Fear and Courage on the Spiritual PathLIVE ONLINE
A Spirituality & Psychology workshop | Part One
Shri Dhyanyogi said, “Remain focused and attached to the effort and have no fear, doubt or worry.”
Those of us on the spiritual path know that this is the ultimate in truth— that we need to keep our eye on the prize and not be pulled away by our fears. And yet the fears come, and sometimes so strongly that it is hard to keep our focus.
In this first of a two-part Spirituality & Psychology workshop, long-time disciple of Shri Anandi Ma and clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Balis (Ishwari) will help us cultivate an accepting and loving relationship with the aspects of ourselves that experience fear, instead of viewing these aspects as signs of weakness. In part two, later this year, Anandi Ma and Dileepji will take us deeper into the spiritual meanings of fear and how to release it completely.On the spiritual path, we sometimes misunderstand the role of the ego and emotions in our lives and try to control them instead of engaging the ego to help us release and heal from emotional wounding. In this first workshop we will explore this confusion and find the courage to open our hearts, melting the pain we carry instead of seeing it as a weakness to destroy.
Freedom from fear
Shortly after I met Anandi Ma, I was visiting a family cabin on a lake. Around me I heard the lighthearted laughter of family members diving into the water, but I was frozen. I had a lifelong fear of going headfirst. As I stood on the edge of the dock with my toes curled tightly around the wooden planks, I remembered Anandi Ma telling me that my fears are false. When she said it, I barely understood what she could possibly mean. But in this moment hovering over the lake, her words came back to me and I knew nothing bad would happen if I jumped. As if there were springs on my feet I dove into the water headfirst! The breakthrough of courage came from a combination of her loving reassurance, how strongly she communicated that my fears held no power, and the psychological aspect of receiving her kindness instead of me angrily telling myself to simply “Get over it!" This is a small example of how spirituality and psychology together can free us from our emotional beliefs and blocks.
Ellen Balis, EdD, has been a therapist for nearly fifty years and has trained many other therapists. Twenty years ago, she began giving workshops with Anandi Ma and Dileepji, to bring together spirituality with psychology, exploring emotions, relationships, forgiveness, and more.
Date and time | Saturday March 30th · 10 am to 1 pm, PDTWhere | Livestreaming from Antioch to youPrerequisite | None. Open to everyone!Cost | Adult rate $121Replay | Replay will be available within two weeks of the event
What to expect
The workshop will include a talk by Dr. Balis, practical experience of working with how we experience fear, and a meditation for releasing it.
In this initial workshop in our two part series about releasing fear, we will tap into some of the wisdom where psychology intersects with spirituality, gaining compassion for ourselves and learning helpful tools for calming our fears. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to lay essential groundwork for receiving the spiritual teachings Anandi Ma will offer in the subsequent workshop.
Anandi Ma and Dileepji will not be physically present for this event, yet as Ma always says, she will be with us on the subtle level.
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