Friends of the Heart April Issue, Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Friends of the Heart April Issue is Now Posted At:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Monthly free articles on being now, presence, spiritual awakening, Self-inquiry, Non-duality, Advaita, Enlightenment and Self-realization.

THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:

"The House of Cards Falls When You Are Ready" by Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

"The Changeless and the Ever Changing" by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

"The Mystical Sky" by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

GO NOW TO:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Sundance Burke Website:

www.SundanceBurke.org

Katie Davis Website:

www.KatieDavis.org

Free downloads of chapters and articles on spiritual awakening and Self-realization, free videos and free monthly Friends of the Heart Newsletters.

MAUI SATSANG with Katie Davis & Sundance Burke, March 31, 2010, 6:30 pm

MAUI SATSANG with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6:30 PM

RSVP is required by email at awake [at] katiedavis.org (due to the security gate). Please just email your name and you will be on the gate list. Space is limited, so please make your reservations early. You will be notified if space is no longer available. Therefore, if you RSVP and then decide not to come, please let us know.

Hosts: Nancy and Rex:

Wailea Elua Village
3600 Wailea Alanui Drive
Building #21, in #2102
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

Please enter in silence.

You are invited to arrive 15 minutes early to begin sitting with Katie and Sundance at 6:15 pm.

PLEASE CAR POOL or park at the Shops of Wailea (10 minute walk). If you park at the Shops of Wailea, you will still need to be on the security gate list, so please RSVP.

 

Comfortable seating is provided, however please bring a cushion or backjack if you have them.

More directions and details at:

http://www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html


MAGNIFICENCE! MAUI SILENT RETREAT 2011 ~ DATES SOON

(Watch for the dates, the 2010 retreat was full)

KATIE DAVIS awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986. Since 1999, she has been traveling to share the true possibility of awakening and Self-realization. She is author of Awake Joy.

www.KatieDavis.org 

 

SUNDANCE BURKE awakened in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi. Sundance and Katie met in 1988 and are frequent teaching partners. Sundance is author of Free Spirit.

www.SundanceBurke.org

AWAKE SPIRIT TEACHINGS are consistent with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle for spiritual awakening and for Self-realization, they are consistent with Advaita Vedanta and Non-duality, yet free of all Eastern jargon. They are pragmatic and point to the simplicity of Self-realization.

Through Self-inquiry and consciously resting as "I am," the teachings are also consistent with the great sages Ramana Maharsi and Nisargadatta. 

Awake Spirit Teachings are not conceptually based. Rather, they are based on direct Self-realization. Satsang is therefore blessed with the true teacher; the radiant stillness that you genuinely are already.

Free Advaita and Satsang Videos, as well as Free Downloads at:

www.KatieDavis.org

www.SundanceBurke.org

Friends of the Heart March Issue by Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

Friends of the Heart March Issue is now posted at:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Monthly articles on presence, spiritual awakening, non-duality, advaita, enlightenment and Self-realization with poetry, music and art. You are invited to join our mailing list on this page. We mail only once a month.

IN THIS RADIANT ISSUE:

"Pure I Alone, Prior to Consciousness, Self-realization" by Katie Davis

"Pointers from the Stars" by Maren Springsteen

"Lost in Heaven" by Alice Stoean

"Sometimes, It Rains Roses" by Katie Davis

"Musings from the Heart" by Sundance Burke

Includes: "Deep Being," "Nothing," "Pointing" and "Who Creates?"

"Free Downloads" at www.KatieDavis.org/FreeDownloads.html

(free book chapters, ebooks, articles, essays and dialogues)

"Private Satsang" with Katie Davis at www.KatieDavis.org/Private.html

(In person on Maui, worldwide by phone or Skype - March 1-May 15)

"Private Satsang" with Sundance Burle at www.SundanceBurke.org/Private.html

(In person on Maui, worldwide by phone or Skype - March 1-May 15)

"Magnificence! Maui Silent Retreat Photos at www.KatieDavis.org/PhotoGallery.html 

(Be patient! Page downloads slowly due to Kirtana music sound file)

GO NOW TO FRIENDS OF THE HEART: 

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

IN-JOY!

