What's New . . . September 2008
Free Kundalini Yoga Tele-Classes; The Artist's Way Process Starts 9/9; Human Design Workshops; Himalayan Yoga Master Visits SD ; Kids Connecting Communities, Uplifting Humanity, Celebrating Peace; ‘Love Has Forgotten No One' Seminar with Gary Renard; Deva Premal and Miten in So. California October 2 & 4; AGNT Conference: The Awakened World Returns at Indian Wells; Dr. Sharron Stroud Named USA World Forum Ambassador; Explore Objective Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives in LA; 4000 Attend Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation; Esoteric Conference at Prayers For Peace Park in Valley Center 10/4-5.
Free Kundalini Yoga Tele-Classes
In two free tele-classes, senior trainers Gurumeher and Atma will give an introduction to Yoga, as well as talk about an upcoming comprehensive Teacher Training Program. The teleclasses are Fridays, 9/5 and 9/12, 5:30-6:15pm and the Teacher Training begins in Encinitas on 9/20. Known as strongly spiritual and profoundly transformational, this course is a 9-month immersion in yogic life that is fully certified by the Kundalini Research Institute and Yoga Alliance. This KRI certification is being brought to the San Diego, for the first time, by a host of senior teachers trained by Yogi Bhajan, the Master of Kundalini Yoga. The Teacher Training will benefit beginners, experienced yogis and teachers from other traditions. Contact atma@objectrad.com or 951/696-9063 x105 to reserve your space and receive the call-in number for the classes. For info on the full teacher training course go to www.yogamurrieta.com/TeacherTraining.
The Artist's Way Process Starts 9/9
Celebrate ten years of author Julia Cameron's theory that we are all creative and simply need to allow it in ourselves. This program will follow the lessons outlined in Julia's book, The Artist's Way , for 12 weeks of community, creativity and insight. Learn to feel good about our creative lives and how to pursue creativity in our own ways.
The Artist's Way program will be guided by artist Midge Hyde on Tuesdays, 9/9-11/25 from 6:30-8pm. Each week includes a brief review of chapters read and discussions of emotions that arose through the readings and daily artist's pages. Interspersed with the discussions and revelations, there will be fun, creative activities to develop a greater sense of the inner creative process. Midge is past president of the Women's Art Caucus/San Diego and has been teaching art classes. The Artist's Way Program is conducted through the San Diego Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 G Street (at 10th Ave). Tuition is $120 for all 12 weeks or $15/week for drop-in students. Contact SDCSL at 619/491-3087 or classes@downtowncc.org
Learn your “Type.” Are you a Manifestor, Generator, Projector, Manifesting Generator or a Reflector? Knowing can save countless years of frustration, freeing us to move through life in a way that doors are opened for us through the power of this remarkable and life-transforming system. An Introduction to Human Design will be held Friday, 9/12, 7-9:30pm. The $35 fee includes a copy of your Human Design Chart. Then an Experiential Human Design Workshop will be held Saturday, 9/13, 10–6pm. The fee is $195, bring a friend for only $55.
A Human Design Level One Training is slated for 9/19-21. In this 3-day training you will learn to understand how to interpret your Design as well as the Designs of others in your life. Following the 3-day Intensive, there will be a meeting once/month for a full day on Saturday, 10/11, 11/8 and 12/6. Register at 760/744-4556 or 951/961-7662 or email ChetanWorld@gmail.com or estar@att.net.
Himalayan Yoga Master Visits SD
Kundalini Kriya Yoga Master, Yogiraj Siddhanath, founder of the Hamsa Yoga Sangh, will host a Kriya Yoga Meditation and Healing Energy Transmission Gathering 9/20-21. Yogiraj Siddhanath is a Spiritual Master from the ancient Indian Nath lineage, a Householder of Kriya Yogi, UN Keynote speaker and author of numerous acclaimed books and the award winning DVD ‘Wings to Freedom.' Yogiraj travels the globe in an effort to fulfill his vision: Earth Peace through Self Peace. Yogiraj's workshops offer intriguing discourse mixed with a refreshing dose of humor.
