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Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit," on Never Not Here Television, April 2
Sundance Burke, author, "Free Spirit," on Chicago's Never Not Here Show broadcast live worldwide via webcam on spiritual awakening, enlightenment and Self-realization. www.SundanceBurke.org

Friends of the Heart March Newsletter ~ Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:31:11 PDT

FRIENDS OF THE HEART MARCH ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE TO ENJOY ~

IN THIS ISSUE:

"Ego's Lack Is Self-Projection"
By Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

"The Big Easy"
By Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit

"Free Downloads: Chapters and E-books"

"Sometimes, It Rains Roses"
From the Awake by Katie Blog

"Better Together"
20% Discount on AwakeJoy and Free Spirit

Click Katie Davis Website Friends of the Heart March Issue

Maui Friends of the Heart ~ Satsang with Sundance and Katie

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:42:37 PDT

MAUI SATSANG WITH SUNDANCE AND KATIE:

Sunday, March 15, 4:00 pm

You are welcome to join us in meditation 15 minutes early.

The Maui Deeksha House
619 Kupulau
Maui Meadows, HI

Optional Donation

Hosts: Angelina, Ajmal, Sharina and Chris

Directions: From the Piilani Hwy, enter Maui Meadows at Mapu St, go left at the stop sign on Kupulau, drive to first curve sign and park on the street. While walking on the street, please honor the wonderful tranquility of the neighborhood. Enter 619 driveway. House is in the back. Please enter The Maui Deeksha House in silence.

You are invited to satsang with Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit.

More information, free videos and free downloads at www.KatieDavis.org and www.SundanceBurke.org.

Katie awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986 and Sundance in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi.

Since 1999, Sundance and Katie have been traveling worldwide wherever invited to sit with those interested in awakening now and realizing Truth.

Their friend, Eckhart Tolle, directly encouraged their newly published books.

The Spiritual Ego by Katie Davis

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:12:44 PDT

One of the reasons that I wrote my book, "Awake Joy," was to discourage any sense of arrival in those who are spiritually awakening. There is nowhere to land in this free fall of wonder. The feet never again touch the ground.

When we become conscious that we are not the mind-made self, we become conscious of simply being; that sense of gentle aliveness. Somewhat free of identified compulsive thinking, bliss comes to the forefront and there is a tendency for some to say "this is it." For many, this is the birthing of the spiritual ego.

It has gained great insight and much spiritual knowledge. It will be eventually seen that the ego has secretly entered through the back door, but this time wearing spiritual clothing.

The spiritual ego is a very difficult "nut to crack." Its sophistication and knowledge in this instance has become a road block rather than a benefit. Still, like any other ego, it is still attempting to possess things. In this case, the idea that "it" is awake. Since it is still a reference point, it perceives those who are higher or lower. It continues to maintain a position.

Like any other reference point, there is nothing to be "done" about it. That would only be the spiritual ego becoming a better spiritual ego. No. The invitation is the same. Be still without any sense of arrival. Just as the "traditional ego" awakened to a "new dimension," there will layer upon layer that continues to dissolve. Being still, waiting without waiting, becoming ever more conscious of ALL that is here.

As long as you find that the reference point you are looking from is within the field of experience, more will be burned away. We call it the Fire of Truth for a very good reason. That fire is the extraordinary power of conscious allowing. That Awareness will burn everything into Itself. When no negativity remains, ecstatic Love, Bliss and Peace of the Sacred is consciously permanent.

The "inward" path to Self-realization does include negation. Anything that is impermanent, coming or going, is eliminated. I am not my thoughts, I am not my emotions, I am not my body and its sensing, I am beyond time and space, I am not the ego "I," I am not the self-observer, I am not my mental images whether perceived to be "inside" or "outside" (your body and world), I am not my visions, psychic phenomena or yogic powers. Virtually everything in modification or that you are aware of as experience will eventually be surrendered ... and this surrender happens by itself ... as long as you are willing to remain in attention and "not knowing."

This gives the impression of deepening, but that perception is false. The altered states of consciousness are dissolving to reveal that You are already deepest as pure Awareness. Enlightenment of the divided mind will occur at this point. However, You are not the mind. Anything that you are aware of, you are beyond.

