8-Week Book Study offered at 2 different times:

Thursdays, February 13th – April 9th 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Tuesdays, February 18th – April 14th 6:30-8:45 p.m.

Unity by the Shore
3508 Asbury Ave., Neptune, NJ 07753

The Untethered Soul

Living from a Place of Surrender in 2020

By: Michael Singer

Did you ever have the desire to take a vacation from yourself?  I mean to get away from your fearful, anxious, obsessive, angry, and/or critical thoughts and ways of being.  If you answered yes to my query, you are not alone.

According to Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Soul, “There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it.” This may seem confusing.  What Singer is trying to convey is that we must learn to distinguish our core Divine Essence, Wise One within, from our conditioned personality self that each one of us have adopted in order to survive everyday living.

Distinguishing the voice of our personality from our Wise Observer and Knower is one of the many concepts that will be discussed. 

Other pivotal concepts that will be explored are:

• Freedom from Struggle
• Clarity and Calm
• Harmony in Relationships
• Spontaneous Joy
• Creative Inspiration
• Energetic Renewal

This class will require participants to read chapters in between classes.

Facilitator: Rev. Angela Denton MA; P.D. MFT
Required Text: Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Fee: Love Offering

Thursday Book Study: 1 – 3 p.m.
September 19, 2019 – December 19, 2019

Unity by the Shore
3508 Asbury Ave., Neptune, NJ 07753

NO CLASS: December 5th and December 12th

We live in a world of impermanence, therefore change is evitable. Each season gives way to another, the economy rises and falls, babies arrive into this world every day, and throughout our lives people we have been in relationship with leave us either through death or by the parting of ways. Many of us experience turmoil, conflict, and suffering as we are confronted with change or the behavior of people and circumstances of events that are not to our liking.

In the book, Everything is Here to Help Us, Matthew Khan professes that instead of resisting change and challenging experiences to embrace them. Welcome them as opportunities to awaken, heal, and live a life of meaning and purpose and in turn to advance the awakening and transformation of others.

Participants of the book study will explore the following concepts and tools.

• Discovering the first step in finding inner peace
• Reclaiming the passion, joy, and inspiration of your true innocent nature
• Exploring the essential role of surrender throughout the spiritual journey
• Unraveling the patterns of ego with compassion and ease
• Mastering the vital skill of conscious communication to uplift every relationship and encounter
• Reuniting the mind and heart as a doorway into greater spiritual evolution

Facilitated by:  Rev. Angela Denton MA; P.D. MFT
Required Book: Whatever Arises, Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins with You by Matt Kahn
Fee: Love Offering

Thursday Book Study: 1 – 3 p.m.
May 16, 2019 – August 1, 2019

Unity by the Shore
3508 Asbury Ave., Neptune, NJ 07753

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

LEARN TO ENJOY DEEP PEACE & JOY THROUGH THE ART OF MINDFULNESS

In life, many of us worry about and chase after new goals. We desire fulfillment, to be happy and live in peace. Little do we realize that we are already fulfilled, happy and in peace.

From this book, you’ll discover:

• How mindfulness can help us to manage negative feelings like anger, sorrow, and grief.
• How to bring peace and happiness to ourselves and others
• Techniques for cultivating awareness and mindfulness
• How to live mindfully enjoying fulfillment, happiness, and peace

Facilitated by: Rev. Angela Denton
Fee: Love Offering
Text: Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thursday Book Study: 1 – 3 p.m.
January 10th – May 2nd 2019

“A Blessing in Disguise”
By: Andrea Joy Cohen

At some point or another in our lives, all of us experience challenges. Some of these challenges are minor while others can be overwhelming and sometimes paralyzing when we are faced with loss, dis-ease, or financial hardship. During dark times, we may be overcome with feelings of sadness, frustration, despair, anger, and loneliness.

In the book, A Blessing in Disguise, thirty-nine of the world’s prominent luminaries share their personal stories and spiritual growth that they gleaned from some of the most trying times of their lives. All of these spiritual teachers agree that if one is willing to remain steadfast, open, and courageous he/she can rise like the phoenix from the ashes and experience profound transformation physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Through the power of their written word, you will discover how to make your life a journey rich with opportunity as they discuss such issues as: death and dying, creative expression, the search for spirituality, family dynamics, relationships and love. These intimate, one-of-a-kind stories show you how the challenges humankind faces are truly blessings in disguise.

Some of the authors include:
Thich Nhat Hanh, Rachel Naomi Remen MD, Bernie Siegel MD, Martha Beck PhD, Dean Ornish MD, Joan Borysenko PhD, Harriet Lerner PhD, Belleruth Naparstek, Elizabeth Lesser, Stephen Levine, Susan Jeffers PhD, Dharma Singh Khalsa MD, Daphne Rose Kingma, David Whyte, Barry Neil Kaufman, Anne Wilson Schaef, Angeles Arrien, and Tama Kieves

Facilitated by: Rev. Angela Denton
Fee: Love Offering
Text: A Blessing in Disguise by Andrea Joy Cohen

The Choice for Love

by: Barbara De Angelis

Book Study: Thursdays 1-3 PM
May 3 – December 20, 2018

From the moment we are born and through every day of our lives, each of us is traveling on a mysterious, relentless, passionate, and sometimes perplexing journey in search of the experience of Love. Love, however, isn’t simply an emotion, a behavior, or even the bond you feel with another person—it’s a supercharged, light-drenched, limitless vibrational field of infinite divine energy that is our essential nature.

The true search for love, then, must inevitably direct us within, where we discover that the love we’ve been seeking in countless ways has been inside of us all along.

Now more than ever, in these unsettling times on our planet, we’re each called to become a living remedy, to not fall in love, but to rise in love. The Choice for Love is a masterful and sacred pilgrimage of words whose enlivened wisdom will move you, awaken you, and liberate you to embrace, embody, and delight in more love than you ever imagined was possible.~ De Angelis

Facilitated by: Rev Angela Denton MA; P.D. MFT; LUT

Fee: Love Offering

Required Text: “The Choice for Love”  by: Barbara De Angelis

NOTE: If you would like Angela Denton to order you a book for $14 email her at [email protected] by April 25, 2018