Amsterdam English Speaking Spiritual Meetup

Satsang with Swami Premodaya is a profound and intimate gathering for inner exploration and awakening beyond the self.

SATSANG with SWAMI PREMODAYA
2nd & 3rd SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Join us Online on ZOOM

⏰ 23:00 to 00:30 (GMT +2)

THIS EVENT INCLUDES
⬥ Effective guidance on what truly matters to you — bring your real self, explore your path.
⬥ Real support from a genuine Spiritual Master, grounded in decades of experience and compassion.
⬥ Sincere connection with fellow seekers — a welcoming global community walking the path together.

An open invitation to real connection, real growth, and real transformation.

Satsang with Swami Premodaya provides the rare opportunity to come together for inner exploration and going beyond the self. Satsang supports and promotes self-knowledge, transformation, and true clarity. Seekers of all ages and stages come together as a community of support and sharing, forming a milieu conducive to truth and inner peace. Strangers quickly become friends in the loving atmosphere of Satsang, as we come to experience what lies ‘beyond the self’ in each one of us.

By donation — all are welcome.

For more information: www.JewelTreeCenter.org

Hope this message finds you well. As one of the most active spiritual groups online, we often get so many questions such as the following:
How to be accepting of our fate specially when bad things happen?
How to surrender to our fate? Or do I need to constantly strive to change it?
I'm trying to be kind to myself but why is it not easy?
I suffer feeling I’m constantly struggling; why do we live life?
Compassion in Buddhism means removing suffering and enabling joyfulness. When Siddhartha Gautama reached the enlightenment of a Buddha, he taught us the 4 Noble Truths, the first of which is life is suffering. But he also taught the second Noble Truth, which is there is a cause to suffering. And the third Noble Truth: the cessation of suffering & the 4th Noble Truth: the way to the cessation of suffering.
To the extent we understand the root cause of our sufferings, we can gain confidence in living life and supporting others as well. That adds to our joyfulness and vitality in life!
In our meetups, we talk about the 4 Noble Truths and in this book club gathering, we'd like to go over how karmic seeds we knowingly and unknowingly plant, which cause our sufferings. Then a way to resolve those karmic entanglements come to our view: we move from a state of resistance to a state of embracement.
We're going to read Tara Brach's book Radical Acceptance, Embracing Your Life with a Heart of a Buddha and have discussions about it. From page 9, "When I touched genuine peace and openheartedness, my inner critic continued to assess my level of purity. I mistrusted myself for the ways I tried to be positive when underneath I felt lonely or afraid."
We're planning to read about 2 chapters per month. I'd like for us to share one point each how we got moved by a point or two in the book, why that point or theme is changing our lives, and how we can explain it in a way that MOVES OTHERS' HEARTS as well. My goal for all our meetups is to learn the Dharma and share with other to spread light and love in this world.
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha https://a.co/d/7zgKXe6
How does self-judgement, fear of inadequacy, or rejection impact your experiences?
Radical Acceptance offers a pathway to inner freedom through personal stories and case histories along with a fresh interpretation of Buddhist tales.
April 2025: Chapters 3 & 4 (Pages 48-92)
The Sacred Pause & Unconditional Friendliness
May 2025: Chapter 5, Pages 93-127 Coming Home to Our Body & Radical Acceptance of Desire (discussions needed)
June 2025: Chapter 6, pages 128- 160
Radical Acceptance of Desire: Awakening to the Source of Longing (discussions needed)
July 2025: Pages 161-221 Opening our Heart in the Face of Fear & Awakening Compassion for Ourselves
August 2025: Pages 221-282 Widening the Circles of Compassion
September 2025: Pages 283-330 Awakening Together: Practicing Radical Acceptance in Relationships
December: Going over significant quotes throughout the book and have discussions

Our classes are free for the first 3 sessions. After 3 sessions, if you see the value in joining, please consider offering a contribution.
Our classes & sangha are sustained completely by the dana gratitude contributions of people like you!
Dana gratitude donations for our classes are gratefully accepted on Venmo @Bita-Enayati
If you don't have Venmo, please email me at bitadharma22@gmail.com
so you can offer your contribution through PayPal or Zelle
Suggested donation for the event is $5 - $20.
For one on one sessions by offering a contribution, please email me a bit about your spiritual journey so far at bitadharma22@gmail.com
One on one sessions help us understand our karmic entanglements and move past the hurt of traumas. It does take time to see the big picture but good things come to people who wait.
Our zoom password is 426646

The first 5-10 minutes I'd like to get to know who is joining our zoom session so please have your camera on.

Thank you for reading until the end and hope to see you soon! Please don't be discouraged by the few RSVPs on this page as friends join us from other venues as well. Stay kind.

We welcome you to the Spiritual Poetry NightOwl Meetup! We are meeting at 0100 CET Monday morning (late night Sunday), About 25 people attend from several groups - we'd love to hear from you what poem or quote is meaningful to you - Do you love Rumi, Rilke, Joy Harjo, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, Ryokan, Thomas Merton, Mirabai, Pablo Neruda, Hildegard of Bingen, Wendell Berry, Nâzım Hikmet, Thich Nhat Hanh or...? Every meetup is different, depending on what you choose to read and discuss. Let's learn from each other as we share these invitations to what is higher and deeper.

We draw strength, support, and inspiration from poetry and wisdom traditions. All paths and views are welcome -- this is an open and welcoming space where we get to know others who share a love for spiritual poetry and wisdom quotes, and for that which connects us with a deeper life, regardless of spiritual path or personal history. One note: we value the poets among us, but we don't read our own work.

NOTE: RSVPs close three hours before the meetup begins. To join the meeting you must be logged in on Zoom, and a password is required. Login and password will be sent by direct message or email as we get closer to the date. Please make sure your email settings on Meetup allow you to receive Meetup's emails for this group, and please check your Meetup account for messages. For information on how to adjust your email settings click here. If you haven't received login details by early the day of the meetup, please let me know and check your Meetup inbox.

Take-Home Poetry Packs are available for free download at https://intrinsicheart.com under the "Poetry & More" tab. (These are a gift for enjoyment, not a prescription for readings!) To see lists of readings from past Spiritual Poetry Meetups, go to https://intrinsicheart.com/category/spiritual-poetry-meetup-reading/

We hope you can join us!