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LIVING IN A
TUMULTUOUS WORLD

Winter Retreat 2024 with Hameed

March 1-3,
Deadline to register is
TODAY - February 25th.

We will be simulcasting the retreat live
at the Baseline Center

Our world is becoming more chaotic, more polarized and irrational. Violence is on the rise and humanity’s worse tendencies are expressing themselves more openly and strongly. Since we are on a path of truth and love, how do we live in this environment and live our authenticity? How do we contribute in a useful way and avoid the pitfalls of being engulfed in the changing local and worldly currents? We will be exploring the challenges and the manifestations of our True Nature most needed in this present situation, which seems to be heading to more of the same. Our True Nature is our truth and our refuge and provides us with both guidance and means to stay real and truly human in all situations.

This retreat is available to all groups who have completed the soul work, including the lataif and space teachings. Please speak with your home group teacher if you are unsure of your eligibility.

Please help with Adab for this retreat by signing up HERE.

The Soul Bears Fruit

NEW Aspects Revealed March 23-24

Sharon Binder and Rennie Moran Teaching for CO Big and DH4-8

Olive Oil is one of the Paradisial Qualities that has never been taught in any of the CO groups. It is a quality that comes forward as we develop on the path. It eases the friction of our soul’s unfoldment, revealing a flowing, streaming presence, bringing a sense of clearness, clarity and transparency, making our experience move easily and smoothly. The fruit of Olive Oil prepares the soul in a way that the sacredness of True Nature can anoint the soul.
This weekend also explores the ways we resist knowing the depth of our inherent sacredness, and what is needed to want to surrender to the sacred.
The registration email will arrive in a couple weeks. We hope to see you all there.
The weekend will be in person at the newly renovated Center, as well as on zoom for those who cannot attend in person.

DHTEN RETURNS TO IN-PERSON WITH PEACE

Our DHTEN group will meet in person again for the March 5-day retreat.

Our Center on Baseline is finished and the holding for our work it provides is palpable.

The kitchen and community room are well designed

and provide more than a place to warm up our lunch.

We look forward to seeing all of you who are already part of the group

as well as new members who want to try it out and find out if it's the right fit.

In March we will be working with the Black Essence,

which has to do with Peace and True Power.

This is a very powerful teaching and if you can make it in person, we highly recommend it.

Of course, zoom will also be available for those who cannot make it in person
for one reason or another.

Please visit DiamondHeartColorado.com or contact Andreas at AMouskos@gmail.com for more information.

Weekly Meditation Offering

How do we find our way back to ourselves? What does that mean for each of us? Is it possible that meditation could help with this?

"The best attitude for doing the meditation is to forget about results. Forget about what will happen when you do the meditation -- just do it."

A.H. Almaas Diamond Heart Book Three

Join us at the Colorado Diamond Heart Approach Center for a free weekly meditation group from 6:30 to 7:30 every Sunday evening starting April 7, 2024. All are welcome for this free event. 6783 Baseline Rd. 80303. Contact alexander.beverly@gmail.com for more information.

Monthly Meditation

with the
Colorado Life Service Group

The Colorado Life Service Group invites you to join us as we gather on Zoom to chant the Medicine Buddha Chant in support of those in our Colorado Ridhwan Community who might be experiencing challenging life situations. Our next gathering will be Sunday, March 10th, from 9-9:30am.

Coming together as a group is of benefit to us all as a Community, to each of us personally and to those we love and care about. We will join together on Sunday with the option to mention the name of a loved one or yourself. We will then do the Medicine Buddha Chant for a short period of time and then sit quietly in meditation.

All are welcome whether or not you want to offer a name. Once a month we are all invited to join together, bringing our hearts and presence to support ourselves, our community and the world we are alive in. The zoom link is sent out the morning of the meditation.

Meditation Offerings to all Diamond Approach Students

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10am Mountain Time, we have been gathering for the past several years on Zoom for a 30-minute meditation, a short reading and optional time for inquiry in breakout rooms. The entire session lasts for one hour but if people wish to leave right after the meditation and reading, that is fine. A small group of U.S. teachers takes turns leading these sessions which are attended by students from the U.S. and around the world. You are welcome to join us for these free offerings.

With appreciation,
Jeff Truesdall

Here is the link for the Tuesday Meditations

And the link for the Thursday Meditations

We have a beautiful new Sanctuary, Group Rooms, Community Room and warming Kitchen, thanks to the myriad of volunteers and the dedicated members of the various renovation teams. There are numerous little tasks yet to be completed and a number of items on the "wish" list that we hope will come to fruition in the near future with the help of the larger community.

LAND
The next big project is the Land Plan implementation which will start in May of this year. You can see the plan HERE.

We have a lot to be grateful for!

Design Team: Lead by Patty Rice, members: Bev Alexander, Mark Southwell, Peter Schneider (architect/husband of Holly Heur), Stephanie Ehret, Susan Nutting, Gary Haraldsen.
Land Team: Pam Shillam, Laurie Albright, co-chairs; members: Rolli Oden, Joy Lanzano, Seth Watson, Roberta Vogel-Leutung.
Baseline Renovation Team
Laurie Chestnut, Patty Rice, Scott Schell, Seth Schapiro, Skip Arnold, Gary Haraldsen.

Peace Begins at Home:

Exploring the Deeper Causes of Peace
According to the Diamond Approach

In a world that often seems dominated by turmoil and discord, finding true peace can feel like an elusive quest. Yet, the teachings of the Diamond Approach reveal that the journey toward lasting peace begins not on the battlegrounds of external circumstances, but within the sacred space of our own being.

Andreas Mouskos, Diamond Approach teacher, invites you on a profound exploration of the deeper causes of peace as illuminated by the Diamond Approach, with a special focus on the Black Essence - the essence of peace, stillness, and depth. We delve into the foundational aspects of inner peace through the lens of the Black Essence.

Saturday, March 9, 2024, from 10 am to 12:30 pm MT via zoom

What You Will Learn:

Understanding the Black Essence: Discover the qualities of peace and stillness that define this essential aspect of your true nature.

Overcoming Challenges: Explore the main barrier to peace, allowing you to connect more deeply with the peace that lies within you.

Living from Peace: Find out how to embody and express inner peace in your relationships, work, and everyday life, creating a ripple effect that contributes to a more harmonious world.

This webinar is an invitation to embark on the most critical journey towards peace— the journey inward. "Peace Begins at Home" is not just a principle but a practice, a path to discovering the profound peace that resides at the core of your being and making it the foundation of your life.

Join Us:

We'd love to publish your poetry, articles, personal experiences, jokes, art, photographs and or cartoons/drawings in our newsletter. It only goes out to members of the school, and, with your approval, to those who have expressed interest in the Diamond Approach. Please send your submissions or questions to Bev for more information. If you have more ideas for our Community Newsletter please advise Bev of that too. We're also looking for photographs to be used in the graphics so don't forget to submit them too.