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Discovering Unity: Evening Class

30 April 2014 19:00 to 11 June 2014 21:30
Woollahra, NSW, 2025

A course combining theory and practice, group investigation and private contemplation, uncovering some of the profound meanings entailed in being human.

* There will be an information evening at the Holdsworth Community Centre, Woollahra for people who'd like to find out more about this course and meet the facilitators on Tuesday April 8th, 8pm. Please contact Marie Anderson (0413 760 253) for more information. For a map see here.

Our premise is the ultimate unity of all existence. The course's development reflects this unity as it reveals itself by degrees in our everyday experience, as light and love, knowledge and beauty. It is a journey of self-enquiry and discovery of the unified whole that is our human nature.

This course is offered by alumni of the Beshara School and is based on material and a structure developed by the School for the completely independent use of its students.  

Dates: Wednesday evenings from April 30 to June 11
Time: 7.00–9.30pm
Booking & information: marie@marielistens.com / 0413 760253
Cost: $160 or $140 early bird by 2/4/14

The course consists of seven evening meetings held weekly over forty-three days, together with personal enquiry through selected readings, audio, video and contemplative daily practice at home. Its inspiration and direction derive principally from the teachings of two spiritual giants of the 13th Century, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi and Jalaluddin Rumi.

The course material and its method have been distilled from forty years experience of running Beshara School courses at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders.

Syllabus

The evening meetings will start with a guided mindfulness meditation, followed by 'checking in' and discussing any questions, feelings and insights which may have arisen during the previous week. After a short break, the week's new theme will be introduced, with discussion and notes relating to the theme including texts, artwork, film and audio material, as well as specific questions to contemplate over the week.

Week 1: Beginning from the Beginning:
How can we create an ideal space, within ourselves and as a group, for this course to happen? How can we establish 'beginners mind'?

Week 2: The One and the Many, Being and Consciousness:
An exploration of the principle of unity and its relationship to diversity and multiple points of view.

Week 3: The Human Reality and Experience:
What is the place of the human being and how do we experience unity in everyday life?

Week 4: Relationships What is the nature of relationship, be it to ourselves, to others, to the earth and its other inhabitants or to God and reality?

Week 5: Closing the Shop that Sells Fishhooks:
What kind of work is required to realise our essential reality and to become free of our habitual mindsets?

Week 6: Love & Beauty:
What do we mean when we speak of love and what is its relationship to knowledge, service and beauty?

Week 7: Conclusions and Beginnings:
A final meeting to address endings, new beginnings and to tie up as many loose ends as possible.

Facilitators

Marie Anderson has an MA (Lit.), Grad. Dip.Ed., Grad. Dip. TESOL, Grad. Dip. in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology Honours) and is currently engaged in research on Mindfulness for a Phd. She has taught at secondary level, adult level at TAFE and in organisations. She has been a student of the Beshara school for more than 15 years. She has completed both the Mindfulness Training Program and the teacher training.For more information: www.marielistens.com

Anne Tierney has BA (French) Dip.Ed., PostGrad Certificate in Educational Studies., CELTA. Currently completing Masters in Research (History). She has taught both small and large groups at secondary and tertiary levels. Anne studied at the Findhorn Foundation and has been a student of the Beshara School for 29 years. She has also completed the Mindfulness Training Program.

A course combining theory and practice, group investigation and private contemplation, uncovering some of the profound meanings entailed in being human.

* There will be an information evening at the Holdsworth Community Centre, Woollahra for people who'd like to find out more about this course and meet the facilitators on Tuesday April 8th, 8pm. Please contact Marie Anderson (0413 760 253) for more information. For a map see here.

Our premise is the ultimate unity of all existence. The course's development reflects this unity as it reveals itself by degrees in our everyday experience, as light and love, knowledge and beauty. It is a journey of self-enquiry and discovery of the unified whole that is our human nature.

This course is offered by alumni of the Beshara School and is based on material and a structure developed by the School for the completely independent use of its students.  

Dates: Wednesday evenings from April 30 to June 11
Time: 7.00–9.30pm
Booking & information: marie@marielistens.com / 0413 760253
Cost: $160 or $140 early bird by 2/4/14

The course consists of seven evening meetings held weekly over forty-three days, together with personal enquiry through selected readings, audio, video and contemplative daily practice at home. Its inspiration and direction derive principally from the teachings of two spiritual giants of the 13th Century, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi and Jalaluddin Rumi.

The course material and its method have been distilled from forty years experience of running Beshara School courses at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders.

Syllabus

The evening meetings will start with a guided mindfulness meditation, followed by 'checking in' and discussing any questions, feelings and insights which may have arisen during the previous week. After a short break, the week's new theme will be introduced, with discussion and notes relating to the theme including texts, artwork, film and audio material, as well as specific questions to contemplate over the week.

Week 1: Beginning from the Beginning:
How can we create an ideal space, within ourselves and as a group, for this course to happen? How can we establish 'beginners mind'?

Week 2: The One and the Many, Being and Consciousness:
An exploration of the principle of unity and its relationship to diversity and multiple points of view.

Week 3: The Human Reality and Experience:
What is the place of the human being and how do we experience unity in everyday life?

Week 4: Relationships What is the nature of relationship, be it to ourselves, to others, to the earth and its other inhabitants or to God and reality?

Week 5: Closing the Shop that Sells Fishhooks:
What kind of work is required to realise our essential reality and to become free of our habitual mindsets?

Week 6: Love & Beauty:
What do we mean when we speak of love and what is its relationship to knowledge, service and beauty?

Week 7: Conclusions and Beginnings:
A final meeting to address endings, new beginnings and to tie up as many loose ends as possible.

Facilitators

Marie Anderson has an MA (Lit.), Grad. Dip.Ed., Grad. Dip. TESOL, Grad. Dip. in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology Honours) and is currently engaged in research on Mindfulness for a Phd. She has taught at secondary level, adult level at TAFE and in organisations. She has been a student of the Beshara school for more than 15 years. She has completed both the Mindfulness Training Program and the teacher training.For more information: www.marielistens.com

Anne Tierney has BA (French) Dip.Ed., PostGrad Certificate in Educational Studies., CELTA. Currently completing Masters in Research (History). She has taught both small and large groups at secondary and tertiary levels. Anne studied at the Findhorn Foundation and has been a student of the Beshara School for 29 years. She has also completed the Mindfulness Training Program.

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