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What is Aspire? I get this question all the time. The word
Aspire means “breath of spirit” and that is exactly
what is at the heart of Aspire. Aspire is not a religious
movement, it is an opportunity to reunite you with the BREATH
OF YOUR SPIRIT. What I offer as a teacher is a system of teachings
and spiritual exercises that will offer a profound sense of
liberation from the mind that is caught in deep fear and self-hatred.
Any creed or religious body that would govern what is offered
through the work that I do to help people come to a place
within them selves of SELF-REALIZATION or AWAKENING does not
bind me. The system that I teach and offer to people is basically
comprised of Meditation and mental disciplines that restore
ones inner attentions to the spirit of Life itself. Here is
what I offer as a teacher, which I call a spiritual practice.
TIBETAN PULSING MEDITATIONS:
The average person cannot just sit down and begin the practice
of meditation. The mind is deeply constricted by fear and
anger. Our human body resonates to this fear through not
only impulses but through the unconscious mind. The first
meditation I give to students so that they may begin their
journey into the realm of the spiritual is ENERGY MOMENTUM
ONE AND TWO. These two meditations are designed to help
the student work breathing patterns that cause the unconscious
mind to reveal its hidden agenda and release the emotional
poisons that have been the cause of all thoughts. I offer
these ancient meditation techniques in the form of CDs that
you can practice at home each and everyday. This is meditation
work is a real form of commitment to ones own inner life
and must be taken with great care and gentleness as to NOT
re-ingest the anger that was released. Here is where the
practice becomes a way of life. Each moment of each day
one must sustain their mental and emotional posture as to
not allow for anger and fear to be the ebb and flow of daily
life.
COACHING SESSIONS:
I offer coaching sessions with students who are willing to
explore their lives outside the boundaries of mind and emotion.
In these sessions I help the student with the issues of
daily life and how to approach their individual living with
the presence of a spiritual practice. I often give the students’ homework
to do and journal work that causes the student to be very
aware of what is happening within them as a framework for
deeper more powerful inner work. Counseling is essential
to a spiritual practice. Learning how to inwardly surrender
to the energy of Love in a world that honors only fear and
hate is one of the most powerful benefits of a spiritual
practice. I give meaningful and insightful gifts to my students
to help them not only resolve themselves in any life situation
that they may find themselves in, but I teach them how to
forgive and give to maintain the awareness of Love that
is present in everything we do in this life.
WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS:
Workshops are to prepare the student for the three Asilomar
Retreats that I offer each year. In the workshops that I
offer I present to my students concepts of consciousness
that they can play with that will center them in the focus
of energy and compassion. I craft meditations for them and
put them on CD so that they can take them home and work
upon themselves each day. I offer daily meditation regimens
that I do expect each student to fulfill. These meditations
are about breath work and the anointing of the seven chakras.
I work with my students in workshops to prepare them for
the big retreats that we have where I offer them themes
that are about their living and how to attain to a consciousness
of mercy and Love through meditation. I take a very playful
approach to all of this. My orientation is Zen and I seek
to teach through metaphor. I often give Zen koans to students
as well as personal conundrums that force the student to
realize outside the conventions of human thinking.
ASILOMAR RETREATS:
At Asilomar I give students the chance to be regained through
meditation work and through Gestalt therapy. These spiritual
retreats each have a theme and I give personal attention
to each student who attends to help them become AWARE of
the practice that we have all embarked upon and how it will
temper and transform our daily life. Asilomar Retreats are
a huge emersion into spiritual consciousness. These powerful
moments are precious moments of great Love that all of us
carry with us all of our lives. You will find a Buddha field
that is generated within the room through the graciousness
of the students who allow the energy of each meditation
to bring them to more loving states of consciousness. At
these powerful retreats we work with three new meditations
as well as Vipassana meditation to enhance inner peace and
balance. An Asilomar Retreat will be one of the most important
moments of your life.
A WAY OF LIFE:
I support and help each student come to a place in his or
her spiritual practice where only Love is important. I work
with my students as deeply as they allow me to. I offer
them alternatives to their own prejudices, fears, and judgments.
If you are a person who is easily insulted or carry with
you a great deal of opinion about yourself and any religious
viewpoints–then my approach will not be of much help
for you. I find that many people are just shopping for something
to believe in. This work that I offer is not for the faint
of ego. Everything that you believe in and everything that
you must fear will come up for either your dismissal or
your continued support. The system I offer is a way of life
and not something one just indulges themselves within when
they have a difficulty or need to feel “spiritual” as
some sort of gratification.
If your moment has come, if you can recognize the futility
of living as you have and if you are drawn to the meaning
of your life beyond the ideals of comfort and gratification
then I might well be your teacher. I am not for everyone and
I do not seek to be. I seek to serve those of you have “ears
to hear” if you know what I mean.
If I may be of service to you…please call me.
Metta
Gregory Penn
Ph:
(831) 622-8410
Mailing address:
P. O. Box 223779
Carmel, CA 93922-3779
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