~ Katie Davis ~

www.KatieDavis.org

Friends of the Heart February Issue by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Friends of the Heart February Issue is Now Posted at:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Free monthly articles on being now, presence, spiritual awakening, Self-inquiry, Advaita, enlightenment and Self-realization by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit."


Included in This Issue:

"Emotional Takeovers" by Katie Davis, "Awake Joy"

Magnificence! Maui Retreat February 11-16 (Residential Packages are Full)
Non-residential packages are still available.
Registration: www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreatRegistration.html

"Truly Beautiful and Amazing ~ Underwater Creatures"
Powerpoint Musical Slide Show

"Spiritual Integrity and Fearless Loving" by Sundance Burke, "Free Spirit"

Go Now to Friends of the Heart

In-Joy!

~ Katie Davis Website, www.KatieDavis.org

Friends of the Heart January Issue by Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

The Friends of the Heart January Issue Is Now Posted at:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Free monthly articles on being now, presence, spiritual awakening

Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization

In This January Issue:

"Emotion Is the Mind Seeking Time and Separation"

Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

"Sounds of Satsang with Sundance" Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit

Direct Questions and Replies:

Awareness is All Consuming, Nisargadatta Quote and Comments

The Impact of Satsang

The Memory of Body Pain

"Spun Gold" by Maren Springsteen

New Awake Joy Book Review, January 16, 2010

"A Gem Like No Other"

Magnificence! Maui Silent Retreat and Satsang, February 11-16

Katie Davis and Sundance Burke in Hawaii

Kama'aina Rates Apply

Still available:

A private room suitable for one person or a couple in Grand Villa

6 days, 5 nights, $775 (lodging only, includes 11.4% taxes, outclean)

A shared room (over flow in Spa Cottage)

6 days, 5 nights, $325 (lodging only, includes 11.4% taxes, outclean)

Non-residential

7:00 am-10:00 pm, includes everything but lodging

Three meals daily: vegetarian, vegan, raw foods

Maui Retreat Home Page:

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html

Maui Retreat Registration:

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreatRegistration.html

Maui Satsang, Sunday, January 31, 4:00-6:00 pm

More details and driving directions:

(Please carpool, if possible!)

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

To read this issue, please click: Friends of the Heart January Issue:

 www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

(New Google Translator) 

IN-JOY!

Katie Davis Website www.katiedavis.org 

Friends of the Heart December Issue by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Friends of the Heart December Issue is Now Posted at:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Free articles on being now, presence, spiritual awakening, Advaita, Non-duality, Enlightenment and Self-realization by Katie Davis, author, "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment" and Sundance Burke, author, "Free Spirit: A Guide to Enlightened Being."

Enjoy!

Happy Holidays to All Friends of the Heart!

Love ~ Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

Katie Davis Website www.katiedavis.org 

Part 1 of 6 Sundance Burke on ConsciousTV Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 1 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Conscious TV www.Conscious.TV

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/SundanceBurke
If you would like to help, please view, rate, comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Part 2 of 6 Sundance Burke on ConsciousTV Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 2 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment advaita and Self-realization.

Conscious TV www.Conscious.TV

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/SundanceBurke
If you would like to help, please view, rate, comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Part 3 of 6 Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit on ConsciousTV Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 3 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Conscious TV www.Conscious.TV

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/sundanceburke
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Part 4 of 6 Sundance Burke on ConsciousTV Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 4 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/SundanceBurke
If you would like to help, please view, rate, comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Part 5 of 6 Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit, on Conscious TV Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 5 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/SundanceBurke
If you would like to help, please view, rate, comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Part 6 of 6 Sundance Burke on ConsciousTV in London, Interviewed by Iain McNay

Part 6 of 6 ~ Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" is interviewed by Iain McNay on ConsciousTV in London during his latest satsang tour to the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Conscious TV www.Conscious.TV

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/SundanceBurke
If you would like to help, please view, rate, comment at YouTube.

