Listen, listen, listen to my heart’s song. I will never forget thee. I will never forsake thee.
–Paramahansa Yogananda

What does it mean to hear the song of the eternal in your own heart, your own relationships, and in your everyday life? If we learn to listen deeply enough, we discover that the song of the Divine is always playing.

Greg McKeown said that if you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will. It is one thing when this is some critic calling for our attention or some authority figure who doesn’t respect us. It’s tricky when this is the people we love and the work we care most about. There is so much that “should” come first, but if we aren’t careful, we may lose ourselves in the trying. Hence our message today, that in order for who is most important to come first, they must come second.

Two-Week Sunday Series
Pathways in the Garden of the Tree of Life
with Zemirah

Sun., Aug. 2
Watering, Weeding, and the Discipline of Tending

How to stay rooted in calm connectedness in the midst of chaos is a practice. What does it mean to tend our inner life the way a gardener tends sacred ground? Which parts of you are thirsting for living water? Which patterns, habits and inherited beliefs might be quietly choking what wants to bloom? What is the difference between the shadowed expression of your gifts and the luminous offering your soul came here to make? Find Paradise in plain sight through ancient practices and teachings of the Kabbalah, I Ching, and Zen.

Practitioner In Training with Josh & Steve

Based on Karen Maezen Miller's Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden and teachings from the Kabbalah, this first talk: The Gate and the Ground, explores having faith in yourself as The Way, how all of life experiences are conspiring to bring us into a deeper awareness and experience of Spirit and looks at how the rocks of our life, our shadows, and our greatest challenges can support the expansion and sharing of our greatest gifts. Bringing teachings from Kabbalah, I Ching, and Zen together for inspiration.

Do you feel like “The Weight of the World” is on your shoulders?  I’m reminded of the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime,” where David Byrne croons, “Well, how did I get here?”  It’s a good question.  What is this “weight?”  Are we really serving what is on our shoulders by heaving it around with us wherever we travel?  What would happen if we just let it all go?

Think of your life as a tapestry. Which specific stories fill in the gaps and make you feel completely whole? If your memory feels a bit blank right now, don't worry. You can hunt for those missing, soul-stirring stories in many rich landscapes. We’ll begin the search together.

As we celebrate American’s 250 birthday, let’s return to some first principles. We speak of the American experiment at times as if we are lucky to have made it this far.  Yet, early Americans understood some things perhaps more recent generations have forgotten.  Take this idea of “The pursuit of happiness.” It didn’t mean “live your best life” in terms of having fun and accumulating wealth, but it meant a pursuit of ongoing learning, of embodying virtue, and endearing friendship, the kind that could withstand even the most fervent disagreements.  These more than anything, are the foundation of a long-lasting democracy not only of country, but of spirit.

Sun., June 28
Yes x 3
Welcoming in Your Highest Good
with Josh Reeves

If it is true that our Good is all around us, then it is up to us to welcome it in. How do we say yes so that we can embrace this Good in all aspects of our life? There are three yeses that are a good start and provide a positive self-examination.

Two-Week Sunday Series
The Abundant Universe
with Michelle Medrano

Sun., June 21
A New Design for Money

Sometimes we get so caught up in money that we miss the magic of it showing us our abundant nature. There can be a balanced celebration of money in our lives if we let it.