The following post is a supplement to a lager piece on “Aikido & The Culture Wars – Exhibit “A”: The USAF And The Gender Equity Petition.”
Learning From The Tengu
Mastery And The Esoteric Path
Part of any commitment to a higher “Path” of practice (martial arts, meditation, yoga, etc.) is the need to put in the time to develop skills in your given field. But whereas developing skill is indispensable on any Path, gaining Mastery is an entirely different matter. The development of skill is in the realm of the possible. Mastery, on the other hand, is in the realm of the mystical. To gain mastery you must commit to the inner Path of learning from the Tengu.
Zen & The Heart Of Creativity
Community Call w/ Brooke McNamara
Life is fundamentally creative. Yet, creativity does not happen in a vacuum. Be it the birth of a baby, the birth of a work of art, or the birth of a star, there must be a creative tension for this process to be activated. And of course, YOU have to get out of the way. This is the topic of discussion I had with Brooke McNamara in our Community Call on Zen & The Heart Of Creativity.
Integrating The Non-Dual Perspective
Dharma Bite w/ Patrick Cassidy
Is awakening a sudden experience, or is it a gradual process. Do you wake up with a radical explosion into seeing the non-dual nature of reality? Or do you come to “unity consciousness” through a series of smaller steps of insight until gradually you are living a life of non-duality? In this Dharma Bite meditation teacher Patrick Cassidy speaks about “Integrating The Non-Dual Perspective.”
The Wisdom Of Oscillations
A Dharma Bite w/ Dr. Dominique Cassidy
What does it mean to be “Awake”? There is a common assumption that once a person “awakens” they are somehow, forever and always in an elevated state of spiritual perfection. However, the fact is that awakening is an evolving process. One where you will move through stages that oscillate between wakefulness and forgetfulness. Between egoic identification, and the end of all identity. In this Dharma Bite, psychiatrist and meditation teacher Dr. Dominique Cassidy explains this process as “The Wisdom Of Oscillations.”
CANCELED! – Integral Aikido Day Seminar w/ Miles Kessler
| Date: | June 28, 2020 |
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| Time: | 10:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Event: | CANCELED! - Integral Aikido Day Seminar w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan Aikikai) |
| Topic: | "Ten Chi Jin" - Aikido As The "Haven Earth Human" |
| Sponsor: |
Tenchikan Urs Jose Zuber at - +41 79 789 21 13 | email: [email protected] |
| Location: | Solothun, Switzerland |
| Public: | Public |
CANCELED! – Boves, Italy – Integral Aikido Intensive w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan Aikikai)
| Date: | May 2, 2020—May 3, 2020 |
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| Event: | CANCELED! - Boves, Italy – Integral Aikido Intensive w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan Aikikai) |
| Topic: | Integral Aikido Intensive |
| Sponsor: | Aiki No Kokoro |
| Location: | Bovas, Italy |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
A Window Into The Absolute
Dharma Bite w/ Miles Kessler
Spiritual traditions have always taken as their goal the liberating experience of awakening to absolute reality. This experience may be called emptiness, oneness, non-self, non-dual, unity consciousness, unconditional love, or God. Whatever the name may be, the experience is always one of wholeness and perfection. Nothing needs to be added, and nothing can be taken away. Because when you glimpse through a window into the absolute… everything is always, already, present.
CANCELED! – Sursee, Switzerland – Integral Aikido Seminar, w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan, Aikikai)
| Date: | June 26, 2020—June 27, 2020 |
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| Event: | CANCELED! - Sursee, Switzerland – Integral Aikido Seminar, w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan, Aikikai) |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Sursee |
| Venue: | Aikido Sursee |
| Location: | Sursee, Switzerland |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Aikido seminar with Miles Kessler | Arnhem, Netherlands
| Date: | October 25, 2019—October 27, 2019 |
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| Event: | Aikido seminar with Miles Kessler |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Aan De Rijn |
| Venue: | Aikido Aan De Rijn |
| Location: | Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |