Our next consciousness investigation call is coming! Tuesday, December 27, at 4:30 pac, 7:30pm EST

by: ericgrace

Mon Dec 26, 2011 at 16:18 PM PST

Tuesday, December 27, at 4:30 pacific time, 7:30 eastern time.

Conversation topic: How are you navigating the amorphous path in Waking Down?

We hope you can join us in this dynamic space of mutuality that we are creating together.

This will be the agenda for our next call

1) A brief paragraph check-in for each person.

2) A guided mediation 2-10 minutes in length

3) A brief sharing of experience with the meditation

4) An exploration of topic chosen for that call in a Socratic dialogue

5) Closing with any appreciations or feedback

Some questions to consider for the next call:

Do you think the apparently structureless quality of the WDM path has been a benefit or a drawback to your particular path?

When you first became involved in WDM how did this aspect strike you? Did it make it harder to get involved?

What is your understanding of the philosophy behind the structureless path?

You are welcome to respond to any, all, or none of the questions in the discussion portion of the call. We also plan to make a little room for any of your new ideas during this next call so that we can create this group to maintain a vibrant and synergistic interplay of participation and exploration.

Here's the call info:
Conference Dial-in Number: (213) 417-9250      

Participant Access Code: 151189#

We look forward to being with you,

Laura Karlinsey and Eric Grace

Neurotheology

by: SusanJoy

Sun Dec 25, 2011 at 22:10 PM PST

"2nd birth and STILL an addict?" call discontinued indefinitely

by: vantillo32

Wed Nov 30, 2011 at 19:00 PM PST

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The next Consciousness investigation group conference call 9-27-2011

by: ericgrace

Fri Aug 12, 2011 at 15:59 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Our next consciousness investigation call is on:
Tuesday, September 27th, at 4:30 pacific time, 7:30 eastern time.

Conversation topic: Money and Sacred Purpose/Calling in Waking Down.

We hope you can join us in this dynamic space of mutuality that we are creating together.

This will be the agenda for our next call
Beginning with a brief paragraph check-in for each person.
Leading a guiding mediation 2-10 minutes in length (lead this time by Marshall Carter)
Brief sharing of experience with the meditation
Exploration of topic chosen for that call in a Socratic dialogue
Closing with any appreciations or feedback

Some questions to consider for the next call:
How is your relationship with money changing as you continue to explore Waking Down?
Have you discovered your sacred calling or life purpose? If so, what is it?
What challenges do you face in living or discovering your sacred calling or life purpose?

You are welcome to respond to any, all, or none of the questions in the discussion portion of the call. We also plan to make a little room for any of your new ideas during this next call so that we can create this group to maintain a vibrant and synergistic interplay of participation and exploration.

AND FOR EXTRA CREDIT:

You can watch a series of video's where Charles Eisenstein discusses the topic of changing our relationship to money and community. You can watch part 1 through 7.

You can read an article about gift economies that he wrote as well:
http://shareable.net/blog/char...

You can explore a collection of articles and links to writings by Saniel Bonder on the spirit money split: http://www.wakingdownunder.com...

Here's the call info:
Conference Dial-in Number:             (213) 417-9250      
Participant Access Code: 151189#

We look forward to being with you,
Eric Grace and Laura Karlinsey

If you have questions about the call you can contact us at:
Eric: divinity77@hotmail.com
Laura: laura@eslseattle.com

Consciousness Investigation Group Change of time, day, format, and facilitators

by: ericgrace

Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 18:47 PM PDT

This last month Suzanne and Michael decided to pass over the conference call facilitation of the Consciousness Investigation group to us, Eric Grace and Laura Karlinsey.

If you have been on a call yet, we invite you to come and check it out.

Along with the new changes of facilitation of the group, Laura and I decided to change the format a little as well as open up to some dialogue with you around how to create the upcoming calls. Our new format will be:

1. Beginning with a brief paragraph check-in for each person.
2. Leading a guiding mediation 2-10 minutes in length (this will be open for participants to offer their favorite's as well)
3. Brief sharing of experience with the meditation
4. Exploration of topic chosen for that call in a Socratic dialogue
5. Closing with any appreciations or feedback

The first call is scheduled to be next Tuesday July 26th from 4:30pm PAC to 6pm PAC. We will continue to have a monthly call date. This month's topic for discussion will be on how your relationships and sexuality has been affected by the development of and investigation of consciousness in Waking Down in Mutuality.

A couple questions to consider coming into the conversation are:

In what ways do you experience being more or less conscious in relationship?

How has your awakening affected your relationships?

How has your awakening affected your relationship and experience with your sexuality?

You are welcome to respond to any, all, or none of the questions in the discussion portion of the call. We also plan to make a little room for any of your new ideas during this next call so that we can create this group to maintain a vibrant and synergistic interplay of participation and exploration.

Here's the call info:
Conference Dial-in Number: (213) 417-9250
Participant Access Code: 151189#

We look forward to being with you,
Eric and Laura

Some Guidelines for Mutuality in Groups

by: Krishna

Sun May 15, 2011 at 11:48 AM PDT

You may be involved, or thinking about becoming involved, in a WDM peer mutuality group.