Katie Davis YouTube Channel www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you would like to help, please view, rate and comment at YouTube.

Free Awakening Video's at the Sundance Burke Website
www.SundanceBurke.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit on ConsciousTV, London with Iain and Renate McNay, Produced by Iain McNay

Katie Davis, author of "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit" are interviewed by Iain and Renate McNay of ConsciousTV in London, England, during their latest satsang tour on the mainland U.S., Europe, England and Canada.

This spontaneous interview is entitled "Presence" and shares spiritual awakening, Non-duality, Advaita, Self-realization and enlightenment.

We invite your comments and sharing.

Enjoy more ConsciousTV videos at www.Conscious.TV

Katie Davis YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/awake1010
If you feel moved to help, at YouTube, we invite your views, ratings, comments and sharing them with others.

Free Videos at Katie Davis Free Video Library at:
www.KatieDavis.org/FreeAwakeningVideos.html

Sundance Burke YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/sundanceburke

Satsang in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii ~ Katie Davis, Sundance Burke ~ Maui Satsang

Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Gardens, Satsang with Katie Davis, author of "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment" and Sundance Burke, author of "Free Spirit: A Guide to Enlightened Being.

Deepest gratitude to Swaroop and Meenakshi for hosting a magnificent evening of satsang at the secluded and heavenly Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Gardens in Haiku on Maui in Hawaii.

We are grateful to all who attended and contributed to this lovely evening of grace and gratitude.

For those who did not hear of the gathering, please be sure to join our mailing list at www.KatieDavis.org. The mailing list only publishes once a month when you receive your free copy of the Friends of the Heart Newsletters with articles by Katie Davis and Sundance Burke on awakening, satsang, enlightenment, Non-duality, Advaita and Self-realization. We always include announcements for our upcoming events. You will be sure to be notified of our next Maui Satsang.

Whenever we are not traveling on a satsang tour, we meet weekly in satsang with the ohana on Maui. We have just returned from a tour that began last July to the mainland U.S, Europe, England and Canada. We will be on Maui until the end of February.

Announcements:

Private Satsang with Katie Davis or Sundance Burke
November 24-February 8
In person on Maui or worldwide by phone or Skype
www.KatieDavis.org/Private.html
www.SundanceBurke.org/Private.html

Magnificence! Maui Silent Retreat and Satsang
February 11-16, Beautiful Spa Estate
Affordable Luxury, Tranquility, Relaxation, Deep Stillness, Self-inquiry
Program, Accommodations and Registration:
www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html

Maui Satsang Hosts:

If you would like to offer your location for satsang on Maui, please contact:

awake(at)KatieDavis.org

Love, Aloha and Gratitude ~ We are so happy to be home to paradise!

~ Katie Davis

Katie Davis Website www.KatieDavis.org

Free videos, free downloads, free e-books, Katie Davis Satsang Schedule

The Grace of Silent Retreat by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

Silent Retreat is an opportunity to step out of daily activities and profoundly rest as deep silence. This stillness is the aliveness that is already within you, untouched by the ego, its time and suffering. This is an extraordinary chance to realize the Heart that you genuinely are at the core of being through being present, deep resting and Self-inquiry.

Gathering together for an extended period in the frequency of satsang, you may realize the conscious freedom and causeless joy that is endlessly available through spiritual awakening, enlightenment and Self-realization. With the rare guidance and support that only true satsang can offer, it is a time to at last discover the truth of one's being or to deepen, integrate and “stabilize” that profound realization.

Silent retreat is an intimate and safe place to expose the lie of every imagined obstacle to lasting happiness that is the birthright of every human being. It is a private time to focus on what you truly want, what really matters and then tell the truth about that revelation.

