From Ego to Authentic Self: A 3-Day Intensive Transform yourself so you can transform the world
Enlightenment Intensive Retreat Integrating Communication, Meditation and Contemplation Practices
January 22-25, 2009 Space is Limited
To Register Call 1-760-930-9604
The Tuition Value of this 3½-day training is $995. (although you actually can't put any price on this).
SPECIAL OFFER: I am committed to awakening people to their own Truth so I am offering this training to you for a discounted tuition of only $695, meals and accommodations are not included and are $250. If register before December 15th your meals and accommodation will be free.
Call me right away at(760) 930-9604 and I'll walk you through all the simple steps.
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If you have attended an Enlightenment Intensive with Greg Clowminzer before, then you know how dramatically they can change your life. In this focused environment, you can discover an entirely new perspective, a new way to see and interpret your experience, a new depth and breadth of consciousness itself. Indeed, as one recent participant told us:
“The experience of being at the intensive has shown me that there is a completely different way to live from a completely different motivation. Being at the intensive has enforced my understanding of who I actually am, and how I should live my life.” -- P.B.
Dear Friends,
"Every one of us desires to be awake. Every one of us desires to live from deeper authenticity. We all want to be more real as well as to have relationships that are more real”
Who Are You?
Beyond your job, education, possessions, cultural background, sex, religion, conditioning and personal history...
What Are You?
Beyond all your current understanding, memories, knowledge and spiritual background…
Even though 'Answers' to all these questions can be found in the sacred texts of the world, the 'Answers' are like the menu at a restaurant - the menu is not the meal! The menu is only a tantalizing description of what can be tasted…
On an Enlightenment Intensive you are invited to 'taste' and 'devour' the Real Meal.
There is no menu to read over and intellectualize about - no second hand descriptions - only the real life work of plunging into the depth of "Truth", with the intent to eat from the plate of Real, First Hand Experience.
The Enlightenment Intensive calls to that part of you which yearns for, and intuits, the reality that there can be a total and deep fulfillment.
For thousands of years there have been a few individuals from all cultures who have wondered “What is the meaning of it all?”
This quest for 'There's gotta be more than this!?' has been going on since the beginning of time. You may have experienced the spectrum of life's highs and lows - somehow being drawn inward to find more depth and meaning.
Then it may dawn on you, either gradually or suddenly, that “There must be more to this life?” than following the status quo. There must be more to the “Dream” sold to us by society, religion, parents, and ingrained institutions.
Even those who's worldly success is considered formidable by others gradually come to feel the nagging hollowness and short lived 'high' that comes from attaining their outward successes.
Enlightenment is something that is not describable by words or emotions… only pointed to by sacred scripture, teachers and holy books.
This “Enlightenment” cannot be gained or grasped by the intellect.
And, It cannot be earned by penance.
It is a moment of Union with Truth, the Absolute Truth of your inquiry.
It is beyond all thought, feelings or vision.
It is “Knowing” without a “how” that is granted by Grace itself.
All you can do is to practice for Enlightenment Readiness.
It has been said that Enlightenment is an accident and that diligent practice only makes you "accident-prone"!
The Enlightenment Intensive is a tremendously powerful event in which a high percentage of individuals have a true and direct realization of the Truth.Unencumbered by philosophy, dogma, prior conditioning, or knowledge.
The Enlightenment Intensive is extremely powerful for new seekers of Truth as well as veteran 'seekers' and 'finders'. No meditation experience is necessary. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, this workshop will allow you to greatly increase and deepen your potential for a direct experience of Truth.
Any other growth work you do will be greatly enhanced because you have a ground of being rooted in reality. When you allow yourself to 'empty your cup', the possibility of “Depth” to be had is infinite.
People have learned:
• How to focus their intent in a profound and powerful way
• How to achieve a quiet, peaceful mind in the midst of everyday chaos
• How to experience the opening of their heart when everything else seems to try to close it
• How to experience great compassion for each other and/or all living things
• How to love themselves more than they ever have
• How to experience a sense of profound ease with self
Benefits participants have received:
• The ability to be open to whatever occurs for you in each moment, without judgment
• Developing a tremendous spiritual practice of self-acceptance
• Honest communication with others
• Discovering that they are just fine, no matter what their current experiences happen to be
• They began to live life more and more from that profound awareness of "Truth"
• A deep and lasting sense of relief in everyday life
• A tremendous surge of life energy
• Directly experiencing Who and What You Are?
