Program Abstracts
Pre-Conference Morning Workshops Wednesday Oct. 19 9:00AM–1:00PM T e Never-before-ness of All, Peter Dziuban
ROSS ROOM Join us to experience fi rsthand why Life always is a “brand-new clean slate.” Even as time still seems to
arise, it is easy to see clearly why there really has been no prior time, no past or history whatsoever. See why nothing, not even Presence, Awareness, has existed “before”! It means all that is, is so pristine and pure—the freedom and magnifi cence is indescribable. T is will be an opportunity to experience (not just theorize about), this glorious freedom which is not al-
ways seen, let alone explored, in nonduality. All that exists always is history-less, utterly new. Best of all, this is not “an” existence off somewhere else, but this very existing going on here, now! Both in nonduality and science, much wonderful work has been done to clarify the illusory nature of time and arising of experience. But what about the freshness and unspeakable awe that never-before-ness is all there is? Just consider— fresh, pure Life without a single past moment of duality, opposition or negation having occurred… no history of ignorance anywhere…not a single prior limiting pattern…no guilt…no world with a long ac- cumulation of problems and suff ering! How are you “seeing” your world? Clearly? Cleanly? Participants will not learn about the edge of time, but literally will be alive as it!
Abiding Pleasure: T e Return to Natural Joy, Pamela Wilson SANTA ROSA ROOM
Within every movement is an invitation to be still, to notice that which pulses in every circumstance, experience, emotion and being. T ere is an off ering of relaxation within any tension, of clarity within confusion, and of constancy within the changeable. Nothing is opposing natural enjoyment and clarity. It is just a misunderstanding in thought about how to be with the infi nite expression of Life. Our body and presence are experts at responding to what is. Let's liberate the mind from pretense and protective services, and let it live its natural open intelligence, unbounded brilliance and quietude. Our nature already is deep relaxation. When we notice this and permeate this understanding down to our toes, there is a joy that lives, liberating anything contained or constrained. And we can taste the abiding pleasure off ered in each moment.
Michael Harner’s T e Shamanic Journey Outside of Time, Susan Mokelke PETAL UMA ROOM Experience core shamanism—as originated and developed by Michael Harner—the universal and near-universal methods of the shaman to enter nonordinary reality for problem solving and healing. Travel outside of time, as shamans have done for centuries, in the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods used by humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream. Aided by drumming to experience the shamanic state of consciousness, you will have the opportunity to
access other dimensions of reality and the benefi cial spirit helpers found there. Learn how the journey is utilized to restore spiritual power and health, and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary daily life to help heal oneself, others, and the Planet. Please bring a rattle or a drum if you have one. Wear comfortable clothing, warm socks, and bring a bandanna, cushion and/or blanket (if available), and a pen and notebook to record your experience.
Pre-Conference Afternoon Workshops Wednesday Oct. 19 2:00PM–6:00PM Freedom In Every Experience, Jeff Foster
SANTA ROSA ROOM
Being open to life, no matter what happens. We spend our lives seeking wealth, love, success, approval, and even ‘spiritual enlightenment’ in the fu-
ture. Yet right at the heart of life there is an intimacy, a simplicity, a vast spaciousness that is totally beyond words – and which cannot be reached through any eff ort of ours. In our exhausting attempts to change, to improve ourselves, to become ‘perfect’ or ‘enlightened’, or perfectly enlightened, we end up ignoring this wordless intimacy which exists here and now – an intimacy which is really our true home, and the end of our seeking.
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