Austin Intensive Explores
Intent of True Learning
On April 23 and 24, 2005 in
Austin, Texas, Fr. Thomas Keating joins internationally renowned
educator Joseph Chilton Pearce and Sufi Master Sheikh Din Muhammad
Abdullah al-Dayemi for a two-day intensive exploration of the question,
“What is true learning?”
In this interactive program, our speakers
will explore the biological, emotional and spiritual dynamics of this
fundamental question through talks and dialogue. In addition, the
two-day program will offer participants opportunities to enrich their
spiritual practice through movement meditation, Centering Prayer, and
other practices to open the heart.
Joseph Chilton Pearce is a visionary who
has been researching and lecturing on the development and inherent needs
of human society for over thirty five years. He is the author of seven
books, including The Biology of Transcendence, Crack in the Cosmic
Egg, Magical Child and Evolution’s End. Through a scientific
perspective, his work illustrates the importance of the heart—brain
connection in higher learning and as a spiritual center.
“As the awakened heart changes the
physiology of the brain, what do we do with these new faculties? There
is still the question, ‘What am I here for?’” Sheikh Din Dayemi
will challenge the audience to contemplate this very question. Sheikh
Din is the spiritual successor and western representative of the Dayera
Sharif, a 750 year-old Sufi Dynasty.
“Contemplation is the knowledge of God
based on the intimate experience of His presence. The more we know God,
the better we know ourselves,” said Fr. Keating. “God gives us the
love and identity that we in turn share with others.”
All proceeds from the conference support
orphanages and schools in Bangladesh. Please go to www.dayemi.org/choicesforchildren
or call the event coordinator Tria Milo at 512-821-2074 to register or
for more information.
Please join us for this unique
opportunity!!
