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The Diamond Approach path is a spiritual teaching that recognises the inherent synthesis between the spiritual and psychological, the ego and essence, the psyche and spirit. Here, the ego is not rejected or dismissed. We recognise that when it is approached with kindness, explored with openness, and understood for what it really is, our ego self becomes a portal that can open us up to the deeper truths of our spiritual nature.

Loving kindness, essential compassion, is needed for this process, and it is one of the treasures of our spiritual nature that can develop through it.

During this four day retreat, we will immerse ourselves in Essential Compassion, and its role in the inner journey, into a deep understanding of our historical self, and through it to the discovery and development of our essence. We will look at how we move from one to the other, distinguishing the building blocks of our ego, and the thresholds within it through which our deeper nature can flow.

Whether you are newly on the spiritual path, or have already had meditative or transcendent experiences, this work can help you open up, and reveal how to be free in this world while knowing you are beyond it.

 From your experience of participating in this retreat you may discover:

• the nature of essential compassion
• how it differs from our usual ideas of compassion
• how it is blocked by particular emotional issues
• the role compassion plays on the inner journey
• how to work with and move through experiences of pain and hurt
• how your ego developed in relationship
• the impact those internalised relationships have on your life now
• how to recognise when resistance arises on your inner journey and how to approach it
• the ego’s inherent tendency to look to the outside or to another to fill important needs and the dissatisfaction this can bring
• how deep fulfillment can arise when you are open and curious about your dissatisfaction or emptiness
• the deeper truths of your spiritual nature

We’re excited to be able to meet safely in person again! The retreat will be held in Sydney, at the Woolcock Institute in Glebe. It will also be live-streamed over Zoom, however, we encourage those of you who are able to attend in person.

 EVENT DETAILS

 Teachers: Jane Armytage, Ashley Wain, Frances Haynes, Grant Trewenack

 Date: 6 - 9 October 2022 (4-days)

Cost: $660 (incl GST)

Register: Diamond Approach Australia

Location: The Woolcock Institute, Glebe, Sydney NSW or live streamed via Zoom

Open to: General public and those considering joining the new Diamond Approach Australia ongoing retreat group 8 (DAA8)