YOU ARE INVITED FOR DIKSHA WITH GRACE...

 You are invited to experience a gentle, yet powerful phenomenon sweeping the Hawaiian Islands: Diksha, the energetic transmission of Enlightenment, the Direct Experience of Unity.
You are invited to receive Diksha with Grace...

THE LIFE OF THE HEART:
Waking up to the Truth of Who You Are

Aloha Friends,

 Grace has been one of my dearest friends for many years, I love her dearly.  It has been a treasure to witness her evolution to full consciousness.  She is one of the people I can truly say arrived as a Seeker, and leaves as a Finder. 

 I feel very honored to have her back again in Hawaii, and with gratitude present these events and retreats so that more people can have the opportunity of awakening deeply to their own truth.

 Aaron

 

                  Divine Diksha with Grace...

 Oahu:

Two day Intensive

Fri Oct 14, Evening Introductory Diksha

Sat, Oct 15, Intensive

Kauai:

Three day Retreat

Fri Oct 21, Evening Introductory Diksha

Sat 22 & Sun 23, Retreat in Wailua

Maui:

Three day Retreat

Fri Oct 28, Evening Introductory Diksha

Sat 29 & Sun 30, Retreat in Olinda

  

The process of returning to our natural state of oneness is available to everyone.  Diksha is one of the ways in which it is possible to experience this state. It is a neuro-biological event that can be triggered in the presence of someone who is able to sustain this state of consciousness. It is now being offered by people around the world who have integrated a state of enlightened grace, and who have been trained to transmit this loving energy to others.

 The focus of diksha is to initially balance the brain energies, allowing the soul to receive deep states of self-awareness, illumination & peace.  From that point it can blossom in the heart, creating states of bliss, surrender, joy, laughter & happiness.

 If you feel called to receive this divine energy, Diksha will be offered by Grace Sears, the first Westerner to become enlightened when  Diksha was offered to the West in 2003.

 After an intensive personal five-month training in India, Grace and her husband, Kiara Windrider, have since toured Europe extensively, giving diksha intensives to hundreds of people.

 The retreats & intensives are designed to take you very deeply into the diksha experience, so that you can relax and receive the energy without having to ‘do’ anything.  Come join us and enjoy!

  
“An incomparable experience! Where else can one go to simply sit and be drenched in love and devotion? And just by being there willing to receive, experience exquisite love and well-being….  Grace is the most deliciously ordinary person I have met.”   - Rev. Libby Tao Kelson-Fulcher

                                     

                                      Details of October events . . .

 

Grace is offering 2 and 3 day events on Oahu, Kauai and Maui.  In order to attend the weekend sessions, it is necessary to attend Friday evening as well.  However, for people new to diksha, feel free to join us for the Friday evening intro sessions; then you may feel inspired to return the next day...that will be up to you.

 The purpose for this format is to receive diksha in the evening, go home in silence and allow the energy to assimilate during the night, returning the next day.  Grace has found this to be the most powerful way to transmit the diksha experience.

 

Oahu:

 Fri, Oct 14th Introductory evening, 6-9 pm, Shanti Yoga Studio, $25 donation

Sat Oct 15th, Diksha Intensive

Location:  Shanti Yoga Studio,38 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kailua

Time:  Sat 12-6 pm. 

Donation:  $75-100 Saturday

 

In order to attend Saturday, it is necessary to attend Friday evening as well. 

 Contact:  Aaron, achristeaan@yahoo.com 808-261-1901


 Kauai:

 Fri, Oct. 21 Introductory evening

Location: Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, Lihue, 7-10 pm, $25 donation

Sat/Sun Oct 22-23rd, Wailua Retreat, donation, $125-150

            Includes diksha tour of the Hindu Temple

 

In order to attend the weekend sessions, it is necessary to attend Friday evening as well. 

 Rsvp, info & directions, contact:  Judith, jet@aloha.net  808-245-7944

 Maui:

 Fri, Oct 28th introductory evening

Location:  Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St, Wailuku

7-10 pm, $25 donation

Sat/Sun Oct 29-30th,  Residential Retreat

Fabulous Olinda Retreat!!  Luxurious estate, views, pool & spa, absolutely beautiful & inspirational setting::

http://www.yourhawaiitours.com/olindaretreat/

Donation, $175-195, includes meals, for day use

Rooms available at the estate, for an additional $75/night, double occupancy. Three nights, Fri, Sat, Sun, check out on Monday. Limited space available. RSVP with Aaron below to reserve your space.

