Friday, March 20, 2009

MEDITERRANEAN RETREAT ~ Five Day Residential Retreat in September 2009 with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke


"As a long time student of Papaji and Gangaji and the many teachers that have come to Boulder, please accept my deepest pranams for one of the most memorable teachings I have personally received in the last 18 years. You and Sundance make a great team. Your humor, love and deep caring were expressed so easily. The meditation was amazing. Your quiet and gentle approach awakened in a simple way the wonder of the non-dual presence. I look forward to be invited into this timeless embrace with you again." ~ Chandra, Boulder, Colorado, USA


SILENT NON-DUALITY RETREAT with Sundance Burke and Katie Davis is an opportunity to surrender the ego, dissolve the pain body and realize the Heart that you genuinely are at the core of being through being present, deep resting and the Self-inquiry teachings of Ramana Maharshi, and then to fully embody this essential Truth.

Gathering together for an extended period in the frequency of true satsang, you may realize the conscious freedom and causeless joy that is endlessly available through spiritual awakening, enlightenment and Self-realization.

After arrival at the retreat center on Wednesday afternoon, we will begin observing silence after dinner at the first satsang. During our delicious vegetarian meals together, we will also observe conversational silence. On Sunday morning after our last satsang, we will break the silence and socially enjoy our last lunch before departure Sunday afternoon.

We will gather for two 2 hour satsang sessions most days with talks, deep resting, music and you will have an opportunity to ask questions, share and be spiritual friends.

The entire retreat center is reserved for only our retreat and is located in a beautiful, tranquil and natural setting on the Mediterranean Sea.

SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 PEOPLE. Registration opens soon.

Registration, location, more information and retreat center photos will be available soon at:

Katie Davis Satsang Schedule www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

KATIE DAVIS is author of "Awake Joy" and awakened spontaneously and radically in 1986.

Katie Davis Website www.KatieDavis.org

SUNDANCE BURKE is author of "Free Spirit" and awakened in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisdargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi, one of the most cherished sages of modern day India.

Sundance Burke Website www.SundanceBurke.org

SUNDANCE AND KATIE are married and met in 1988. They have been traveling to share Truth since 1999. Their friend, Eckhart Tolle, encouraged them to teach and in 2000, encouraged them to write their new books that published in 2004. While pragmatic and western world, Sundance and Katie's teachings are consistent with the Heart of Advaita.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Spiritual Ego by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy


One of the reasons that I wrote my book, "Awake Joy," was to discourage any sense of arrival in those who are spiritually awakening. There is nowhere to land in this free fall of wonder. The feet never again touch the ground.

When we become conscious that we are not the mind-made self, we become conscious of simply being; that sense of gentle aliveness. Somewhat free of identified compulsive thinking, bliss comes to the forefront and there is a tendency for some to say "this is it." For many, this is the birthing of the spiritual ego.

It has gained great insight and much spiritual knowledge. It will be eventually seen that the ego has secretly entered through the back door, but this time wearing spiritual clothing.

The spiritual ego is a very difficult "nut to crack." Its sophistication and knowledge in this instance has become a road block rather than a benefit. Still, like any other ego, it is still attempting to possess things. In this case, the idea that "it" is awake. Since it is still a reference point, it perceives those who are higher or lower. It continues to maintain a position.

Like any other reference point, there is nothing to be "done" about it. That would only be the spiritual ego becoming a better spiritual ego. No. The invitation is the same. Be still without any sense of arrival. Just as the "traditional ego" awakened to a "new dimension," there will layer upon layer that continues to dissolve. Being still, waiting without waiting, becoming ever more conscious of ALL that is here.

As long as you find that the reference point you are looking from is within the field of experience, more will be burned away. We call it the Fire of Truth for a very good reason. That fire is the extraordinary power of conscious allowing. That Awareness will burn everything into Itself. When no negativity remains, ecstatic Love, Bliss and Peace of the Sacred is consciously permanent.

The "inward" path to Self-realization does include negation. Anything that is impermanent, coming or going, is eliminated. I am not my thoughts, I am not my emotions, I am not my body and its sensing, I am beyond time and space, I am not the ego "I," I am not the self-observer, I am not my mental images whether perceived to be "inside" or "outside" (your body and world), I am not my visions, psychic phenomena or yogic powers. Virtually everything in modification or that you are aware of as experience will eventually be surrendered ... and this surrender happens by itself ... as long as you are willing to remain in attention and "not knowing."

This gives the impression of deepening, but that perception is false. The altered states of consciousness are dissolving to reveal that You are already deepest as pure Awareness. Enlightenment of the divided mind will occur at this point. However, You are not the mind. Anything that you are aware of, you are beyond.

Even here, there must be a willingness to not know. No one here, no where to land. Self-realization brings full embodiment of the Totality through complete integration of the universe. In other words, not one thing is "omitted" ... other than fear and its suffering.

