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#3428 - Friday, January 30, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Three different roads to take from this fork. A trip to Anchorage, Alaska for a night of Cinema Nondualite', a stay in Boulder, Colorado to study Radiant Mind with Peter Fenner, or a trek to Amazon.com in order to tame the gremlins of you mind.
Announcing a new Meetup for New
Spirituality AK!
What: Cinema Nondualite':
Resurrection
When: February 13, 2009 6:15 PM
For February: Resurrection (Ellen Burstyn, Sam
Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, 1980). Perhaps the best movie
you’ve never heard of. And if you are a healer, or have any
desire to become a healer, it’s a must-see.
When: Friday, February 13.
What: Light Potluck at 6:15, movie at 7:15. Discussion to follow.
Where: Scott & Julia's Place
Learn details here:
http://www.meetup.com/NewSpirituality/calendar/9618114/
Note On Nonduality:
If you scratch deeply enough through the beliefs, practices,
doctrines and conceptual frameworks of any genuine religion or
spiritual path, you will eventually discover the same thing:
Reality. Truth. That Which Is (otherwise known as “God”
or “Spirit” or “Consciousness”). And when you
do discover that Truth, you will also—to use the common
term—“awaken.”
But if you follow most of these paths, you have to scratch a very
long time, with very long fingernails, before such an awakening
event occurs. And let’s face it: for most people, it never
does.
“Nonduality” (or in Sanskrit, “Advaita”) is
the general name given to the various teachings found throughout
the world that are direct. Paths that don’t require much
scratching at all, because they end up exactly where they start.
Paths that are not really “paths” at all, because they
don’t really have any destination. These are the paths that
put an end to seeking altogether, because they put an end to the
one who seems to be going anywhere. As you can imagine, this
could save you a lot of time!
There’s a “catch,” however (isn’t there
always?). For, to engage a nondual approach requires a great deal
of maturity from the seeker. A willingness to be ruthlessly
honest with yourself. A willingness to question each and every
belief you have, even the most cherished (especially the most
cherished). A willingness to let go of the one who you’ve
imagined yourself to be. A willingness, in short, to die.
Most often, this is not a pretty process.
That’s why it’s sometimes useful to expose yourself to
the disintegrating rays of nondual teaching in a manner that is
least threatening. A way that kinda slips in “under the
radar” of one’s defenses. Like, for instance, in the
guise of entertainment. Hence: Cinema Nondualité.
In this group we watch movies that are picked for their
particularly subversive potential. They are merely stories. Yet
stories that harbor within them the latch of a trapdoor. Through
which you might fall....
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few spaces left in ~
9
Month Radiant Mind - Boulder, Colorado
We are pleased
to inform you that there are a few spaces remaining in the
Boulder Radiant Mind Program, beginning on Feb 21st, 2009. If you are considering attending, please register
ASAP. Visit http://www.radiantmind.net/rm/event_logged_in/radiant-mind-boulder-2009/94site to apply and make a
deposit to secure your place. If you have questions email Jonathan or call +1(877)723-6463.
RM-09
Boulder Workshop Dates 1st Workshop: Sat. Feb. 21
- Mon. Feb. 23 from 9:30–5:30 (9:30–3:00 on the last
day)
* Half day for mentors on Fri. Feb. 20th from 2:00-5:00
2nd Workshop: Fri. June 19 - Sun. June. 21 from 9:30–5:30
(9:30–3:00 on the last day)
* Half day for
mentors on Thurs. June 18th from 2:00-5:00
3rd Workshop: Sat. Nov. 7 - Mon. Nov. 9 from 9:30–5:30
(9:30–3:00 on the last day)
* Half day for
mentors on Fri. Nov. 6th from 2:00-5:00
Boulder
Logistics
The StarHouse and Briar Rose
B&B in Boulder, Colorado
Joel Agee in
Tricycle Magazine
In our last
Newsletter, we highlighted Joel Agee's article, but we were
missing the PDF link. Here it is - "Not Found, Not Lost: After the long search,
a path of homecoming" http://www.joelagee.com/tri_W08_058_063_agee.pdf - Joel's vivid
account of his engagement with Radiant Mind. JOEL AGEE describes the tribulations of a
decades-long spiritual search and a crucial moment of awakening
in "Not Found, Not Lost". "It strikes me as a
beautiful irony," he tells Tricycle, "that the
telephone, of all the ritual implements, can serve so well to
reveal the unnamable reality in which there is no distance and no
separation." Agee is the author of In The House of My
Fear, a memoir of the late 1960s. For the past four years he
has been assisting Peter Fenner as a coach to students in
Fenner's Radiant Mind Course.
Peter
talks with Buddhist Geeks
The Buddhist
Geeks will be interviewing Peter Fenner this weekend. Look out
for this interview on Buddhist Geeks: Latest
Episodes: http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/236-buddhist-geeks Still confused? Read on...
Buddhist Geeks is a weekly audio show that presents groundbreaking interviews and discussions with Buddhist teachers, scholars, and advanced practitioners. Combining ancient wisdom with modern technology, Buddhist Geeks aims to catalyze a community of practitioners committed to awakening.
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