"I love knowing that I am meditating any time with others who are participating intentionally, knowing that I am there too. I did place an ad in the classified section of the local paper. Those who responded tell me that they saw it there and appreciated it. These are folks that I wouldn’t have been in touch with in other ways. All are so happy to feel that we can make a difference. It’s not us. Really it's US, the Divine Self and the conscious self-recognizing it consciously."
- AF, Maine
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Winter Feast for the Soul
Karon Korp, Director
P. O. Box 2773
Asheville, NC 28802 USA
The Summer Feast for the Soul, June 21st to 27th, is a 7-Day worldwide spiritual practice period for people of all faiths and traditions. As people around the globe dedicate themselves to seven days of stillness, lending their support for building a global consciousness of Peace, we will focus on this year’s theme: The Wisdom of the Heart to guide our meditations. We have several different teachers offering meditations this year which we believe will touch us all in profound ways. To kick off Summer Feast, with the observance of Opening Ceremonies on June 20th, Mary Chubb will present a reading of The Heart Sutra, and give us a Loving Kindness Meditation. The week will unfold with daily offerings to include Phil Jones’s Insight Meditation, Rinpoche Anam Thubten’s meditations from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Valerie Skonie, our Founder, will be offering a Heart Centered Meditation daily during Summer Feast, and we wish to welcome David Crowe who will lead a series of meditations based on the integration of classical Buddhist Vipassana (Insight) meditation and contemplative practices derived from principles of Ayurvedic medicine, which lead to an immediate and direct perception and understanding of our biological unity and kinship with all living things. A Complete Schedule Will Be Posted by June 17th View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
CALL ID: 83712
Below you will find descriptions and links to each of the Winter Feast guided mediations. Each guided meditation has a pre-recorded audio introducation which we recommend listening to before participating for the first time.
This meditation is led by Sarah McLean, director and founder of the Sedona Meditation Training Company. Opening with a poem of Rumi's and a prayer of gratitude, she'll sweetly guide you into stillness, present moment awareness, and into an opening of the heart. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
James O'Dea (jamesodea.com) visited Sun Valley Idaho on January 9 and 10 to help launch the 2010 WInter Feast for the Soul. On Friday evening he spoke of Stress and Spiritual Practice: Meet Your Greatest Teacher. On Sunday morning he gave a 20 minute sermon at the Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center titled: "You Were Born for a Time Such As This". This was followed by a three hour workshop tItled "Distinguishing Authentic Guidance from Ego's Fantasies". The workshop covers layers of ignorance which prevent us from recognizing authentic guidance followed by a discussion of the art of deep listening. All are found in the series recorded here. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
Each day we will have a 40 minute period of Insight Meditation practice, beginning with a 10-15 minute talk and followed by a period of silent meditation. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
New Thought is a spiritual path that teaches oneness with Spirit and that our thoughts and beliefs create our experiences. Six weeks of daily meditations will be presented that are preceded by short lessons in this philosophy. The series will be coordinated by Rev. John Moreland; other facilitators will be the Revs. Marty Bacher, Elizabeth O'Day, Celeste Frazier, Alice Bandy and Petra Weldes. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
In this retreat we will use lectio divina, apophatic prayer of presence (similar to centering prayer), chant, the Jesus prayer, the rosary, mantra prayer and meditative walking. Each session will encorporate at least 20 minutes of silence. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child, will lead a daily guided mindful awareness practice suitable for young children and their caregivers during the Feast, each mindfulness practice is between 4 - 5 minutes in duration. Meditations 1 - 10 focus on breath awareness and compassion practices. Meditations 11 - 20 focus on sensory awareness and compassion practices. Meditations 21 - 30 focus on awareness of thoughts and emotions and compassion practices. Meditations 31 - 40 focus on awareness of interconnection and compassion practices. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
David Less is a spiritual teacher with students and friends scattered throughout the world and offers teachings in Universal Meditation , a form of guided meditation that is easily accessible and successfully practiced by many people in different countries. He travels extensively and continually, teaching meditation, peace building, inter-spiritual harmony and inner practice. David has had the good fortune to study with real teachers of many different traditions and therefore his teaching is not limited by form and concept and yet still retains the inheritance of previous lineages. Beginning to travel the spiritual path forty years ago, he says he is beginning to get the hang of it. David is also involved in the difficult task of bringing peace to the holy land by promoting the use of religion as a force for peace. He is founding member of the Abrahamic Reunion, a group of spiritual peacemakers from the four central faiths of the holy land. He is currently the head of the Universal Worship founded in Paris in 1920. The Universal Worship is an interfaith organization which offers worship of all the religions and scriptures of the world simultaneously on the same altar. For more information on David Less and his new book please visit www.universalmeditation.com. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
Anam Thubten, author of 'No Self, No Problem' will each day for the next 40 days offer a 40-minute meditation practice including a 10-15 minute talk, after which you are encouraged to continue meditating for 30 minutes on your own. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child, will lead a daily guided mindful awareness practice for older children and teens during the Feast, each guided mindfulness practice is between 10-15 minutes in duration. Meditations 1 - 10 focus on breath awareness and compassion practices. Meditations 11 - 20 focus on sensory awareness and compassion practices. Meditations 21 - 30 focus on awareness of thoughts and emotions and compassion practices. Meditations 31 - 40 focus on awareness of interconnection and compassion practices. View the full decription by clicking the above link. audio quick link
No Subject by riverwalker33 - posted on 02-8-2010 at 11:50 AM EST
Dear Susan, We are doing your class with our 6 year old granddaughter. We look forward to it every evening before bed. Is there a recording of Follow the Light Within somewhere? What tradition is it from? Thanks so much for your teachings. We are all benefitting.