• Working through their own fear of emotion, pain and/or death
• Keys to breaking through all the barriers encountered on the way to the Enlightenment experience
As you can see, this workshop is having a profound impact on people's lives and relationships in very positive ways. If you fully participate in this workshop I can guarantee you too will experience similar lasting results!
Greg Clowminzer is Zen Coach a self-realized spiritual teacher and life success coach who has been studying and practicing not only martial arts and meditation but also shamanic healing arts, tantra, humanistic psychology, yoga, life coaching, and other spiritual and esoteric traditions from around the world for the last 20 years – and by now should know to keep his mouth shut – but has too much information he wants to share with you in order to transform you into a total master of living a life of true happiness - one that you can operate effectively in a cool and sexy way in today’s modern world.
Greg Clowminzer lives just north of San Diego, CA and is founder of zencoach.com which coaches and consults with individuals and groups, helping them awaken to a greater purpose and meaning in their personal and professional lives. Greg use a blend of eastern and western views as a means of introducing people to the untapped potential of the human spirit.
There is something very special that I would like to share with you. I hope you will take a moment and check it out.
My life’s purpose is to awaken new understanding in as many people as I can during my lifetime in order to promote personal and social transformation in the world.
As a student and adult I have devoted myself to seek out the best and the brightest of teachers, practices and training’s that I could find, designed to grow myself beyond my own limitations.
I have spent the last 20 years searching the world, training with the most profound teachers who challenged me to steal their deepest knowledge, wisdom and teachings. I’ve distilled many, many years’ worth of the finest, most practical, most evolved and most intense positive change producing teachings and practices.
My goal is to share with you what works -- what really works in Real Time. I will share with you only proven strategies, teachings and practices that are guaranteed to help you realize your deepest spiritual happiness fast!
I see so many people walking half-asleep, their deepest expression of themselves lying dormant deep inside, locked behind thick walls of complacency, apathy, and resignation. My purpose is to evoke you out of your slumber and shake, rattle and roll you (lovingly, of course) to realize you can have a much more fulfilling life than you can possibly imagine!
I’m here to let you know there is a way you can melt your barriers quickly, safely, and have a great time while you’re at it!
Don’t get me wrong, real spiritual growth takes dedication, tenacity, courage, vulnerability and heart, and I want you to know YOU HAVE ALL THAT IN YOU! It just needs to be awakened!
If you feel you are ready to go for the real deal, and experience first-hand what it means to Live Free and full of Genuine Love.
If you are truly serious about your spiritual growth and are ready and willing to plunge into Real Teachings and Practices that will not only Awaken Your True Self but stabilize these teachings permanently into your very Core Being, you may be ready for The Enlightenment Intensive.
The Enlightenment Intensive is that sacred journey from ego to spirit and from fear to courage.
I hope you will consider taking part in this special opportunity for deep spiritual growth.
If you have any questions about this Enlightenment Intensive, you may contact me at 760-930-9604 or greg@zencoach.com.
Much Love,
Greg
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The following Q&A deals with the most frequently asked question regarding the Enlightenment Intensive.
Enlightenment has been spoken and written about for a very long time by mystics, religious founders, yogis, Zen masters, and more or less ordinary people who have happened to stumble onto it in the course of their journey through life. Whether in ancient times or modern, there is a consistency in their reports of the special and indescribable nature of the event, the priceless penetrations into reality, the abiding inner peace that remained to some degree afterwards.
Through the Enlightenment Intensive, you can be navigated more easily through this inner world by a form of partner-assisted meditation in a dyad structure. The Intensive uses the ancient meditation practice of contemplating a question such as "Who am I?" or "What is Life?" and combines it with the more modern approach of communicating what occurs as a result with a partner. The aim is not merely to have interesting experiences or come up with new intellectual answers to these questions, the aim is to break through into Enlightenment.
After 3 days of being in this inquiry, many people go home more in touch with themselves and better able to relate authentically with others. Drinking deeply of the tonic that is the simple spoken truth, many experience a freeing up of new energies for living life on a more real and satisfying basis. Many experience levels of inner peace and stillness of mind that they have never known. And for some, something even more extraordinary takes place: the striking breakthrough into enlightenment; a unique condition of direct, conscious experience that reveals our ultimate nature in an instant of penetration.
The core of the retreat is a meditating twosome or dyad. Each participant selects and focuses on one of four fundamental questions during the retreat:
Who am I?