Retreat is one of radical relaxation to allow the ego, its anxieties and fears to totally unwind. With all daily needs taken care of for you, there are no distractions and you are able to effortlessly focus. When all falls away, you realize that what remains is an unspeakable sacredness, a field of pure potentiality that is eternal peace, bliss and wise love that has no opposition whatsoever. This shift is called Self-realization and it is the conscious and permanent fulfillment of the human being.

Perhaps you have assumed that a life that is totally free of negativity and suffering is utterly impossible. While we are required to explore this altered state of consciousness to its core, when the divided mind dissolves and we realize its illumination, it is the permanent end to all suffering. In fact, it is realized that suffering is no longer even possible!

This is far more than a “personal” freedom. There are universal reference points through which one will inevitably seem to pass and as one shifts deeper, the life situation and indeed the world situation effortlessly shifts on its own accord. In the end, the mind is only a mirror and when the "fog" on the mirror burns away, we have a perfect reflection of the Heart.

When we allow this realization to fully integrate, we no longer have a Source from which "all else" flows (duality and separation). We discover that we are living in a virtual paradise that reflects the basic goodness, selfless service, true compassion and unconditional love that is the Heart of all being.

I am not asking you to "believe" this. I am only inviting you to look, pointing where to look, and in what manner. Then, it is up to you. In this willingness, this realization is profoundly direct. Instead of doubt, confusion, frustration, misunderstanding and detours to Self-realization, we have harmony, simplicity and right understanding of the false. This is not a trivial matter. When it is said that you are the key to world transformation, it is a virtual truth.

While you may be perhaps prepared for an earthquake, are you prepared to be shaken awake? I have been traveling since 1999 and meeting a worldwide Heart family. The greater awakening is alive and flourishing ... so magnificently beautiful! By now, one could say that this shift is inevitable! Self-realization is not reserved for saints and sages. How could it be so, when it is the very essence that you already are?


Katie Davis, author of Awake Joy, is presently offering two silent retreats with satsang. The Mediterranean Retreat September 16-20 and the Magnificence! Silent Retreat and Satsang February 11-16 at a private spa estate upcountry Maui with Sundance Burke, author of Free Spirit.

Registration is open at the Katie Davis Website at:

www.KatieDavis.org/MediterraneanRetreat.html

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html.

The Katie Davis Satsang Schedule is offering satsang in Seattle, Bellevue Washington, Valencia Spain, Bristol and London England, A Weekend of Satsang and Song in Paris France with music by Alexandra Cherrington, Keynote Presenter at the Body Soul and Spirit Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver BC and Vancouver Satsang.

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

Katie Davis Website: www.katiedavis.org

Conscious TV with Iain McNay ~ Interviews ~ Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Conscious TV with Iain McNay

September 23, London England

Interview with Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

More information at www.KatieDavis.org

Interview with Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit

More information at www.SundanceBurke.org


Satsang, Meetings, Retreats Calendar Dates and Schedule 2009-2010:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html


Seattle Satsang, July 12-August 16


Mediterranean Retreat, September 16-20, Register Now
www.KatieDavis.org/MediterraneanRetreat.html


Satsang in Bristol England, September 24-26

Satsang in London, England, September 30, October 1 & 4

Satsang in Paris (Dates Soon)


Body Soul & Spirit Expo, October 23-25, Register Now
Keynote Presenter, Katie Davis, "Awake Joy"
Featured Seminar, Intensive, Katie Davis, "Awake Joy"
Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver BC, Canada


Vancouver Satsang (Dates Soon)


Magnificence! Silent Retreat & Satsang, February 11-16, 2010, Register Now
www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html


All Event, Meetings, Satsang, Retreat Schedule:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

www.SundanceBurke.org/Schedule.html

Vancouver Satsang, BC Satsang, British Columbia Satsang, Pacific Northwest Satsang, Body Soul & Spirit Expo ~ Katie Davis, Sundance Burke

Vancouver Satsang in BC, British Columbia, Canada Satsang

Invitation to Vancouver Satsang, BC Satsang, British Columbia Satsang, Canada Satsang, Calgary Satsang Pacific Northwest Satsang, Northwest Satsang, Seattle Satsang, Portland Satsang, Eastside Satsang and Eastside Presence.

