The November 22nd & 23rd date for the annual Advanced Manifestation retreat is approaching. At this point we are a bit over half full, and I am now opening the weekend up to a wider community (no prerequisite to participate). If you have been considering registering, please do so as soon as possible. Our work is important, more so than ever. Why is it important? Because our lives are short, and all we have to give is our best. When we move into the lineage of the noble warrior and determine to give our all to our authentic path, no circumstance; I repeat, no circumstance, is insurmountable. And as we enter more deeply into the lineage of receptive wisdom, every single circumstance that enters into our life becomes a true teaching that moves us into deeper alignment, revealing its crystalline wisdom.
I have been moved to develop these retreats because I sense firmly and know deeply that we are living in a most powerful time, and that we are here to be responsible to our deepest sense of purpose. This purpose is realized and made manifest in community. Introspection is partial. We need to witness one another’s pursuit of excellence and compassion so that our own quests are clarified and our own inspiration can reach out to others.
I have continually wanted more for these events: accountability, community, realizable power. As in sports psychology, I sense that we are at a “plateau.” The challenge of the plateau is to keep the faith, to keep moving forward, to refine the mission and reemerge sharper and more powerfully. Contrary to popular sentiment and media induced fear, I see this as a great time, a time of opportunity, a time to shed the nonessentials, to renew our strength, to ever begin again, and to be what we are here to be.
I envision a lot of “clearness committee” work at our retreat, not just to amplify our priorities, but to get clarity and power from our deepest conundrums, our deepest places of doubt and fear. In the words of Emerson, “I am defeated every day,” but to victory I am born.” Ananda has been and shall continue to be a very supportive environment for this work. It is not vacation/hotel energy; it is run by people of intent and principle who have developed their community over decades. And the time is upon us. Who cannot sense the urgency, to live more fully, more clearly, and more honestly?
I would like to have a set group well before the weekend, so that we can share visions and readings, so that we can begin to dream together. We can all offer our own unique pieces that fit into a tapestry of sacred beauty and resonance, that tapestry is being woven in us, through us, and by us!
I look forward to the deepest work together. For registration, please complete the attached registration form, which includes deposit information, and email to sheri at manifestation44@cs.com. The $50 deposit will hold your space. Details are below, for those who need them again or did not receive our first notice.
The Advanced Manifestation Group will have its annual retreat at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York on the weekend of November 22-23. Anyone who has participated in past workshops or retreats is invited and can register for the “ongoing participants” fee of $195 (as opposed to $245). This is all inclusive (workshop, meals, and dorm-style accommodation; semiprivate rooms are available for an additional $20) and needs to be received by Nov 9. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 will hold your space, balance to be paid upon arrival to the workshop. Registration is confirmed only upon receipt of deposit and completed registration form (attached). Please be aware that enrollment this year is limited to 30 participants. Discounts are available for couples and sliding scale may be accommodated as needed.
We meet on Saturday morning, start at 10:00am, and work through Sunday 3:30pm. Our work will include incubation of intentions, specifics of “lightning visualizations,” and a lot of processing around letting go. More importantly, our combined and ongoing energies amplify the potentials of manifestation in all realms and in ways that we have not yet imagined. Rather than acquiesce to being victims to the runaway train of our culture, we can learn to step off of the train and walk in beauty. I for one am determined to do this and I hold the vision that this is indeed possible for us. We have come here to live through these times and to blaze trails of clarity, vision, and love. And thus, we reaffirm our visions and engage each other in creation of truly good lives.
At the retreat we will discuss a format for ongoing manifestation work during the year. My intention is to keep this small enough so everyone can receive “a hearing” around their work and visions of manifestation.
In peace,
Rick