Even here, there must be a willingness to not know. No one here, no where to land. Self-realization brings full embodiment of the Totality through complete integration of the universe. In other words, not one thing is "omitted" ... other than fear and its suffering.

Even that is not truthfully "omitted." We are required to welcome it and ALLOW it while it burns. Even when your "personal" suffering has been investigated, we have the suffering of the collective ego. Once again, there is no escape. Let it arise in all its horror. Find out what it is. Is it true that it is endless? Take "your" Light of Awareness into every dark corner. Just as the night cannot survive the rising sun, darkness cannot prevail in the Light of Awareness. You will realize the delusion that darkness ever existed in the first place.

Forbearance is the last gatekeeper to enlightenment. Forbearance means patience. Suffering is still appearing and "you" are ok with that fact. It is only by complete acceptance and by "knowing" what suffering is that you are released into the perfection of the Unknown.

What does this mean for "you and your world?" Well, the illumined mind is a perfect mirror for the genuine Love of Self that is totally free of desire and fear. The "new" world IS here. It is not really new ... it has forever been. The opportunity is to gaze at its beauty free of all altered states.

Our natural state is not reserved for "enlightened beings." There are no enlightened beings, there is no "higher or lower self," there is no fear, no ego, no spiritual ego. We are one unfathomable Field of complete equanimity. The formless Essence and when integrated, all Form. There is only the Self ... that includes your body and its given name.

The Buddha was once asked to define enlightenment. After a long silence, he said, "the end of suffering."

I am not asking for agreement or disagreement. I am not asking you to "believe" what I am saying. I am not asking you to acquire a new philosophy or determine the relative truth of a new concept. No, that would be no more than another assumption. My invitation is to continue the "journey" to nowhere. Realize the ultimate Truth directly.

Maybe a short analogy would help. You have a glass of ice water. Sooner or later, those ice cubes will melt into water. You have not separated from ice cubes. They merely dissolved. It is the same with altered states of consciousness. Just as an ice cube is made of water, so are the altered states of consciousness (negativity - desire, fear, separation) made of pure consciousness. Sooner or later, they dissolve.

Be still and aware ... allow the dissolution. In this, we live as the pure Freedom of the Heart. Just wait and see.

Katie Davis Website www.KatieDavis.org
Free downloads of chapters, free e-books, videos, book reviews, groups and more.

Maui Satsang with Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:22:19 PDT

MAUI SATSANG WITH SUNDANCE AND KATIE: Maui Friends of the Heart

Sunday, March 22, 4:00-6:00 pm

You are welcome to join us in meditation 15 minutes early.

The Maui Deeksha House
619 Kupulau
Maui Meadows, HI

By Donation

Hosts: Angelina, Ajmal, Sharina and Chris

Directions: From the Piilani Hwy, enter Maui Meadows at Mapu St, go left at the stop sign on Kupulau, drive to first curve sign and park on the street. While walking on the street, please honor the wonderful tranquility of the neighborhood. Enter 619 driveway. House is in the back. Please enter The Maui Deeksha House in silence.

You are invited to satsang with Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit.

More information, free videos and free downloads at www.KatieDavis.org and www.SundanceBurke.org.

Katie awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986 and Sundance in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi.

Since 1999, Sundance and Katie have been traveling worldwide wherever invited to sit with those interested in awakening now and realizing Truth.

Their friend, Eckhart Tolle, directly encouraged their newly published books.

MEDITERRANEAN RETREAT ~ Five Day Residential Retreat in September 2009 with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:42 PDT

"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. You and Sundance make a great team. Your humor, love and deep caring were expressed so easily. The meditation was amazing. Your 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 you again." ~ Chandra, Boulder, Colorado, USA

SILENT NON-DUALITY RETREAT with Sundance and Katie is an opportunity to surrender the ego, dissolve the pain body and realize the Heart that you genuinely are at the core of being through being present, deep resting and the Self-inquiry teachings of Ramana Maharshi, and then to fully embody this essential Truth.

