
SRI / USR 22nd Annual International Conference
SHAMBALLA: LOVE ETERNAL, LIGHT SUPERNAL, PEACEFUL SILENT WILL
April 30 – May 4, 2008
Summary of Sessions and Interviews
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2200 Welcome – Mary Ann Casalino
2200 Opening Address: Shamballa: Love Eternal, Light Supernal, Peaceful Silent Will — Michael Robbins
2201 Some Thoughts on
First Ray Energy – Daniel Krummenacher
This talk will present oft-overlooked
aspects of ray one.
2201 Meditative Opening Ceremony: Invoking the Light Supernal – USR/SRI Board
2202 Fire Divine: The Source of Inspiration – Michael Robbins
2202 Purpose and Will
– Stefan Dobiasch
We explore the individual,
group and global implications of the fundamental aspects of Life, Purpose
and Will.
2203 Shamballa Comes Full
Circle – Phillip Lindsay
The cycles of Shamballa from
ancient times until the present are explored.
2204 Shamballa Not Far
Away—The Buddha, Bodhisattva, East and West – Eila Laurikainen
A video presentation and
talk exploring the invocative alignments that may mark the next plane of unfoldment
for humanity.
2205 Practical Mysticism:
Will and Love United in Service– William Meader
This talk explores the
blending of will and love and how this fusion can be recognized and applied
within the crucible of the daily life.
2206 The Twofold Path to Spirit: Meditation – Michael Robbins and Keith Bailey
2207 The Silent Will:
The Immovable Mover– Kenneth Sorensen
The Silent Will is a royal
force that induces us to act courageously and with dignity, always demanding
the highest possible authenticity.
2208 Manifesting Synthesis:
Group Initiation and the Seventh Ray – Glen Knape
This workshop explores why
the new path is necessary; advantages and challenges of group initiation—contacting
your group purpose.
2209 Chanting: The Art of Prayer through Music – Lynne Haeseler
2210 The Astrology of
the Shamballa Impacts – Phillip Lindsay
This workshop explores
the charts of the most recent Shamballa impacts, especially the 2000 impact,
looking at its implications and influences upon the near future.
2211 Purpose and Will
– Stefan Dobiasch
In this workshop we work
to develop and demonstrate our sense of loving synthesis in action.
2213 The Morya Federation and the One Fundamental School Initiative – Michael Robbins
2213 The Yellow Naga and the Sapphire Throne – Tuija Robbins
2214 Agni Yoga - The Way
into Shamballa – Jose Becerra
This talk focuses on the
techniques of Agni Yoga as it wields the burning, purifying, destructive power
of the monadic will to simplify circumstances in the sacrificial life of the
accepting disciple.
2215 Kalachakra - High
Way to Shamballa – Lawson Bracewell
The Dalai Lama brought the
Kalachakra ceremonies to the West. This talk explores the parallels between
D.K.’s teaching on the antahkarana meditation that builds a bridge to Shamballa
and Kalachakra.
2216 Practicing Radical
Gestures of Love – Heidi Robbins
An exploration of ways, small
and large, that we can begin to consciously live within the “world of pure
energy, of light and of directed force.”
2217 The Will to Good
and the New Soul Mandate – Soren Hauge
This talk focuses on the
Will to Good, the livingness of the new group of world servers, its relation
to synthesis, Shamballa and the dramatic world changes today.
2218 Climate Change: Humanity,
Planetary Purpose and the Emergence of the World Disciple - Steve
Nation
Humanity’s response to the climate change issue is considered as a lens
through which we can observe response to planetary purpose and the process
of stepping onto the discipleship path.
2219 Love Eternal – John Dumas
2220 Angel Oracles – Ritual and Poetry in Motion
2221 On the Wings of Harmony – Harold Moses
2222 The Will to Express – Michael Robbins
2222 Poverty, Philanthropy
& Applied Goodwill in Light of the Esoteric Teachings – Lyn
Hebenstreit and Tara Blasco
The talk offers a review
of what the esoteric teachings state about poverty, and the role of disciples
in its alleviation. Lyn and Tara also share a personal history of their work
in East Africa through Global Resource Alliance.
2223 Money at Our Service
– Olivia Hansen
We look at some of the Tibetan’s
ideas about money and how we can begin to use it more effectively as one of
our most powerful vehicles for aiding the return of the Christ.
2224 The Great Turning: Chronicles of the Great Values Shift – Sheldon Hughes & Halina Bak-Hughes.
2225 The Path of Holiness – Keith Bailey
2206 Meditation—Healing Humanity and the Earth: the Daily Ritual of Sanat Kumara —Michael Robbins and Keith Bailey
2226 Expression of First
Ray Activity in Science, Medicine and Intention – Karl Maret
A review of scientific and
medical findings to help us stay aware of the critical role of our intentions,
activities and social interactions to create a foundation for self-healing,
social responsibility and planetary stewardship.
