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"Each moment of perception can potentially be experienced as a moment of
pure perception - experience not yet mediated through discursive thought
and conceptual process. These moments are not yet conditioned by hope and
fear, by our opinions, desires and beliefs. This immediate awareness of pure
perception is "without choice, without demand, without anxiety".
"Moments of pure perception are experiences of beauty expressed through
specific details. If you are in any type of service to others, or in a helping This
brings out the truth of "other". Through such perception alone, our clients,
friends, and loved ones, blossom. It all begins with moments of pure
perception with whatever is happening in the Moment..,..INCLUDING &
ALLOWING whatever is happening with our selves and our surroundings.
"The Moment is deepened by noticing the details that call to us - any taste, any
sight, any sound, any sensation, (physical or emotional). These moments are
portals to the Truth behind all forms and experiences. We get in touch with
the TRUE Beauty within ourselves and cannot help but recognize IT in others.
This is the call of the AWAKENED. It is the recognition and embodiment of the
ultimate healer within us all.
"By truly opening to these details, we can clearly listen to the response of our heart. We discover our commitment.
Unconditional joy and freedom dawns in more moments while permeating our work, our relations, and our immediate
and global environments.
"Not only is our heart the source of our direction in life, it is the source of our confidence. It is the source of
guidance that ALWAYS unfolds the best and most aliveness in any situation; and in our service to the others. Soul
Passion guides your days/ moments/ your Life!
"The Retreat will help you experience pure perception and then have that meet the parts of you that have been
anchored in conditioned responses. The softening and deep opening that occurs is immensely regenerative to you;
and opens the doors to repeat the process on your own, in more situations where you were previously unable.
"Because this Retreat is a direct experience of personal navigation of consciousness into Presence while engaging
with "other", it is also very helpful in bringing your awakening into your active life, and your unique way of unfolding
your service to others.
"The gifts of the retreat will have a permanent effect on the way you meet yourself and others daily. You will find the
ability to access the Now, with its immense gifts of unconditioned mind and true love, greatly enhanced.
"YOU NEED NOT HAVE ANY MEDITATION EXPERIENCE OR MAY EVEN HAVE TRIED IT BEFORE AND HAD DIFFICULTY OR
EVEN DISLIKED IT. ALL ARE WELCOMED HERE."
The group is limited to 12 so personal attention can be given to all. If you would like to see more information about
the components of the retreat CLICK HERE
Unconditional joy and freedom dawns in more moments while permeating our work, our relations, and our immediate
and global environments.
"Not only is our heart the source of our direction in life, it is the source of our confidence. It is the source of
guidance that ALWAYS unfolds the best and most aliveness in any situation; and in our service to the others. Soul
Passion guides your days/ moments/ your Life!
"The Retreat will help you experience pure perception and then have that meet the parts of you that have been
anchored in conditioned responses. The softening and deep opening that occurs is immensely regenerative to you;
and opens the doors to repeat the process on your own, in more situations where you were previously unable.
"Because this Retreat is a direct experience of personal navigation of consciousness into Presence while engaging
with "other", it is also very helpful in bringing your awakening into your active life, and your unique way of unfolding
your service to others.
"The gifts of the retreat will have a permanent effect on the way you meet yourself and others daily. You will find the
ability to access the Now, with its immense gifts of unconditioned mind and true love, greatly enhanced.
"YOU NEED NOT HAVE ANY MEDITATION EXPERIENCE OR MAY EVEN HAVE TRIED IT BEFORE AND HAD DIFFICULTY OR
EVEN DISLIKED IT. ALL ARE WELCOMED HERE."
The group is limited to 12 so personal attention can be given to all. If you would like to see more information about
the components of the retreat CLICK HERE
PURPOSE
- To facilitate a deep and lasting reorganization of the physical and psycho-spiritual anchors to a defended
sense of self.
- To facilitate and anchor a deeper, embodiment of one's divinity while having a direct experience of the
beauty of one's humaness; and to soften the reflexive, unconscious habits of the perfectionist/idealist that
habitually is in a battle with one's humaness .
- To more deeply and permanently fall in love with one's self just as you are and from there find Soul guided
passion to make the necessary changes that have been calling in your life and in this world
- To give the participants a deep experience of their own being while engaging with others. To obtain and
deepen a body- felt sense of never having to leave your self to serve "other", and in fact ,find that you serve
far more effectively from HERE.
Open to anyone: You need not be in NSA care or have any meditation experience
- To facilitate a deep and lasting reorganization of the physical and psycho-spiritual anchors to a defended
sense of self.
- To facilitate and anchor a deeper, embodiment of one's divinity while having a direct experience of the
beauty of one's humaness; and to soften the reflexive, unconscious habits of the perfectionist/idealist that
habitually is in a battle with one's humaness .
