Workshop with James O'Dea - Sacred Wisdom in Dangerous Times
SACRED WISDOM IN DANGEROUS TIMES
An experiential workshop with James O'Dea and Patrick Marsolek
Saturday, June 19th
Covenant United Methodist Church - 2330 Broadway
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Limited Seating
$55.00 - Register Now
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- How do we connect with our own most luminous intelligence and wisdom?
- How do we navigate the times we live in to make sure that creative purpose is not blocked by negative stress?
- What does new science tell us about our true identity and capacities?
- What is the evolutionary leap that humanity must now take?
Join James and Patrick for a group exploration into the creative, luminous potentials that we all have. This is a time to come together and share our wisdom and creativity. We can explore how new science into consciousness, connection, community and transformation can help us. We can tap into the intellegence of the group mind to get clearer insight on our own personal paths and our sacred activism. Patrick and James bring together a creative, meaningful tapestry of inner exploration and insight with scientific understanding and knowledge of the power of the group mind.
Here are some ideas that are coming together for the workshop:
- There is a common thread between communing, communication and community. The inner is reflected in the outer. We will share our stories with each other, exploring the threads of deep communion within ourselves, with our families and our communities.
- Where is communication, community, and communing breaking down? Is the virtual world a true replacement for the kind of community we desire? What does the new science and neurobiology tell us about communing and communication.
- We each have access to an innate wisdom withun us. Your consciousness can help you release and transform the stresses that you carry. Your own inner wisdom ripples outwards and effects the larger world. What are ways we collectively know of making our deeper energy and being conscious and expressing it.
- What are the challenges to community in challenging times? How do we experience these challenges locally and across the country. What is the action you can take that will move us towards the evolutionary leap that is needed? How can you bring the sacred into your personal and communal activism?
James will be speaking at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Friday Night.
James O’Dea is a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and was
until recently its President. The Institute of Noetic Sciences is a
non-profit membership organization founded in 1973 by astronaut Edgar
Mitchell which explores the frontiers of consciousness and global
paradigm change.
James also spent ten years as the Director of the Washington Office of
Amnesty International, where he testified before Congress, met with
U.S. presidents and numerous foreign heads of state and government
leaders, and represented Amnesty International to the State Department,
the White House, and the World Conference on Human Rights.
Subsequently, he spent five years as Executive Director of the Seva
Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to international health
& development issues in Latin America, Asia, and on American Indian
reservations. Seva is a Sanskrit word meaning service. Prior to that
James lived and worked in Turkey and Lebanon, and witnessed civil
conflict, war and massacre, which influenced him deeply.
James founded and co-led with Dr. Judith Thompson an international
series of "Compassion and Social Healing" dialogues funded by The
Fetzer Institute. The dialogues, spanning a seven year period, brought
together leaders and activists in a variety of fields related to human
rights, peace, and social reconciliation initiatives. James and Judith
are currently involved in a major initiative to expand the theory and
practice of social healing funded by the Kalliopeia Foundation
Since 2008, James has been a member of the Evolutionary Leaders, a
group convened by Deepak Chopra and Diane Williams to unify efforts in
support of evolutionary changes in political, economic, ecological,
scientific and health and healing arenas. He is also a member of the
Global Systems Initiatives, an organization bringing a whole-systems
approach to complex global issues, founded by Louise Diamond. He
regularly participates in the Language of Spirit Dialogues which are
convened by the SEED Graduate Institute for Native Americans,
Physicists, and thought leaders.
He lectures all over the world, and has essays published in numerous
magazines and books including currently the Mystery of 2012 (Sounds
True); Consciousness and Healing: An Integral Approach to Mind Body
Medicine (Elsevier) and Earthrise: The Dawning of a New Civilization in
the 21st Century (Goi). His new book is Creative Stress: A Path for
Evolving Souls living through Personal and Planetary Upheaval.
James and Patrick
Patrick Marsolek is an author, teacher, facilitator, and director of Inner Workings Resources. Patrick has teamed up with James on two previous occasions offering experiential workshops in Montana in 2006 and in Oregon in 2008. Patrick brings to his work experience in Bohmian dialogue, Nonviolent Communication, research into extended human capacities and the functional use of altered states of consciousness to bring meaning and transformation in people's lives.
Through Inner Workings Resources Patrick offers presentations to different organizations and the public on self-empowerment, stress relief, relaxation, boundary setting and communication. He also offers ransformational retreats to groups to provide an opportunity to go deeper into personal transformation working with landscapes, group intention, trance, rhythm, movement, and music. Since 1999 Patrick has been practicing Clinical Hypnotherapy and he has a practice in Helena and Great Falls. He teaches Intuition, Self-hypnosis and Compassionate Communication classes and workshops for individuals and businesses. He also leads intuitive experiential field trips to ancient sites in Montana.
Patrick is also the author of Transform Yourself: a self-hypnosis manual and a series of articles on spirituality and consciousness. He has produced a series of 9 audio cds on self-hypnosis, relaxation, and visualization techniques and a series of instructional Argentine Tango DVDs. His new book A Joyful Intuition: How to Access Your Inner Knowing for Insight, Healing and Happiness has just been released and can be seen at www.AJoyfulIntuition.com.
Read more about Patrick and Inner Workings Resources.
James and Patrick will both have their new books available at the workshop.
Read more about Creative Stress or A Joyful Intuion.