Magnificence! Silent Retreat & Satsang, Maui Hawaii, February 11-16, 2010 with Katie Davis & Sundance Burke

Magnificence! Silent Retreat and Satsang, February 11-16, 2010, Maui, Hawaii

Private, Secluded Upcountry Spa Estate, Bi-coastal Views, Maui Sunsets

6 Days, Five Nights in Paradise, Relaxation, Tranquility & Deep Stillness

Registration Now Open!

Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy www.KatieDavis.org

Sundance Burke, Author, Free Sprit www.SundanceBurke.org

Included in All Retreat Packages:

(9) Two Hour Satsang

(4) One Hour Silent Joy Satsang

Open access to Sundance and Katie who will be staying at the Estate.

Private or Shared Rooms without another home in sight
(only one room without oceanviews)

Yoga with the internationally acclaimed Meenakshi Angel Honig

Still Room, Privacy, Seclusion

Miles of walking in the adjacent Pine Forest Reserve

50 foot Saltwater Lap Pool, Ultraviolet Jacuzzi, Sauna

Private Vegetarian Chef, Meals Included

"Break the Silence" Maui Sunrise

Molokini and Turtle Town Social Cruise on the 53 foot Lani Kai.

Available:

Spa and Body Treatments, Additional Private Yoga Sessions

"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

Photos of Estate Acreage, Grand Villa Estate, Cottages, Rooms;
Complete Program Description, Room Descriptions
Seven Retreat Packages
Kama'aina and Event Organizer Discounts

Go to the Magnificence! Silent Retreat Website:

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html

Registration is open!

Body Soul & Spirit Expo, Keynote Presenter, Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy ~ Vancouver Convention Centre, October 23-25, 2009

Body Soul & Spirit Expo, October 23-25, 2009, Vancouver BC, Canada

Vancouver BC Convention Centre
999 Canada Place
www.VancouverConventionCentre.com
(866) 785-8232

Organizer: Chandler Stephon Armstrong

Website: Body Soul & Spirit Expo Vancouver BC

Contact Chandler Toll Free: (877) 560-6830 or info@bodysoulspiritexpo.com


Saturday, October 24, 2:30 PM ~ Convention Center Theater

Keynote Presentation by Katie Davis
Body Soul & Spirit Expo
Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver BC, Canada

"Awake Joy ~ The Essence of Enlightenment"
Explore, Experience and Enlighten!

Click:

More Keynote Information and Purchase Convention Tickets


Sunday, October 25, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM ~ Register Now
Body Soul & Spirit Expo
Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver BC, Canada

"Awake Joy ~ The Essence of Enlightenment"
Intensive with Katie Davis

Click:

Vancouver BC Satsang for Intensive Description & Registration


Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27

Private Appointments with Katie Davis
More information at www.KatieDavis.org/Private.html

Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver
1110 Howe Street
Vancouver BC, Canada

Click:

Vancouver BC Satsang

Appointments are available to everyone. If you do not attend the conference or if you would like to be sure of availability, contact Katie now to request an appointment time at awake@katiedavis.org.


Visit Katie Davis in the Keynote Exhibitors Booth:

Book signing, meet the author, free drawings, intensive coupon redemption, schedule a private appointment or register for the Magnificence! Retreat in Maui, Hawaii February 11-16, 2010.


EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS OPPORTUNITIES:
Early Registration Discounts
Click: Body Soul & Spirit Expo Vancouver BC

Chandler Armstrong, Body Soul & Spirit Expo, at info@bodysoulspiritexpo.com


Visit the Katie Davis Event and Satsang Schedule 2009-2010:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

Seattle Satsang

Mediterranean Silent Retreat, September 16-20, 2009
www.KatieDavis.org/MediterraneanRetreat.html
Register Now

Conscious TV, London, England

Satsang in Bristol, London and Paris

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


Katie Davis Website: www.KatieDavis.org

Satsang in London, England ~ Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit ~ Host, Gina Holland of "Celebration of Being"

Satsang in London, England

Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy www.KatieDavis.org

Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit www.SundanceBurke.org


Satsang in London: Wednesday, September 30, 7-9 pm

Satsang in London: Thursday, October 1, 7-9 pm

Venue: The Library of the Philadelphia Association
Martys Yard, 17 Hampstead High Street
London NW3 1QW in Hampstead

Nearest Tube: Hampstead


Satsang in London, Sunday, October 4, 3:30-5:30 pm

Venue: The Studio
60 Queens Rd
Buckhurst Hill IG9 5BY in Essex

Nearest Tube: Buckhurst Hill on central line


Admission Each Satsang: 10 GBP, please no cheques or cards.
No pre-booking or seat reservations. Payment at the door. Cash only.