- To more deeply and permanently fall in love with one's self just as you are and from there find Soul guided
passion to make the necessary changes that have been calling in your life and in this world
- To give the participants a deep experience of their own being while engaging with others. To obtain and
deepen a body- felt sense of never having to leave your self to serve "other", and in fact ,find that you serve
far more effectively from HERE.
Open to anyone: You need not be in NSA care or have any meditation experience
Part One Schedule:
Friday: 3:00 pm-9:30pm
Saturday: 8:00am-9:15pm
Sunday: 8:00am-6 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm-9:30pm
Saturday: 8:00am-9:15pm
Sunday: 8:00am-6 pm
Part Two Schedule:
Monday following the Part One. 9am to 6:30 pm ... limited to 6 Part One Participants
PART TWO PURPOSE
Part 2 is for anyone participating in Part 1 and costs $150 additional. It is an 9-hour practicum of integrating
more deeply, the skills of self navigation while engaging with any type of relationship. We mock up any
relation you choose, ( Parent/Child; Teacher/Student; Facilitator/Client; Husband/Wife; etc) . Imagine what it is
like to be resting in one's inner joy/passion/intution while serving "other". Imagine how that would make you
feel each moment and how being "in the zone" could be called upon more consistently. Imagine how you
would feel at the end of each such day. Imagine how THAT would accelerate your own awakening.
Please click here for an article published regarding Lawrence's approach in a service oriented
setting
Monday following the Part One. 9am to 6:30 pm ... limited to 6 Part One Participants
PART TWO PURPOSE
Part 2 is for anyone participating in Part 1 and costs $150 additional. It is an 9-hour practicum of integrating
more deeply, the skills of self navigation while engaging with any type of relationship. We mock up any
relation you choose, ( Parent/Child; Teacher/Student; Facilitator/Client; Husband/Wife; etc) . Imagine what it is
like to be resting in one's inner joy/passion/intution while serving "other". Imagine how that would make you
feel each moment and how being "in the zone" could be called upon more consistently. Imagine how you
would feel at the end of each such day. Imagine how THAT would accelerate your own awakening.
Please click here for an article published regarding Lawrence's approach in a service oriented
setting
| FOR MORE DETAILS. You may also find the TESTIMONIALS helpful. If you are interested in Part 2 or .. If you are in the healing arts, please see FOR MY COLLEAGUES You may also wish to read some of the HELPING PROFESSION TESTIMONIALS |
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These Retreats are an immersion into Loving
Kindness as a body felt sense. This flavor of
Presence, when accompanied with a gentle
awareness of what has been disowned; has
such depth and potency that it can unwind the
oldest, most difficult recurring patterns in our
Body-Mind that have gone beyond their
usefulness.
Kindness as a body felt sense. This flavor of
Presence, when accompanied with a gentle
awareness of what has been disowned; has
such depth and potency that it can unwind the
oldest, most difficult recurring patterns in our
Body-Mind that have gone beyond their
usefulness.
| About Our Retreats...... |
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work at the primitive brain, and integration of that into the conscious level of the nervous system. This is due to the continuous repetition of a non dual/ non competitive / VERY tender approach to our limitations or humanness. A very key aspect is that it is body based. We have learned elegant ways to gently flush the disowned parts of our selves, physically/emotionally/ and in the threads of how we create our subjectivity, to the surface. We then retrain the reflexes that naturally try to push these impulses down or turn away from them. Our approach includes the body because our experience is that our mind can make a shift very fast but the body takes longer; and if not included, the mind will go back to its unconscious habits quite readily.
Advaita by the devotees of some more recent Gurus, is often overly mental, or seductive in the glamour of the idealized. This tends to push away or exclude/ override/ or even beat up the tender humanness of our ego and its innocent need to hold on to limits. Our approach is more Goddess Wisdom based in that it includes the body and is very compassionate toward all aspects of our humanness. Said differently, the purpose of the retreat is not a goal. It is to deeply infuse an approach to ourselves and to life that, to whatever small degree, becomes anchored in the Primitive Brain. When the survival reflexes change, so does our life, and in a permanent way. We feel this is where the Awakening rubber meets the road of our journey. Our evolution as a species, for millions of years, has been based on "contract and turn away" at the survival brain level. Unfortunately, our sense of self also becomes contracted and turned away right along with this. This occurs because the tissues supporting and controlling the position and tone of the spinal cord become altered in order to protect it. This alters the way we connect to parts of our body and what they represent. More dramatic is the effect this altering of the cord has on the central channel that courses thru it..the Kundalini channel. When That is free, we experience full Soul Embodiment and live our lives from the compassion the divine has for all of our aspects and all "others". On the way there we are helping to integrate, at the anchors to a defended sense of self, the same approach our Soul already holds for our humanity. Thus compassion actually becomes embodied and more interesting to our reflexes than the addiction to feeling good. We are cultivating the opposite reflex we have relied on so long..."contract and turn away" matures into "Soften and Turn Towards". This is applied Compassion that is beyond emotion or concept of it. This is an evolutionary leap in our nervous systems; and perhaps the imperative of our age. |