The program in San Diego will include an Evening Darshan and Kriya Yoga Empowerment workshops. In the free Evening Darshan Satsangs, Yogiraj will impart a direct experience of Shivapat (Still Mind Awareness of Peace and Bliss) and Shaktipat (Transmission of Kundalini Healing Energy). In the Empowerment into the Sacred Science of Babaji's Kundalini Kriya Yoga, seekers learn sacred Kriya Yoga Techniques to eliminate seeds of negative Karma from their DNA, purify astral nerves and flush out disease and toxins. These techniques help practitioners achieve harmony and balance of body, mind and spirit, and awaken dormant Kundalini to gradually achieve the super-conscious state of Samadhi.
The San Diego events will be held on 9/20 & 9/21, 6:30-9pm at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, 1613 Lake Drive, Encinitas. Contact abhiraj@hamsa-yoga.org or 847-915-0936.
Kids Connecting Communities, Uplifting Humanity, Celebrating Peace
Local surfer and peace hero, Rob Machado, will join Kids Leading the Way to Peace, Kids for Peace, the Student Peace Alliance and Americans For a Department Of Peace in their Third Annual Walk For Peace. The event is being held in honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace at Redwood Circle in Balboa Park (at Balboa Drive & El Prado) on Sunday, 9/21 from 2–5pm. Everyone is welcome to participate in this family-friendly pro-peace event.
Multi-cultural music performed by youth artists will take place before and after the 3k-walk around The Prado. Performers include Timyra-Joi (Lion King, High School Musical stage production), Youth African Drummers, Irish Dancers, Interactive Karate, and the Kids for Peace Singers.
The children of Kids for Peace, along with other youth organizations such as Girl Scouts, Kids Korps, Peace Patrol and Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF), will present hand-painted banners with their Wish for Our World. The Student Peace Alliance—which unites high school and college students from across the country around the common goal of establishing a Department of Peace—along with Americans For a Department Of Peace (AFDOP), advocates for legislation to establish a US Department of Peace through education and grassroots action.
To learn more about Kids for Peace visit www.KidsForPeaceUSA.org. To register for the 2008 Walk For Peace visit www.WalkforPeace2008.Kintera.org. For information regarding the Department Of Peace visit www.afdop.org. For the Student Peace Alliance visit www.thepeacealliance.org.
‘Love Has Forgotten No One' Seminar with Gary Renard
Bestselling author, Gary Renard, author of The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality and noted Course in Miracles teacher, is coming to Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, in Encinitas. This all-day seminar entitled “Love Has Forgotten No One: The Answer to Life” will be held Saturday, 9/27, 10am-4pm. During the workshop participants will learn to hear the “echoes” of God's love, how to experience Divine Love, the power of True Forgiveness and how to practice True Perception that undoes the ego. Tickets are available at Seaside on Wednesdays and Sundays, at SoulScape Gifts and Books, and online at www.wahzee.com. Tickets are $75 in advance. Call 760/753-5786 x*848.
Combining a disarming sense of humor with radical, cutting-edge metaphysical information and experiential exercises, Gary has been described as one of the most interesting and courageous spiritual speakers in the world. He offers a way of looking at the world that leads to fearlessness and the full flowering of the human spirit. The long-term result of practicing the knowledge gained during this seminar will be enlightenment and the end of reincarnation, once and for all. Learn more about Gary's message, visit: www.GaryRenard.com
Deva Premal and Miten in So. California October 2 & 4
With over half a million CDs sold worldwide—and regular performances across North America, Asia, Europe and Australia—this couple, in both life and music, have touched the hearts of millions. Deva and Miten's music is an expression of spiritual devotion, through song and chant. The couple has been living and playing together since 1991 and the openness and honesty in which they share their lives and their music has created such fans as The Dalai Lama, Cher, Anthony Robbins, Brandon Bays and Eckhart Tolle.
Join Deva Premal & Miten on 10/2 at 7:30pm at Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, in Encinitas.. For ticket information contact Jesse Turajski by phone at: 206/356-0408 or email: jturajski@yahoo.com. On 10/4 the couple will join Dr. Michael Beckwith and his wife Rickie Byars-Beckwith to perform at 7:30pm as part of the Association For Global New Thought Conference in Indian Wells. Concert: $25 plus a $4 processing fee. To purchase tickets see next News article.
AGNT Conference: The Awakened World Returns at Indian Wells
Join cutting edge presenters from the worlds of spirit, science and political action at the 2008 Association For Global New Thought Conference that will focus on The Evolution of Revolution. This 5-day event will be held 10/1-5 at the stunning Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, 44-950 Eldorado Drive, Indian Wells. The common intention that presenters and attendees will carry in our hearts is for an Awakened World. Each of us will become crucial to the overall impact of the gathering.
