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Discovering Unity: Evening Class

18 May 2014 14:00 to 29 June 2014 16:30
Mary Kehoe Centre, 224 Danks Street, Albert Park, Victoria 3206

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 Mary Kehoe Centre, 224 Danks Street, Albert Park, for people who'd like to find out more about this course and meet the facilitators on Saturday May 3rd at 3pm. Please contact Deidre Aitken (0425 735714) for more information.

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: Sunday afternoons from May 18 – June 29
Time: 2.00 – 4.30pm
Booking & information: 0425 735714
Venue: Mary Kehoe Centre, 224 Danks Street, Albert Park (map)
Cost: $140 / $120 concessions and early bird (book by May 5th)

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.

Facilitation: Deidre Aitken Dip Ed.,equiv. B.A. Fine Arts; Diploma Counselling/Arts Therapy
Deidre has a teaching background in mainstream & Special Ed. and has run workshops and short courses for all ages in the community. Deidre has been a student of Beshara for 20 years and has undertaken courses in Australia the UK and Indonesia. Current Counselling practice employs Creative/expressive Arts, Meditation and Mindfulness practice. 
Deirdre will be assisted by Mark Temple, himself an alumni of the Beshara School.

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 Mary Kehoe Centre, 224 Danks Street, Albert Park, for people who'd like to find out more about this course and meet the facilitators on Saturday May 3rd at 3pm. Please contact Deidre Aitken (0425 735714) for more information.

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: Sunday afternoons from May 18 – June 29
Time: 2.00 – 4.30pm
Booking & information: 0425 735714
Venue: Mary Kehoe Centre, 224 Danks Street, Albert Park (map)
Cost: $140 / $120 concessions and early bird (book by May 5th)

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.

Facilitation: Deidre Aitken Dip Ed.,equiv. B.A. Fine Arts; Diploma Counselling/Arts Therapy
Deidre has a teaching background in mainstream & Special Ed. and has run workshops and short courses for all ages in the community. Deidre has been a student of Beshara for 20 years and has undertaken courses in Australia the UK and Indonesia. Current Counselling practice employs Creative/expressive Arts, Meditation and Mindfulness practice. 
Deirdre will be assisted by Mark Temple, himself an alumni of the Beshara School.

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