THE AWAKENING NETWORK (UK) LTD.
UK Program
October 2011
Ken & Elizabeth Mellor
The Awakening Network (UK)
Meditation Evenings
|
| Wednesday 14th September 2011 until 27th June 2012 Weekly Meditation Classes (Not Christmas, Easter between 1st and 15th October) 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Venue: Healthy Spirit,The meditations are based on a combination of Eastern and Western practices and the classes will cover different aspects of meditation including:
Full instruction will be given each time, so beginners will always be welcome and there will also be benefit for experienced meditators in regular attendance. For more information about The Awakening Network and its programs, go to http://www.awakeningnetwork.net/ . The classes are free and donations for Healthy Spirit will be welcome.
|
OCTOBER 2011 PROGRAM - Ken and Elizabeth
(Click on Title immediately below for details)
Oct 2 |
||
| Oct 5 - 6 |
||
Oct 5 |
||
Oct 8 - 14 |
||
Oct 16 |
FIRE MEDITATIONS FOR ENLIVENING ENERGY AND EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS - Malvern |
|
Oct 19 |
||
|
2nd October 2011 Meditation is wonderfully powerful. It is a means by which reality can be revealed to us: a reality that is so amazing, so wonderfully free and open that we could think any accurate description comes from the realms of science fiction. Yet it doesn’t. Reality, not the realities made up by people out of contact with themselves, but the reality that underlies everything, is far more exciting, more enthralling and more fantastic than any writer could imagine. In the midst of the pain, contraction, discomfort and the tenuous nature of the fulfilment, love and life that seems available to us while we stay confined in the so called ‘real world’, there is no way out. And, in fact, there is no way out; at least, not by using the procedures of the world to find it. They are all as bound by the locked boundaries of world-bound ‘reality’ as is that reality itself. Meditation works precisely because it is free, free of these strictures. By enabling us to know and experience what lies beyond, above, below, throughout … our space-time contained lives, their limitations and their hold on us simply drop away. They are rendered inoperative, irrelevant as they dissolve in a reality that is profound, eternal, infinite and alive – our own ‘deepest’ reality. In this workshop we will explore how to become available to these wonderful realms, to the wonders of you.
Venue: Tatton House Studio, 11, Old Hall Lane, Gatley, Cheadle, SK8 4BE |
|
5th & 6th October 2011 Who am I? What am I? Have you ever asked these questions? Most people do and spend a lot of their lives seeking the answers. Meditation is a tool that can lead us to them. And as we meditate, we can find our power, which is the source of the very questions themselves. In fact, paradoxically, the questions and answers come from the same source, from Life Itself. We have layer upon layer of past experience: other people’s opinions, repeated feelings, conclusions we have drawn about ourselves and the world, notions of what kind of people we are. Yet, what we are fundamentally is often buried beneath these layers. How can we know our truth? Thinking may give us some clues to the answers, but because the parameters of our thinking include these layers it is difficult to be sure of their accuracy. Similarly, our feelings can lead us astray, too, as they are so easily changed by circumstances. The only reliable way to reach the truth of who and what we are in through meditation – meditation that digests our bounded-ness as become direct awareness of who and what we are. Specific meditations to be introduced in the workshop can help us to move down the layers, digesting them as we go and allowing what is real to remain. What is not real is discarded by this. And eventually, the brilliance, profound subtlety of our being is exposed. The strength and beauty of who we are becomes available to us. This can’t be weakened or tarnished. This reality is All.
Venue: Gorton Monastery, 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester M12 5WF, U.K. |
|
5th October 2011 This is an opportunity for anyone who would like to enjoy an introduction to meditation with Ken and Elizabeth. Anyone simply wishing to spend meditative time with them is also welcome. Ken and Elizabeth Mellor have taught meditation and acted as spiritual mentors for many years. They are members of ATMA (Australian Teachers of Meditation Association) and are certified to teach in the therapeutic, personal development, spiritual areas.
Venue:Healthy Spirit, 37, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6TW |
|
8th to 14th October 2011 In the presence of Life Itself we experience utter silence and transparency. There we can discover our Selves as we never have before. The hunger or thirst to do this is powerful in everyone. Somewhere within, we all know that our completion lies here. We know that we need to "go in" as "deeply" as possible, that we need to connect with the Source of Life within. We "go in" by witnessing, by experiencing and by living all the layers in us that are part of our world-bound lives, an orientation promotes our direct experience of being. These layers have developed in us all throughout the years we have lived. Complete physical silence and stillness gives us enough time to explore what is involved. Having sufficient time to do make the discovery is an essential ingredient. Click Here to download the outline of the processes of the workshop. Read this in advance to make sure you agree with them.
|
|
16th October 2011 The energy of awakening is known as kundalini and is often described as a coiled serpent resting in the base of the spine waiting to be aroused. Meditating on fire is one of the ways the flow of this energy can be accessed and directed. Once released, it begins to flow up the spine to the top of the head (then back down again). This flow of fire or energy purifies the meditator physically, emotionally and energetically. Life energy, the very life force of the meditator, is then available so we can immerse ourselves in its Infinity: the water drop from the Universal Ocean losing itself again in its origins. |
|
19th October 2011 Stillness is the centre of our being, an abiding presence in our core. This has been taught by teachers of spirituality and religion down through the ages as a natural outcome of living a spiritual life. The message is that those who live life with a core of stillness carry peace with them and a connection to Life that influences all in every moment of existence. So, how do we stop the action? How can we know this stillness? In this workshop participants will be taught a series of meditations and exercise which open us to these realities.
Venue: Emmaus House, 2 Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1BN, U.K. |