Featured speakers are Michael Beckwith, Thom Hartmann, Thomas Barnett, Audrey Kitagawa, B. Alan Wallace, John Hagelin, Lynne McTaggart, Christine Chavez and Barbara Marx Hubbard.
The event will be interwoven in such a way that generates an expanded worldview for speakers and attendees alike. The event is structured to foster this outcome through plenary sessions, interactive roundtables, smaller “breakthrough” sessions, networking techniques, sacred practice, artistic ambience and some of the best music and performance art the region has to offer. Participants will begin the day with contemplation and meditation, followed by a keynote presentation that immerses the gathered community in an atmosphere of information, opportunity and challenge. On each of three afternoons, “The Science of Consciousness: Cracking the Noetic Code,” “Governance as if the Future Matters,” and “Aligning the Wheels of Compassion and Action” will be the central themes for a series of breakout sessions, exploring strategic solutions for our crisis-ridden world.
A second round of discussion groups will give attendees opportunity to share grassroots models and resources and pursue a deeper synthesis at the close of the day. Evenings at the conference will be dedicated to connectivity events such as the Compassion Banquet, special dialogues, skits and circles, and the musicians and performance artists who are members of the New Thought family. Conference fee, not including accommodations, Banquets or Special Concert with Deva Premal & Miten (see above News article): $400. Discounts are available. To buy tickets call: 805/563-7343 or email: conference@agnt.org or for more information visit: www.agnt.org/awakened8.htm.
Dr. Sharron Stroud Named USA World Forum Ambassador
Dr. Sharron Stroud has been requested to serve as a USA Ambassador for the World Forum. She will be speaking at St. Catherine's College in Oxford, England in the Hall of Science on World Peace through Mutual Understanding of the Global Community through the Arts and Sciences. Dr. Stroud is the recipient of The International Peace Prize 2008 by the authority of the United States of America. Dr. Stroud has served as the Spiritual Leader of Innerfaith Ministries Worldwide in Palm Springs since 2001. She serves as the Dean of the Institute of Successful Living and is an author, professional speaker and has been a spiritual leader for 33 years.
Explore Objective Evidence of Reincarnation and Past Lives in LA
Join doctors, scientists and subjects of reincarnation case studies at The IISIS Conference, 10/3-5 at The Marina Del Rey Hotel, Los Angeles. Since about the turn of the millennium, multiple, independently researched reincarnation cases have been published which demonstrate that, from lifetime to lifetime, facial features, personality traits, passions, talents, aptitudes and linguistic writing style remain consistent among them.
One such researched case involves Barbro Karlen who has had memories since childhood of being Holocaust victim Anne Frank. At the age of ten, on her first trip to Amsterdam, Barbro knew the way to the Anne Frank House without directions and she knew where artifacts should have been located inside the Frank House, artifacts that had been removed for preservation. Barbro was also a childhood writing prodigy like Anne Frank.
The non-profit organization called IISIS, the Institute for the Integration of Science, Intuition and Spirit was formed to conduct reincarnation research with a focus on objective evidence of reincarnation. At the IISIS conference presenters will tell their own reincarnation stories. Join us at this groundbreaking—first of its kind—event. For complete event schedule or to register visit: www.iisis.net. To view more case studies visit the website of IISIS founder and President, Walter Semkiw, MD, MPH at www.johnadams.net.
4000 Attend Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation
More than 4,000 people from around the globe attended the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) World Convocation held August 3-9 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Featuring the teachings of Autobiography of a Yogi author and SRF founder, Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), the program offered participants a week of spiritual inspiration and fellowship.
Throughout the week, SRF monastics conducted classes on the practical application of spiritual principles in daily life. They also held satsangas , group meditations, kirtans , and Kriya Yoga initiation ceremonies. Two films were presented:
Glimpses of a Life Divine , which features rare archival footage of Yogananda and interviews with those who knew him, and a filmed satsanga with Sri Daya Mata called Living in the Love of God.
