• This week in focus: Hope

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What are called the three ‘theological’ virtues remain anchors inn western esoteric tradition. They are probably best known - and from that source most influenced western development across the centuries - from St Paul’s letter (1 Corinthians 13:13), in which he writes: ‘In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love’.

Today, however, I will briefly focus on HOPE - something that remains radiant, and for which, for many, remains somewhat of a focus at the beginning of a new year, new venture, indeed… a new love.

Valentin Tomberg, in his Meditations on the Tarot, speaks of Hope (in relation to the Star card (XVII), thus:

‘Hope is not something subjective due to an optimistic or sanguine temperament. […] It is a light-force which radiates objectively and which directs creative evolution toward the world’s future. It is the celestial and spiritual counterpart of the terrestrial and natural instinct of biological reproduction. […] In other words, hope is what moves and directs spiritual evolution in the world […] This is wh we may speak of it as a “light-force”.’

The Catechism (§1818) offers an insight into Hope in the following way: ‘The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every human being; it takes up the hopes that inspire our activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven; it keeps us from discouragement; it sustains us during times of abandonment; it opens up our heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, we are preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from love’.

Transform inner fears and anger, accept the flow of love's curiosity, avoid greed and envy - explore these known benefits of meditation... deepen your experience and discover ways to establish and maintain a personal practice that works for you...

Three iconic locations from which to choose, each offering a programme rich in inner depth.

13th - 15th March - private setting - tarot focus

15th - 17th May - Ikigai Bush Retreat (Yanchep). Book:
https://events.humanitix.com/https-fourhares-au

19th - 21st June - Shambala Nature Retreat (Margaret River). Book:
https://events.humanitix.com/meditation-workshop-margaret-river

14th - 16th August - location tbc

16th - 18th October - Premalaya Yallingup. Book:
https://events.humanitix.com/meditation-retreat-premalaya-yallingup

14th - 16th November - location tba

Meditation retreats include
optional yoga or movement session
optional sound healing session
other optional extras based on location

These Workshop–Retreats combine offerings from wellness, neuroscience, and of course meditative practices. We’ll include elements from neuroscientific research and other investigative fields; provide efficient techniques and methods of meditation; and develop a framework to establish and maintain regular practice. Using a simplified neuro-anatomical model through which to deepen meditative practices, the retreat space supports participants in our personal journeys.

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Preview some discussion on meditation on In Body In Mind - Jean-Michel with Dave from Kundalini Yoga Southwest...

Wednesdays 6 pm - focus: deepening personal practice - resumes February

Personal Development has traditionally focussed on spiritual formation . In the manner that I work, I include practices inclusive of imagery and meditation. If you are interested in finding out more, please be in contact.

Following an initial consultation, deepening work requires commitment for a once-a-month meeting for either 6 or 12 months (renewable if desired).

More details in the pdf below

12-17 y.o. Homeschooling - 8 weeks resumes in February

Western Culture is steeped within a Christian framework that is, increasingly, being caricatured through some of its historical failings. Yet to understand much of the artwork, our holidays, even how it is that we have weekends as non-working days (at least for some of us), to partake and understand the foundational texts is important. We will read through the Gospel of St Matthew (and where relevant, cross-reference to Greek philosophy, mesapotamian astronomy/astrology, and their respective developments over the course of the ensuing centuries). I recommend the Jerusalem Bible as a good translation for the new Testament.

Similarly, Eastern culture has heavily been infused with streams emanating from the Upanishads, and one of the most influential line is through the Advaitist tradition through Sankaracharya's AtmaBhoda - a versed book that, like many others in the tradition, holds in condensed form a vast worldview and way of being.

9:30 - 11:30 BOOKS - Gospel of St Matthew - Jerusalem Bible translation (available as a pdf here - Matthew only), and the Atma Bodha (available as a pdf here).

12:30 - 2:30 ART - focussed on Geometry and astronomy

Join us at a class at the Yallingup Yoga Collective. We each offer our own unique and complementary professional yoga classes, often blending elements from the depth of tradition.

If you’re not out surfing, come join us…

Thursdays 8 am - with Alice
Fridays 8 am - with Susana
Saturdays 8 am - with Jean-Michel
Sundays 8 am - with David & Devi

Monday 6 pm - with Alice
Tuesday 6 pm - with Jean-Michel (resumes Feb)

Thursday 10 am - with Jean-Michel
Thursday 6 pm - with Jean-Michel

Thursday 6:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest
Friday 6:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest
Saturday 8:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest

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Speakers (in order)
Saturday:
Mary Greer, David Mitchell, Julia Chapple, Shirley Barroy,
Russell Sturgess, Kat Black
Sunday:
Jean-Michel David, Sue Yarwood, Julia Chapple,
Mary K Greer, Carolyn Johnson, Marina Lovasz

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