MEDITATIONS ON FREEDOM FROM FEAR
Learning to Rest in Our Essential, True Nature
with
Ramananda John E. Welshons
Sunday, March 18th
1:00 pm – 3:30 PM
Suggested Love Offering: $30
“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless when facing them.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Love . . . Pure Unconditional Love . . . is our True Nature. It is who we truly are. It is the essence of our Soul, as near as our own breath. The goal of Yoga, the goal of spiritual practice, the goal of life is to merge into Love . . . Divine Love . . . Unconditional Love. The only obstacle to that merger is fear. Our minds are constantly telling us, “If I’m not frightened, you’re not safe.”
In this beautiful workshop we will explore a variety of spiritual practices and perspectives designed to help us get free of our attachment to fear. We will learn to understand how fear keeps us caught in anxiety, depression, anger, and emotional and spiritual isolation.
We will explore how to:
* Use our meditation and yoga practice to unearth where we are “stuck” * Understand how fear inhibits our ability to “Surrender into Love”
* Trust our Natural Inner Peace
* Live in “The Eternal Now”
* Recognize the transformative power of seeing life “as it is”
* Honor the Law of Impermanence and the Inevitability of Change
* Understand the difference between fear and prudence; fear and caution
Ramananda John E. Welshons is a highly respected contemporary spiritual teacher who lectures and leads meditation courses and retreats throughout North America. He has practiced Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation and various forms of yoga for nearly fifty years. and has traveled and studied extensively in India, spending time in the ashrams of Neem Karoli Baba and Meher Baba. He has worked closely with Ram Dass and Stephen Levine, and trained with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. He is the author of three critically-acclaimed books: One Soul, One Love, One Heart; When Prayers Aren’t Answered; and Awakening From Grief – all published by New World Library.
