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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday July 3rd at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

You may also have seen our previous announcements about our healing sessions. We will be incorporating a 30 minute session into the Wednesday and Sunday hangouts in the first week of each month.

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July 1, 2022
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Book Club: Friday July 1st, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Dearest Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, July 1st : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Jaya will be hosting.

This week, our quotes come from Rupert's "Being Myself" page 90

#510
June 28, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, June 29, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be Wednesday, June 29, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#509
June 28, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday June 26th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#508
June 25, 2022
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Book Club: Friday June 24th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Dearest Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, June 24th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

This week, our quotes come from Rupert's "The Art of Peace and Happiness", p. 116-7:

"Experience is always only one seamless intimacy. But even to say that experience is ‘one’ is to say too much. To name experience as one thing is to imply another thing with which it could be contrasted. When this is seen clearly, thinking comes to an end in front of the majesty and indescribability of experience."

#507
June 24, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday June 19th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#506
June 19, 2022
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Book Club: Friday June 17th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Dearest Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, June 17th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

This week, our quotes come from Rupert's "The Art of Peace and Happiness", p. 165:

"You, aware Presence, have no problems, just as the space of a room has no problem with anything that appears within it. The fact that something is appearing means that you, aware Presence, have already said ‘Yes’ to it. In other words, there are no real problems. Problems are always for the self that thought imagines us to be, never for our true self of aware Presence. The separate self is…a thought or a feeling that rises up within the space of our self and resists the current situation. That resistance turns our self into a separate entity and turns a neutral situation into a problem. In the absence of that resistance there is simply the immediacy and seamless intimacy of experiencing, in which there is no room, nor any time, for a ‘me’, an other or an object."

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#505
June 16, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, June 15th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be Wednesday, June 8, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Jaya will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#504
June 13, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday June 12th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#503
June 10, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, June 8th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be today, Wednesday, June 8, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#502
June 6, 2022
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Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday June 5th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

You may also have seen our previous announcements about our healing sessions. We will be incorporating a 30 minute session into the Wednesday and Sunday hangouts in the first week of each month.

#501
June 4, 2022
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Tomorrow's Book Club

Dear Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, June 3rd : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Jaya will be hosting.

This week, our quotes come from Rupert's "The Nature of Consciousness":

«...In reality, there is no such thing as ‘a mind’. What is normally considered the mind is a temporary, self-assumed limitation and localisation of the indivisible field of infinite awareness itself. From the perspective of awareness, there is only itself and its modifications in the form of mind, but never the absence of itself, nor the presence of any other independently existing entity. It is for this reason that in the true non-dual teaching, emphasis is placed on recognising the nature of reality rather than on dealing with or trying to get rid of a separate self and its attendant suffering.»

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#500
June 2, 2022
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Hangout and Healing Session, Wednesday, June 1, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be Wednesday, June 1, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Jaya will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

You may have seen our previous announcements about our healing sessions. We will be incorporating a 30 minute session into the Wednesday and Sunday hangouts in the first week of each month.

#499
May 29, 2022
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Tomorrow's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday May 29th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#498
May 28, 2022
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Book Club: Friday May 26th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Dearest Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, May 26th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

This week, our quotes come from the teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:

There is no practice or discipline to be followed, merely listen to me and accept what I tell you with firm conviction. The only thing which anyone has is the conviction that one exists, the conscious Presence. Meditation is only on that sense of Presence, nothing else.

#497
May 25, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, May 25th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be today, Wednesday, May 25th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#496
May 25, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday May 22nd at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#495
May 22, 2022
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Book Club: Friday May 20th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, May 20th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

This week, instead of the usual quote, I invite you to bring a favourite poem to share...something that touches or inspires you in some way. Here is one to get you started...

This Moment

I’m smiling because
a million possible alternatives
which would have precluded
this moment we’re sharing
didn’t happen.

#494
May 19, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, May 18th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be today, Wednesday, May 18th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#493
May 17, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday May 15th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - 6pm Sydney) ), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time) There will be the usual melange of hosts.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#492
May 15, 2022
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Book Club: Friday May 13th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, May 13th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Bernard and Jaya will be hosting.

