Who Am I?

What is the True Nature of Life?

We walk, we talk, we drive. we work, we buy, we own, we sleep, we dream in an endless cycle of having and doing where we “have-do” perform a role while we do what is required to have what our consumer culture tells us we need.

Often the way we “have-do-be” is not the way we really are. Yet we keep putting on the masks and over time we begin to lose sense of who we really are inside. At some point we begin to ask “is there more than this meaningless and endless treadmill?”

Something deep inside of us is calling us to lead a deeper more fulfilling life. We yearn to know “Who am I?” or “What is life really all about?” So we search through the latest self-help books, videos, philosophies, seminars, religions only to find the results shallow and fading and just like the masks we have put on, the intellectual beliefs are the same - they are second-hand, they’ve come from some one else. We question the answers. We would rather know the truth for ourselves or not at all!

If this describes yourself, then you are ready for a huge breakthrough in your personal growth!

True Awakening is an accelerated process of transformation that takes you to the profound pinnacle of self-actualization –the direct consciousness of the True Nature of Self and Life! This illumination is simple, obvious and indisputable, enveloping you with sense of unity, completeness, peace and lightness. You feel totally embodied as if you have finally come home to yourself. True Awakening is an improved version of a retreat called the Enlightenment Intensive developed by Charles Berner in 1969 in California.

“When you know who you truly are there is an abiding alive sense of peace. You could call it joy because that's what joy is: vibrantly alive peace. It is the joy of knowing yourself as the very life essence before life takes on form. That is the joy of Being, of being who you truly are.”
Eckhart Tolle

The East/West Approach

Using a format inspired by Zen-style contemplation on a key question such as; “who am I?” combined with a paired communication structure drawn from relational psychology called a Dyad technique, participants silently inquire into the actual nature of self and then communicate the result of their investigation to a listening partner.

The method is 50 to 100 times faster than traditional meditation techniquesat producing what Abraham Maslow calls “Unitive consciousness” or “Self-transcendence” and has been often been called: enlightenment, illumination, self-realization, cosmic consciousness or satori in other eastern traditions.  Why spend 5 years awakening when it can happen in 5 days?

For information on the history of TRUE - AWAKENING click on: History

In addition to employing the Dyad technique some of the features of True Awakening are:

• Healthy vegetarian meals and 2 snacks per day
• Optional nutritional supplements
• Gentle yoga and stretching periods
• A non-distracting secluded rural environment
• Silent walking and sitting contemplations
• An afternoon rest period
• A structured and focused schedule
• Safety guidelines of confidentiality and non-evaluation
• No religious of philosophic belief systems taught
• Retreat assistants available 24 hours
• A half day of integration after the retreat to bring the experience into your life

After a True Awakening Retreat, participants commonly report feeling:

• More authentic
• Peace, contentment and lightness permeating their body
• Totally embodied as if they have finally come home to themselves
• Loving-kindness towards themselves and others
• Greater self-acceptance
• Psychologically whole
• More inner strength and inner resolve
• Freer to express themselves around others
• Improved intuitive ability
• Enhanced  and balanced energy levels

Participants also commonly report having greater capacity to:

• Be open and authentic in relationships
• Persist and accomplish personal goals
• Face and overcome problems and difficulties
• Fully experience love, joy and happiness
• Understand the deeper truths in traditional philosophy and religion
• Naturally and honestly be themselves in relationships
• Be assertive and communicate their needs
• Find meaning, inspiration and insight in daily living
• Make rapid progress in their personal and spiritual growth

To experience the magnificence of your True Nature is to know real joy. It is deeply satisfying and fulfills your life on a fundamental level.

***There is space for only 24 participants so call now before the retreat fills up***

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Cost: $995.00 plus HST or a scholarship $545.00 plus HST plus a donation. (There are a limited number of scholarships available - apply for these as soon as possible.)

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