Retreats

OUR INTENT AND COMMUNITY

I’m still getting emails from people who shifted deeply from the one week retreat in August. Including someone who couldn’t come but got a Darshan hit by talking to an attendee who had a massive transformation.

Face to face group energy is very much needed today. Because  interconnectivity and spiritual sadhana lead to spiritual Intersubjectivity.

Consciousness research shows that spiritual Intersubjectivity happens when our subjective experiences co-mingle and gets escalated to flow states and to transformations that persist.

Murti Flow State is about aligning with the source energy. Includes 21st century team practices such as Liberating structures and hero’s journey.  Along with ancient practices such as mythology, meditations on archetypical symbols and shared story telling.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new sights, but in looking with new eyes.  -Marcel Proust

His actual quote was

“The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is.”

This is Murti Dhrishthi. Myths and Murtis point us to infinite eyes.

Seers of Reality. Rishis are the Seers.

So we have a great community of students/friends/yoga teachers/corporate burnouts and general seekers, that attend the retreats and we have a great time connecting with like-minded people and building community and friendships.

GETTING INTO THE DIGITAL AGE

Lots happening. Despite the face to face emphasis, we are reluctantly entering the digital Bhav. What to do.

• About 108 hours of podcasts and videos of Jyothi and I are going to be filmed.
• Web site with e-Darshan of Murtis and Vedanta teachings is here!
• People are called to serve and doing all this as part of Seva.
• To bring out the teachings in the digital age. All in the Bhav.

Our intent is for the digital to spark an interest in people to attend our face to face retreats in our temple as well as workshops when we travel. Let’s see what happens. We can make all the plans we want but Ganesh decides.

Name of the web site is www.MurtisAndVedanta.com

Please keep in mind that as far as web site goes, we are transitioning metaphorically from the ancient Sarasvati civilization to the 21st century.

As most of you know, we have never had a functioning web site nor social media presence during the 18 years we have been doing this.  It’s been created with great devotion by our Seva leader, Sierra.

The Podcast will be interview style – created/filmed/edited by Sierra and her team of Jeanette and Kurt. A lot of really useful information on Murtis & Vedanta will be posted, on the upcoming podcasts and videos.

A “Find your Ishtadevata” Online course developed by Sierra.  With some high quality murti pictures by Jeanette.  Check it out, great for Teacher Trainings, yoga students and anyone interested in how to Work with your Archetype/Ishta Devata and How to deal with Bhav Busters!  Preview Course Here

I’m also trying to persuade our daughter Janita (a techie) to develop Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning bots for Murtis and Ishtadevatas. That’s going to really jack me up. Stay tuned.

“The real AI is Archetypal Intelligence living our hero’s journey.” -Manoj

Ram Dass Foundation interviewed me on their podcast in September 2018.  If you are on our mailing list, you will receive a message when it is available.  To be added: Sign Up Here Sierra will add you to the list.

And finally, love to you all – we have a heart connection. I love our chats at various events or by texts. And I’m wonderstruck by your humility, intellect, grace and above all, Bhakti.

Anam Cara…Gaelic for Soul Friend

Jai Hanuman!

Manoj