Gathering together for an extended period in the frequency of true satsang, you may realize the conscious freedom and causeless joy that is endlessly available through spiritual awakening, enlightenment and Self-realization.

After arrival at the retreat center on Wednesday afternoon, we will begin observing silence after dinner at the first satsang. During our delicious vegetarian meals together, we will also observe conversational silence. On Sunday morning after our last satsang, we will break the silence and socially enjoy our last lunch before departure Sunday afternoon.

We will gather for two 2 hour satsang sessions most days with talks, deep resting, music and you will have an opportunity to ask questions, share and be spiritual friends.

The entire retreat center is reserved for only our retreat and is located in a beautiful, tranquil and natural setting on the Mediterranean Sea.

SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 PEOPLE. Registration opens soon.

Registration, location, more information and retreat center photos will be available soon at:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

KATIE DAVIS is author of "Awake Joy" and awakened spontaneously and radically in 1986.

www.KatieDavis.org

SUNDANCE BURKE is author of "Free Spirit" and awakened in 1982 with his teachers Satoshi (Osho/Nisdargadatta influence) and Shunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend Ramana Maharshi, one of the most cherished sages of modern day India.

www.SundanceBurke.org

SUNDANCE AND KATIE are married and met in 1988. They have been traveling to share Truth since 1999. Their friend, Eckhart Tolle, encouraged them to teach and in 2004, encouraged them to write their new books that published in 2008. While pragmatic and western world, Sundance and Katie's teachings are consistent with the Heart of Advaita.

Mediterranean Silent Retreat & Satsang with Katie Davis & Sundance Burke ~ Registration Is Open

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:18:38 PDT

September 16-20, 2009 at Jardin de Mar Retreat Center by Valencia, Spain

Registration is now open for the Mediterranean Silent Retreat & Satsang with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke, September 16-20, 2009 at the Jardin de Mar Retreat Center that is 3 kilometres from Valencia, Spain and 15 minutes from the Mediterrean Beaches.

For a complete retreat description, Jardin de Mar Retreat Center photos and the "Retreat Brochure and Registration Form, please click:

www.KatieDavis.org/Schedule.html

You are invited to the Home of the Heart.

Friends of the Heart April 2009 Issue is Posted by Katie Davis at www.KatieDavis.org

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:05:34 PDT

Friends of the Heart April Issue is published.

In This Issue:

"Mediterranean Silent Retreat" & Satsang with Katie & Sundance
SILENT RETREAT 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 to realize the Heart that you genuinely are at the core of being through being present, deep resting and Self-inquiry ...(continue reading)

"Who Is Looking?" by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy
WE HAVE FOUR essential tools to realize who we really are. The first is sensing and conscious breathing, to get out of our heads and consciously in our bodies. This first basic step will spontaneously lead us to a second fundamental step, which is shifting from the time-based mind into the refuge of our timelessness or what we might refer to as presence. The third elemental tool is the most ... (continue reading)

"Who Is Witnessing the Dream? by Sundance Burke, Author, Free Spirit
IF YOU ACCEPT only the feeling-sense underlying and supporting "I am" and abide as pure Being, you will realize that your life is only a dream. Be the witnessing presence and do not allow the mind to tempt you into the wild goose chase of seeking your Self through imagination. With simple awareness, you can observe the thinking mind and what it's up to! You can watch the train of thoughts ... (continue reading)

"You Are So Beautiful" by Katie Davis, Awake by Katie Blog
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ... this knowing, glowing, bliss; So radiant ... complete ... so full that it is overflowing; Always asking for the impossibility of its speaking ... or kindly requesting for a word to be written that could not possibly contain it ... (continue reading)

"Maui Satsang, Oahu Satsang and Live Worldwide Broadcasts"
Sundance and Katie
Worldwide LIVE Broadcasts with Sundance Burke or Katie Davis with call ins from viewers and interview by Richard Miller from Chicago's Never Not Here Television Show. Tune in worldwide from your computer ... (continue reading)

To forward to the Friends of the Heart April Issue, please click:

www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Free monthly published articles on awakening, oneness, enlightenment, Non-duality, Advaita and Self-realization.

