Pythagoras’ Daughter
Wisdom from the East
This is one of two schools offered in
2008-2009.
Click here for the one on American and Aboriginal
Shamanism
Fear not, wise one! You are not in danger.
There is a way to cross the ocean of life and death,
through which the saints have gained the other shore.
This way I will reveal to you.
The stupid man looks at his body and says, 'This is I'.
The more learned thinks, 'This is I' of his personality.
But the wise one knows the true Self, saying, 'I AM the Eternal'.
He is individual, though without separateness.
She who possesses Soul vision,
has dissolved the 'I' into Pure Conscious Beingness.
To those who are wandering in this desert world,
weary, oppressed and worn by sorrow,
may this teaching reveal the Eternal Oneness,
bringing joy, like an ocean of nectar near at hand.
Sankara
Eighth Century Hindu Saint
Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist Mysticism
The theme for the
2008-2009 School is Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist Mysticism.
Topics will
include:
The Many Faces of
God; Vardhamana and the Jains;
The Parsees; Krishna; Eternal Teachings and Hindu Mystical Wisdom; Yoga;
Mantra; Sai Baba, Neem Karoli Baba and Ramesh Balsekar
The Mystical
Teachings of the Buddha; Enlightenment; Bodhisattvas; Meditation; Compassion;
Zen; Mystical Subversives; Master Ikkya;
The Wisdom of
Taoism; Chuang Tzu’s Dream, Wu Wei; Tai Chi Chuan; The Sage
Mysticism
Mysticism is
concerned with the possibility of personally encountering a spiritual reality
which is hidden from our normal awareness.
Mysticism began
with the extraordinary experiences of the ancient shamans who began an
exploration of the mysteries of consciousness. It continues today and also
exists outside religion.
Higher
consciousness is available to everyone. By setting on a course of spiritual
exploration we experience it ourselves, today and apply it in our daily lives.
Schedule*
Wisdom
from the East Sessions
generally meet on the Second Tuesday of the Month.
·
Wednesday 10 June
2009
·
No offering in July
·
Thursday 6 August
2009
·
Thursday 10
September 2009
·
Thursday 8 October
2009
·
Thursday 12
November 2009
·
Thursday 10
December 2009
*2009 dates subject to change.
With a single stroke we are freed from bondage,
nothing clings to us and we hold to nothing.
All is empty, clear, self illuminating,
with no exertion of the minds power.
Here thought, feeling, knowledge, and imagination
are of no value.
In this world of suchness
there is neither self nor other than self.
Sengstan
Sixth-Century Zen Patriarch
Venue
Time
7.00 PM – 9 PM
You can’t see it, because it has no form.
You can’t hear it, because it makes no noise.
You can’t touch it, because it has no substance.
It cannot be known in these ways,
Because it is the all –embracing Oneness.
It is not high and light,
Or low and dark.
Indefinable yet continually present,
It is nothing at all.
It is the formless form,
The imageless image.
It can’t be grasped by the imagination.
It has no beginning and no end.
This is the essence of Toa.
Stay in harmony with this ancient presence,
And you will know the fullness of each present moment.
Lao Tzu
Fifth Century BC Taoist Sage
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