Ram Dass
Hsin Hsin Ming
Verses on the Perfect Mind
by Seng-ts’an
Third Patriarch of Zen

text

Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind
Richard B. Clarke (Translator)


here is a Interpretation by Eric Putkonen

+ more translations


     

Sacred Art of Sand Mandala Construction

Images and Mithya

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also in Feb. we witnessed the sacred mandala creation & blessing of ur Jupiter waterway by Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery

Jan. Feb. & March 2015
where all Mooji months!!!
exploring his teachings through recorded satsangs from India Mooji TV + some of his teachers and contemporaries teachings

Mooji

Open Way Open Door

The Open Way
Open and appreciating All


     
Open Way Open Door

Nov-Dec 2014
We explored Nonduality through
the Teachings of Adyshanti from his book
"The Way of Liberation" Free Ebook Download! Here or you may order a softcover copy from his website

The Way of Liberation

In December we took a dip into Adyashanti's latest book
Resurrecting Jesus -
Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic


at Adya's store
$19.00 Printed Copy

Resurrecting Jesus - Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic

   
 

Aug - Sept - Oct 2014
We explored Nonduality through
the Teachings of Masters & Teachers we know and love
or have never heard of before
and may still get something out of this~

 

Dr. Greg Goode's book "The Direct Path: A User Guide"

The above is a amazon link

 

Guess who's coming to Satsang? i
A who's who of Master Teachers and more or less...
We will also be using Dr. Greg Goode's book "The Direct Path: A User Guide" for conducting our own experiments that will explore what/how we experience/perceive as the world, the body, the mind, abstract objects and witnessing awareness. From what seems the most dense to the most subtle and beyond. We will proceed step by step from the simple perception of a physical object all the way to the collapse of the witness into pure consciousness.
Greg is a Direct Path practitioner & has the same linage as Rupert Spira, Francis Lucille, & Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon.

 

Greg Goode

Rupert Spira

Francis Lucille

Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon

 

 

     

July 2014
We explored Nonduality through
the Pachakuti Mesa Teachings of don Oscar Miro-Quesada

 

Exploring Unity in Diversity, Nondulaity through the lens of the Shamanic Universe
Featuring the Pachakuti Mesa Teachings of don Oscar Miro-Quesada

Click Here for more info and to buy Lessons In Courage

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pachakuti mesa

don Oscar Miro-Quesada

don Oscar Miro-Quesada
website

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DaimonicReality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld

Daimonic Reality:
A Field Guide to the Otherworld
by Patrick Harpur
book amazon

Cosmovision day   Basic Pachakuti Mesa Configuration   Cosmovision night

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Advanced Ho'oponopono

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June 2014
Nonduality
& Sufi Teachings

This is one of the books we where working with Sufi Sam's teachings.
Includes working with the Breath, Divine Attribute Walks, Dance, Meditation, Stories, poems...
This reprint of the classic 1975 book is highley recommended. ♡

In The Garden with Murshid Sam
book image links to Sufi Ruhaniat Int.

Hafiz: The Scent of Light 4:14

Sufi

Joe Millers Walk in Golden Gate Park

Great Song: The Life and Teachings of Joe Miller Great Song: The Life and Teachings of Joe Miller
by Richard Power (Editor) booklink SFTS

 

Rumi poems

Looking For Your Face -- Rumi 2:11

,Come,Come,Come Rumi 3:11

Rumi documentary 53:16


 

     

Week of 5-13-14
the Heart Sutra:

We explored some of Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of Mother of the Buddhas: Meditations on the Prajnaparamita Sutra This book traces the transmissions from living Buddha to living Buddha. Centuries of teachings as the enlightenment of the Buddha is passed on into the future to reach us now.

Mother of the Buddhas: Meditations on the Prajnaparamita Sutra by Lex Hixon

The root message of the Sutra is non-duality - that is, there is no "me" and "you", no "object" and "observer", no "known" and no "knower".

This fundamental unity of all being leads to a universal approach to enlightenment - working for the enlightenment of all beings not just one's own.

All Existents Are Buddha Nature

Om Tadyata, Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha

"Om it goes like this,
Pure Presence is transcending, ever transcending, transcending transcendience, transcending even the transcendience of transcendience,
It Is Total Awakeness
It Is Suchness."

some translations


H.H. Dalai Lama reciting prajna paramita heart sutra mantra

Heart Sutra ~Nondual views of Rupert Spira & others~
Pema Chödrön
wikipedia
buddhanet
Mahamudra

The Mandala is Only Sand

Kenneth Bok from ACIM explained A Course in Miracles and Buddhism:
A Comparison

Also see Kenneth Bok's interview with Mooji

Week of 5-20-14
Living Buddha Zen:

Living Buddha Zen by Lex Hixon
Lex Hixion's website

Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind

also Hsin Hsin Ming - verses on the faith mind of Sengstan (Sosan) 3rd Zen Patriarch

text
Richard B. Clarke (Translator)

 

 

 

     

Iam That

The Acorn Press; 2nd American (revised) edition (August 8, 2012)
Paperback: 475 pages

I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Reprint Edition

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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The Acorn Press; Reprint, edition (June 1990)
Paperback: 550 pages

I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj

Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster

The Wonder of Being: Awakening to an Intimacy Beyond Words by Jeff Foster

Click on book image to see it on Jeff's site

     
     
   

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