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

Satsang Location: Vancouver BC, Canada

Saturday, October 24, 2:30 PM ~ Keynote Presenter, Katie Davis, "Awake Joy"
Body Soul & Spirit Expo, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver BC, Canada
Registration is open.

Sunday, October 25, 11:00-3:00 PM ~ Katie Davis "Awake Joy" Satsang Intensive
Body Soul and Spirit Expo, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver BC, Canada
Registration is open.

More info at www.KatieDavis.org/VancouverSatsang.html


Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27 ~ Katie Davis Private Satsang
Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Canada

More information at www.KatieDavis.org/Private.html


Vancouver Satsang during dates October 28-November 1
Satsang with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke
Exact Dates and Locations Soon

More info Katie Davis Satsang Schedule www.katiedavis.org

Vancouver Satsang www.KatieDavis.org/VancouverSatsang.html


Other Calendar Dates of Interest:


Puget Sound Satsang ~ Washington State

Invitation to: Seattle Satsang, Pacific Northwest Satsang, Northwest Satsang, Eastside Satsang, Eastside Presence and Washington Satsang.

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

Five Regular Satsang, Three Silent Joy Satsang, Private Satsang
July-August 2009


This Seattle Eastside Puget Sound Satsang Series is "progressive" in nature. To fully benefit from this opportunity, we invite and encourage your attendance at all sessions from the beginning of the series to the end.

No registration is required to attend satsang and you are also welcome to drop in as you wish. If possible, please attend the first in the series that is the overview and invitation.

This passage is inevitable and unavoidable. Are you prepared? Instead of misunderstanding, doubt, confusion, fear and detours, there can be right understanding, harmony and focus.

For locations and to confirm dates before attending or to confirm the content of each satsang, please visit:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

Regular satsang is on Sundays at 4 PM for two hours, 20-25 minute meditation (silent sitting), a focused talk on this week's content, questions, sharing and music.

Silent Joy Satsang is on Thursdays at 7:00 PM for one hour, totally silent. Participants enter, be and leave in silence as radiant stillness.

Please arrive 15 minutes early and enter in silence. Sundance and Katie begin meditation early and you are welcome to join them.

Sunday, July 12, 4:00-6:00 PM, Regular Satsang, Overview and Invitation

Thursday, July 16, 7:00-8:00 PM Silent Joy Satsang

Sunday, July 19, 4:00-6:00 PM, Regular Satsang, Self-observer as a Reference Point

Thursday, July 23, 7:00-8:00 PM, Silent Joy Satsang

Sunday, July 26, 4:00-6:00 PM, Regular Satsang, "I am and Self-inquiry"

No events or private appointments July 30-August 7

Sunday, August 9, 4:00 PM, Regular Satsang, "I am the witness only"

Thursday, August 13, 7:00-8:00 PM, Silent Joy Satsang

Sunday, August 16, 4:00-8:00 PM, Regular Satsang
"Enlightenment vs. Self-realization," "Integration and Awake Living"
Celebration of Life" Pot Luck (please consult schedule)

An expanded and complete description of each satsang is available at:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html


Private Satsang with Katie Davis or Sundance Burke
July 14-August 15 (no private satsangJuly 30-August 7)

Schedule now at www.KatieDavis.org/Private.html

Schedule now at www.SundanceBurke.org/Private.html


All Meetings, Satsang and Retreats:

Magnificence! Silent Retreat and Satsang, Maui Hawaii
February 11-16, 2010, Private and Lavish Spa Estate

"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. Sundance and Katie make a great team. Their humor, love and deep caring were expressed so easily. The meditation was amazing. Their 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 them again." ~ Chandra, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Includes: (9 satsang), (4 Silent Joy Satsang), yoga with internationally acclaimed Meenakshi Angel Honig, Still Room, Seclusion, 50 foot Saltwater Lap Pool, Sauna, Ultraviolet, Jacuzzi, Private Vegetarian Chef,"Break the Silence" at Maui Sunrise, Molokini and Turtle Town Social Cruise, Private or Shared Rooms and Cottages.

