Garun, Tayler, Sebastian, Sam, Caroline, Mimi and Sara grace The Wall of Wisdom.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a weekend away could actually return you to yourself? With a focus on Meditation, Prayer, Ceremony, health and well-being, a visit to The Higher Haven can, and does, just that. There’s a womb that lies underneath our world to which one day our bodies will all return. But if you make a choice to go there while you’re still alive and well - or at least working on it - you can be reborn. We’ll keep the power of the Make-Your-Life Ceremony a bit of a Mystery, as it should be, the kind you need to experience. That’s the inner journey that myself and Yoga Teacher Samantha Jameson went on with Caroline, Garun, Mimi, Sara, Sebastian, and Tayler, with the venerable Scott Campbell helping to navigate the rocky Way. These are practices that are in the spirit of the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, when he says one must “die before they die” in order to awaken to a new life. In the words of my own meditation teacher Shinzen Young: “when we bring enough concentration, relaxation and equanimity to our ordinary experience, our ordinary experience ceases to be ordinary or even material, and we have a direct experience of the Spiritual Nature of ourselves and all of creation.” If that sounds like something that could be of interest to you, our final weekend of spiritual purification - this particular retreat using colorful and creative mind-training techniques of the indigenous people of the North American Plains - happens here Saturday December 8th to Sunday December 9th. We look forward to seeing you to begin our Winter Serene Season. Toksha Ake