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Essentially,
there is only Love and what does not know itself yet as Love.
As
Love meets Love in form, as it recognizes itself, it spreads everywhere
waking
itself up to its own glory!
We
are here as God in time, experiencing ourself in infinite diversity -
Ellen
Davis
Ellen
invites you to join her and share in an atmosphere of satsang; of being together in
truth. Through
Silence and in full embrace of the present moment, she facilitates an undivded awareness by reflecting back to you your unconditioned being; that which is innate to all of
us, "always
already" perfect or beyond such standards of measurement, and essentially unlimited, undivided, and one with all.
Call
if you are interested in scheduling group or private satsangs. Telephone satsang,
spiritual
mentoring, whole-person healing, or holistic
life-coaching and
guidance by email are also available.
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Dear
Friends:
I
see satsang as an opportunity for a Gnostic association of all
present. I do not see it as a panacea, or even as what would
be appropriate
for or of interest to everyone. Isolated, it cannot replace,
but only be part of an integrated and perpetually integrating embodiment of enlightened
action and awareness. It is an association in Truth - or more
specifically, a shared awareness
of that association which IS regardless of our recognition of it or
not. It is a place where we can rest in the awareness
of what is prior to conditions and at the same time face with that
awareness all arising conditions. I hope to attract those wanting to step into the conscious
recognition of that with me.
For
those looking for a teacher with the answers and to perpetuate the same
old patterns inherent in their looking for a savior or someone to put up on a pedestal; for
those not willing to realize their divinity through even the most
"ordinary" and where they
are right now, my satsang will not be an attractive vehicle for them.
Satsang
and Darshan (revealing the Divine) have been all mixed up in this
culture, and I sense that people go to satsang for darshan.
All of life is constantly giving us darshan and I am sure that I am not
exempt from that (and giving life my darshan). But
we can receive it anywhere, and it is not exclusive to satsang teachers
and saints. I feel it is up to us to receive it (rather than wait for or expect someone to give
it).
If
I am a teacher for someone in a moment, so be it. If I am a
student or
learning from you, (which I so often am), so be it. But I do not so much think in terms of
teacher/student or Mother/child, etc., but of just sharing with the
many diverse faces of the Beloved/the Divine/Self in mutuality.
I think that in truth our relationships are fluid and
ever-changing. We are all many things
and different aspects are called forth from each other in different
moments depending on the totality of all conditions and what
lies prior to them. I am interested in being together with
others who
are willing to step into that awareness with me ... and allow That which comes through
the Silence to breathe through. It is a surrender to the
unknown.
The
last satsangs I held were what I called "new paradigm" satsang.
We sat in a circle and I invited us to yield to where the energy was in a nonhierarchical way ...
allowing the archetypal nature of our relationships to breathe and be
flexible or even disappear.
I was willing to say nothing if nothing arose ... and allow
the "teacher" or whatever to come through any or all others.
I invited us to let go of the assumptions inherent in the
form of
satsang and other learning institutions we have in the West
that adhere to the notions that I am the teacher and you are the
students, that you have the questions and I the answers or that I know/have/am something and that you
do/are not. In the light of coming together in Truth, I find that these
assumptions, along
with any agendas habitually innate to the structure of satsang,
unexamined, undermine that very Truth and Force of Inquiry and the aliveness of spirit as it
breathes through us in its diverse and creative ways.
Now,
I invite you, in the spirit of surrendering to Silence and
the
unknown, in the shared awareness of the possibility of our all opening to and being the voices of Gnosis
and in the spirit of saying yes to Now and embracing and facing
whatever arises, to join
me in this awareness and Play.
All
of my love,
Namaste,
Ellen
Breathing Eternity Waves Into Time Poetry, reading and photos by Ellen Davis ~~~
Ellen
has been teaching new paradigm ballet with a metaphysical approach for
over 30 years. She lived and taught at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in India. She is
currently offering Whole Person Healing sessions and private satsang as well as teaching the yoga of ballet.
She has been writing a books on the creative process and
Living Eternity in Time.
~~~
Telephone
satsang, spiritual mentoring and guidance, or holistic life-coaching
are $65-$95/hr - sliding scale. Guidance through email is also available.
Ellen
can be contacted at 310
962-6813
or by email: ellentd@aol.com
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