Questioner: Why is it that we naturally seem to think of ourselves as separate individuals?

#491
May 13, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, May 11th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be today, Wednesday, May 11th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#490
May 11, 2022
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Update: email address for healing sessions

Sorry, the email address if you want healing to be directed to you at healing sessions should be friendsofrupertspira@gmail.com

Awareness accepts everything, including mistakes

#489
May 6, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts: including a healing session

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's hangouts will take place at their usual times: Sunday, May 8th at 10 am Paris time (1:30pm India - 3:00pm Indonesia - 4:00pm Malaysia - 5:00pm Japan - Mark will host), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time - Kathryn will host)

I hope you have seen our previous announcements about our healing sessions. We will be incorporating a 30 minute session into the hangout. Our session on Wednesday was a profound experience, for both those giving and receiving. To recap: we have been experimenting with healing sessions for some of our members in need, and are now bringing them to the group as a whole. They seem to have a remarkable effect. The sessions take the form of group meditation, focused on healing, and recognizing that there is a difference between healing and cure. In it we are not trying to impose our individual wills on Awareness for a particular outcome, but seek an outcome that is in alignment with the highest good of all.

Those of us who participate, do not in any way identify ourselves as healers. We are loving friends who have found these sessions to be deeply moving and powerful, and we offer them to others in love and friendship, and with no promises or undertakings as to outcome.

#488
May 6, 2022
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Book Club: Friday May 6th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

I wish I had sent this email out yesterday so that I could say, "May the 4th be with you!"

The next Book Club meeting is Friday, May 6th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Lisa will be hosting.

We will consider the Ramana quote below, along with this little gem from Swami Sarvapriananda:

#487
May 5, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, May 4th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Sorry for the lateness of this message. Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, May 4th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

As previously announced, we will also be including a healing session, approximately 30 minutes long, toward the end of each Wednesday and Sunday hangout in the first week of each month. This May 4 hangout will be the start of this. (For more information see Mark Jamieson's email announcement of May 2, 2022, or https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/2249757488509148)

#486
May 4, 2022
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FORS Healing Sessions

Dear Friend,

In the past few months some of us have been quietly experimenting with something new. A healing session took place for two people who are dear to us, among a group of friends. Then we did it again, including a few others. I’ll say, to be clear, that we are not experienced at this. We do not see ourselves as healers, but those of us who have participated have shared a powerful experience, and those who were the recipients of this attention, have also felt the effects of it in powerful ways.

What do we do? We sit together in silence, on Zoom, not with the idea that we are going to help “fix” someone who is unwell, but with our shared understanding that what we are in our truest Essence, does not require healing. What we already are as Presence is already whole, complete, and perfect.

Consciousness knows nothing of sickness; the Infinite cannot know sickness or death, brokenness or suffering. It can only know the whole, so we focus our loving attention on the inherent wholeness and perfection that is already present, though sometimes overlooked, in all of us.

#485
May 3, 2022
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Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

You are kindly invited to this Sunday's hangouts:

10am Paris time - 1h30 pm India - 3 pm Indonesia - 4 pm Malaysia and Western Australia - 9pm New Zealand.

The second one is 11am Pacific time - 2pm NY time - 7 pm UK - 8 pm Paris time.

#484
April 30, 2022
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Book Club: Friday April 29th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is today Friday, April 29th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Lisa will be hosting.

We will use the Hafiz poem below as our springboard into discussion / sharing!