 
In order to attend the weekend sessions, it is necessary to attend Friday evening as well.

 Email for retreat location, directions & further information

Contact:  Aaron, achristeaan@yahoo.com 808-261-1901

After Oct 18th, Contact Marcia: mzm@hawaii.rr.com  808-778-6117

 “Right after my first diksha experience, I powerfully saw and felt, over and over, how my mind’s stories were (and continue to be) the cause of ALL my suffering. And I was able, perhaps for the first time in my life, to step out of that constant stream of mind-talk, of believing the mind, and  immediately felt a deep calm and peace.”   - Marcia Zina Mager

                   
“This has been a most incredible experience for me, and feels so good. It is nothing to do with a religion, nor do you need to change your views, religion or lifestyle in any way.”   -Cynthia

 For those who are not familiar with Grace, please see her video interview after her enlightenment in July 2003 at http://www.experiencefestival.com/videogallery. 

Grace is the first Westerner to become enlightened when Bhagavan decided to give diksha to the West, following the Oneness Festival in July 2003. After an intensive personal five-month training at Golden City, Grace and her husband, Kiara Windrider, have since then toured Europe extensively, giving 10 day diksha intensives to hundreds of people. 

  More about Diksha:

http://amma-bhagwan.blogspot.com/

to hear Bhagavan directly, visit www.onenessuniversity.org/message.htm

http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Kalki_Bhagavan/id/1542

http://www.livinginjoy.com

Articles by Kiara Windrider (Grace’s husband):

http://www.spiritwheels.com/writers/kiara/articles.html 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT DIKSHA WITH GRACE...

From Aaron:

Grace has been one of my dearest friends for many years, I love her dearly. It has been a treasure to witness her evolution to full consciousness. She is one of the people I can truly say arrived as a seeker, and leaves as a finder. Her & Kiara now find those souls who are ready to explode into complete self-awareness… which is global consciousness, our true nature.
The experience of diksha has been for me like being held in the most sublime and tender arms of the universe.

Since receiving diksha, my core sense of being a separate struggling individual, resisting reality, trying to "make it" to somewhere or something, has disappeared. What is there instead is a tremendous relaxation and feeling of connection to everything. It’s like being in the center of a gently flowing river, guided moment to moment along a tangible current of love.

It has been a blessing to be with Grace going through the motions of daily life, full of exuberance, love, joy, tolerance, and her fierce inner drive to Truth. She leaves no stone unturned. She has touched many souls deeply. She does so without pretense, expectation, or judgment. Her being is totally genuine.

“The experience of diksha has been for me like relaxing into the womb of creation where my relationship with the self & the world is one of sublime tenderness and love."


Diksha With Grace:
An incomparable experience. Don't miss it. All too rare these days, the opportunity to be in the presence of unconditional love and simple presence. Where else can one go to simply sit and be drenched in love and devotion and just by being there willing to receive, experience abundant, exquisite love for all of life, well-being and grace. Grace is the most deliciously ordinary person I have met.
Libby Tao Kelson-Fulcher, D.D.

“Right after my first diksha experience, I powerfully saw and felt, over and over, how my mind’s stories were (and continue to be) the cause of ALL my suffering. And I was able, perhaps for the first time in my life, to step out of that constant stream of mind-talk, of believing the mind, and  immediately felt a deep calm and peace.”   - Marcia Zina Mager


“This has been a most incredible experience for me, and feels so good. It is nothing to do with a religion, nor do you need to change your views, religion or lifestyle in any way.”   -Cynthia

My Diksha Dance…

I’ve recently gone through an intense and life-changing experience that seems to have been brought on or catalyzed or amplified by (whatever you’d like to call it) receiving diksha about six weeks ago.

While I don’t know if it was totally “caused” by the diksha experience –
I had, in fact, been doing some powerful energy work beforehand –
the diksha experience definitely added a powerful, powerful element.

