The Jump into Being
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he 2009 event is in two parts: Part 1, 28th – 30th October - a 2-day Facilitator Training Course and participants in Part 1 must attend both parts; Part 2, 30th October – 2nd November - a 3-day Jump into Being Workshop – it is also open to people who have not attended Part 1. See below for more details. Please note that the Facilitator Training Course (Part 1) is only open to those who have previously attended a Jump into Being workshop.
The Jump into Being Workshop - for those individuals who feel the longing to be real, to feel the power of the heart, to actually feel spirit, to grow into spiritual maturity as a result of their own work and insight. It is practical, with little formal teaching or intellectual engagement. It offers tools and methods that open the awareness to higher levels and to the inner guide: here is where the teaching is met, through silent knowledge and verification.
In the Jump into Being you will fly, not jump,
like a burning arrow into the very heart of the sun. I pray you never land.
Whatever your current field of study or method that you use for your inner work, for attaining happiness, balance and freedom, consciousness, the Jump into Being yields profound insight.
There is no prerequisite of familiarity with any technique or principles. Participants with a background in the works of Carlos Castaneda, the Toltec path and G.I.Gurdjieff will undoubtedly find very pertinent insights. Those who come from other backgrounds or systems will find, as all participants do, that their capacity for joy is increased and that their ability to surpass their normal emotional and physical limitations is enhanced and that they have experienced powerful change with inspiration for the future.
Only the first day of the workshop will take place indoors. Here we will engage the thinking, speaking and analytical part of our being. We’ll explore special ways of handling ordinary reality with guidance being given for the purposes of developing and applying these methods in personal private study.
What the work involves
Using specially designed exercises inspired by different traditions, energy begins to move away from habitual patterns of thinking and behaving and more towards the feeling centre, the heart, beginning to loosen the mask or the veil that denies us the opportunity of clarity.
Thank you for your vision on that jump ..seems so short a time ago...
flying still.
Tradition plays a part in learning and we will explore certain aspects of ancient tradition that promote joy, freedom and release.
There will be short periods of fasting. Much of the work will take place outside. We will engage in some very special activities that are guaranteed to evoke joy and remind us of some of the child-like instincts that we have forgotten!
Working in nature we’ll begin to develop heightened awareness through simple but ancient practice that transforms being. Throughout, we will be working on different levels, but we will rarely be discussing or talking. Each of us will be aiming to work beyond our perceived limitations. This is challenging but there is no goal, no failure and no competition. Although we will build energy as a group, each participant works at their own pace.
This workshop always adapts to the environment and the participants. The jump is:
- a means to see the grip of the rational mind
- a way to recognise our self-importance and how it impinges upon our ability to be joyful
- a means to recognise habit patterns that are debilitating and negative
- an opportunity to begin to understand the practical methods to break the grip of the above
- an opportunity to experience second attention - the attention that we do not normally bring to our being and that assists us to fully shed the old
- a taste of ancient cultural practices from mesoamerica — universal practice that connects us with nature and our real self
- work in the field to overcome our perceived limitations
- work to become comfortable with the truth: that we do not know what will happen next
- work with the physical body, outdoors, open to the elements, encountering nature, the visible face of spirit
- preparation for overcoming the last barrier
Attending the workshop will be assistants who have themselves undertaken the work. It is a rare opportunity to undertake a very full and powerful body of work that requires we commit ourselves to our future, to our joy.
More about the Jump into Being
When's the next Jump into Being?
The 2009 event is in two parts: Part 1, 28th – 30th October - a 2-day Facilitator Training Course and participants in Part 1 must attend both parts; Part 2, 30th October – 2nd November - a 3-day Jump into Being Workshop – it is also open to people who have not attended Part 1.
Part 1 – Facilitator Training Course - Those who are interested in Part 1 should apply early, as places will be limited for this aspect. Regardless of the aspiration to teach this particular course, the facilitator training will continue the theme of preparing people to teach, to be fully aware of the responsibilities and requirements.
Part 1 will provide only a glimpse of the substantial amount of preparatory work required for the purposes of facilitating this work. Those who wish to participate in this aspect of the training will be required to attend two days in advance of Part 2 and they must also attend Part 2. Part 1 begins in the evening at 6.30pm on Wednesday 28th October and ends in the morning at 10.00am on Friday 30th October. Participants are asked to arrive between 4.00pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday 28th October.
Part 2 – Jump Into Being Workshop - A high impact workshop that introduces the participant to many elements of the path to freedom. Hundreds of people have undertaken the Jump over the last 10 years with discernible effect. It has been described as the most powerful shamanic workshop available. It has been undertaken by teachers as well as students of the way. It provides access to nature and insight into how shamanic tradition still has an enormous significance to modern people in any field of personal study.
Part 2 begins in the evening at 6.30pm on Friday 30th October and ends in the afternoon at 3.00pm on Monday 2nd November. Participants who have not attended Part 1 are asked to arrive between 4.00pm and 6.30pm on Friday 30th October. Participants may stay for an extra night and breakfast on Tuesday 3rd November for an additional charge. Please book this in advance of the workshop – to book please contact us
Part 2 is open to all but will essentially form the introduction to the Deepening into Being programme, a course of study made up of a series of monthly modules - for details click here
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