Available: Spa and Body Care Treatments, Additional Private Yoga Sessions

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html


All Events, Meetings and Satsang Schedule 2009-2010 at:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

Other Satsang and Silent Retreat Dates:

Mediterranean Retreat September 16-20
www.KatieDavis.org/MediterraneanRetreat.html

Conscious TV, London, September 23
Satsang in Bristol, September 24-26
Satsang in London, September 30, October 1, 4
Satsang in Paris (Dates Soon)


Katie Davis Website: www.KatieDavis.org

Sundance Burke Website: www.SundanceBurke.org

Friends of the Heart May 2009 Issue by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

Friends of the Heart May 2009 Issue Now Available at:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

This Issue Includes:

Daughters and a Full Recovery ~ Thanks to all Heart Friends for all the prayers and messages of love and support that we received this last month for my daughter's recovery from critical care ... (continue reading)

Does a Moonbeam Have Free Will? ~ In spiritual circles, when the interpreting mind of the ego begins to debate, the question sometimes arises whether the human being has free will or if in fact, humans are governed by determinism. Today, I would like to share with you why ... (continue reading)

Never Not Here Live with Katie Davis, June 10 ~ Live worldwide webcast with Chicago's Richard Miller. Call in on Skype for free and speak with Katie ... (continue reading)

Mediterranean Silent Retreat, September 16-20 ~ SILENT RETREAT with Sundance and Katie is an opportunity to step out of daily activities and profoundly rest as deep silence. This stillness is the aliveness that is already within you, untouched by the ego, its time and suffering. This is an extraordinary chance ... (continue reading)

Conscious TV with Iain McNay in London, England, September 23 with interviews with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke ... (continue reading)

Satsang in Bristol, England, September 24, 25, 26 with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke ~ Leo Hawkins, author, Break Out of Your Mind! www.GlobalAlchemy.com will be hosting in Wesley Conference Centre ... (continue reading)

Direct Experience ~ Excerpt from the book Free Spirit by Sundance Burke ~ Sitting comfortably and quietly in my teacher’s living room, I was silently querying, “Who is that speaking and who is this listening?” Without the slightest forewarning ... (continue reading)

Satsang in London with Sundance and Katie, September 30, October 1, October 4 ~ Gina Holland of Celebration of Being will be hosting at the Library of the Philadelphia Association and at The Studio ... (continue reading)

Body Soul and Spirit Expo at the Vancouver BC Convention Center in October ~ Katie Davis will be offering "AWAKE Right NOW!" in Vancouver BC, Canada ... (continue reading)

Silence in Golden by Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit ~ What is Silence? Silence is your natural being ... (continue reading)

Friends of the Heart Donations ~ Your monthly donations help support the teachings of Katie Davis ... (continue reading)

To enjoy this issue, go to:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Katie Davis Website www.katiedavis.org

Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit, on the Never Not Here Show

Sundance Burke, author, "Free Spirit," on Chicago's Never Not Here Show, April 2 live worldwide via webcam from Maui with the Producer, Richard Miller.

Sundance Burke Website www.SundanceBurke.org



Katie Davis, author, "Awake Joy," will broadcast live on Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00 pm Central Daylight Time (Greenwich Mean minus 6 hours).

At showtime, on your computer, go to:

www.NeverNotHere.com/videopage.htm

If you would like to talk live with Katie, ask questions or share, call the telephone number that appears on the screen.

Katie Davis Website www.katiedavis.org

Awakening to the Invincible Summer by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

On Maui, the sweetness of spring seems to be awakening, as the sleepy winter transforms. One senses it mostly by the delicate fragrances, but there are other delightful whispers. The scents harmonize and breathe life into the early morning darkness. The breezes are warmer as they enliven our bodies and consciously ground us as Spirit.

