“One Mind isn’t in this endless game in search of the right experience—it’s just seeing everything as an expression of itself.” ~ Adyashanti, One Mind
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September 2021 News & Offerings |
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To lay the groundwork for awakening, we must first let go of seeking and struggling. We often assume that something needs to change for us to experience true peace and freedom. But imagine for a moment that this isn’t true. What would it be like if you didn’t need to make an effort to search for truth and happiness?
This month, we feature video teachings by Adyashanti and Mukti, in which they offer pointers toward the recognition that what you are seeking is already immediately present in your experience.
Also in this month’s issue you will find complimentary downloads relating to our monthly theme, Ending Seeking, as well as highlights about Adya’s upcoming six-week online retreat, A Revolution of Being ~ 2021.
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At any given moment, there is something in your immediate experience of being that is unborn. In this video entitled, The Immediacy of Being, Adyashanti redirects our focus away from what we are looking for, and instead toward where we are looking from. In this process, we discover the difference between what we are conscious of, and consciousness itself.
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In this video entitled, An Attitude of Curiosity, Mukti explores the nature of wanting, where it originates, and how to trace this energy back to its source. By bringing an attitude of curiosity to your inquiry, you are afforded the freedom for your answers to be innocently discovered. Exploring this within your own experience offers the opportunity to transform this energy into a peaceful sense of being.
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Registration Open!
Six-Week Online Retreat with Adyashanti
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A Revolution of Being ~ 2021
Wednesday Evenings (Pacific Time):
October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, & 10
Our six-week online retreat, A Revolution of Being, is a great way to spend an intensive period with Adyashanti, diving into the depths of spirituality while living your everyday life. The structure helps you awaken to spiritual insight and integrate this realization into your daily presence, interactions, and activities. It’s designed for serious students committed to spiritual awakening and living the most free and loving life that they can.
The format includes live online talks, Q&A, summary notes of sessions, video practices, guided meditations, and sharing of experiences by participants through “impact reports.” This retreat will be held in the Pacific time zone (PT) but is open to everyone. All live sessions will be available within 48 hours for replay and accessible for 60 days after the retreat.
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Upcoming Free Video Broadcasts! |
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Adya Broadcast
Upcoming LIVE Broadcast!
Wed, Sep 15 ~ 6:00 pm PT
Go to Adya ’s Broadcast page or YouTube to watch this live broadcast. A replay will be available for 24 hours on YouTube. |
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Mukti Broadcast
Upcoming LIVE Broadcast!
Wed, Sep 29 ~ 6:00 pm PT
Go to Mukti’s Broadcast page or YouTube to watch this live broadcast. A replay will be available for 24 hours on YouTube. |
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Sunday Community Practice
“My intention with the Sunday Community Practice sessions is to put more focus on the spiritual practice of meditation and to have the teachings be oriented toward the various aspects of effective spiritual practice as it is integrated and lived in daily life.” ~ Adyashanti
We welcome all who wish to meditate on a consistent basis and dedicate themselves to making enlightened living a significant priority in their lives. Single practice sessions are also available.
Scholarships available for monthly subscriptions. (Apply before September 5.)
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Sep 12 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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Sep 26 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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In-Person Programs and Retreats
We will resume offering in-person programs when we feel confident that we can provide an environment that encourages openness and a feeling of safety, where people can comfortably share lodging and dining together, and in which we can gather safely in close proximity to each other. For now, we will continue to monitor news and information regarding public health concerns. When we feel ready to add an in-person program to the calendar, it will be announced via email in our monthly newsletter and published on the calendar page of our website.
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Visit Adyashanti’s and Mukti’s Teachings pages to access their complimentary introductory teachings, new and selected teachings, videos, audio recordings, and writings.
New Teachings:
Selected Subject of the Month:
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Complimentary Audio Downloads |
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Chasing Enlightenment
The “you” who is chasing enlightenment will never become enlightened. This engaging and classic satsang reveals the futility of striving and illuminates the simplicity of Oneness.
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What is Enough?
Mukti focuses on diving into our patterns of dissatisfaction, seeking, and aversion in order to find the deep satisfaction that already lives within us.
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Featured Book
The Impact of Awakening
by Adyashanti
In this classic collection of dynamic excerpts from talks and dialogues, we are guided from the initial impulse to be free, to its culmination in liberation. Adyashanti also speaks about the role of grace, the student-teacher relationship, and how to move beyond beliefs that distort our perception of the truth.
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Featured Downloads
Talks from Adya’s recent online retreat
A talk from Adya’s 2017 Omega Retreat
A talk from Adya’s 2018 Tahoe Retreat
A talk from Adya’s August 2020 European Online Retreat
Mukti’s July 24, 2019 Online Broadcast
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50% Off CDs and DVDs
We are offering an ongoing sale of our entire selection of DVDs and CDs at 50% off.
While we have these products in stock, consider getting them for yourself or others as gifts!
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Check out the Community News pages of our website which include our Press Page, where you can discover projects that Adya and Mukti are doing or have participated in outside of Open Gate Sangha, such as interviews, talks, programs, podcasts, and articles.
This month, Adya gives a talk online for East West Bookshop on September 24. Access our Press page for the registration link.
Also access our monthly News & Offerings archive.
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Sunday Community Practice: You are invited to join our ongoing community, Sunday Community Practice, which meets live online twice a month for deep spiritual practice and inquiry. |
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Gatherings: Adyashanti’s and Mukti’s teachings are shared globally in Gathering Groups which meet in locations around the world to listen to recordings or watch videos. Search our database to find a group near you. |
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Open Gate Sangha: We stand for racial equality and social justice. We are for finding actions that speak as loudly as words, perhaps even louder than words. And, we are for creating together a more inclusive Sangha experience for everyone.
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Donations: Thank you for considering a donation to Open Gate Sangha. We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. Our mission is to make the teachings of Adyashanti and Mukti available to all of those who feel drawn to this expression of Truth.
We now offer a recurring monthly donation service for your convenience.
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Adyashanti, author of The Direct Way, Sacred Inquiry, The Most Important Thing, and The Way of Liberation is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence.
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Mukti, whose name is translated as “liberation,” is the Associate Teacher of Open Gate Sangha. Her talks point audiences back to their natural state of wholeness or undivided consciousness. For teaching excerpts, audio downloads and CDs, qi gong videos, and a calendar of Mukti’s programs, visit her website.
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