In this talk, Calvin invites you to share in an in-depth conversation with long-time student Ugur Yilmaz, exploring some essential features of his life in and out of the Prosperos, areas of his secular life - careers, family, varied educational pursuits, and travel. Our exploration will delve into concepts such as purpose, goals, spirituality [not religion per se], Consciousness, and one’s life path.

This conversation took place on September 27, 2020, and runs about 43 minutes. Rick Thomas does the introduction.

The closing song, “Change” is performed by Tracy Chapman in a video available on YouTube.

This Sunday Meeting presentation discusses a series of squares that will occur from late September 2020 through January 2021 and the implied requirements for those of us who practice a spiritual discipline.

In brief, Mars, now retrograde in Aries will square Saturn, Pluto, and Jupiter in Capricorn (in that order) before going direct and squaring the same planets in reverse order over the next four months.

Al Haferkamp and William discussed some of the challenges of Mars squares during the last two COVID talks (Fire, Challenge). This longer presentation goes into more detail, including a reminder that in heavy weather our best response is to draw upon our deepest understanding and seek “Higher Love”.

This chat expands our conversation related to astrological transits that were first hinted at by our Moonwobble update on August 18, specifically, Mars in Aries squaring Saturn in Capricorn. Here we look at the word challenge, a very Martian dynamic, and the way in which ideologies can lead us into actions that betray our spiritual integrity.

This chat examines the experience of fire in both an inner and an outer sense. It was recorded several weeks before the catastrophic fires which have devastated Oregon over the past 10 days, and it includes references to significant astrological transits that were first hinted at by our Moonwobble update on August 18, specifically, Mars in Aries squaring Saturn in Capricorn. Along the way we pay a nostalgic visit to the cinematic equivalent of a wooly mammoth: Quest for Fire (1981).

This chat examines the experience of fatigue, how that relates to various levels of energy and perceptions of energy, and the possibility of finding a source of renewal in compassion.

In this talk, Calvin invites you to share in an in-depth conversation with Dr. Sue Beck, a Prosperos Mentor whose careers span military service, psychotherapeutic practice, and active involvement in Buddhist and Christian religious life.

This conversation took place on August 30, 2020, and runs about 58 minutes. Rick Thomas does the introduction.

The closing song, “I Am Light” is performed by India.Arie in a video available on YouTube.

This chat expands the exploration of home with the word place and what is needed to experience place as secure, safe, and redolent with confidence. It addresses displacement, finding one’s place, and knowing one’s place in the most essential sense.

This chat explores the word home and everything we experience as our original “place” where nothing is required of us.

This chat explores the word energy to look at how it relates to where your attention is placed - perhaps habitually.

This chat begins an exploration of the word divisiveness to work through the purported separation of spirit from body, mind - and everything else. It’s a big subject, so this is part one.