“As we connect to this Ground of Being, what we discover is our original innocence wherein every moment feels like a new creation, like something that has never been before.” ~ Adyashanti, The Rediscovery of Innocence
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April 2022 News & Offerings |
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With its long-awaited infusion of sunlight and warmth, the advent of spring is naturally accompanied by a palpable sense of renewal and rebirth. Spring can bring fresh insight and provide an opportunity to revisit and potentially reignite our personal spiritual practice. With fresh beginnings in mind, this month’s newsletter will focus on revisiting some of Adyashanti and Mukti’s foundational teachings, including a new article by Mukti, plus complimentary downloads and video teachings, and product recommendations.
We are also excited to feature Shining the Light of Awareness in Our World, a three-day weekend online retreat with Mukti, being held April 22–24. Registration is now open—details below!
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“The green sprout, symbolic of spring, grows toward the light because it is its nature to do so. It does so without any gaining idea. Being free of gaining ideas is an expression of beginner’s mind.” ~ Mukti |
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“Because it is a timeless state of only the eternal Now, the Ground of Being sees through the eyes of eternity and feels through the constant renewal of the senses.” ~ Adyashanti |
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Adyashanti on Sabbatical
Adyashanti is on Sabbatical through 2022. During this time, Mukti will be acting as head teacher for Open Gate Sangha.
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Shining the Light of Awareness in Our World
Online Retreat with Mukti
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Friday, April 22 – Sunday, April 24
Pacific Time Zone, Replays Available
“Retreat is a time to allow what no longer serves to fall away. It is also an opportunity for what is true and life-giving to shine . . . illuminating the knowledge of humanity in spirit that further enables spirit in humanity.”
- Take time to refresh and fully devote yourself to spiritual practice.
- Engage in deep meditation to ground yourself more fully.
- Reflect upon and ask your innermost spiritual questions.
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Scholarships available.
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Upcoming Free Video Broadcasts |
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Adya Prerecorded Broadcasts
The Natural State of Clarity
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Wed, Apr 27 ~ 6:00 pm PT
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Thu, Apr 28 ~ Noon PT (Replay)
Go to Adya’s Broadcast page or YouTube to watch this prerecorded broadcast. A replay will be available for 24 hours on YouTube. |
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Sunday Community Practice
Sunday Community Practice is an ongoing live program that focuses on spiritual practice and how it can be lived in daily life. If you would like to practice meditation on a consistent basis, along with others who are dedicated to making enlightened living a priority in their lives, please join us on Sunday mornings.
Try out a single session or join as a monthly subscriber. Each practice is two hours and includes a guided meditation and a talk. Mukti will be leading these twice-a-month practices while Adyashanti is on sabbatical.
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Apr 3 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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Apr 17 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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In-Person Programs
We will resume offering in-person programs when we feel confident that we can provide an environment that encourages openness and a feeling of safety, where people can comfortably share lodging and dining together, and in which we can gather safely in close proximity to each other. For now, we will continue to monitor news and information regarding public health concerns. When we feel ready to add an in-person program to the calendar, it will be announced via email in our monthly newsletter and published on the calendar page of our website.
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Visit Mukti’s and Adyashanti’s Teachings pages to access their complimentary introductory teachings, new and selected teachings, videos, audio recordings, and writings.
New Teachings:
Selected Subject of the Month:
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Two Subscription Service Options!
Access to Full-Length Talks by Adyashanti
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Adyashanti Membership on YouTube allows us to make available a selection of full-length video teachings not previously accessible other than by purchasing them in our online store.
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Two Full-Length Videos posted each month from Adyashanti’s archived collection of online broadcasts, retreat talks, and courses—available to watch for as long as you are a member.
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Q&A Dialogues in which Adyashanti answers questions from audience members or broadcast viewers.
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Videos of Audio Recordings that contain talks enhanced with beautiful visual imagery.
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$4.99/month. Cancel any time.
