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GURU PURNIMA CELEBRATION
Thursday, July 14, beginning at 9:00 p.m.
Every year, meditators in our tradition celebrate the full-moon night ofGuru Purnima as the highlight of the Vedic lunar month called Ashadha (July-August). It is an evening of stories, eating of rich sweets together, taking in a moonlit stroll, and enjoying the great good fortune of being a meditator at the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment.
This year, the full-moon night of Ashadha will be Thursday, July 14th. Our celebration will begin with a group meditation at 9:00 p.m.
The peak of the evening's festivity is the group performance of "puja", the beautiful ceremony of gratitude to the Tradition of teachers dating to antiquity.
To facilitate the abundance of the ceremony, every meditator brings a few flowers to share and one to offer.
It is part of the mythos of Guru Purnima that a boon is granted in response to a wish offered with one's flower at the culmination of the puja. Some people like to write down their wish and to sign it, offering it with their flower as a symbol of surrender to the organizing power of nature. Others prefer a silent & unmanifest (mental) offering as a more fitting personal gesture.
It will be important to give our wish some worthy consideration. After all, this is an exercise in expansive thinking. What is it I actually want? How can I gain fulfilment of this desire in a way that helps the evolution of others? What is a creative way to incorporate my own individual fulfilment into my wish and be mindful of the needs of all others, now and for the future?
As you can see, this is an opportunity to demonstrate large-scale thinking while considering our individual desires. In other words, it is practice in developing a style of thinking that is akin to nature's own program of mutually-inclusive individual and cosmic evolution.
Come along to the Studio City Meditation Center and enjoy an evening of camaraderie with other meditators, to be together, eat together, and enjoy the richness of the meditating life together.
Love and Jai Guru Deva,
Jeff
A Course in Vedic Knowledge The Veda, the base of teachings from which our meditation practice comes, is a vast storehouse of knowledge and information, a basic understanding of which will improve one's practice of meditation and build up one's capacity for correction of the intellect. Taken together, these are the tools necessary to have the life of our dreams, a life of peace, prosperity and happiness. We are happy to announce we will be offering a new advanced course, the first chapter of which will be presented Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 15-17. We're calling it, simply, A COURSE IN VEDIC KNOWLEDGE. This is a live course of some 8-10 hours of instruction in which we will begin to lay the foundation of an understanding of the Vedic world view. Course participants will learn to access the wisdom that is available within the movement of the laws of nature, and thereby how to embrace one's evolution at any given moment. We will get an overview of the Veda and its structure that will help us to continue our studies. We will explore the origins of the Sanskrit language and the beginnings of a vocabulary of Vedic ideas, as well as much more In addition, the weekend will include the teaching of an advanced technique that will expand your experience of meditation. This course is highly recommended to anyone who wishes to expand their understanding of the Vedic world view, and who wishes to take a next step in their commitment to leading a life of joy and productivity. The course also is itself a prerequisite for anyone desiring to become a teacher in our tradition, and for our other advanced course, MASTERING THE SIDDHIS, the first part of which will be presented in August. There are no prerequisites for the course, other than that you be a meditator in our tradition. The cost for the weekend will be $600, which price will include meals, refreshments and the advanced technique. email or call: 818.907.8767
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Jeff Kober
Your Journey
to Optimal Health
with Damian Hagglund
Damian is one of a handful of expert Marma therapists and Ayurveda specialists in the world today. He spent 18 years in India learning these ancient science’s from great masters.
Damian will be giving a extensive discussion on Ayurveda in a very practical and down to earth way so the knowledge we obtain will enable us to identify the root cause of any imbalances or deficiencies that could lead to dis-ease.
Every individual being is unique, and according to Ayurveda there are three main body types or doshas (metabolic dispositions)- these are vata (ether & air), pitta (fire & water) and kapha (water & earth).
The unique blend of these three doshas is known as our prakrti (basic nature). Due to this fact, Ayurvedic treatment is always personalized. Optimal health and well being is achieved by balancing these constitutional natures. Dis-ease is viewed as a state of imbalance in one or more of our doshas.
This holistic health care system was first recorded by the Vedic scholars of India over 7,000 years ago and is now internationally recognized as one of the fastest growing and most popular alternative health care systems.
Damian is one of the most knowledgeable, intuitive, and down to earth alternative healthcare practitioners I've ever come across.
Bring a note book and a pen you might want to take notes
Damian will explain in his talk how to improve and optimize your health and wellbeing through an assessment of your metabolic disposition/body type (Ayurvedic dosha), pressure points (Marma points), daily lifestyle habits, and your diet and nutrition.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 at 6:00 p.m.
AN INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDA with DAMIAN HAGGLUND
Free talk, open to the public
Golden Monkey Healing
13259 Moorpark St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
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