The Monarch butterflies are migrating all the way to Mexico and we have the intuitive sense that our intelligent friends, the humpback whales and newborn calves, are beginning their departure to brave the San Juan Orcas and dine out in Alaska.

Even the “snow birds” are flying home, as Maui relaxes into its more genuine pace. One cannot help but notice the simplicity of living the cycles of Gaia. However, there is something deeper here; something ineffable and sacredly indefinable.

Each spring, I am tenderly reminded of the natural birth of my second daughter. As a focal point, I used a poster of the sun shining through snow covered pines in a silent forest. The Albert Camus byline read, “In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer.” Upon first glance and still ripe with pregnancy, I instinctively knew that my new daughter would be named named Summer. However, I had not yet consciously awakened to the unfathomable depth to which Camus was possibly pointing.

Just as the scarlet ‘I’iwi is perfectly adapted to sip the honey of tubular flowers; we are able to innately taste the sweet nectar of the Silence of the Heart. We are able to realize that we are this extraordinary and divine stillness.

With a quiet mind, we are especially graced with the magnificent beauty of its outpouring. If we would just stop for an instant, we would have the immediate opportunity to spontaneously awaken to a steadfast beauty that never fades. This rebirth is our true renewal and the awakening from a dream that never happened. We discover that which is permanently here and never changes, even as seasons change.

Traditionally, the plight of the pseudo self, the concept of “me,” camouflages this radiant stillness. The ego endlessly searches to attain what it already is. Its strategy is to maintain itself, through healing the past or becoming what it wants to be in the future. Other than a constant “work in progress,” my question is where is it and who is it right now? I suggest that the answer is nowhere and nobody, but this is for you to investigate.

Unfortunately, the desires and fears of the pseudo self are conditionally based on past experience, so we unknowingly recreate what we are trying to escape. Generally, we have many excuses as to why we cannot be happy and yet this false sense of self is the only thief. This con artist is a myth and only seems to exist in the imagination of the time-based, divided mind. Can you see that it is creating its own pain gap? The invitation to awaken is the realization that you are a mysterious Secret Garden and that the pain is a consequence of believing in the mind's separation.

Through awakening to life’s inner purpose, “we” are surrendered and the radiance animates as life. We no longer require this hopeless relationship with “ourselves” that always seems to separate us from every other.

After all, we are not two; neither “i” nor “me.” We are neither subject nor object; we are free. In the grand release of conscious freedom, we realize the fulfillment as bliss and live as the wise love that we truly are.

We have unsuccessfully attempted to live the constraint of an individual consciousness that attempts to divide itself by notion as a separate subject. Through this unexamined assumption, we experience the limitation of unconnected separate objects. A limited subject can only imagine limitation. Who are you beyond every belief? It just makes sense that unrestrained freedom cannot be found within restraint.

In difficult times, we may lament our distance from the Supreme. Who is distanced and from whom? First, we insist upon our independent existence as true identity and then fear the mind's imagination of that distance. We grieve solely for what is unknown, unexamined and assumed.

We are not a vulnerable, singular point in a chaotic universe. We are the open and still Awareness that sustains all life. We are That which shines invincibly and joy is our birthright.

During the rejuvenation this spring, we have the chance to realize the ultimate truth of “no rain, no rainbows,” as we say on Maui. Life need not be burdened with suffering to appreciate true compassion and mystical happiness.

After all, even our gardens effortlessly delight: healing green, dancing fuchsia, laughing yellow with trumpets of purple, smiling faces of cream, a circle of blue featuring eyes of lavender!

When the seasons change, what remains?

If you had a choice, and I am not saying that you do, would you choose the concept of “you” or unfathomable bliss, perfect peace, unconditional love and causeless joy?

Hele me kahau’oli ... Go with Joy.

Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

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