Kindness & Kosmos

March 5-7, 2010

with

Thomas Yeomans Ph.D.

Register online

 

Rowe Camp and Conference Center is presenting a weekend program with Tom Yeomans on March 5-7, 2010 and we thought you might like to take advantage of this great opportunity. See the information below for more details on the program and on how to register.

We hope we'll see you at Rowe soon.

Thomas Yeomans, PhD, has been involved in the Human Consciousness Movement for forty years. He studied Psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli in the early '70s, and has trained professionals in Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology throughout North America, Europe, and Russia. He has published writing on psychosynthesis and spiritual psychology as well as three volumes of poetry and a children's book. He is founder and director of the Concord Institute and is at present working on a book about the soul and spirituality in this time of global crisis and transformation.

Kindness & Kosmos

Kindness is a quality of the soul and a choice to act for the good of the whole. Rooted in awareness, it starts with oneself, extends to others, and flows out to the whole of creation. Natural to human beings, kindness can be cultivated, and it can be stunted. Lack of kindness sows the seeds of disconnection, destruction, and despair.

Kosmos is a beautiful word in Ancient Greek; it means the beauty of the whole and also that there is a deep order to the world. When we are deeply connected to our souls - when we have ripened as souls - we experience how incredibly beautiful and deeply orderly the world is. Human beings have this perception naturally, for it is how the soul sees the world all the time, but we fragment that perception because of our suffering and our inability to stay connected to who we really are.

Kindness and Kosmos spring from the realization that we are unique human beings alive in a living universe. The challenge and practice, then, is to remove the obstacles to this realization and to learn to live it more consistently, rather than in glimpses. As we do this, kindness quickens and kosmos prevails. We find new ways of being that are creative and enable us to thrive. And we are better equipped to navigate the uncertainties of living that we face, individually and as a species.

On this retreat, we will explore the challenges and confront the obstacles, within and around us, to kindness and kosmos, and we will strengthen these experiences within our daily lives. The principles and practices on which this work will be based are drawn from Analytical Psychology, Psychosynthesis, and Spiritual Psychology. We will explore how we experience Kindness and Kosmos in our lives already, what keeps us from this connection, and how to enhance its depth and frequency. We will also learn from the group dialogue, which will be balanced with periods of solitary reflection. Weather permitting, we will spend time outdoors. Suggested reading: Duane Elgin's The Living Universe.

Contact the Rowe Camp and Conference Center to register at 413-339-4954 or visit them online at www.rowecenter.org. Or register online here.

U.U. Rowe Camp and Conference Center
22 Kings Hwy Road
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Rowe, MA 01367

III International Conference
"Self and Other: The Sacred Space for Dialogue"

April 28 - May 2, 2010 St. Petersburg, Russia Sponsored by Harmony Institute, Russia Co-sponsord by Concord Institute, USA Meta-senter, Norway Uniterra Foundation, USA

Dear friends and colleagues, Harmony Institute invites you to take part in Third International Conference "Self and Other: the Sacred Space for Dialogue", which will take place from April 28 till May 2, 2010 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Our conferences have always been a place for people from different countries, cultures, and professional disciplines to meet and share their personal and professional experiences.

We will create a safe space where, together, we can study our relationships to Difference, practice meeting Diversity, and learn to be with the Other, in dialogue and with presence.

Our Conference provides many learning opportunities for participants to gain practical skills and knowledge to use in their professional fields. The formal program of the conference includes dozens of seminars, workshops, and roundtables addressing practical issues of working with diversity in interpersonal conflicts, education, creativity, and organizational development, as well as in global political, ecological and spiritual contexts.

We hope that the formal and informal events and meetings of our conference as much as staying at the beautiful location in a former palace surrounded by parks will enrich you professionally and personally and open up new prospects for cooperation and friendship.

To know more about the Conference, click here: http://eng.inharmony.ru/11.

To know more about Harmony Institute, click here: http://eng.inharmony.ru/.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference!