SUMMER RETREAT COUNTDOWN! |
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We're overcome with excitement for being joined together with our community after a long separation! The retreat, at the beginning of September, will be an excellent opportunity to reconnect with each other and our selves, to deepen our practice, and expand our knowledge. We have some amazing speakers, a nature outing, daily asanas and meditation, and some surprises planned to support and nurture our personal and communal growth.
We don't want anything to get in the way of you being there with us! If there is a concern, whether it be financial, personal, or otherwise, please reach out and let us know how we can support you. Scholarships are available using the simple 2-minute form linked below.
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DATE: Wednesday, September 1st - Sunday, September 5th
LOCATION: Dharmalaya Center, Eugene, OR
PRICE: $275-$400
(scholarships available)
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Keeping our community safe and healthy is of the utmost importance! Due to the rising numbers of the highly transmissible Delta variant, we ask that all retreat attendees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before their arrival. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. |
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All of August's programs take place via Zoom and are free of charge. Find more information about each of our programs and receive registration links using the events button below.
You can also download our google calendar to keep track of all of our events in one convenient place.
As always, we graciously accept tax-deductible donations to support our programming.
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TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION:
COURSES ON DEMAND
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Participate in any of our Teachable courses, anytime! We have 6 courses available, with more on the way. From Yoga Psychology to The Practice of PROUT to Prana Dharma, these courses cover a wide range of topics. Whether you missed the courses when they were offered live or you want to review a subject of interest, our Transformation Education website gives you the opportunity to expand you knowledge on your schedule. |
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THE PRACTICE OF NEOHUMANISM |
DATE: Saturday, Sept 25th
TIME: 10:00am Pacific Time
LOCATION: Zoom
This class introduces the five-part system of practice that cultivates neohumanist consciousness. It brings together moral development, spiritual development, mental discernment, commitment to social equality, and seeing the sacred in all life.
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NEOHUMANISM AND PLANETARY TRANSFORMATION |
DATE: Saturdays October 2nd-23rd
TIME: 10:00 – 11:30 am Pacific Time
LOCATION: Zoom
This 4-part course focuses on the role of neohumanism as a guide for navigating the upheavals of planetary transformation we are currently living.
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PROUT'S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONCEPTS |
DATE: Saturdays Nov 20th-Dec 4th
TIME: 10:00 am Pacific Time
LOCATION: Zoom
This 3-part course will introduce PROUT’s powerful social and cultural concepts — designed to foster social equality, cultural empowerment, the primacy of spiritual-humanistic values, and a collaborative unity amidst human diversity.
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INTRODUCTION TO ANANDA SUTRAM |
DATE: Saturday, December 18th
TIME: 10:00 am Pacific Time
LOCATION: Zoom
Ananda Sutram is the treatise on philosophy, given in classical aphorism format, by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. In 86 profound aphorisms Ananda Sutram covers with remarkable depth and clarity the core concepts of cosmology, ontology, science of mind, intuitional science, and socioeconomic theory.
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NEW BLOG POST
You can view our blog anytime! Expect weekly posts about spirituality, neohumanism, and yoga philosophy.
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Latest blog post:
Lesson from the Mahabharata
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We didn't know just how correct Acharya Ravi was when he said, just three months before the onset of the pandemic, "We will likely see some interesting days ahead. It is not 'going back to normal.' It is going forward." In this blog post, a transcribed talk from December 2019, Ravi shares how the mythical battle of Mahabharata can be a lesson for those of us trying to make sense of our current social and political battlefield.
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Art for Service & Blessedness
We know that by sharing in our adoration of the human creative capacity, we are sharing in our love of Creation and our awe of the human expression of Oneness. We hope that these posts will spark ideas, conversations, and modes of connecting and healing.
Preview this summary of July's inspiring art and media suggestions and read the full-length articles of any post you missed on the blog.
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AESTHETICS AND MYSTICISM
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti once said of art, "The entire aesthetics is the only charming entity in human life. Had there been no aesthetics, human life would have been just like a desert.”
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EMERGENT STRATEGY: SHAPING CHANGE, CHANGING WORLDS
If you are looking for an alternative to hierarchical organization and wish to understand the characteristics of that approach, this book will be of great interest. Brown is a creative, witty, insightful, spiritual activist.
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CLEARING
Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself to this world
so worthy of rescue.
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