Live Worldwide Broadcast with Katie Davis on Never Not Here Television

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:36:31 PDT

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM Central Daylight Time (Greenwich Mean minus 5 hours)

Join Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy, live directly from your computer on the internet with the Producer of Chicago's Never Not Here Show, Richard Miller.

If you wish to talk directly with Katie, please call the telephone number that will appear on the screen to ask questions or share.

The interview will be on spiritual awakening, Self-inquiry, oneness, enlightenment, Non-duality, Advaita and Self-realization.

At showtime, please click this link:

www.NeverNotHere.com/VideoPage.htm

More information at the Katie Davis Website:

www.KatieDavis.org

Live Worldwide Broadcast with Sundance Burke on Never Not Here

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:38:08 PDT

Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM Central Daylight Time (Greenwich Mean minus 5 hours)

Join Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit, live directly from your computer on the internet with the Producer of Chicago's Never Not Here Show, Richard Miller.

If you wish to talk directly with Sundance, please call the telephone number that will appear on the screen to ask questions or share.

The interview will be on spiritual awakening, Self-inquiry, oneness, enlightenment, Non-duality, Advaita and Self-realization.

At showtime, please click this link:

www.NeverNotHere.com/VideoPage.htm

More information at the Sundance Burke Website:

www.SundanceBurke.org

Awakening to the Invincible Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:03:45 PDT

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"

For the Katie Davis Website, please click www.KatieDavis.org.

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:23:04 PDT

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.

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:28 PDT

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?

Does a Moonbeam Have Free Will? by Katie Davis, Author of "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment"

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:16:48 PDT

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 both concepts are simply nonsensical and share with you why neither apply. The question only entertains the interest of the separate sense of self that still believes in the limitation of "I am the body" idea that thinks that it is traveling within space and time. Whereas in truth, there is no such differentiation and separation. There is no separated "some-body" to which free will or determinism could apply. The true Self that you genuinely are is completely beyond both space and time.

Perhaps an analogy serves best:

In the photo directly above this blog post, the full moon is setting over the ocean. As the moon nears the horizon, it begins sparkling separate moonbeams across the water. To wonder whether one of those moonbeams has free will or not ... so that it can wander off by itself to some other waters ... just is not a true possibility.

Likewise, to then jump to the conclusion that since the moonbeam does not have free will that it is then governed by determinism and can only move according to its separate, individual destiny would also be a delusion.

Discussion of separate, independent moonbeams would be in total ignorance of the presence of the full moon. The moonbeams only appear to be individuated, but they clearly are not. In fact, their appearances are solely due to the full moon and absolutely inseparable from it. Their existence depends upon it.

In other words, the moonbeams are only reflections upon the water and have no true independent reality. If the ripples on the water were absolutely still, we would in fact have a perfect reflection of a single, full moon ... yet, we would not call the full reflection the real full moon. Only the moon itself is real.

With movement of the rippling water, the reflection becomes diversified and we have dozens of sparkling lights. Whether a single reflection or diversified reflections, both are unreal and refer only to the true full moon.

It is exactly the same with your true identity ... the full moon being the true Self, the water being consciousness, the reflection being either the illuminated, still mind of the apparent realized sage or the sparkling diversified moonbeams that represent the divided mind and its apparent individuality.

The mind is only a mirror. Everything that appears in the mirror is only a reflection that we call the world of form and experience. The divided mind of ego is one of those reflections and it has the false idea that it is separate, independent and it maintains the delusion of space and time with its universal laws. This is in ignorance of Self (full moon).

On the "inward" journey of awakening, we dismiss the reflection (form and experience) as "I am not that;" an important and true realization. However, upon Self-realization with its integration and full embodiment of the Totality, the reflection is realized as the tremendous power of true Self. Self and its power are virtually inseparable; there is only the Self.

With the mind turned outward before the awakening, we have the egoic mind wearing its dark sunglasses of perception due to its original idea of separation. Therefore, it suffers and perceives a suffering world. The suffering is not in the world. The ego is perceiving in the mirror its own pain gap between the magnificent, infinite Heart that it genuinely is and the figment of imagination of being only a fraction of the Totality. Since the ego only knows separation, it can only perceive separation. Its mantra is "me" vs. "you" vs. "God."

