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"The Journey to Oneness: The Four Levels of Consciousness" at Symposium 2010
On Thursday March 25, 2010, Rudolph Bauer, PhD, ABPP, will be presenting a workshop entitled "The Journey to Oneness: The Four Levels of Consciousness" at Symposium 2010 in Washington DC.
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In the world’s contemplative traditions, the spiritual journey involves an expansion of consciousness from everyday experience to a broader awareness of oneness with the universe. In this day-long experiential workshop on meditation, we’ll explore the stages of this journey, beginning with a heightened appreciation of “standard issue” thinking, sensation, and fantasy. From there, we’ll focus on the fundamental meditative awareness that we’re not our thoughts and feelings. We’ll proceed to an “awareness of awareness,” in which we give up our life’s storyline and experience no longer being fused with our normal identities, but rather experience the field of awareness as our own self. We’ll even explore the fourth, and rarest, level: the sense of pure awareness or pure radiant void, a mystical state achieved at the highest levels of Tibetan Buddhism. While achieving the final state may be a long shot in this one-day workshop, you’ll experience a rich and profound voyage to the edges of your current state of awareness.
Rudolph Bauer, Ph.D., director of the Gestalt Therapy Training Center in Washington, D.C., and codirector of the Washington Center for Consciousness Studies, has published extensively on existential psychotherapy and studied with many Tibetan Dzogchen and Chinese Qigong masters.
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WE ARE REALLY HAPPY THAT OUR PROGRAM ARCHIVES ARE COMPLETE AND ACTIVELY BEING UPDATED. BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS AND FRIDAY MORNING MEDITATION SEMINARS ARE RECORDED AND CAN BE PLAYED BACK THROUGH VIDEO STREAMING.
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CLICK ON THE ICON FOR PROGRAM ARCHIVES. THIS WILL BRING YOU TO THE ARCHIVE SITE AND THERE WILL BE 6 OPTIONS INDICATED BY THE VARIOUS ICONS. ONE ICON WILL SAYS MEDITATION VIDEO, ANOTHER SAYS PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR, ANOTHER WILL INDICATE MEDITATION AUDIO, AND ANOTHER WILLL INDICATE PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR AUDIO, ONE WILL INDICATE SPECIAL EVENTS VIDEO, AND ANOTHER WILL INDICATE SPECIAL EVENTS AUDIO.
**MEDITATION SEMINARS**
THE MEDITATION ICONS WILL BE ARCHIVED MEDITATION SEMINARS OFFERED ON FRIDAY MORNINGS. THE MEDITATION SEMINAR IS BOTH EXPERIENTIAL AND DIDACTIC AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL THE FIELD DURING THESE MEDITATION TEACHINGS. THE FOCUS OF THE MEDITATION IS BECOMING AWARE OF AWARENESS AND THE METHODS REFLECT DZOGCHEN BUDDHIST TRADITION ,THE KASHMIR SHAVITE TRADITION, THE EARLY GNOSTIC CHRISTIAN TRADITION OF INCARNATED LIGHT, THE SUFI AND CHAN QI GONG TRADITIONS. THE BASIC THEME IS THAT AWARENESS IS A LUMINOUS FIELD VAST AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL.
**PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS ON AND WITHIN THE AWARENESS FIELD**
THE PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR ICONS WILL ARCHIVE THE PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. THE PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS ARE SEMINARS ON THE AWARENESS FIELD AND WORKING WITHIN THE AWARENESS FIELD IN A HEALING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY CONTEXT. THEMES FROM CONTINENTAL PHENOMENOLOGY , DZOGHCEN TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND CONTEMPOARY PSYCHOANALYTIC THINKING ARE UTILIZED. THESE SEMINARS ARE BOTH DIDACTIC AND EXPERIENTIAL IN FORMAT. AND OF COURSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL THE FIELD DURING THESE VIDEO REPLAYS OF THE SEMINARS.THE BASIC THEME IS THAT AWARENESS IS A LUMINOUS FIELD THAT IS VAST AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL.
**INTERVIEWS, RETREATS, AND MANTRIC RITUALS**
THE SPECIAL EVENT VIDEO ICON REVEALS INTERVIEWS WITH HEALERS, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, LAMA'S AND RETREAT PROGRAMS PRESENTED HERE AT THE CENTER.THE SPECIAL EVENTS VIDEO ALSO PRESENTS REPLAYS OF THE VARIOUS PUJA'S AND FIRE CEREMONIES THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT THE CENTER BY THE WONDERFUL HINDU TEACHER DR.MAHAPATRA.
**PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING SEMINARS**
THE SPECIAL EVENTS AUDIO ICON OPENS UP TO THE LISTENER, PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAMS UTILZING VARIOUS TRADITIONS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS INCLUDING: EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING SEMINARS, PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND CONTEMPLATION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. A FOCUS IS THAT THE BASE OF THE AWARENESS FIELD IS TRANSITIONAL IN NATURE AND THE INNER SPACIOUSNESS IS THE CONTEXT WHEREIN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SELF IS MANIFESTED. THIS THEME IS ELABORATED IN THE VARIOUS PSYCHOTHERAPY CONTEXTS.