What am I?
What is Life?
What is Another?
A dozen times a day participants choose a partner and sit facing them on a pillow or a chair a comfortable distance apart. The two partners practice an easily learned technique called the dyad. During each forty-minute dyad the two partners take turns being the contemplator and communicator or the attentive listener.
The instructions are simple: set about to experience directly the essential Truth underlying your question and then tell your partner what ever occurs to you. There is a rest, walk, lecture or meal after each dyad. We practice this in a supportive environment under the guidance of an experienced facilitator and their staff.
The Retreat is for three full days and is fully residential. Participants arrive by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday night. On Friday and Saturday the group session begins at 6:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00p.m. The retreat ends at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evening. All participants are expected to stay and sleep at the facility for the duration of the retreat. Meals are organic (when possible) and vegetarian.
Enlightenment refers to a
conscious, direct experience of the Truth (truth in the absolute sense,
i.e. that which actually exists apart from how we sense, perceive, think,
feel, describe, or learn about it). The objective of the Enlightenment
Intensive is to directly experience the Truth of self, life, and another.
When one of these fundamental Truths are experienced directly, it is
referred to as an enlightenment experience. It always occurs in a timeless
instant, always in the present moment, beyond any doubt, and always
changes one's state of being into a more enlightened or awakened state of
consciousness.
Words can not describe a
direct experience because it is beyond words, symbols or
conceptualization. It is beyond all the indirect methods we commonly
depend on for knowing; sensing, thinking, believing, deciding, reasoning,
or feeling. And yet, when a direct experience happens, it is self evident
beyond certainty and doubt. Again, enlightenment is a direct experience of
the absolute Truth and the Truth is that which exists apart from our
perception or conception of it. In the case of self-enlightenment gained
from using the question, "Who am I?" it means that you are in direct
contact with the truth of your "I." The previous sentence seems to suggest
that there are two of you: you and your "I." This is a result of the
duality in our language and not the case in actuality. In the case of
self-enlightenment you are at one with your "I" in the sense of being your
true "I" consciously. In the state of direct experience (enlightenment),
there is no mental dichotomy, no subject-object duality but an at-one-ness
with your self. People who have achieved a direct experience of self speak
from their deepest or highest source. They no longer identify themselves
as only being their body, emotions, thoughts, mind or the roles they may
play in life. Such people speak from themselves without having to refer to
their past thoughts or the thoughts of others. A person who has had a
direct experience of self increasingly sees each moment in life as a new
and unique experience and does not tend to be stuck in a limited way of
seeing things.
An Enlightenment Intensive is a three day fully residential retreat designed to maximize the probability that participants will have an enlightenment experience while contemplating one of the following questions:
Who Am I?
What Am I?
What Is Life?
What Is Another?
Again, the goal of participating in an Enlightenment Intensive is not just to answer these questions intellectually, but to experience them directly. The questions are used in a dyad in which two participants face each other sitting on chairs or cushions while they take turns contemplating their questions and communicating the results of their contemplation.
Yes. Some people succeed in as
little as a weekend. Others need more time. But everyone will expand their
self awareness, understanding and increase their ability to realate. To
say that a person can gain enlightenment in just three days, however, is
not entirely accurate. All the work that a person has already done toward
finding the truth may be rewarded in an instant during the three day
Intensive. Many report having enlightenment experiences on the way home or
in the days or weeks following the intensive.
Some people confuse the word
enlightenment with a concept of becoming perfect. Enlightenment does not
change one into a "perfect being" whatever that means. There is already a
perfection in you that can be experienced. Enlightenment means
experiencing who you are as you are right now. There is no need to change
or fix anything.
No matter what method or path you follow on the way to enlightenment, you will go through the following stages in one way or another in your own time.
Stage one is giving answers. You give your partner the answers you have learned from parents, teachers, priests and friends or answers you have figured out in the past. By presenting these answers to your partner they will be cleared from your mind.
Stage two is intellectual. In this stage you will think things out logically and reasonably. If this is true, then that must be true, and so on. Sometimes in this stage you may come upon the "correct" answer. But answers, correct or otherwise, are not what we are looking for. This stage is completed when you stop trying to answer a question and begin to set about to experience it directly.
Stage three is the stage of phenomena. In this stage you will have been using your brain to such a degree that it will begin to produce unfamiliar mental and physical phenomena. Visions or hallucinations may appear. The room may appear to distort. You may see auras around people and things. You may experience hot and cold flashes or waves of emotion running through your body. You may mistake these things for enlightenment. Someone in this stage may tell me "I am a bursting sun! " I would then ask him "Who is perceiving it?"
