Friday October 7, 2011
....did we say 10 days??????
“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”
~W. Blake
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!
Our living room is filling up with boxes full of badges and brochures, signage foamboards, banners, programs... It's time to tie all loose hands like goodie bags, stickers, coordinate volunteer tasks, menus...
The vegetable garden has been a bit neglected but it is still, luckily, providing us with enough fresh zucchini, tomatoes and various greens so at least we can feed ourselves properly during this mad rush to meet you in 10 days.
It's so cool and bizzarre to observe the inevitability of our actions in motion, looking at our bodies performing tasks, thoughts arising, action happening, words being spoken... and this curious perception of linear time flowing while weaving it all together making sense of it all... really cool...
Life is REALLY beautiful!
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Registration news
There are only 38 more registrations available.
Jump in the SAND box with us. Still unable to make a decision?
Let us give you a push... :-)
If you enter "OccupySAND" in the coupon box at registration you will get a 20% discount on the main event registration...
And if that is still too much for you, why don't you apply for our scholarship fund?
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Watch SAND11 live from your home!
SAND has partnered with FORA.tv to bring the Science and Nonduality Conference 2011.
One conference track will be streamed LIVE the other three rooms will be made available to you in the few weeks following the event.
Read more details about the live (and on-demand) webcast here. As a member of this newsletter you can save 40% by using coupon code SANDNEWS when registering on the ForaTV site.
If you have already registered for the conference, but still would like to get access to all the video recordings on demand you will be able to register at the conference registration desk.
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CIIS Public Programs presents
Certificate in Mindfulness and Compassion in Psychotherapy
Thursday evenings and Saturdays, February-December 2012
OPEN HOUSE: October 10, November 13, January 9
CIIS Public Programs & Performances is proud to announce the brand-new certificate program Mindfulness and Compassion in Psychotherapy . This 150-hour program features leaders in the research, practice, and applications of mindfulness and compassion to the field of psychotherapy.
Instructors include:
Sylvia Boorstein, PhD, LCSW, cofounder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center; Rob Fisher, program codeveloper, principal instructor, author of Experiential Psychotherapy with Couples Philippe R. Goldin, PhD, Stanford researcher, Search Inside Yourself developer; Manuela Mischke Reeds, MFT, Hakomi therapist and trainer; Lori Schwanbeck, MFT, DBT and mindfulness-based psychotherapy
Click here to learn more about the curriculum, course description, and Open House information.
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UNDIVIDED (in Berkeley, CA)
Buddhist, Integral and Nondual Perspectives on an Emerging Global Spirituality.
Join us for a day of dialogue, talks, and meditation as we explore the emergence of a new spiritual paradigm based on a shared theme: the direct and immediate experience of undivided wisdom and love.
Bentinho Massaro,Michael McAlister,Dorothy Hunt,Terry Patten,Scott Kiloby,Jonathan Gustin, Jon Bernie, Alan Senauke.
Saturday, October 8, 11am-5pm
2401 LeConte Avenue, Berkeley $40 suggested donation, reservations not required.
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You Are Peace Itself - 5 day retreat with Rupert Spira
Location: Earthrise retreat center at IONS
Dates: Oct 24th - Oct 29th, 2011
All that the imaginary self has ever truly longed for is present right now, here, shining at the heart of this and every experience, simply waiting to be recognized – it is your very own being. It is you.
Click here to read more and register
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Freedom In Every Experience - 5 day retreat with Jeff Foster
Location: EarthRise retreat center at IONS
Dates: Oct 31st - Nov 5th, 2011
We try so hard to be open to life, only to come to realise that in the end, who we really are is Being itself, already fully open to life. As Jeff reminds us, perhaps life is infinitely simpler than we ever imagined...
In this workshop we will share, discuss and explore the nature of our experience. With Jeff’s gentle and loving guidance we will be pointed back to life as it is, to the timeless present moment, and to the vast spaciousness which holds all experience as it comes and goes. As we dive deeper into this communication, and shine light upon the various seeking activities of the mind, what may be revealed is a peace that passes all understanding, and a fresh discovery of who you really are.
Click here to read more and register
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"This Is It" - Live Online Satsang Intensive with Mooji
"One day you will come to see and find peace in confirming that all this is nothing but thoughts believed in. A day not unlike today."
~ Mooji
Date: Saturday, 12th November and Sunday, 13th November, 2011
Time: 9am PST (12pm ET, 17:00 GMT) each day, the Satsang will last 1.5 - 2 hrs
Cost: $35 (USD)
The event is limited to 200 participants.
Click here to Register
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SAND DVD collection still available!
Science and Nonduality Collection (Vol 1 and 2) are still on sale as a bundle for only $59.95!!!!
6 DVDs, 20 hrs of Material. Playable Worldwide. A groundbreaking collection of 44 conversations with leading scientists, contemporary mystics, authors and teachers.
Watch video excerpt from the interviews on our YouTube channel.
Purchase "SAND Vol. 1 - 2"!
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The SAND box is waiting for you...
This past few days we have been following the evolution of the "Occupy" "99%" movement and observe this beauiful, pacific, movement accelerating the evolution toward a more aware society.
We are possibly on the brink of a major shift, a change that will redefine our society, our place in this planet and will reshape the perception of our role as human beings.
It's beautiful to be part of this evolutionary ride as a cell of this whole organism we call "universe".
See you very soon!
Love, Zaya and Maurizio
“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ~Albert Einstein
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