Inner Knowing - A training in Open Awareness

with Arnaud Maitland

 What intimacy, what closeness, what caring can we expect when we conceal our real being?*

We would all like to get the most out of life – in fact, humans are programmed to naturally do so. The knowledge we need to make the most of life depends on cultivating awareness. In training our awareness we can learn to be aware simultaneously of the present as well as of the past and the future; we can raise our awareness of the intentions and moods of others while also remaining aware of our own needs and goals. With training, we can be aware of factors operating on many different levels simultaneously. 

Awareness can embrace details and broad perspectives simultaneously, allowing us to predict, plan, analyze, organize and focus. Like light shining in space, awareness reveals interconnections and as the conductor of experience, awareness guides the mind to fulfill our higher aspirations. Open awareness becomes the medicine to heal dissatisfaction and cultivate enjoyment, and access deeper knowledge.

Awareness of awareness

Our ability to be aware can be strengthened, exercised, and taken to higher levels, just as in sport, music or any other discipline. With an untrained awareness we are unable to separate ourselves from our patterns of thought. Without awareness of awareness, we can not access a reality beyond the limitations of our ordinary mind. We can not recognize or communicate anything other than what the shifting stream of thought allows. Unable to act on a deeper inner knowledge, we become disillusioned and lack the energy and focus to fulfill our potential.

Questioning Mind

Questioning and Being Aware: these are the most precious teachers. They dwell in the heart of every human being Who begins to awaken to the waste and danger of an unexamined life.*

Schedule
This highly experiential and interactive retreat will start Tuesday night, July 5th at 6 pm and continue to Sunday July 17th 3 pm.
Participation is all sessions is required.

The daily schedule is as follows:
7 – 815 am Session I: Kum Nye
830 breakfast
10 – 1115 Session II Awareness of Awareness
1115 tea/coffee break
1130 Session III  Discovering Inner Knowing 
1230 Lunch
2 – 4 pm Work practice  
4 pm tea/coffee break
430 – 6 Session IV Questioning Mind
6 pm Dinner
745 – 9 pm Session V  Samantabhadra prayer, study line by line

* Quotes from Tarthang Tulku’s book Knowledge of Freedom

Enrollment

Fee $1900, includes all teachings, room and board for thirteen nights. For each additional night, room and board will be $ 50 per night.

For participation please contact us at programs@dharmapublishing.com