Every five or six years ALI opens its doors to the community to create
an awareness of the kind of personal growth work that we do. This is
accomplished through a series of Free Introductory Talks and
Introductory Weekend Workshops.
These events are designed to allow you to get an
experiential taste of what it is like to engage in ALI’s unique course
of study & experiential learning with a group of like-minded folks. The
talks are free. The weekends are offered on a full tuition refund basis.
If at the end of a workshop you feel the work does not meet your needs
you simply do not pay. In this way we eliminate the fear of you wasting
your money on something of no value. The purpose of these events is to
provide a wide-open door for those who might benefit from associating
with ALI.
We will be offering the first Introductory Weekend
Workshop October 13-15, 2006. If enough
participants voice a desire to form an on-going study group, that will
occur in January 2007. The purpose, intent, and functioning of an ALI
study group is rather rare in modern times. ALI has a study group in
Seattle in its 6th year.
Based on the experience of our existing group
members, it seems that the path to finding the right group can have
elements of a delightful mystery, some serendipity, a dash of
synchronicity, and is often the culmination of a long and intimate
personal search. You might have read a book about the work, or seen a
reference to it in a new age article. Unless you have the good fortune
of knowing someone already engaged in the work, the task of finding
kindred spirits to work with can be quite daunting. ALI recognizes this
difficulty and responds every five or six years by opening its doors to
welcome new people into the work.
How an On-going Study Group
Forms
I. Delivery of Three
Introductory Weekend Workshops
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Workshop Goals & Content
The first workshop will be given October 13-15, 2006. Each workshop
will be offered as a stand-alone learning opportunity to help you get a
feel for the appropriateness of the work. However, each weekend will be
delivering information and experience that is an integral part of a
larger body of teaching that will be delivered to this New Vancouver
Group.
II. Individual & Small
Group Support Resources Available
one begins to gain a new understanding and experience of their
deeper nature, they will naturally confront all their old ideas,
behaviors, and self images. Letting go of the old can be quite a
struggle as various fears, doubts, and issues arise to keep the
status quo in place. Assistance and support for people at this
critical juncture in the process of integration and
actualization is usually needed. ALI provides this support in
the form of private sessions and small support group work. This
support work can being at any time. The first opportunity to
participate in either/both of these activities will be on July
21-22.
Contact Andrew Peters
for
more information.
andrewpeters@shaw.ca
/ 604-736-9511 |
III. Realizing the
Potential of a Real Work Group
The
October and December weekend workshops will allow us to determine if
enough people are interested in forming an on-going group. A Group is
one in which the members are dedicated to essential development, along
with the intent to live authentic lives together. The group will meet
for one weekend every 6-8 weeks. People will be encouraged to attend the
small support group and/or do individual sessions. This commitment
generates an intensity, focus, and grounded presence in each individual
that contributes to the creation of an enormous possibility for healing
and growth for everyone in the group. It is building a precious and
powerful field of consciousness. The concept of field comes from
quantum physics and is a major element of the ALI approach. Much
attention is paid to developing and tending to the group field, and
realizing the opportunity such a concentration of consciousness
presents. |