What happened?

Simply put, I experienced, in a short period of time, an intense amount of concentrated mental/emotional suffering and in the midst of it, saw/realized/felt the cause or source of that suffering: Identifying with my mind.

I’ve been a spiritual seeker my whole adult life and would consider myself very knowledgeable and intellectually sophisticated when it comes to contemporary Western spirituality. I particularly resonate with Eckhart Tolle, Gangaji, Byron Katie, and Joel Goldsmith (to name a few).

Yet my grasp and ability to practice what these awakened teachers were talking about always seemed somewhat sporadic and short lived. I see now it’s because that understanding came from my mind. I had a “concept” about what they were saying, not a living, in-my-body understanding. To put it more simply, I believed that freedom, enlightenment, the ‘answer’ came from the mind.

Since the diksha experience, I powerfully saw/felt/realized, again and again, how my mind’s stories were (and continue to be) the cause of ALL my suffering. The only cause. No exceptions. None. And when I stepped out of that constant stream of mind-talk, of believing the mind, of identifying with the mind, I immediately felt calm and peaceful.

I seem to be able to maintain this state more and more. What I mean is –
I seem to be able to catch my “suffering” when it begins (suddenly realizing, again, that it’s just a story, a series of thoughts in my mind) and then immediately begin to withdraw my identity from that story, from my mind, and find peacefulness again. I seem to be able to abide, more and more, in the Witnessing Presence that awakened teachers talk about. I seem to be able to abide in “the field of attention” that Tolle talks about, the awareness, or consciousness out of which everything arises.

The real test, of course, always is the people closest to me – particularly my husband and 7 year old son, both of whom can easily trigger me/push my buttons and “send” me into a wildly reactive self. (Ram Das once said, if you want to know how enlightened you are, go spend a week with your parents!)

With this quiet, yet profound shift, I seem to be able to see/feel that suffering/reactivity coming on; I am able to bring Presence, or Conscious Awareness to the pattern arising in me, and then my reactivity (which has been my namesake!) dissipates relatively quickly.

Equally important (and part of the same shift) is my deepening ability and willingness to abide in Stillness. To simply sit and do nothing. To wait, without expectation, for the “doing” to arise; and out of that state take effortless action.

In fact, I told my husband the other day, in tears, that for the first time in my entire life, I am not afraid of Stillness. In many ways, my whole life, I ran from Stillness, from that inner quiet. It terrified me. I needed enormous amounts of distractions: emotional drama, television, over-eating, etc.

Can I always do this? No, I cannot. But I seem to be able to do this more and more. I seem to be able to “hold” this consciousness – or a more accurate description is – this consciousness seems to stay with me, hold me; this Presence seems more and more rooted in my daily activities and awareness, without me making an effort, without “trying.” I go to bed aware of it. I wake up aware of it. I seem able to “remember” it more and more and more throughout my day. And when something does trigger me, I seem to be able to quickly witness my mind (and emotional) reaction and bring that Consciousness, again, to the arising reactivity.
All of this without any real effort. And that is an enormous relief to me because I have pushed and “tried” and “worked” my spiritual path for too many years. Frankly, it’s been exhausting!

Now that I am, for the moment, on the “other side” of the intense process I just went through, I can look back and see it as a gift of Grace. I am even beginning to see my own reactive patterns as a gift of Grace because as I see the pain and suffering arise, I can bring Presence, or Conscious Awareness to it. For me, that ability and willingness is an indescribable gift.

I don’t know if this will last. I deeply know, more and more, that absolutely everything is conditional. Even, perhaps, experiences like these. Of course, from this vantage point, it’s hard to imagine losing this rootedness, but ultimately, who knows…

What I do know, from this point in time, is that I can never go back. I cannot go back to believing what my mind tells me. I can’t seem to engage (for very long) in any sort of complaining, negative expressing because I am too aware that it is being generated by my mind/emotions and that is the root cause of my suffering.

I’m only writing this to give a little more clarity to this experience.
Perhaps something about this resonates for you. If it does, and you feel drawn to receiving this energy, this diksha, I encourage you to join us.

Love,
Zina