Brother Achalananda—a member of the SRF/YSS (Yogoda Satsanga Society) Board of Directors—gave the opening talk on Sunday evening, which focused on the topic “Making Spiritual Happiness the Foundation of Our Lives.” He said that we long for perfect happiness because joy is the very essence of what we are—it is God's nature in us. Joy comes not from the senses, but from an inner state of consciousness that we can access through meditation. Also, as we forget ourselves in service to others without looking for anything in return, a divine force comes to us that can remold our lives nearer to our hearts' desire.
On Monday night, Brother Satyananda of SRF's Pasadena Temple spoke on “Inner Peace: Divine Antidote for Stress, Worry, and Fear.” Brother framed the struggle for peace in terms of “spiritual bipolarity”: the restlessness of ego consciousness versus the soul's longing for peace. He said that this adversarial relationship must be resolved. How? There is an instant of free will in confronting daily events, wherein instead of reacting emotionally, one can invoke peace and resolutely transmute automatic reactions into wisdom-guided responses. He also advised to seek the guru's guidance in meditation and be uncompromising in the pursuit of peace.
On Thursday night, Brother Bhumananda gave a talk on “The Guru's Love and Care for Each Disciple.” He spoke of the guru-disciple relationship as ordained by God—as a team working toward Oneness. Brother said that the disciple is separated from the guru's God-awakened consciousness only by vibration. Like a radio, we can attune our consciousness with the guru's through the purification process of pranayama , study of the guru's teachings, talking with the guru so that he is always present, and through meditation. When attuned with the guru, we can overcome any test.
The closing talk on Saturday afternoon, “The Compelling Magnet of Divine Love,” was given by Sister Namita. She spoke about the blessings that come from loving God—even from longing to love God more than material things. She highlighted the importance—of sincerity that cannot exist without fearless trust. She closed with a story about the joyous transformative power of gratitude for everything given by God and the spiritual healing that ensues by adopting such an attitude.
Thousands of Convocation attendees also visited the temples and spiritual sanctuaries established by Paramahansa Yogananda in Southern California, including: the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades—a shrine and meditation gardens dedicated to all religions which includes the Mahatma Gandhi World Peace Memorial; the international headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship, located on Mt. Washington near downtown Los Angeles; the SRF Hollywood Temple; Sri Yogananda's crypt at Forest Lawn in Glendale; and the SRF Retreat and Hermitage in Encinitas (25 miles north of San Diego), where Sri Yogananda wrote most of his inspiring life story, Autobiography of a Yogi .
Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda when he came to the United States as a delegate to the International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston in 1920, currently has over 600 temples, retreats, and meditation centers in more than 60 countries. Interest in Sri Yogananda's teachings has grown steadily over the years, with readers of his numerous books and writings on yoga meditation and the spiritual wisdom of the East now numbering in the millions.
For more information about the life and teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda and the 2008 SRF World Convocation, please contact: Self-Realization Fellowship, 3880 San Rafael Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90065-3298. Tel. (323) 225-2471 • Fax (323) 225-5088 • www.yogananda-srf.org.
Esoteric Conference at Prayers For Peace Park in Valley Center 10/4-5
A weekend of spiritual transformation and enlightenment awaits us at the annual Esoteric Conference sponsored by the American Universalist Temple of Divine Wisdom. This two-day conference acknowledges that we—as incarnate children of God—are the instruments for manifesting the Divine Plan here on Earth. Participants will share their numerous resources, perspectives and tools—both timeless and new—enabling us to resolutely move forward empowered by our Spiritual Heritage.
This year's theme, On The Precipice of Change: Listen to the Call of the Divine Plan Within and Be an Impetus for Peace, features presentations by astrologer John Raifsnider, film producer Steve Copeland, art therapist Raina Carman Colvin, harp therapist Linda Hill and astrologer Jim Hennum.
Participants will acquire tools for synchronizing with the moon cycles of the year, learn the truth behind the Mayan calendar, embrace the divinity of the sacred mandala, experience chakra alignment through the musical tones of the harp and heal ancestral lineages through family constellation work.
The weekend will include opportunities for nature hikes, meditation, sacred drumming/music, fellowship and more. Presenters will have materials available for purchase and there will be a drawing for a harp-healing session and a personal constellation. Conference registration cost: $125.00 (includes 4 vegetarian meals). Early registration is strongly encouraged as spacing is limited. To receive a brochure with registration form, please call 760/749-9344 or 749-3489 or visit the web site: www.EsseneInvincibleLight.org
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