ALL OF THESE ARCHIVES ARE ACCESSED FOR FREE AND THERE IS NO COST IN THEIR USE AND ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL THE FIELD OF AWARENESS IN THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS.
**VAJRAJANA PRACTICE LIVE WITHIN THE MATRIX OF THE FIELD**
BESIDES THE DAILY ONLINE LIVE MEDITATIION TEACHINGS THROUGH VIDEO STREAMING, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER MEDITATION PRACTICE WE THEN VIDEO STREAM THE SATURDAY MORNING VAJRAJANA PRACTICES. THE PRACTICES VARY SATURDAY TO SATURDAY. SOME PRACTICES THAT WE DO TOGETHER IN THE FIELD THROUGH THE INTERNET ARE VARIOUS DAKINI PRACTICES SUCH AS YESHE TSOGYAL, KURUKULLE, TROMA NAGMO..THE DARK MOTHER, THE WHITE TARA, VAJRA YOGINI, THE GREEN TARA AND IN TIME DORJE YUDRONMA. WE ALSO PRACTICE THE HEALING BUDDHA,VARIOUS FORMS OF GURUYOGA AS WELL AS BRIEF NONDRO PRACTICE AND CHOD PRACTICE. OCCASIONALLY WE DO PROTECTOR PRACTICE SUCH AS MAHA KALA. MANY OF THE PRACTICES WE UTILIZE ARE THE TERMAS OF KUNSANG DECHEN LINGPA AND HIS HOLINESS DUDJOM RINPOCHE. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE PRACTICES THE PRACTICES ARE ONLY OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR INTERNET MEDITATION COMMUNITY.
**TEACHINGS OF THE DZOGCHEN MASTERS**
THE CENTER WILL SOON BEGIN A ONCE A WEEK EVENING PROGRAM WHERE DVD RECORDINGS OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF DZOGCHEN TRADITION WILL BE PRESENTED TO OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF INTERNET USERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MORNING MEDITATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THESE TEACHINGS BY THE LAMA'S THESE BROADCAST CAN NOT BE PUBLIC OR TRANSMITTED THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ARCHIVE SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR INTERNET MEDITATION COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM WILL PROBABLY BE ON TUESDAY EVENING BEGINING AT 8 OCLOCK. WE WILL ONLY DO THIS PROGRAM IF THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST. WE HAVE WONDERFUL VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE TEACHINGS OF DUDJOM RINPOCHE, KUNSANG DECHEN LINGPA, LAMA THARCHIN, LAMA GARCHEN, LAMA NAMKAI NORBU, LAMA NORHLA, LAMA YOUNGE KHACHAB, LAMA PENAM , LAMA PENOR RINPOCHE, THE KARMAPA'S BOTH THE 16TH AND THE 17TH, LAMA WANGDOR AND LAMA LENA, LAMA RIGDZIN DORJE. WE WILL ALSO PRESENT RECORDINGS OF THE KASHMIR SHAIVITE TEACHINGS OF SWAMI MUKTANANADA AMD VOICE RECORDINGS OF THE HINDU MASTER BHAGAVAN NITYANANDA.
**MANTRIC RITUAL PRACTICES WITH DR.MAHAPATRA**
MANTRIC RITUAL PRACTICES ARE PERFORMED AT TIMES BY DR.MAHA PATRA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 TO 4 OCLOCK.THE PUJA'S INVOKE POWERFUL FIELDS OF ENERGY AND LIGHT FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE. THE PUJA'S INVOKE ENERGY FIELDS THAT REORGANIZE BOTH SITUATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ENERGIES. DR.MAHA PATRA IS A MASTER OF THE MANTRIC RITUAL AND HAS ORGANIZED IN INDIA MANY LARGE GROUP PUJA'S TO THE DIVINE MOTHER IN HER MANY FORMS. SOMETIMES DR,MAHAPATRA PERFORMS THESE MANTRIC RITUALS DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING MEDITATION PRACTICE. AS WE WELL KNOW THE HINDU TANTRIC AND BUDDHIST TANTRIC PRACTICES UTILIZE MANY OF THE SAME GODDESSES AND ARCHETYPAL FORMS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US AT INFO@MEDITATELIVE.COM OR CALL US AT 202 234 2866.
RUDOLPH BAUER, PHD AND SHARON BAUER,MSN.
Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy Conference in San Fransisco November 1-2, 2008
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Workshops include one with Rudolph Bauer, PhD, ABPP:
What is the Wonder of All Wonders?
Pure Awareness: On Becoming the Field
This workshop will help participants learn to hold the awareness state by entering this innate and immediate field of awareness, resting deeply in the field and at moments becoming the field of consciousness.
Read about the other workshops at this 2 day conference and all information at:
www.ciis.edu/publicprograms
415-575-6175 10am to 5pm Mon - Fri
Fax: 415-593-9042 Attn: Public Programs