Through awakening, when the mind is turned inward through Self-inquiry, the divided mind dissolves into the Divine Self and is illuminated. In this illumination, it provides a perfect still mirror ... a perfect reflection of Self that is the apparent, Self-realized sage.

Whether apparent sage or the ego "I" thought of individuality ... it is only a reflection of true Self (in our analogy, the true and real full moon). There is no sage (perfect reflection) or individual (diversified reflection) that is anything more than a reflection. Yet in this realization, what a profound, infinite and all powerful discovery! You are the unfathomable, omniscient, omnipresent Self!

The purpose of this writing is to cut to the chase ... to point to every reader, here and now, to their full potentiality ... not years from now, but virtually this instant.

There are many universal reference points, through which every human being will pass to Self-realization. Your job is to look directly within to determine which reference point you are currently looking from.

When you become aware of the reference point, I can clearly demonstrate that you are already beyond it and then you need to look again where I am pointing. Knowledge has no value whatsoever, unless you are willing to look directly within you to determine fact and realize the Truth.

When you are permanently free of the delusion of ALL reference points (truthfully, you are already), that is Self-realization ... followed by integration, full embodiment of the Totality and finally awake living, where you may be asked to help "pass the flame," so to speak.

With full embodiment of the Totality:

There is ONLY SELF.

Divine Self (formless perfection) and Divine Self-Power (appearance of the universe)

So the Self has no other to "will" upon ...

The Self has no other to "determine" upon ...

The Self is not a "doer" unto others ...

There is only Divine Self and its reflective power.

As the delusion of the time and space traveler, "you" will live that shadow dream and "you" are subject to the law of cause and effect, the law of karma, the law of impermanence ... and it is all a dream of the divided mind without any true reality.

Unconditional Love allows that dream for eons. I am just here to sound an alarm ... it is time to wake up and be who you are. There is no bondage ... you are Freedom itself.

The individual self is nothing more than a delusional bubble on the surface of the ocean, crying for water, trying to mindfully figure itself out with the wrong tool. Let the bubble burst ... it inevitably will anyway ... all bubbles do. You are the Ocean no matter what you pretend to be.

At this point, the ego may complain and persist, "No, that is too much to lose!"

Really?

I can only reply, that in the end, not one thing is lost, other than fear and its suffering separation. The beautiful body with its given name is still here with all of its beautiful in born talents and unique expressions, just no longer plagued with desires, lack and limitation.

"My body" is now the appearance of the entire Universe ... OM, the rotating planets, the life forces, the tides, infinite creativity, abundance, unconditional and euphoric love, the joy of being, ecstatic bliss, true intelligence, and among those appearances (reflections), the body named Katie.

This is the true and immediate opportunity of the New Dawn that is already here. If you have been on the path for 25 years, I urge its completion. If you are beginning to awaken, the 25 years are no longer required and perhaps never were. I could say that this urgency is a call for the salvation of humanity and yet to the novice this could instill a fear that will prove counter productive.

When you notice the world's structures falling apart such as they are now in today's world situation, please face the unreality of the fear. Be the unwavering, underlying Truth, instead of adding power to the delusion of the collective negativity.

If the cocoon of the butterfly never fell away, it could never fly to freedom. What appears to be destruction is simultaneously the miracle of birthing.

The falling away has within it the full, unlimited potentiality, whether presently perceived as the "individual ego" with the personal story falling apart or perceived as the "collective ego" such as financial world institutions or other collective structures. Today's true invitation is to be the immediate and living answer.

It will be realized in the end that there is no individual or collective ego. While in the beginning, it may seem like "your" awakening, there is only the greater awakening.

The profound miracle is that Pure Consciousness itself is no longer getting lost in form. It is "burning" and permanently dissolving its altered states of consciousness. As it clears, so does the reflection. We see what genuinely is and always has been.

