STRETCH Jan, 2018

STRETCH

Experiencing 
CONSCIOUSNESS and NON-DUALITY

Sponsored by:  the PILLAR Institute for Lifelong Learning
facilitated by:  Charlie Coon
charlesrcoon@gmail.com
polarityinplay.com

Where/When:  The Myron Stratton Home
South Highway 115
Third Monday of each month, 3:30 to 5:00 PM

For Monday, March 19th the topic is:

"Consciousness and Nature"

"May the deep blessings of earth be with us.
May the fathomless soundings of seas surge in our soul.
May boundless stretches of the universe echo in our depths,
to open us to wonder..."
--John Philip Newell

‘Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in her anger washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound;
And through this distemperature we see
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose.’
--William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream



John Phillip Newell/Rob Bell Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnYD7CA6D50&t=28s


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For Monday, January 15th, 2018 the topic is:

"The Hard Problem of Consciousness"

“How does the water of the brain turn into the wine of consciousness?” 
― David J. Chalmers

David Chalmers:  Hard Problem of Consciousness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5DfnIjZPGw

Rupert Spira:  Consciousness is Not Produced by the Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=icBYIUTZ5gI

Dr. Bernardo Kastrup:  Why Materialism is Baloney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehz5YKnBf4

Roger Castillo:  How to Stop Overthinking, Abide in I Am..Nisargadatta Maharaj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiV1lY0dCw


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For Monday, December 18th, 2017 the topic was:

"I" ... What do we mean when we employ this common word?

The revelation of our true nature as it is puts an end to one chapter of our life, the chapter in which we believe ourselves to be separate selves born into a world, moving, changing, growing old and destined for death. But it is only the beginning of another chapter.
-Rupert Spira, Essay:  The True Nature of Experience
(for more see:  http://non-duality.rupertspira.com/read/the_true_nature_of_experience)

Gangaji:  How to Become Enlightened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiV1lY0dCw

Rupert Spira:  How to Experience Yourself as Awareness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGoCh_dv1AA

Rupert Spira:  What Can We Say for Absolute Certain about Our Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgxRkt16g8