There are many communities that now have peer groups and the number is growing. It is one way that Waking Down in Mutuality is reaching a wider audience than ever before. These groups are a vital and important part of our community.

Recently, the WDM Leadership Circle authorized me to offer support to peer groups that meet without a teacher. I'd like to begin by applauding you all for bringing the work into new areas, and for creating an entire layer of community that can thrive without depending on constant support from teachers. Bravo!

I've also been asked to clarify and disseminate guidelines for what constitutes a "Waking Down" mutuality group, since we've been hearing some feedback that we haven't been very clear about that up until now. There is a very special quality of deep listening and mutual respect that is essential to create the safety for people to open up and go deep with one another. CC Leigh wrote some guidelines a while back that I want to share with you because they encapsulate the key elements that engender that quality of safety and mutual trust that make mutuality really come alive.
They are posted on wakingdown.org at the following link:

http://www.wakingdown.org/essa...

if you're in a peer group please read the guidelines and share them with everyone in your group, and with newcomers when they join. Also please share them with anyone that you know who has an interest in starting a group. These guidelines are not exhaustive,
and there is a lot more that can be said, but they are a great start. Of course, it's one thing to read about mutuality and another thing to really do it. It's challenging! The best way to learn what it's all about is to get in the presence of a WDM
teacher--in person, by phone, by Skype, you name it--at every opportunity, so you can template off of their embodiment of mutuality.

We (teachers) are here because we love supporting YOU to come alive, awake, and embodied in mutuality.

All the best,

Krishna

Always Awakening: The Continuing Playful Exploration of Self-Inquiry & Life

by: Krishna

Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 19:40 PM PST

This essay is to become part of a book, a good friend has challenged me to post it as it is, which I am doing here. This is just a start, hopefully it is helpful for some folks as it is so far. - Krishna

Awakening for the Rest of us

The spiritual path before awakening is often about trying to become something you are not. After awakening, the path does not add to what one is, but rather increases the capacity to see through what distracts you from what you already are. That was true even before awakening, but after awakening you know it in a way you never imagined before. Ultimately the very concept of awakening is transcended.

Non-Duality is here to stay

All around us today there doesn't seem to be anywhere you can go without bumping into someone who has awakened to Unconditioned Awareness. Whether you call it The Self, Buddha Nature, The Conscious Principle, Consciousness itself, The nature of Mind, Naked Awareness, Witness Consciousness, Bare Attention, Clarity, or the Basic State, people are awakening to it and as it all over the place.

Google the word "awakening" and take a look. Gangaji, Adyashanti and Mooji are just the tip of the Ice burg. Eckhart Tolle has rocked the world with Oprah. Jim Carey is on Youtube claiming his awakening ( and very credibly I might add).This isn't a secret anymore, it's entering (gasp) the mainstream.

Call #6. WDM and Evolution: Spiral Dynamics and Evolutionary Spirituality.

by: bill miller

Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 13:14 PM PST

thanks Deric Gorman and,

thanks to everyone on the call and thanks to everyone on all the calls which have been revelatory, holding space and everything else....

LOVE,

bill miller
your host.

WDM and Evolutionary Spirituality. Call # 6.

by: bill miller

Sat Jan 29, 2011 at 09:59 AM PST

tommorrow, sunday 1/30 @12noon-EST will be our last call in this series.  please call in to participate with our discussion around Spiral dynamics and Evolutionary Spirituality.

1-559-546-1100  access:  717661 #
love,

bill miller
host

Enter Feeling

by: Krishna

Fri Jan 28, 2011 at 17:58 PM PST

The Ground of Being

by: Krishna

Wed Jan 26, 2011 at 16:57 PM PST

Divinely Human Descent

by: Krishna

Mon Jan 24, 2011 at 19:05 PM PST

Call #5 Vajrayana

by: bill miller

Sun Jan 23, 2011 at 13:38 PM PST

Your invited to a new WD Community online forum being created on Facebook

by: ericgrace

Sat Jan 22, 2011 at 14:13 PM PST

On Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of January 2011 there were several conference calls with topics arising about how the Waking Down community can take steps forward on several different areas in community development, help for new practitioners (manual), founding a land/sanctuary, exploring healthy masculine/feminine in ourselves and within the community, forming action groups for finding/developing our purpose and service, leadership, men's/women's/co-ed groups, ways to self-parent, and having a ongoing conference call/group for discussion topics around WD. I created a Facebook page that as a temporary platform until a better group medium is chosen and developed.

The link to the Facebook page is at: http://www.facebook.com/home.p...

You need to have a facebook account to log in and request access to the group. You can create a facebook account for free at www.facebook.com. If you have any questions about logging into the site please let me know at divinity77@hotmail.com.

Please feel free to pass this on to other teachers, mentors, and practitioners that you feel would be interested in participating.

I hope to see you there,
Eric Grace

The Subject of Your Life

by: Krishna

Sat Jan 22, 2011 at 01:24 AM PST