Don't get me wrong, you are welcome to continue the mindful debate of free will vs. determinism for your "moonbeam" nature or otherwise play with the adolescent idea of creating the desires of what you think is your personal reality. Meanwhile, the question is, will humanity make it? There are no guarantees. Even this is realized as not problematic, since there is no such thing as loss as Pure Consciousness.

You also have the immediate opportunity to realize that you are in fact the true "full moon" ... the very Heart of the Universal Being; the Self-illuminating and Self-effulgent Light whose Self-power is every Reflection.

KATIE DAVIS awakened radically and spontaneously in 1986 and since 1999 has been sharing the message of conscious freedom and causeless joy. She is author of "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment."

KATIE DAVIS WEBSITE www.KatieDavis.org
Free downloads, chapters, e-books, videos and monthly newsletters with articles on awakening, being Now, Self-inquiry, oneness, Non-duality, Advaita and Self-realization. Katie's book, "Awake Joy," is available on her website and most bookstores or online stores.

Daughters and a Full Recovery

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:55:17 PDT

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!

Friends of the Heart May 2009 Issue by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:10:15 PDT

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

Katie Davis ~ Never Not Here Live Webcast, June 10

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:16:36 PDT

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

The Self-observer and the Universal Witness

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:34:26 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:44:41 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:57:28 PDT

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

Vancouver Satsang, BC Satsang, British Columbia Satsang, Pacific Northwest Satsang, Body Soul & Spirit Expo ~ Katie Davis, Sundance Burke

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:47:06 PDT

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

Conscious TV with Iain McNay ~ Interviews ~ Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:32:24 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:59:33 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:39:11 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:35:35 PDT

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:14:26 PDT

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!

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Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy, points to the only Essential Question for spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Enjoy the entire Free Videos Library at www.KatieDavis.org
Katie Davis, Postponement Strategy, Author, Awake Joy (8 minute video)
Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy, speaks on ego's Postponement Strategy that denies spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Enjoy the entire Free Videos Library at www.KatieDavis.org.
Katie Davis, A Certain Hesitaton, Author, Awake Joy
Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy, asks us to notice A Certain Hesitation and surrender it for spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Enjoy the entire Free Videos Library at www.KatieDavis.org.

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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Sundance Burke, Wholeness
Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit speaks on Wholeness through spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Free awakening video library at www.SundanceBurke.org.
Sundance Burke, No Dilemma, Author, Free Spirit
Sundance Burke on the Never Not Here television show by ClearSightTV on spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Free video library, free newsletters at www.SundanceBurke.org. Free Spirit is available at his website; a book directly encouraged by Eckhart To
Sundance Burke, Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment
Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit, on the Never Not Here television show, "Something We May Be Ignoring." This is a segment of a one hour show that is available in its entirety at www.SundanceBurke.org with other free videos and his book, Free Spirit.

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Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Passion For The Sacred
This poetry is truly the Heart Singing ... soaring ... even in its stillness. Thank you, Sonjan, for the beauty and grace of this poem, the beautiful music and lovely imagery. Katie Davis, www.KatieDavis.orf

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Eckhart Tolle Photos ~ Katie Davis, Sundance Burke, Power of Now Tour
Katie Davis and Sundance Burke Photo Gallery. Chronicles their travels of Katie Davis and Sundance Burke for two months with Eckhart Tolle on his first Power of Now Tour. Eckhart Tolle at Mount Shasta, Arizona desert, Santa Monica beach. They became frien

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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

KatieDavis.org Awakening, Enlightenment, Meditation, Nonduality, Advaita, Spirituality, Free Videos
Katie Davis on Never Not Here Show by ClearSight TV. Visit the free video library at www.Katiedavis.org where her new book, Awake Joy, is also available. Sign up for free monthly Friend of the Heart Newsletters with articles on awakening, enlighenment, no

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Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Maui Radio Sundance and Katie, Awake Joy and Free Spirit
<p>Katie Davis, author, "Awake Joy" and Sundance Burke, author "Free Spirit" are interviewed on Mind Body Spirit Inspirational Talk Radio in Maui, Hawaii by Liah Howard on awakening and enlightenment.</p>