#483
April 29, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, April 27th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, April 27th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kristen Grace will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#482
April 26, 2022
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Next Hangout Wednesday, April 27th, 8pm New York time

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday April 27th, 8 p.m. New York time. Kristen will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We meet as peers, curious and open to learn. All views are welcome. Respect, inclusion, curiosity and openness are the foundation of the hangout gatherings. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706. If you have trouble signing in go to Zoom and use the following to log on: Meeting ID: 933 265 9706 Passcode: nottwo

#378
April 25, 2022
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Book Club: Friday April 22nd, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, April 22nd : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

For this week I've transcribed and condensed a section, starting at 1:58:09 from a recent interview of Rupert Spira and Bernardo Kastrup moderated by Simon Mundie on YouTube:

Simon: The other thing you introduced me to was the dissociative identity disorder…I want to tie this in with an objection to idealism…a very obvious one is that I can't read your thoughts and you can't read my thoughts, so I was wondering if you could relate that to the dissociative identity disorder, particularly the Harvard paper about a woman who couldn’t see…

Bernardo: …so there is this well-known psychiatric condition called dissociative identity disorder (DID) in which what was originally one center of awareness seemingly splits into multiple and separate centers of awareness which used to be called multiple personalities. DID is the new name for multiple personality disorder. Until the beginning of this century there were doubts whether this condition really existed because all we had was what patients reported…but since the advent of neuro imaging and the ability to image the brain activity, we know that the condition is real. One example is a study done in 2015 in Germany in which a woman with DID had multiple split off personalities, a couple of which claimed to be blind, and the others not, and the host was not blind and her visual system was intact…dissociation is literally capable of rendering you blind to what is right in front of your eyes even though your eyes are open and working, so of course it can render me incapable of reading your thoughts and the other way around.

#481
April 22, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, April 20th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, April 20th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Phyllis will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#480
April 20, 2022
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Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

You are kindly invited to this Sunday's hangouts:

10am Paris time - 1h30 pm India - 3 pm Indonesia - 4 pm Malaysia and Western Australia - 9pm New Zealand.

The second one is 11am Pacific time - 2pm NY time - 7 pm UK - 8 pm Paris time.

#479
April 15, 2022
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Book Club: Friday April 15th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, April 15th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

For this week we have several short quotes from Rupert Spira, all on the subject of experience:

"Experience is one ever-present, seamless unnamable, intimate whole. It is thought alone that divides this intimacy into a multiplicity and diversity of objects, others and selves, considering one part 'me' and everything else as 'not me'."

"All I know of the world is the experience of seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. All these are made out of the knowing of them. I, Awareness, am that knowing. When I experience the so-called world, I'm just experiencing my Self."

"Give your attention to the experience of seeing rather than to the object seen and you will find yourself everywhere."

"Can you separate anyone or anything from experience, and experience from yourself? No? Then don’t!"

#478
April 15, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, April 13th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, April 13th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Phyllis will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#477
April 13, 2022
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Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

You are kindly invited to our Sunday's hangouts:

10am Paris time - 1h30 pm India - 3 pm Indonesia - 4 pm Malaysia and Western Australia - 9pm New Zealand - Perizat will host.

The second one is 11am Pacific time - 2pm NY time - 7 pm UK - 8 pm Paris time. Lisa will Host

#476
April 8, 2022
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Time Changes, Book Club: Friday April 8th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, April 8th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Kathryn will be hosting.

The quote for this week is transcribed from a question answered by Rupert Spira (YouTube link below).

Q. …does this mean that we, as presence, can heal the human form, or…?

#475
April 7, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, April 6th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, April 6th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 12 noon Auckland time, 10 am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8 am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#474
April 5, 2022
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Tomorrow's hangouts

Dearest friends,

You are kindly invited to our Sunday's hangouts (tomorrow) :

10am Paris time - 1h30 pm India - 3 pm Indonesia - 4 pm Malaysia and Western Australia - 9pm New Zealand - I will host.

The second one is 11am Pacific time - 2pm NY time - 7 pm UK - 8 pm Paris time.

#473
April 2, 2022
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Time Changes, Book Club: Friday April 1st, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Friends,

This revised email is to clarify the time of our meeting today. Sorry for any confusion! See you soon!

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, April 1st : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Lisa will be hosting.

#472
April 1, 2022
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Time Changes, Book Club: Friday April 1st, 8 pm Paris Time, 3 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, April 1st : 8pm Paris time, 3 pm New York time. Lisa will be hosting. Please note the time differences: 3pm Eastern time. Many places in North America have sprung forward in Spring.

