This is the second phase
and step in AHAM's Extensive Conscious Curriculum, which is focused
entirely on learning and practicing the pure process of Self-Inquiry.
Those attending this life transforming program experience comprehensive
instruction in this direct process, which is for the Realization and
Abidance in the true Self, as was introduced to the world by Bhagavan
Sri Ramana Maharshi. It is held regularly at the AHAM Meditation Retreat
and Spiritual Training Center in Asheboro, NC. During the winter season,
from around November through March, it’s also held at the Arunachala
Ramana AHAM Ashram in India,
A. Ramana explains the
factual basis of this program, as follows:
“Everybody is seeking happiness, trying just about everything
to be happy. Who doesn’t want to be happy? Or, to be happier
than they now are? That’s why AHAM came into being as an organization,
and how it got its name: The Association of happiness for All Mankind.
“We are all
seeking happiness. The problem is, we’re seeking it in the wrong
way. We’re seeking in ignorance, or by looking for happiness
outside our self in the world, and from the things of this world.
We don’t realize that happiness is our own true inner nature.
Since it is always, already present within us – and only needs
our recognition and understanding of this fact – then, as long
as we seek it, we’re really going away from it. We only need
to be still, to let go and simply surrender to our own inner Being,
and be the happiness that we now are, but presently are overlooking
in our ignorance and foolishly seeking. We need only discover that
it’s the True Nature of the Self we always are, and consciously
dive deeply within our own being.”
In this program, an important
natural shift occurs in Consciousness. You grasp or re-cognize (again
know correctly) the Truth, that the Self is already “realized”;
it is not some goal to be one day attained by you. This is the problem
projected by the mind. You are not this apparently separate individual-self
living a detached life and needing to perform some spiritual practice
(sadhana) directed toward some future attainment. You are even now
the One Self, which has all along been hidden by the mind, concealed
by this lie.
In this program you recognize
the Truth. You learn to live your life and conduct your spiritual
practice from the true Self, the Awakened Heart, and stop seeking
these as future goals to be someday attained. Therefore, “sitting
in the Heart” is exactly what it implies – being fully
connected to the Truth we ALL really are, in all life situations.
This is an Experience, not just a concept! It is living in and as
the “Enlightened Way of Happiness NOW.”
Program Schedule:
This two-and-a-half-day training/retreat begins promptly at 2:00 PM
on Friday, and extends to approximately 7:00 pm, Sunday evening.
For exact dates please see
Our Calendar in the Living
Free section of our site
Tuition –
$450:
Includes the training and all lesson materials, Friday and Saturday
nights lodging at the AHAM Retreat Center, and all gourmet quality vegetarian
meals.
Early Bird Registration - $425: A program registrant
qualifies for the "Early Bird" tuition rate by registering
30 or more days in advance of the program he/she wishes to attend. This
applies to all programs in the Self-Inquiry Series.
Graduate Repeater Tuition - $310: This tuition applies
to any graduate of POA, ISIT or NNP who wants to take the program(s)
again.
To Register:
Call the AHAM Meditation Retreat Center at (336) 381-3988
The Association of Happiness for All Mankind (AHAM)
4368 NC Hwy. 134 • Asheboro, NC 27205 • USA
Fax: (336) 381-3881 • E-mail: ahamcntr@asheboro.com
The AHAM Meditation Retreat
and Spiritual Training Center is located 10-miles outside of Asheboro,
NC. For an additional fee of $65, we can pick you up and return you
to the nearest major airport – in Greensboro, NC – a distance
of approximately 65 miles.
Power
of Awareness Training (POA)
Neutralizing Your Negative Past Workshop (NNP)
Check out “Graduates
Speak Out”