Sunday, July 15, 2007
9
AM Service at Unity Church
11 AM Service at Unity Church
12:15 PM Free Vegetarian Love Feast
Sponsored by Kindred Spirits
1:30 PM Workshop: "Unity and Diversity:
The True Basis for Oneness among Diverse
Spiritual Traditions" conducted by Graham
Schweig
(Love Offerings accepted)
(All components are independent. Feel free to
come to one or all)
at
Unity Church of
Winston-Salem
108 Hewes Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(336) 760-8300
For
Directions
We can see great diversity in today's religious
practices. Some of us are unsettled by the
differences, even despise them, some of us
respect the differences, and some of us work to
unify the differences, to create a oneness
among ourselves and our brothers and sisters.
Is this "Oneness" attainable? Is there a way in
which to approach each diverse path so that
unity can be achieved among them while
maintaining differentiation between them?
To explore this, we will enter the realm of
mystical traditions, those who seek the
unmediated experience of union with the divine.
Yoga, in its ultimate form, is the soul's
intimate connection with the divine through the
heart, the natural outpouring of hearts to one
another, the human heart and the divine heart.
The mystic, or yogi, is not the person who
merely "knows" this experience, but one who
more fully seeks to "live" this experience of
divine union. The ultimate yoga for souls is to
attain a state of full-heartedness - a heart
that offers itself in unremitting,
unconditional love in response to the divine
yearning.
In this workshop, using examples of sacred
texts, poetry, music, art, and other forms of
expression, Graham will share what the mystical
traditions reveal about the nature and
varieties of relationships between humans and
the divine across cultures and, and how these
relationships speak to us about the nature of
human relationships in
general.
Visit Graham Schweig
A message from Arci....
When I heard Graham speak, from his humble yet commanding demeanor, the depth of understanding apparent in the clarity of his speech, and the radiance of his own love of the Divine, I could feel something deep in my heart stirring, a kindling of desire, of hope that I could actually attain a direct reciprocal loving relationship with the Divine, right here, right now - that the reason I don't experience it is due to the filters and constrains that I put on my relationship with the Divine. He is already there, loving me, fully, and with the hankering of an unrequited lover for me to just love Him back. As he repeated the words of the Divine, "For you are so much loved by me," my heart cracked, my eyes welled. And as his lecture was over, I thought "Wow, wait, no, don't go. I want more, don't stop there" So I followed him outside, blubbering over myself, and (selfishly) invited him here to Winston-Salem, using all of you as the reason of course. He graciously accepted and it went from there.
I witnessed him that night move people from several different spiritual paths. So I tried to find venues to host him which I thought would be appropriate (he has so much to offer it was hard to limit it). Unity Church saw the value of his message and agreed to host him on Sunday, July 15. I encourage you to extend your appreciation to the leaders at Unity Church for having the heart and the head to accommodate this event.