Even that is not truthfully "omitted." We are required to welcome it and ALLOW it while it burns. Even when your "personal" suffering has been investigated, we have the suffering of the collective ego. Once again, there is no escape. Let it arise in all its horror. Find out what it is. Is it true that it is endless? Take "your" Light of Awareness into every dark corner. Just as the night cannot survive the rising sun, darkness cannot prevail in the Light of Awareness. You will realize the delusion that darkness ever existed in the first place.

Forbearance is the last gatekeeper to enlightenment. Forbearance means patience. Suffering is still appearing and "you" are ok with that fact. It is only by complete acceptance and by "knowing" what suffering is that you are released into the perfection of the Unknown.

What does this mean for "you and your world?" Well, the illumined mind is a perfect mirror for the genuine Love of Self that is totally free of desire and fear. The "new" world IS here. It is not really new ... it has forever been. The opportunity is to gaze at its beauty free of all altered states.

Our natural state is not reserved for "enlightened beings." There are no enlightened beings, there is no "higher or lower self," there is no fear, no ego, no spiritual ego. We are one unfathomable Field of complete equanimity. The formless Essence and when integrated, all Form. There is only the Self ... that includes your body and its given name.

The Buddha was once asked to define enlightenment. After a long silence, he said, "the end of suffering."

I am not asking for agreement or disagreement. I am not asking you to "believe" what I am saying. I am not asking you to acquire a new philosophy or determine the relative truth of a new concept. No, that would be no more than another assumption. My invitation is to continue the "journey" to nowhere. Realize the ultimate Truth directly.

Maybe a short analogy would help. You have a glass of ice water. Sooner or later, those ice cubes will melt into water. You have not separated from ice cubes. They merely dissolved. It is the same with altered states of consciousness. Just as an ice cube is made of water, so are the altered states of consciousness (negativity - desire, fear, separation) made of pure consciousness. Sooner or later, they dissolve.

Be still and aware ... allow the dissolution. In this, we live as the pure Freedom of the Heart. Just wait and see.

Katie Davis Website www.KatieDavis.org
Free downloads of chapters, free e-books, videos, book reviews, groups and more.

Maui Satsang with Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit


MAUI SATSANG WITH SUNDANCE AND KATIE: Maui Friends of the Heart

Sunday, March 22, 4:00-6:00 pm

You are welcome to join us in meditation 15 minutes early.

The Maui Deeksha House
619 Kupulau
Maui Meadows, HI

By Donation

Hosts: Angelina, Ajmal, Sharina and Chris

Directions: From the Piilani Hwy, enter Maui Meadows at Mapu St, go left at the stop sign on Kupulau, drive to first curve sign and park on the street. While walking on the street, please honor the wonderful tranquility of the neighborhood. Enter 619 driveway. House is in the back. Please enter The Maui Deeksha House in silence.

You are invited to satsang with Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit.

More information, free videos and free downloads at www.KatieDavis.org and www.SundanceBurke.org.

Katie awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986 and Sundance in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi.

Since 1999, Sundance and Katie have been traveling worldwide wherever invited to sit with those interested in awakening now and realizing Truth.

Their friend, Eckhart Tolle, directly encouraged their newly published books.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Maui Friends of the Heart ~ Satsang with Sundance Burke and Katie Davis



MAUI SATSANG WITH SUNDANCE AND KATIE:

Sunday, March 15, 4:00 pm

You are welcome to join us in meditation 15 minutes early.

The Maui Deeksha House
619 Kupulau
Maui Meadows, HI

Optional Donation

Hosts: Angelina, Ajmal, Sharina and Chris

Directions: From the Piilani Hwy, enter Maui Meadows at Mapu St, go left at the stop sign on Kupulau, drive to first curve sign and park on the street. While walking on the street, please honor the wonderful tranquility of the neighborhood. Enter 619 driveway. House is in the back. Please enter The Maui Deeksha House in silence.

You are invited to satsang with Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit.

More information, free videos and free downloads at www.KatieDavis.org and www.SundanceBurke.org.

Katie awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986 and Sundance in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi.

Since 1999, Sundance and Katie have been traveling worldwide wherever invited to sit with those interested in awakening now and realizing Truth.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Friends of the Heart March Newsletter ~ Katie Davis and Sundance Burke



FRIENDS OF THE HEART MARCH ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE TO ENJOY ~

IN THIS ISSUE:

"Ego's Lack Is Self-Projection"
By Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

"The Big Easy"
By Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit

"Free Downloads: Chapters and E-books"

"Sometimes, It Rains Roses"
From the Awake by Katie Davis Blog

"Better Together"
20% Discount on Awake Joy and Free Spirit

Click Katie Davis Website Friends of the Heart March Issue