2227 Journey to Shamballa:
A Musical Voyage into the Heart – John Dumas
This workshop is an experimental
sound healing ceremony opening a doorway to awakened dreaming through the
use of a variety of healing instruments. These shamanic instruments help us
tune in to the heartbeat of Pachamama.
2228 Embodying Your Soul:
The Supreme Powers of Love, Wisdom and Will – Carista Luminare
Rosen.
In this workshop we learn about Self mastery, which requires a humble willingness
to discern the true nature from the false self, which means a readiness to
surrender our most treasured beliefs, values and identities that keep us in
delusion from the Greater Self.
2230 Learning to Cooperate
With and Respond to the Shamballa Will Energy – Dorothy Riddle
This workshop focuses on
how we learn to move beyond desire and fixed determination in order to work
in and through the Will, the importance of conscious reciprocal action and
how we can work with the three great Shamballic energies (purification, destruction,
and organization) in order to “seal the door where evil dwells” with goodwill.
2231 Values, Evolving
consciousness and the Destiny of Nations — Richard Barrett
Richard describes his personal journey and the work he is doing to map the
values of organizations, communities and nations to the Seven Levels of Consciousness
model.
2232 Songs of the Spirit —Peter Halverson (Baritone). Composers: Michael Robbins and Harold Moses
2233 Shamballa—the Esoteric Community and a World in Crisis – Michael Robbins
22MUSE Musical Interludes at the Conference recorded on one CD
Interview Series on CD
This year we are continuing our interview series. This series is wide-ranging in nature. We are delighted to interview individuals from many diverse fields. The Presenters will discuss their service work as well as the spiritual underpinnings of their lives and their vision for the future.
2234 Jose Becerra M.D. is a certified preventive medicine specialist and researcher, and former faculty of the USR-Esoteric Healing Studies. He jointly published the first statistical evaluation of the USR-PIP in The Journal of Esoteric Psychology and has extensively published in The Beacon. Among his career goals is the synthesis of the orthodox scientific method with the esoteric approach in the quest for truth. For the last seven years Dr. Becerra has devoted his esoteric work to the study and practice of Agni Yoga, authoring and publishing several websites in Spanish.
2236 Tara Blasco Ph.D. is a native of Spain and has participated in several groups involved in the study and application of DK's teachings, including the former European section of the Arcane School. She presently lives in California with her husband Lyn Hebenstreit. Together they run Global Resource Alliance, an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to bringing hope to impoverished communities in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania. Tara is completing her teacher training in Nature of the Soul, and along with her husband Lyn, operates the Ojai Wisdom Center. Tara also works as a counselor for families, is a craniosacral therapist and a director of the BEBA clinic, a center for family therapy in Santa Barbara and Ojai.
Lyn Hebenstreit is a long time student of the Ageless Wisdom. He began teaching Transcendental Meditation in the early 1970’s and since the mid 1990s has been facilitating study groups in Nature of the Soul and the books of Alice Bailey. Before founding Global Resource Alliance in 2002, he pursued a career in finance and accounting. He has done consulting with different non-profit organizations for their accounting and his main interest continues to be the interface between economics and the esoteric teachings, especially in the realm of money and finance.
2237 Karl Maret M.D. practices Complementary and Alternative Medicine specializing in nutrition, functional medicine and Energy Medicine at the Dove Center for Integral Medicine in Aptos, California. He holds an M.D. from the University of Toronto, a Masters in Biomedical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He completed a four-year post-doctoral fellowship in pulmonary physiology at UCSD and developed the entire instrumentation for the American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest. As President of the non-profit Dove Health Alliance foundation he promotes global research and innovative subtle energy instrumentation in Energy Medicine and lectures extensively in Europe and America. He is partner in Heart-Mind Communications, an organization focused on merging science and spirit. For 18 years he lived in a community committed to rigorous applied spiritual practice and research in Theosophy, Anthroposophy and the Arcane School. He is dedicated to bringing informative multimedia presentations that synthesize the Ancient Wisdom Tradition with modern scientific insights.
2238 William Meader is an author, teacher and counselor. Much of his work is focused on the subjects of Spiritual Creativity, the Evolution of Consciousness and the Astrology of the Soul. He is also an experienced teacher of various meditation practices. At present he is teaching in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
2139 Heidi Rose Robbins is a professional astrologer and teacher. For over 10 years she has run a thriving astrology practice and endeavors to provide a sensitive, practical-minded approach to soul-centered astrology both in her teaching and individual consultations. She is currently teaching astrology in Los Angeles and Seattle. Heidi is also co-founder of the Hello Love Experiment which encourages everyone to greet one another first and foremost with love. In 2007, Heidi and her co-workers traveled cross-country, interviewing key authors and thinkers about love and practiced Hello Love in each city. A documentary film about the journey is in production.
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