Each one of these three phases or parts of the Self-Inquiry Series is a whole program within itself. They were originally given as separate programs, one following the other is succession. Today, the first two parts or hases are primarily given together, with the third part given separately. and yet, they are all very significantly linked together to form a larger whole. Each has its own home study program following its class instruction.

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Phase One: The Power of Awareness (POA)
This is the first phase or first step in AHAM’s entry-level program.  It is a prerequisite for all other programs in AHAM’s Conscious Curriculum.  There is Discovered and Awakened the true Power of Awareness, or pure I AM and Source of being, which is the One Reality, the true inner and outer power.  This pure Source and Power of Awareness ever abides infinitely and eternally in Silence and Stillness and actually empowers the mind, the “self” (or ego) we think we are, but which we really are not.  The distinction is made (usually for the first time with many), between the true Self, which is Pure Awareness, and one’s self-image or ego, which is the conditioned mind.  It is seen that you have been mistaking the body and mind and its combined “self-image” for the true Self.  This misconception or wrong identification is the cause of all one’s suffering.  You get in touch with the Power of Assumption; and see how what you hold firmly in consciousness – whether right or wrong, or good or bad – becomes a manifested fact in your world of time and space.

You see the importance of living in the true sense or State of Completion, and learn how to finally complete all the various incomplete, unfulfilled or unfinished items or areas of your life, and how to remain free and clear of all sense of lack or limitation – all fear, upset and compulsive desire.  With those items or areas that you are unable to now complete or satisfy, you learn (in Phase Two) how to bring your attention back prior to or behind the mind, into this Pure Awareness, the I AM, the Source and Cause of All That Is.  Remaining present in its Stillness and Silence without thought, there is no sense of lack, loss, or upset.  You see that without the thought of upset, there is no upset!  This is living free, clear, happy and at peace.

Phase Two: The Intensive Self-Inquiry Training (I SIT)
This second phase or step in the Self-Inquiry Series includes comprehensive instruction and experience of the Self-Inquiry process introduced to the world by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.  It is learning how to remain constantly and consistently in the true Self.  Or, as some say in AHAM to “SIT” in the ever present Clear Space of pure Awareness, the I AM, which is the quiet, still Presence of pure Being – no matter what is occurring in life.

This Program is in itself the fulfillment of AHAM’s “Primary Mission and Purpose,” being the very foundation and basis of all other Conscious Programs presented by AHAM.

Phase Three: Neutralizing Your Negative Past (NNP)
While practicing and experiencing the first two phases of the Self-Inquiry Series, it becomes obvious where there are strong negative or distracting mental and/or emotional patterns.  These are usually based on the conditioning from past experiences and/or the anticipation of future expectations.  These are often strong distractions pulling attention out of the true Self, away from the Source and the quality of Stillness, or pure Being, or I AM. They affect one’s ability to abide in the present moment, or the One Reality, which is ever present Here and Now, though concealed by these conditioned patterns and their associated compulsive thoughts.

This third experiential workshop is designed to deal directly with these areas of distraction and neutralize them – that is, finish them off once and for all. This completion enables you to then fully rest or naturally abide in pure Awareness, or real Being, the spiritual Heart.

AHAM is a Singularly Exclusive, Yet All-Inclusive Training

As far as we know, AHAM is the only functioning institution, organization, or intentionally designed group anywhere in the world providing formal instruction with a guided follow-up program/component in this powerful, but simple Conscious Process brought to the world by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.  What does this mean?  Following initial training in AHAM’s transforming Conscious Processes, you also receive formal guidance from one or more qualified AHAM Buddies who are advanced graduates of the teaching, or in the specific area of training in which you are engaged.

There is also AHAM’s Sponsorship Program, where you may have a personal sponsor to call and consult if and as often as a need arises.  This is an AHAM fellow associate, “another traveler, friend, or companion” who will be with you in confidence, and giving you support through “those trying times or events” that can and often do occur in one’s life.  Sponsors are not counselors or advisors, but are simply friends and guides to support you in returning your mind back into the Source, into the true Location or Place of inner Peace, true Wisdom, real Freedom and genuine Joy. 

Sponsorship relationships can, and do often, last for a lifetime.  AHAM Sponsors assist in overcoming or transcending one’s addiction to compulsive, uncontrolled, and unwanted thoughts or patterns of thinking.  Pure Awareness is always, already prior to thought and the thinking mind.  Yet is quickly forgotten or overlooked by strong body-mind identification. When you truly or strongly abide in this State of Pure Awareness, you “get it,” that there is no problem unless you think about it.  Abiding in this state is abiding in Wisdom; it is pure Peace, Freedom, and Joy.

NOTE: This Special Series is also offered every year at our Arunachala Ramana AHAM Ashram in India. It is usually presented monthly, between the months of December and March. See the India Schedule for the dates presently available.  Our India Center, is a new modern ashram located in Tiruvannamalai, South India, situated near the foot of the Holy Mountain, Arunachala, and relatively near the ashram of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

Space at our India ashram is limited, so early registration into our programs held there each year is strongly recommended, to assure you a place.

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