Becoming Powerful Vehicles of Truth & Love
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The purpose of this spiritual retreat is to experience a return to the Sacred. The Sacred around us, within us, and within others. Many of us are truthtellers, many of us want peace, many of us want to experience love, however it is far more complex than we realize. We must first remember to return to the Sacred, recognizing it within ourselves and each other. Therefore, our time together will offer two things: tools for the mind and an experience for the heart to open. Through a combination of teaching and ritual we will call upon the engergies of all those who seek the truth and who would follow after, those who have gone before us and those who surround us now as we gather in community.
All attendees are encouraged to participate at whatever level is comfortable. The hope is that we all may come back to an understanding of the truth about Love: that there is an Infinite Supply, that we are capable of becoing powerful vehicles of truth & Love, and that hope abounds. Join us in a time of remembrance, transformation, and renewal.
Friday Morning
9:30-10:00am Registration
10:00 Opening Song
10:05 Welcome with Lighting of Peace Candle and Opening Ritual: Who Have Your Truthtellers Been?
10:20 Heart Centering Meditation and Prayer of Invocation
10:35 Interplay Exercise: Connecting with Each Other
10:50 Music: Praying Through Song and Movement “We are Opening Up”
Bio Break 15 minutes
11:15 Sermon: “Returning To God: the Four Element Pathway To Love”
11:35 Guided Meditation: The First Element “Connecting with the Sacred: Do you Know Who You Are? Do You Remember?
11:45 Time for Reflection: Journaling & Pair Work
12:05 Larger Group Reflections
12:25 Poetry of Hafiz, Rumi, Gibran with accompanied Sufi Music (Interactive)
12:40 Prayer and Blessing before Lunch
Lunch Break till 2pm
Friday Afternoon
2pm Contemplative Song: “Return Again”
2:05 Review of the Four Element Pathway To Love; Questions & Answers, Group Reflections
2:35 Guided Exercise: The Second Element “Remembering Who Someone Is To You”
2:55 Group Reflections of Exercise & Song “We Are All Connected” by Aaron Ableman
Bio Break: 10 minutes
3:15 Song “We are Opening Up In Sweet Surrender
3:20 Review of Four Element Pathway
3:30 Guided Exercise: The Third Element “Engaging Someone’s Spiritual Core”
3:50 Embodied Prayer: The Fourth Element “Remembering Radical Compassion” as a means to Live in Truth and Love
Bio Break: 10 minutes
4: 25 Ritual: The Four Elements of Love Made Manifest!
4:55 Final Reflections
5:15 Closing Song
5:20 Closing Benediction and Blessings