Contact: Gina phone 07940 788 734 or jivangina@btinternet.com
Gina's Website: www.CelebrationofBeing.com


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

Sundance Burke Satsang Schedule: www.SundanceBurke.org/Schedule.html


Mediterranean Silent Retreat and Satsang, September 16-20, 2009
Register Now

www.KatieDavis.org/MediterraneanRetreat.html


Magnificence! Silent Retreat and Satsang, Maui, Hawaii, February 11-16, 2010
Register Now

www.KatieDavis.org/MauiRetreat.html

Satsang in Bristol, England ~ Katie Davis & Sundance Burke ~ Host, Leo Hawkins, Author, Break Out of Your Mind!

Satsang in Bristol, England ~ Sptember 24-26, 2009

Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy ~ www.KatieDavis.org

Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit ~ www.SundanceBurke.org

Venue: Wesley Conference Centre
Henbury, near Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 7QD
Visit Website and Get Directions

Satsang in Bristol, Friday, September 25, 7:30-9:30 pm

Satsang in Bristol, Saturday, September 26, 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Satsang in Bristol, Saturday, September 26, 2:30-4:30 pm

Accommodations: There are 18 rooms available at Wesley Conference Centre. Also contact the Bristol Tourist Information Office at www.VisitBristol.co.uk

Eating: There is an excellent restaurant with veggy options

Admission: 10 GBP, please no cheques or cards. No pre-booking or seat
reservations. Payment at the door. Cash only.

Contact: Global Alchemy

Our host is Leo Hawkins, Author, Break Out of Your Mind!

www.GlobalAlchemy.com
Host and Author, Leo Hawkins Website

Katie Davis and Sundance Burke Event Page at Global Alchemy Website

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" Intensive
Body Soul & 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 at 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 & 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

Seattle Satsang, Pacific Northwest Satsang, Northwest Satsang, Eastside Satsang, Eastside Presence, Washington Satsang ~ Katie Davis, Sundance Burke

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


Other Calendar Dates of Interest:

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

Sunday, October 25, 11:00-3:00 PM ~ Katie Davis, "Awake Joy" Intensive
Featured Seminar, Body Soul & Spirit Expo, Vancouver BC Convention Center

www.KatieDavis.org/VancouverSatsang.html

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 & 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

The Perfume of God ~ When Will You Look? ~ Katie Davis

This video, The Perfume of God, was shared with me on Facebook and I found it stunning and beautiful, so I am sharing it with you!

It was probably produced by the Prem Rawat orgnization and shared at the "Heart of the Matter" blog by Mitch Ditkoff on NetworkedBlogs. The Awake by Katie Blog is also accessible on NetworkedBlogs.

Enjoy!! ~ All Love ~ Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

The Self-observer and the Universal Witness

In these teachings, I differentiate between the person (body), the self-observer (eyewitness) and the true witnessing consciousness that is the reference point "I am the witness only."

The self-observer is still identified with the body. Attention has shifted from projecting outward toward the world and has turned inward. The study is one of watching thoughts, emotions, body, physical energies and mental images. While it may seem that one is "inside," being inside the body is not yet inside. I guess we could say there is an inside to the inside! :-)

You see, the appearance of the body is also another worldly object. It is still a part of the dream of form. Self-observation is essential to the awakening process, yet this watching is not the witness.

At some point, a profound and radical detachment from both body and world will occur and this opens to the true witnessing consciousness. Some mistaken this with enlightenment since pure being-consciousness-bliss is so dynamically at the forefront.

The subject witness ... the true witness ... is totally free of the person. It is formless and has no identification with person and form. Its study is formlessness. It still has its object, but the object is the "dimension" of the Heart. While it is perfect for crossing over from the world of form into formlessness, it prevents Self-realization.

Once again, the profound surrender will happen by itself when the persistent duality is noticed. In the disappearance of the subject-witness, we have Self-realization.

Continued Self-inquiry will assist ... even when one is totally free of the ego and the body.

While the universal subject-witness is free of form, it is not yet free of the universal mind. In fact, it IS the universal mind. Nisargadatta calls the universal witness "God." In these teachings, I save that label for only the Supreme Absolute.

Since this is a "seasoned" group, I must quickly add of course that the Absolute (Self) is all there is ... everything "else" is only Self ... appearing as.

So why differentiate? Advaita is more than a philosophy, it is in fact a perfect road map. If there is not clarity at point A, point B will remain a mystery, etc. The outer layer of the onion is peeled to reveal the next layer. There cannot be clarity of what an onion truly is ... other than conceptually with mind ... unless each layer is realized.

Likewise, we shift from reference point to reference point until none remain.

Katie Davis Website:

www.KatieDavis.org

For Katie's book, "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment," click:

AMAZON

At Katie's Website at Awake Books

Katie Davis ~ Never Not Here Live Webcast, June 10

You are invited to join Katie Davis, author of "Awake Joy," with Chicago's Richard Miller on the Never Not Here Live Show.

