Name event 3 Day Workshop in Golden, Colorado
Date/Time
Friday 10 April - Sunday 12 April
Starts at : 10:00 AM
Location The Golden Hotel 800 Eleventh Street Golden, Colorado 80401 United States
Discovering the Mystical Christ ~ 3 Day Workshop
Shortly after an experience of mystical awakening in 1977, I discovered the book, The Gospel According To Thomas, the first publication of fragments of a Coptic Text lost for 16 centuries and unearthed in 1945 in Nag Hamadi, Egypt. I immediately understood that the experience I had lived was being described in rich metaphor by the Christ of the text.
Since then I have reflected with that book nearly continuously. Much of it is now committed to memory. More than any other historical mystical text it has spoken to me and informed the imagery, metaphors, and meditative deepening practices I have used for myself and in my own teaching.
For decades I have been tempted to offer an experiential workshop of silent contemplation and discussion built around the radical understanding of consciousness and personal responsibility presented in this book. Finally, I am doing so.
Please join me in a profound, powerful, and life-transforming adventure of meaning that will help you understand and live the mystical core at the heart of the Christ tradition. It will inevitably challenge traditional dogma about Jesus’ life, but that is not the purpose of emphasis of this retreat. My intention is to empower your own embodiment of Christ-based presence, love, and service.
Participants are asked to do your best to obtain a copy of The Gospel According To Thomas, published by Harper and Row, copyright 1959. This book is the original translation that was the concerted work of 5 world-class scholars. There is no interpretation asserted beyond the effort for accurate translation. It has been out of print for more than 2 decades, so I suggest getting a used copy through Amazon. (There are many other editions and translations, usually by individual authors. In my experience none of them are as scholarly accurate as the original and they are usually accompanied by the authors’ personal interpretations.jj) By working from this original document, it is my desire that our retreat invites you to join me in a fresh experience of mystical insight as well as the potential to touch into the states of consciousness revealed through the text. For those who cannot obtain the original, I will provide photocopies.
NOTE: Attendance at this workshop and one other workshop will qualify participants to apply for the next Mentor Program scheduled to begin in Spring 2016.
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COST: $450 tuition only. An additional $15 will be charged for photocopies of the text.
DATE: April 10-12, 2015. Friday and Saturday 10am – 6pm. Sunday 9:30am – noon.
INQUIRIES: anna.lisa@richardmoss.com
LOCATION: The Golden Hotel, 800 Eleventh Street, Golden, Colorado, 80401. Click here to view the hotel. To book a room at the hotel as the discounted price call: 1-(303) 279-0100
Registration
This event is fully booked.