| Dying, Death & the Afterlife without Fear Dannion Brinkley |
 Move beyond the fear of the commonly held concept of dyingIf you are 37 years or older, there is an 81% chance that a family member will turn to you when they are nearing death; 60% that a friend will need you; and 100% that you will need yourself. Be prepared to face dying and death with grace. Gain a better understanding of what dying and death is about, and what goes on in the process, and how to be there for someone and for yourself. Move beyond the fear of the commonly held concept of dying. Dannion Brinkley is the international best selling author of, Saved By The Light and At Peace In The Light. His survival in spite of impossible odds include enduring two lightning strikes, openheart surgery, brain surgery and a massive grand mal seizure. After three NDEs (near death experiences) many concur that Dannion is a walking miracle. Dannion’s journeys to the other side and back again, bring to the forefront the wondrous truth that there is indeed no such thing as death. His lighthearted and uproariously humorous delivery will engage you in this all too important need-to-know aspect of life. Through discussion, experientials, and information become informed about: - What death is - The spiritual approach to dying and death - Ways to alleviate death anxiety - Helping those in transition to find closure - Circumventing compassionate fatigue in the caregiver - Effective techniques for healing from loss and grief - The truth about near-death experiences - How souls get trapped between the worlds - The levels of heaven Dannion is one of the early crusaders of hospice and palliative care bringing the topic of end of life care to the forefront of discussion and education in America. Dannion formed a non-profit organization, Compassion in Action, to recruit hospice volunteers. He has been a hospice volunteer for more than twenty-five years, having personally accrued 14,000 plus hours at bedsides and being with more than 320 individuals as they took their last breath. These years of tremendous hands-on experience qualify him as a leading expert in the grief and bereavement process. You can use death as an instrument of empowerment in your daily life and celebrate your own immortality. Bring a new understanding into your life to help you deal with losing a loved one or prepare yourself with compassion for those you know who will need you. Course 081160 CEUs available Date Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 Time Sat. & Sunday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Optional Saturday night program Cost $285/265 payment by June 1 Place University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Register Now |
| Opening Doors to New Realities Connect with Wisdom in this Expanded View of Reality |
Penelope Smith, Animal Communication Specialist Venture into shamanic realities, high vibration inter-dimensional transformation, and all species telepathic communication. Join Penelope Smith in this adventure, who for more than 30 years has been a founding pioneer of interspecies telepathic communication and is a master teacher. Enter into a more expansive state that will propel you deeper into your being while connecting to new energies that are becoming available on this earth plane. Using the exquisite retreat grounds, you are invited to journey beyond accepted notions of physical reality and experience energetic pathways forged by consciousness of our present and future evolutionary leaps into embodying greater love. Travel into the heart of your essence through portals of Divine recognition with soul travelers of all species to the New Reality unfolding in this age. The New Reality brings with it a new vista of awareness. In order to optimally tap into these new energies, you need to connect with higher forms of wisdom that come with this expanded view of reality. Such knowledge empowers you to awaken to a transformative potential and manifest profound understanding with heightened awareness. PREREQUISITES: Familiarity with intuitive and/or interspecies communication skills and shamanic journeying, dedication to your own spiritual growth, and openness to the unity of life. RECOMMENDED: Penelope’s written and audio/video publications. |
| What to Do When Mars and Venus Collide Deepen Your Understanding of Why the Sexes are the Way They Are |
John Gray, PhD & Warren Farrell, PhD John Gray, bestselling author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and Warren Farrell, author of Why Men Are The Way They Are, combine their lifetime of knowledge about men and women, their original thinking, and entertaining styles together in their first-ever joint appearance in the Midwest. Gray’s recent state-of-the-art research on how men and women’s brain differences lead one sex to experience stress reduction while the same behavior leads the other sex to feel an increase in stress. Both sexes can learn new behaviors related to what each needs. Deepen your understanding of why the sexes are the way they are. Find out, underneath it all, what you do have in common with the opposite sex. Discover how the differences between men and women affect your parenting, thinking, politics, approaches to sex, housework, and investing. Farrell is known for his ability to get both sexes to walk a mile in each other’s moccasins from your style of criticizing to your vulnerabilities when criticized. Role-reversal exercises will get you laughing as you gain a new way of looking at the sexes. Engaging, non-threatening, and fun experientials will lead you to deeper level of love and understanding. Gray and Farrell’s joint presentations are popular on the West Coast because their fearless honesty leaves political correctness behind; their complementary input to every question leaves one with a deeper compassion for the other sex; and their introduction to communication skills deepen any couple’s ability to turn conflict into love. This retreat opens the door to comprehending your partner’s best intent. For singles, it’s a perfect way to open up to meet someone who believes equality starts with equal compassion for each sex. This is a rare opportunity to participate with two master teachers who have impacted and assisted both men and women in immeasurable ways. Reach new heights in all of your relationships. Deepen your communication, love, and awareness for the rest of your life. Course 081164 CEUs available |
| Awakening the Third Eye Intensive Gain a direct perception of spiritual realities |
Martha McCracken, MBBS Co-sponsored with Clairvision School |
| Lifting the Veil: Intuitive Intensive Enter into altered states to connect and channel messages |
Mel Doerr The end of October is an auspicious time. It is a time of festivals, of reaping the harvest, ritual, and celebration. The fall holiday of Halloween comes 40 days after the September 21 equinox, the point at which the sun—a symbol of the divine soul in each of us—descends across the line. For ancient theology, this marks the division between our disembodied spirit state and our enfleshment in matter. The sun going down towards the winter solstice or shortest day of the year symbolizes the descent into matter–our taking on bodily existence. It is a time to honor your ancestors and lift the veil between the old and the new. At this time, Spirits were believed to roam freely. On the day known as the Day of the Dead or All Saints Day, living relatives would help their loved ones who passed over complete a safe journey to the afterlife. The spiritual truth behind Halloween is that all religions have ways of honoring their ancestors and this is what we will explore in this two-day intensive. You will participate and develop your intuition by: Channelling and utilizing the techniques of the ancients Mel Doerr will also give messages to everyone in the class. Halloween is a celebration of legacy. It is a time to honor and pay attention to the lessons your ancestors have given you. It is a time for meditating on the gifts your loved ones left to build stronger futures for yourself and your children. Remember and honor their wisdom, love, warmth, light, and words. In your own incarnation, the divine seed has been planted within you. Reap your own spiritual harvest. Bring a hand drum if you have one. Course 082119 CEUs available |