Viewed directly from your computer, this talk is more like an opportunity for a short appointment with Katie to ask questions or share. Live chat also allows you to ask questions and interact.


To only VIEW the show, on June 10 at 7:00 PM Central Daylight Time (Greenwich Mean Time minus 6 hours), go to the Never Not Here Player on Katie's Website at:

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

Also viewed at:

http://nevernothere.com/videopage.htm


To CALL IN and talk with Katie: Skype - NNHCALLIN

1. Download Skype for free at http://www.Skype.com. Skype allows you to call worldwide for free directly from your computer.

2. In your Skype account, add as a new contact NNHCALLIN (Do this before the show so that the studio can verify your Skype id and accept your calls during the live show).


WEBCAMS not required:
You do not need a webcam to either view the show or speak with Katie. However, if you would like Katie and Never Not Here to see you while you are talking, a webcam is required ($29-$39).


INVITE FRIENDS:
You are invited to invite everyone who may be interested.

If the interest level is high with MANY CALLING IN, Katie will begin broadcasting regularly at:

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

More information at the Katie Davis Website:

www.KatieDavis.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 & 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

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.

The top photo is my daughter pursuing her lifetime passion for competing in the Grand Prix. Today, she is back on her horse, planning to compete in the next horse show and is driving on the Seattle freeways!

It was a very close call. She was in critical care and one could say that it was a miracle recovery. The cause remains a mystery. The "bug" has a very long number, but is unknown.

She has an amazing story of a fearless and peaceful death, the acceptance of that and then falling through space, free of the body, into unconsciousness.

The second photo is one of both my daughters. I have heard it said that "Sisters are a Rainbow of Love" and surely this is true. Her sister from Arizona was the first to arrive and slept bedside in the hospital for seven nights until the respiratory failure was over. She then returned to Seattle to help when her sister was released.

Once again, thank you for everything!

Why The Sufis Whirl ~ By Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

Let the body-mind dance the rhythm of the Heart! Spiritual awakening need not arise only through the depth of misery, years of meditation, inquiry or scriptural study. All valuable of course, but why must it always be such a serious affair? After all, who is the enforcer?

Free of attachment, why not allow the body's passion for movement such as whirling, ecstatic dancing or ecstatic anything? As presence, you will notice a subtle shift of attention to inner quiescence that is whole, complete and still, even as the body moves.

In this, divided thinking dissolves into the unity of the body-mind. While the body responds to the music and the pull of forces, conscious breathing naturally and effortlessly draws attention to the "inner" body. Suddenly, we become aware of the core stillness that is both the silence of the universe and the open window to the divine.

In 1986, I was an operator of aerobics studios in the Northwest. My life seemed as “normal” as any other human being. While I was teaching the class, thinking was not an option, when in concentration on breath and rhythm. Often in class, everything would slip into slow motion and an uncommon serenity and ecstasy would come to the forefront. Just beyond that thin veil-like trance, the divine is courting "you" from within.

One extraordinary day during aerobics, I became aware of a sacred synergy that was far greater than the dancing community that I loved so dearly. It seemed like I was sensing some ethereal, new dimension. I became intensely alert and without cause, I was radically whisked from time and space altogether.

I disappeared so deeply within the body that earthly experience vanished into the divine mystery. When I became conscious, the body was somehow far above and still enthralled in the joy of dancing. I was no longer sourced in the body and the idea of “Katie” had shattered. I realized that I am the pure awareness that is purely being-consciousness-bliss. Neither thought, nor emotion, nor body is the Essence that I am and yet they are absolutely inseparable.

It took twelve years to fully integrate as the Totality. Pure being burned every trace of illusion as it arose. In fact, the aerobics studio literally burned down in the great fire of Truth! Today, I am neither in this world, nor not of it.

While the divided mind could wonder how this could possibly be appealing, we realize the undeniable truth that we are divine. The natural world is perceived within the intelligence of the Awake Heart. This extraordinary beauty is permeating all that you see and all that you cannot see. Whether with form or without, there is only the Essence that I am. We appreciate an overwhelming fulfillment, while perfect peace and wise love prevail.

However, there can be no pathway to what you already are. One could say that the time-space activity, or no activity, within the dream-mirror is almost inconsequential. Who are you prior to all experience?

Be present with what is consistently everywhere that you are and the miracle emerges on its own accord.

The Sufis who whirl, like planets around the sun, turn dance into a form of mystical prayer or movement meditation to realize the blissful stillness that they genuinely are. In this, what can Hafiz do but Forever Dance?

Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit, on the Never Not Here Television 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.

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.

Awakening to the Invincible Summer

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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