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Are you looking to connect with people who are wide awake or waking up? Have you been looking for a place where you can speak your mind and join a group that is non-judgmental? Don’t embark on your spiritual journey alone: come and let’s share our experiences, learn from each other and discuss materials, experiences, teachers that helped us along the way.
Whether your practices have been inspired by Non-Duality, Yoga, Tantra, Vajrayana, Theravada, Kashmir Shaivism, Sufism, or Eckhart Tolle, you may feel at home in the group.
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⚔ Spiritual Heroism and the hero's journey ⚔
One Lounge Bar, Second Floor, Motel One Alexanderplatz, Grunerstraße 11, Berlin, al, DE⚔ Spiritual Heroism and the hero's journey ⚔
“[T]he student-teacher relationship is similar to that in the martialarts. You could get hurt severely if you are too tense. [...]You could read a book about it, but it doesn’t mean very much unless you have that very immediate and direct experience —which is frightening [...] We have tolearn fearlessness that is without hesitation but is not based on blind faith.” (Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche)
Turning to the inside, investigating who one truly is, facing challenges and obstacles on the search for truth, is heroic.
Whether the story of the great hero Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, Atalante in Greek mythology or David in Christianity - our
ancient stories are full of heroines and heros.Heroism seems to be an attribute of the mystic archetypes (Gods) considering the legends of Kali's victory over the demons, Siva Nilakantha's rescue of the Universe from poison, or Ragnarök in nordic and Titanomachy in Greek mythology.
Books like "The way of the superior man" or simply biographies of great spiritual beings like the Tibetan Princess, Yeshe Tsogyel, Co-founder of Tibetan Buddhism suggest that there is something that Heroism can contribute to the spiritual Quest. And then there are things like the Bodhisattva Vow - spiritual actions that seem heroic in nature.
“‘Would you like to leave your subjects and go off to practice the Dharma?Would you l ike to leave the palace and go to practice the Dharma? [...]Do not try to do what you are not capable of doing: Practicing the Dharma.Do what you know how to do: Be a housewife.’
Nangsa responded:
‘Helpful mother, Nyangtsa Seldron, listen to me [...], Nangsa Obum!The sun shines in the four corners of the universe:When the sun stops shining I will stop desiring to practice the Dharma and stay at home.If the sun keeps going, I will go also to the Dharma.’” (Nangsa Obum - quote taken from the book "Women of wisdom" by Lama Tsultrim Allione)Let's share for an afternoon about the hero's journey in spirituality!
💫 What this event offers for you:
- Guided Meditations for arriving, calming the mind and tuning into your intuition
- Meeting people interested in spirituality (all levels)
- Safe Space for sharing - non-hierarchical and non-judgemental
- Opportunity to ask just about any question
👀 You may watch one or few of the following Videos for inspiration:
- Sadhguru on "Hero or Zero" : https://youtu.be/-9iebN1Rp3g?si=4ohMVIXvuTvMa1Gu
- Lama Tsultrim Allione on "Feeding your demons": https://youtu.be/aEbJ_maF_fo?si=PWUWJsIME2nPqJNM
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on "Using adverse circumstances": https://youtu.be/-doY-wf0P2Y?si=1QoPWWHS66WTaUDd
- Tantra Teacher Uriel Yariv on overcoming obstacles: https://youtu.be/tTql0O5XAP0?si=JFr5vzCcSTjUxdTF
- Alan Chapman on his journey including the "Abyss": https://youtu.be/GQ99PULR5NY?si=MIJ0_Fi1H_QFkjOR
- Pema Chödron on "Being brave": https://youtu.be/zVzV_RCMqNU?si=O5CpCX25XbISBP4e
- Dzontsar Khyentse Rinpoche on the story of the horse thief: https://youtu.be/wjpUQaFROFA?si=EbI_RcWLnvLAzbSD
- Tantra Teacher Blandine Wegener and Uriel Yariv on facing fears: https://youtu.be/LTHAzHZm1Mc?si=bEN227_m56zF81rv
- Tantra Teacher Uriel Yariv on the path of the hero (Vira) for men: https://youtu.be/eeawuvFXgbg?si=jTUGTC3nXPDeCDb8
🧘 About the Organizer
Martin is a certified Mindfulness Teacher, Systemic Coach, Yogi and Altruist by heart who teaches Meditation and Martial Arts in different formats. However, in this meetup Martin focuses on the altruistic intention to open a space for people to share while offering as much facilitation as needed in the moment."From a spiritual point of view it's not advantageousto be a rabbit. It's better to be a tiger, [...] Rabbits are very nice and cuddly but they don'thave much potential for breaking through. Tigers, on the otherhand, are very wild but that pure energy, if used skilfully, isexactly what's needed on the path. All the great saints werevery passionate people. It's just that they didn't dissipate theirpassions into negative channels. They used them as fuel to sendthem to Enlightenment." (Tenzin Palmo)
"The search for reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings for it will destroy the world inwhich you live. But if your motive is love of truth and life, you need not be afraid." (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
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👁 The third eye 👁
One Lounge Bar, Second Floor, Motel One Alexanderplatz, Grunerstraße 11, Berlin, al, DE👁 The third eye 👁
“Opening the third eye” means integrating the right and the left. It means bringing together the judgement and discrimination which characterizes the left side with the openness and access to the intuitive world that characterizes the right. It means putting an end both to dry, sterile intellectualization as well as to superstition and “hunches.” It means bringing together these two partial, inaccurate ways of knowledge into an integrated whole that is more profound and penetrating.” (Swami Rama)The third eye is a legend - from the (infamous) tales of Lobsang T. Rampa protecting the Dalai Lama by means of clairvoyance - through the mental control centre from the yogic tradition - the myth of how Shiva burned down the God of Love Kama Deva with his third eye - to the stages of awakening and the relationship between heart and mind.
Let’s share for an afternoon about what the third eye is, and how our practice, our aspirations and experiences might relate to it.
“When Ma [the Goddess Tara] kisses you, though, She will kiss you on your forehead at the location of your third eye, which She causes to open. This is the kiss of enlightenment, the kiss of true Motherhood, and the day Ma gives you this kiss you become filled with Her Divine Intelligence.” (Vimalananda)
💫 What this event offers for you:
- Guided Meditations for arriving, calming the mind and tuning into your intuition
- Meeting people interested in spirituality (all levels)
- Safe Space for sharing - non-hierarchical and non-judgemental
- Opportunity to ask just about any question
👀 You may watch one or few of the following Videos for inspiration:
- Sadhguru on "Opening the third eye": https://youtu.be/b1AiG1a8ft0?si=J3eBFW7r6o_Tw7yd
- Sri M on "the third eye": https://youtu.be/sDgL-jRHNXo?si=VC-N9xpXds7NKCK-
- Guru Viking Podcast on the infamous Lobsang T. Rampa aka Cyril Hoskin and his book "The third eye": https://youtu.be/vOfs8Xo9yMg?si=oJu0ndtbl3A-HLFP
🧘 About the Organizer
Martin is a certified Mindfulness Teacher, Systemic Coach, Yogi and Altruist by heart who teaches Meditation and Martial Arts in different formats. However, in this meetup Martin focuses on the altruistic intention to open a space for people to share while offering as much facilitation as needed in the moment.“Trataka is a form of meditation in which one stares fixedly at an object. If done properly trataka can open the third eye. In Treta Yuga people use trataka to obtain prana from the sun; they eat with their eyes. They communicate with glances and make romance with significant looks. This ability exists together with telepathy, which is only possible after the third eye is opened.” (Vimalananda)
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