We will consider verses 2:16-18 from the Bhagavad-Gita:

"There is no existence for the unreal and the real can never be non-existent. The Seers of Truth know the nature and final ends of both.

#471
March 31, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, March 30th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, March 30th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 1 pm Auckland time, 11am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#470
March 30, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday March 27th, Europe is shifting to Daylight Saving Time and so our hangouts are going to take place as follows:

10am Paris time - 1h30 pm India - 3 pm Indonesia - 4 pm Malaysia and Western Australia - 9pm New Zealand - Bernard will host.

The second one is 2pm NY time - 8 pm Paris time, Lisa will Host.

#469
March 25, 2022
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Time Changes, Book Club: Friday March 25th, 8 pm Paris Time, 3 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, March 25th : 8pm Paris time, 3 pm New York time. Lisa will be hosting. Please note the time differences: 3pm Eastern time. Many places in North America have sprung forward in Spring. Europe follows in a week's time.

We will consider the following quotes:

"The word 'things' applies to the self and other things, because the existence of the self and the existence of things are equal in terms of being 'things'. When you know the things, you know yourself and when you know yourself, you know the Lord. Because what you think is other than God is not other than God but you do not know it. You see Him and you do not know that you see Him."

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March 24, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, March 23rd, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, March 23rd, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 1 pm Auckland time, 11am Sydney, 7 am Jakarta, 8am Malaysia). Please note the time changes. Kristen will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#467
March 23, 2022
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Time Changes, Book Club: Friday March 18th, 8 pm Paris Time, 3 pm New York time

Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, March 18th : 8pm Paris time, 3 pm New York time. Bernard will be hosting. Please note the time differences: 3pm Eastern time. Many places in North America have sprung forward in Spring. Europe follows in a week's time.

We will consider the following quote from The Nature of Awareness by Rupert:

"The feeling of being or the knowledge ‘I am’ is the last frontier of the mind as it seeks its source and the first frontier through which awareness passes as it manifests objective experience. This is why Jiddu Krishnamurti referred to it as ‘the first and last freedom’. Awareness loses its last freedom as it passes through the portal ‘I am’ and assumes the form of the finite mind, and the finite mind gains its first freedom when it passes through the same portal in the opposite direction on its return to infinite awareness. Thus, in order to recognise its essential reality, mind must cease being mind. Mind cannot know awareness, even though it is made of it. Only awareness can know awareness."

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March 18, 2022
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This Sunday's hangouts

Dearest friends,

This Sunday's (March 13th) hangouts will take place at their usual times at 10 am Paris time (2:30pm India - 4:00pm Indonesia - 5:00pm Malaysia - 6:00pm Japan - Bernard will host), then 2pm Eastern time (11am Pacific - 8pm Paris time - Lisa will host)

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old…friends who resonate with Rupert’s teachings. We talk about whatever comes up for us. There are no teachers or students. Each of us finds our own way.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening! We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#465
March 11, 2022
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Book Club: Friday March 11th, 8 pm Paris Time, 2 pm New York time

Dearest Friends,

The next Book Club meeting is this Friday, March 11th : 8pm Paris time, 2 pm New York time. Lisa will host.

This week we will consider the following quote from Life Never Dies, by Roy Melvyn:

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March 8, 2022
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Next hangout Wednesday, March 9th, 8pm New York time (Thursday Asia/Oceania)

Dearest friends,

Our next hangout will be on Wednesday, March 9th, at 8 pm New York time. (Thursday 2 pm Auckland time, 12 noon Sydney, 8 am Jakarta, 9 am Malaysia). Kathryn will host.

A hangout is a place where we can relax with our friends, new and old, and just see what comes up. There are no students or teachers, just awareness in our various forms enjoying itself.

If you haven’t been along for a while, why not drop in and see what is happening. We have a standard link for our sessions that will work from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/9332659706.

#462
March 8, 2022
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