“This was my first time doing True Awakening -True Being I and found the experience to be unlike any I have ever had. I know that this experience will change my life in ways that are obvious now and in ways that I have yet to discover”

Brenda McMorrow - Singer/Songwriter, Guelph, Ontario

 

“I have found the practice of True Awakening to be an invaluable experience along the journey of discovery. I more or less stumbled on my first one, not really knowing what I was getting myself into. However, it has had a lasting effect on my daily life.

—Sandy Feigehen, PhD Psychologist, Sudbury

 

“I took my first True Awakening in the early 80s, over 20 years ago and I am still reaping the rewards from that experience. I could not be the person I am today without it. So much so that I encouraged my partner to take last weekends intensive and although doubtful, she is now also amazed, and is has started blossoming like a brand new flower. “

Rudi Colme - Artist/Designer, Hypnotherapist, Holland Centre, Ontario

 

“Thanks to the simplicity of Russell's techniques and the warm, supportive environment he created, I discovered a new sense of openness and connection to myself."

Tanya R. Writer, Toronto, Ontario

 

True Awakening - True Being

An Enlightenment Intensive & Meditation Retreat

 

Awaken To Your True Nature and Bring the Magnificience and Expansiveness of Your Authentic Prescence into Your Daily Life

mountain-praiseHow is it possible to actualize yourself if you don’t know who you are?

How is it possible to live your life if you don’t know what it is you are living?

These are crucial questions.

It is a momentous accomplishment for you to awaken to the true essence of yourself, life and others. In the deepest core of your being it fulfills the purpose of your life. Only when you’ve had this experience do you realize its importance and understand, as the ancient Zen master Dogen once said, that “To have lived your life and not to have realized your true nature is to have lived in vain!”

It is so valuable that it is worth any effort to gain it. Yet even though it is life changing and may take a lifetime to achieve it (in traditional methods), it is at any age, the real beginning of your true life. Herein lays a problem.

Once you realize your authentic self, the project of living this self (actualizing it) begins and unless the appropriate method, after awakening is cultivated, it can fade amidst the business and stress in your life.

True Source solves this problem by bringing together two powerful complementary retreats:

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True Awakening - True Being.

True Awakening is an accelerated process of transformation that brings you to the profound pinnacle of self-actualization – The direct consciousness of the True Nature of Self and Life!

The East West approach

Over 5 days, 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 – the Dyad technique - you deeply inquire into the nature of self.

The method is 50 to 100 times faster than traditional meditation techniques at producing what Abraham Maslow calls “Unitive consciousness” or “Self-transcendence”.

Then for the next 2 days you will settle into the True Being silent meditation retreat. This will give you an opportunity to gently embody your experience of the previous 5 days and expand into further insights and awareness.

You will learn the 3 essential techniques of meditation distilled from ancient practices and placed in a western context without the dogma or jargon of religious belief. Although, many contemplative practices teach an avoidance of the mind, leading to disassociation from your emotions, you will learn a healthier practice of integrating persistent thoughts and feelings resulting in greater wholeness and calm.

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By the end of the retreat you will have settled into a simple daily practice well grounded in your Awakening experience fully able to sustain and present your true self in life.

In addition to the paired inquiry exercises – the Dyad technique - some of the features of True Awakening -True Being Retreat are:

  • Healthy vegetarian meals
  • 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
  • The three basic techniques of meditation and  their most effective applications
  • Effective tension-relieving stretching exercises that will give you in only 15 minutes, the physical results of 40 minutes of meditation
  • The optimal sitting posture that quickly puts you into the “meditative state”
  • A method of “focusing” that integrates persistent thought and emotion

After Awakening 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 ,certainty and resolve
  • Freer to fully express themselves around others
  • Improved intuitive ability
  • Enhanced and balanced energy levels
  • A deeper connection to their“true being”
  • An expansion and stabilization of their “awakened state”
  • Emotional calmness
  • More enhanced sexual experience
  • Heightened mental alertness and clarity
  • Inner happiness not dependent on outer circumstance
  • Less reactivity and more emotional freedom
  • Physically healthier

After Awakening participants commonly report having greater capacity to:

  • Be open and authentic in relationships
  • Persist and accomplish personal goals
  • Confront and overcome problems and difficulties
  • Fully experience love, joy and happiness
  • Act with courage and ethical integrity
  • Understand the deeper truths in traditional philosophy and religion
  • Naturally and honestly be themselves in relationships
  • Embrace and integrate deeper traumatic healing
  • Be assertive and communicate their needs
  • Find meaning, inspiration and insight in daily living
  • Make rapid progress in their personal and spiritual growth
  • Connect to the greater whole or the “divine”

The combination of these two retreats will give you an opportunity to achieve what normally takes years to achieve through traditional meditation systems.

Awakening to your authentic Self and the stabilization of that experience so that you live from that “steady state” of enlightenment, is truly one of the most important transforming events of your life.

For more details on the retreat call: 519-942-8339 or click on the link below and enroll before the Retreat fills up!


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Retreat Name

True Awakening -True Being 
An Enlightenment Intensive & Meditation Retreat

Dates September 1 to 6, 2010
Wednesday eve 6:00 pm to Monday 4 pm
Duration 6 days – 5 nights
Overnight Stay Required
Other

 

Retreat Tuition Includes Hospitality Fee Includes
  • Instruction and support of Retreat Leader and Retreat Assistants
  • Pre-retreat telephone orientation
  • 5 nights shared accommodations
  • All meals (vegetarian), snacks and beverages from Thursday supper to next Thursday lunch
  • Nutritional supplements (optional)
  • Bed linens, towel and face cloth
  • Non–scented soap and shampoo
  • Use of amenities of site
    Special diets can be prepared for $2 to $5.00 per meal depending on ingredients and extra labour.
    Excludes
  • Items of a purely personal nature
  • Laundry & housekeeping

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** Cancellation policy True Source programs require advance commitment of time and finances to venues, suppliers and assistants, which are not recoverable within certain time periods before the events. For this reason our cancellation policy offers these options:

Cancellation Period Refund - Credit towards another True Source Event
90 days before Full refund or credit
30 to 90 days before Refund or credit minus 30% of the tuition
1 to 30 days before Credit of 50% of the tuition

Note: There is no refund or credit after the workshop begins

 

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