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"Fill your heart with the love of the Infinite, and your soul will be transformed into the Supreme Soul."
-- Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
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UPCOMING!
New Fall course:
PROUT's Ecological Philosophy
more info here
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Let Us Move Together
free monthly program on Zoom
The next program will be Dec. 2nd.
9:00 am Pacific
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The Let Us Move Together program on Dec. 2nd features Liisa Kannisto, who will give a program on Women and Religions Through the Ages.
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Join our spiritual community events!
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Ohio
The Ananda Seva Ohio meditation group Led by Ac. Giriisha remains active.
Regular Saturday meditation for new people continues at 10:00 am ET with music and a discussion of a spiritual topic.
Contact Ac. Giriisha for more info.
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Oregon
The Dharmalaya Community in Eugene, Oregon will host a
Holiday Party Fundraiser
December 16th. 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
| This year the recipient of our fundraiser will be the Senior Meals Program at Lane Council of Government's Senior and Disabilities Services. | |
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Many volunteers are preparing for an uplifting event with food, raffle prizes, music, a winter spiral walk and good cheer! Contact Michele Renee if you would like to donate something to the raffle. | |
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The Washington D.C. Ananda Seva group hosts a dharmachakra weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 pm Eastern. See East Coast dharmachakra below for more details.
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IIn this 5-week course series, you’ll learn essential tools for your spiritual journey. These classes are designed to help you develop a meditation practice and explore practical techniques for finding stillness. The tools you’ll learn are derived from the Yogic tradition and adapted for our time and cultural context. Click here to learn more about meditation.
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Ananda Seva Ottawa, led by Ac Chandranatha, is now having in-person group meditations in addition to the regular guided mediations on Zoom. People from California, Oregon and Montana are joining the online weekly Wednesday class.
Follow Ottawa Meditation on facebook for all events and classes.
Contact Ac. Chandranatha for more info.
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Weekday Morning Kiirtan & Meditaiton
Every weekday morning
at 7:35 am PT.
Ac. Gayatrii and others lead kiirtan, meditation, kaoshikii and a morning check-in to connect and support each other on our spiritual journeys.
Friday mornings will be a full dharmachakra, without the check-in.
Join by Zoom
passcode: Baba
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West Coast Dharmachakra
Join us for our weekly Sunday morning group meditation. This event is free and open to everyone. The program includes singing uplifting devotional songs, yogic dance, chanting, meditation, a discourse, and group discussion.
The first Sunday of the month program is followed by a sattvic vegetarian potluck..
more info here.
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EAST Coast Dharmachakra
To connect with our community in the Washington D.C. metro area please write us on our contact page at https://meditationeast.org/ .
The Wednesday program includes singing uplifting devotional songs, yogic dance (kaoshikii), chanting, meditation, a discourse, and group discussion.
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Philosophy Study Group
Please join us every two weeks on Zoom to discuss Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's writings. We choose 3 to 4 discourses, (currently from "Problems of the Day) and discuss these in a congenial setting. Participants are free to share what they found relevant, interesting, and meaningful which will deepen our understanding of the material and make them relevant to the progress of our spiritual lives. Participants must have access to the Electronic Edition compendium of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's writings.
We'd love to have you join us!
— Ac. Jayadeva
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If you have questions and wish to join, please email Jayadeva at:
Jayadevaasm@hotmail.com.
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The latest initiative by the PROUT Café is called "PROUT Bites". These are short videos that illustrate a bite-sized PROUT concept.
Check out the newest PROUT Bite here..
PROUT Café interviews Clare Strawn:
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PROUT
Ravi's article, Beyond Greening of Capitalism, was published as the cover story in the September issue of
PROUT magazine.
Click photo below to link to the issue.
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Projects
Ac. Ammadevi spearheaded a project called Community Driven Recovery and Transition (CDRT).
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The first phase of the project culminated with a presentation on the group's process and results on June 24th at Dharmalaya
See video of presentations here.
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Project Update: CDRT 2.0
A Coordinating Committee for Community Driven Recovery and Transition (CDRT) met recently to launch CDRT 2.0. CDRT uses disaster scenario planning to gather a team to build a framework for a resilient, just and sustainable future that embodies the Neohumanist values of regeneration, cooperation, equity, inclusion and decentralization. They anticipate addressing additional areas of concern that were not addressed in the original version. Two presentations are scheduled, one online on December 14 and one in-person outside Eugene on January 19. For more information, contact John Linkhart, linkhartjohn3@gmail.com.
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Click on the photo above to see what is happening in Finland.
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Andanda Seva in Maharliika
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Ongoing Service Projects in Maharliika (Philippines)
Ac. Atma Jyoti works tirelessly in Maharliika with a tribal population that has, by and large, been forgotten by the government and large aid agencies. If you would like to support these ongoing efforts, please make a tax deductible donation via our website. Choose "support for Maharliika service projects" in the drop down menu.
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What is the Value of a Human being?
(dharma talk given on Dec 2, 2023)
click on photo below to view a short, informal, unedited video
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Introducing our newest team member:
Dacé Willow
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Dacé is assisting with outreach and social media.
Look for upcoming videos on the Yamas and Niyamas!
Click video below for a preview!
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Inspired Reading Corner
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Humankind, A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman.
According to audible.com:
"Rutger Bregman provides a new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. . . Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions."
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Opportunities to learn at your own pace and time: | |
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NEW ON TEACHABLE
Transformation Education Teachable site gives you the opportunity to take on-demand courses at your own pace. We now have 16 classes up on the platform covering a variety of topics.
Featured Class this Month:
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With the defects of democratic political systems becoming painfully evident — particularly in the United States — this two-class series on PROUT’s political system offers timely understandings of how political systems can be progressively reformed.
This course explores topics such as:
- economic democracy vs political democracy
- selectoral-electoral system
- compartmentalized democracy
- strengthening the electorate
- planetary confederation
- the archetype of moral leaders
- sector-based representation
- the core rights undergirding political constitutions
These classes give a vision of the political system needed for a new era in which political institutions serve people, communities and the planet, and in which leadership is drawn from the best of humanity.
This course is taught by Ravi Logan
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Ananda Seva enjoyed a productive and inspiring year in 2023. We are looking forward to new momentum, classes, projects and retreats in 2024! Click the photo above to view our Annual Report. Thank you for your support!
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Art for Service & Blessedness
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"The artists or writers, before holding their brush or pen, should look around and assess the direction in which society is moving and the basic causes of its weakness. What are the “isms” that have supplied impetus to evil ideals? It is not enough to look around; they may also have to take a firm stand against the apparently irresistible forces of destruction.."
– Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Abhimata, The Opinion
Artistic expression has always been integral to human evolution. The artists spark the imagination and pave the way for new ideas to flourish. Can you imagine a revolution with no songs to rally the people? The energy stirring beneath the earth now calls us to connect with that Divine Source and draw inspiration to birth a new society. How will you use your creative energy to support that flow?
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Art by Dhira Lawrence
Prosperity
acrylic 11" x 14"
Dhira is a local Eugene artist whose paintings exalt both her relationship to a spiritual realm and her connection to the natural world. See her website to learn more about her work. https://www.dhiralawrence.com/
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Click on image below to listen to "Makes You Whole" an original song by Dacé Willow
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