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Personal Retreats at Clear Sky Center
An opportunity for retreat work at Clear Sky Centre: Take advantage of private meditation cabins to learn to better understand your own and thus others' minds and hearts. To use others' realization to further your own, and vice versa, see the group retreats elsewhere in this schedule. Participating in "awakening in action" through living and working in awakening community is another option, as part of the Clear Sky Experience.
Online Course: The Paramis
The Perfections of Virtue Gather online with teachers of awakening Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat for these 60-minute webinars, one day a week for six weeks. We’ll strengthen our practice of the paramis, often translated as “The Perfections of Virtue.” Earnest and ongoing cultivation of the qualities of the six paramis leads to our speedy awakening for the benefit of all beings. Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat will be teaching this course online, on Saturday afternoons (3-4 pm Mountain Time, August 29th, September 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, October 3rd). Sessions will be 60 minutes long. * NOTE: webinars must be attended live; no recordings will be available. Registration numbers are limited to 25 people; please confirm that you’re able to attend live before you register for this course.* Determine your local time here. Cost: This course is being offered on the basis of the progressive and precious practice of dāna (generosity), the first parami. Traditional teachings hold that, while we practice all the paramis simultaneously, they are perfected in order. Course description The Paramis are one of the most fundamental teachings on the path to awakening. These teachings are found in the Prajñapāramitā Sūtra, the Lotus Sutra, and other classic texts. They are consummately relevant to every practitioner, for they are accessible to people of all spiritual backgrounds and may be practiced under a wide variety of conditions: in relationship, while meditating, while working, etc. Deceptively simple, with ongoing application, our understanding and practice of the Paramis matures and deepens to unimaginable profundity and richness. Your […]
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Dharma & Astrology: Presentation at Banyen Books
Dharma & Astrology: Presentation at Banyen Books
Join dynamic Dharma teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat for an engaging and empowering talk on Dharmic Astrology. Fresh off the success of their innovative online course, A Year of Dharmic Astrology, Doug and Catherine will share their insights and learnings gleaned from decades of study in how the system of astrology can be used to maximize personal growth and unfoldment. Astro Dharma takes the position that a better understanding of the patterning that has influenced us through our natal chart is a powerful key to unlocking greater degrees of freedom. Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat offer a truly empowering lens with which to explore these aspects of ourselves. For more about Doug and Catherine, click for this recent interview with Banyen Books: "On Integrating Eastern and Western Awakening Traditions, The Hero's Journey and Dharma-Astrology". You can also read more about astrology and Dharma in their blog post "Use AstroDharma to Increase Joy and Integrate the Shadow." For more Information about this presentation at Banyen Books: https://www.banyen.com/events/astro-dharma
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Hero’s Journey, Inner Alchemy at Hollyhock
For most of us, the ego is locked in a life-and-death struggle with the shadow. We’re continually pulled back and forth between the excitement of exploration on one hand, and the fear of abandonment and rejection on the other. The Hero/ine undertakes the courageous journey to assimilate ego and shadow, tapping into inner, previously unknown gifts to triumph over lifelong challenges in the guise of opponents. The results blossom as the harmonious union of light and dark that characterizes a truly healthy, integrated human being. Exquisitely humbled by the process, we offer all that we have learned to benefit all beings in our lives. This program features teachings, exercises and guided meditations to shepherd us through the fearless, meditative and experiential path of the hero’s journey. Video: Hero's Journey Retreat For further insight and inspiration, read Doug and Catherine's recent article on Transforming Demons to Allies and Six Benefits of the Hero's Journey. What others say about our retreats Dāna This program on the hero's journey is offered on the basis of dāna, or generosity practice. Learn more about dāna. Location & Registration This program is presented at beautiful Hollyhock retreat center on Cortes Island in BC. Please visit the Hero's Journey course page for registration, accommodation and meal fees at Hollyhock. There is a generous discount currently available for meals & accomodation. Scholarships are also available: apply at Hollyhock's Scholarship Program.