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The Stream on Adyashanti.org is an easy way for you to select and listen to full-length streaming audio recordings of single talks or broadcasts by Adya for a full month, so that you can delve deeper into teachings of your choice.
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Stream Eight Audio Recordings each month from Adya’s media area. (Access as often as you like in the same month.)
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50% Discount to Purchase the Download of any of your current monthly audio selections.
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Selections expire each month but you can reselect them on following months if desired.
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$15.00/month. Cancel any time.
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Complimentary Audio Downloads |
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The Mosaic of Self
Adyashanti invites us to truly contemplate what we commonly refer to as “self.” He illustrates how we conjure up identity out of the elements of our physical and psychological nature, like the many small pieces in a mosaic gives the illusion of an image.
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Doorways to Realizations
Mukti speaks to the relative and absolute tracks of this journey and to the key inquiries that open doors to facets of self-realization. Learn which doorways may most deepen your realization and serve the integrated expression of your spirit and human natures.
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Featured Book
The Way of Liberation
by Adyashanti
The Way of Liberation is Adyashanti’s stripped-down, practical guide to spiritual awakening. With a profound simplicity it outlines the Foundations, Orienting Ideas, and Core Practices that are essential in the process of waking up to the absolute nature of Reality and living it to the fullest extent possible.
Softcover: $10 or Free PDF
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Featured Downloads
From Mukti’s most recent Online Broadcast
From Mukti’s February 16, 2022 Online Broadcast
From Mukti’s August 2013 Shambhala Mountain Center Retreat
Compiled Talks from Adya’s March 2011 Mount Madonna Retreat
Compiled talks from Adya’s November 2011 Garrison Retreat
Excerpts selected from various retreats and meetings recorded 2006-2007
*Discounted
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50% Off CDs and DVDs
We are offering an ongoing sale of our entire selection of DVDs and CDs at 50% off.
While we have these products in stock, consider getting them for yourself or others as gifts!
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Join in Our Meditation for Peace |
Self-Guided Meditation
Monday, April 4, 2022
9:00–9:30 am Pacific Time
Let’s shine the light of our awareness on peace, each in our own place and also together in a 30-minute self-guided meditation. Let the power of our shared intention reach out across the globe with our minds and hearts held in peace.
To facilitate your self-guided meditation, we have created a 30-minute video with a starting and ending bell. Just start it when you are ready!
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The Community News pages of our website include our Press Page where you can discover projects that Adyashanti and Mukti are doing or have participated in outside of Open Gate Sangha, such as interviews, talks, programs, podcasts, and articles. Also access our monthly News & Offerings archive.
Featured this month: A new interview with Mukti on her Interviews page, Mukti: Teaching and Embodiment.
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Sunday Community Practice: Join our ongoing program which meets live online twice a month for deep spiritual practice and inquiry. |
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Gatherings: Adya’s and Mukti’s teachings are shared globally in Gatherings which meet in locations or online around the world. Search our database to find a group near you. |
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Open Gate Sangha: We stand for racial equality and social justice. We are for finding actions that speak as loudly as words, perhaps even louder than words. We are for creating together a more inclusive sangha experience for everyone.
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Donations: Thank you for considering a donation to Open Gate Sangha. We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. Our mission is to make the teachings of Adyashanti and Mukti available to all of those who feel drawn to this expression of Truth.
We offer a recurring monthly donation service for your convenience.
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Adyashanti, author of The Direct Way, Sacred Inquiry, The Most Important Thing, and The Way of Liberation is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence.
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Mukti, whose name is translated as “liberation,” is a teacher at Open Gate Sangha, in the lineage of Adyashanti. Her talks point audiences back to their natural state of wholeness or undivided consciousness. For teaching excerpts, audio downloads and CDs, qi gong videos, and a calendar of Mukti’s programs, visit her website.
If you are new to Mukti, we invite you to watch an inspiring full talk from her September 29, 2021 broadcast: Weaving Consciousness (1:23:25)
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