Meditation & Study Foundation

Awakening Through Leadership

www.clearskycenter.org

July 9-12

July 16-19

July 30 -Aug 2

July 23-26

Aug6-9

Aug13-16

Aug 27-30

Aug20-23

Chenrezi InitiationBe Here NowWhat Drives UsThe Observation MindQuiet Mind, Open Heart

Life FlowsGhost In The Machine

Ego PsychologyWhat Defines Us

Psychological ForcesCharisma or CoolThe Power of Archetypes IShowing Up

Manjushri InitiationGroup Dynamics

The Power of Archetypes IIChallenge & Victory

Creativity & Handiwork

Prajna Paramita InitiationLending Strength

Space Travel IIProgressive Social Synergy

Joy To The World

Dynamic CompassionSport & PlaySpace Travel IArticulation & Creation

Sustainable HeartThe Intellect

The Alchemy of EmotionsMoving Me, Moving You

Vajrapani InitiationExploring Body MindBeing Me Full TimeThe Urge to ConnectThe Pure State

Integrative Meditation

Retreat

Summer Program 2011

Weekly - Saturday to Tuesday. Come for short meditation sessions or for all four days.

body, feeling, mind, intuition

Sept 3-6

Exploring FeelingsThrough investigating our evaluations & ego colourings, we will liberate those that contract our experience of life. We’ll explore our human evaluations of ‘like/dislike’, the ego and the shadow, trust and collaboration, and wholesome competition. Uncovering what our feelings are teaching us, we’ll develop skills to channel them for healthier relationships, with ourselves and others.

Developing MindDescartes changed Western perception when he declared, ‘I think, therefore I am’. The ego believes its thoughts, and liberation from ego entails dismantling our intellect: we can build on the good and transform the bad and the ugly into something that works better. Our toolkit includes reasoning and debate, creative idea development, the joys of logic & analysis, and exploring our views of resources, especially money, time & energy.

Cultivating Intuition

Arising Yoga (visual meditation with mantras), breathing meditation, role playing & the kind of playing we used to love to do all summer will be the vehicles used to cultivate the intuitive aspects of being. We’ll investigate how modern daily life meets some of the pillars of traditional Buddhism – loving kindness, compassion, spaciousness, and developing the skill and means we need to live these. Traditional Buddhist initiations into the Arising Yoga meditations of Vajrapani, Chenrezi, Manjushri & Prajna Paramita (Body, Speech, Mind & Intuition) will be bestowed by Achariya Doug Duncan Sensei.

In the spirit of developing healthy group consciousness, together we’ll explore Body, Feelings, Mind & Intuition. This program combines educational classes on the application of traditional Buddhist philosophy and meditation to modern life with cultivating the practice of selfless service, as we mindfully and skilfully collaborate to run and build a retreat center together. One day per week (Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Tuesday) is dedicated to each of the four aspects of body, feelings, mind & intuition. A healthy, awakening being integrates all four of these, and we encourage you to explore all four areas with us this summer – come for a four-day retreat, or combine individual one-day sessions. Every Saturday to Tuesday there will be a morning class session with Achariya Doug Duncan, and a meditation session in the evening, with the cultivation of community, selfless service and other activities in between. The summer program concludes with a four-day meditation retreat Sept. 3 – 6 to integrate all the explorations of the summer; during this final period we welcome you to attend the entire retreat, single days, or short sessions within each day.

Awareness of BodyTo cultivate awareness of Body we explore movement, sensing & the practice of service as tools empowering us for greater mindfulness. We will train ourselves to carry awareness of body throughout all daily activities, including dance, cooking, building, yoga, cleaning, gardening, handiwork & other movement.

Jul 9 – Sep 6Explore Practical Buddhism in the Majestic East Kootenay Mountains

Summer Program 2011

Meditation & Study Foundation

July 2011 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday9-12 BODY FEELING MIND INTUITION

Chenrezi initiation Embodiment of

Compassion

Be Here NowFull Living with the Senses

What Drives UsFeeling Good, Feeling Bad

The Observation Mind Collecting Intelligence

Quiet Mind, Open Heart Learning to Listen

16-19 INTUITION MIND FEELING BODYLife Flows

Breathing Meditation Ghost in the Machine

Mechanics of the Enlightened Mind

Ego Psychology Preferences

Desire & Awakening

What Defines UsTouch & Boundaries

23 – 26 BODY FEELING MIND INTUITIONVajrapani initiation

The Body of Awakening

Exploring Body-MindYoga & Movement

Being Me Full Time The Nature of Like & Dislike

The Urge to Connect Community & Communication

The Pure StateLoving Kindness

Jul 30-Aug 2 INTUITION MIND FEELING BODYSustainable Heart

Compassion in the “Real World”The Intellect

Inquiry & Systems ThinkingThe Alchemy of EmotionsTransforming Lead to Gold

Moving Me, Moving YouThe Dance of Self & Other

August 2011 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday6-9 FEELING BODY INTUITION MIND

Psychological ForcesManipulation, Control &

Community Relations

Charisma or CoolActing & Personality

The Power of Archetypes IArchetypes &

Positive Transformation

Showing UpDefending your Master Plan

13-16 MIND INTUITION FEELING BODYManjushri initiation

Mind of the Awakened Ones

Group DynamicsThere is No ‘I’ in ‘Team’

The Power of Archetypes IISecret Agents for Positive

Transformation in the World

Challenge & VictoryWhat’s Easy, What’s Hard …

& Why?

Creativity & HandiworkHow the Human Mind & Body Work with Tools

20-23 FEELING BODY INTUITION MINDDynamic Compassion

Energetic CommunicationSport & Play

Awakening = Joy in ActionSpace Travel I

Opening Mind to Clarity

Articulation & CreationThe Empowerment

of Setting Boundaries27-30 MIND INTUITION FEELING BODY

Prajna Paramita initiation

Mother of WIsdom

Lending StrengthEnlightened Leadership

Space Travel IIInfinity & Clarity in Action

Progressive Social SynergyCommunication & Conflict

Joy to the WorldLiving with Bliss

September 2011 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday3-6 Integrative Meditation Retreat: Weaving the pieces together

Summer 2011 at a glanceAwakening Through Leadership

Meditation & Study Foundation

P.O. Box 19Fort Steele

BC V0B 1N0250-429-3929

summer_program@clearskycenter.orgwww.clearskycenter.org

Summer Program 2011

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