Stage four is the void. In this stage you will find your field of consciousness empty. No thoughts occur and no progress appears to be being made. To make further progress you must stop "looking" for yourself and, instead, seek to experience yourself directly.
Stage five is the one in which you will encounter the barriers of emotion, pain, and death. You may experience feelings of fear, anger, grief, sadness, apathy, and serenity. In this stage, the states of being you have identified yourself with will come up and be expressed. These feelings are part of your character structure and keep you from feeling yourself as you actually are. They are constructs which may have, at some time, protected you from feeling something you did not want to feel and established an emotional sense of self which you have identified as being you. The feeling of death, or fear of death, arises as you de-identify with these mental-emotional ego states. In some cases, where the enlightenment is going very deep, you must literally be willing to die in order to find out who you really are. I would like to assure any of you who go through this that no one has actually died during an Enlightenment Intensive.
Stage six is the enlightenment experience itself. Two things occur simultaneously. First you will have a direct conscious experience of yourself and, second, you will experience a release of energy and other side effects. It occurs in a timeless instant. You will know it as a definite breakthrough. There will be no doubt in your mind. You may laugh, cry, scream or feel ecstasy. Some even have an orgasm. It is different for different people and for different depths of enlightenment.
Stage seven is the glow in which you are radiating yourself as truth. You will feel totally in contact with yourself and your presence will radiate from you like a glow. This will continue until you have fully presented yourself to others.
Stage eight is the pure steady state. Once the energy is discharged, you will be in a steady state of being, able to present your true self to others and be in contact with it directly. The steady state will continue into your life to the degree that you continue to present the true you to others. In the pure steady state of consciousness of yourself, as you truly are, your interests will turn to life and others.
As a result of participating in an enlightenment intensive retreat, you may experience some or all of the following:
You will learn to focus your intent. A major component of the training is learning how to contemplate your question (Who am I?, for example). It's pretty simple. Every time you notice that your mind is wandering, you simply bring it back into focus on your question.
You may achieve a quiet, peaceful mind. Almost all participants experience the peacefulness of a mind devoid of thought as you move through the stages from the intellectual into pure beingness. It's not that you can't think, it's just that there are no thoughts unless you consciously choose to think.
You may experience the opening of your heart. As the contact increases between you and the other participants, strangers may fall in love with each other or experience great compassion for each other and/or all living things.
You may experience an increase in your self esteem as you let go of what you think others think about you. As you begin to experience who you really are, you may love yourself more than you ever have.
You may experience a tremendous surge of life energy. While it appears that the process is a dry, intellectual pursuit, this is only true of the earliest stages. Participants often experience powerful emotions as they move through the barriers of emotion, pain and fear of death. They also may experience orgasmic sexuality, ecstasy or bliss. Uncontrollable laughter is not uncommon.
You may work through your own fear of emotion, pain and death. The key to breaking through all the barriers one may encounter on the way to the enlightenment experience is choosing to accept what is or be willing to experience anything that comes up for you and express it to another.
You may discover your own immortality. In the deeper stages of self enlightenment participants often report that what they are is without prior source and has always existed and will always exist.
Enlightenment Intensives Retreats and their facilitators are not an exclusive part of any organization, religious or otherwise. There is nothing to join and no one to follow. There are, however teachers, schools and groups who have added the Enlightenment Intensive dyad technique in whole or part to their practices simply because it works. Enlightenment Intensives work in any language and in any culture for truth seekers of all religious and non-religious backgrounds.
During an Enlightenment
Intensive Retreat, participants are asked to honor the following
guidelines:
1. Be prepared to eat, sleep and stay at the site of
the intensive.
2. Put aside all outside concerns. If there is
anything such as a telephone call or letter which must be received or sent
by you, please take care of it before the intensive begins. All incoming
messages, unless it is an emergency, will be held for you until the end of
the Intensive.
3. Eat only the food and snacks we serve you. The
diet is vegetarian.
4. No smoking, drugs, alcohol, coffee or
caffeinated tea. You may want to stop using any of these a week prior to
the retreat if you are subject to withdrawal symptoms such as headaches.
5.
Leave your jewelry, makeup, perfume, and cologne at home or in your car.
6.
Leave at home or in your car anything that may become a distraction such
as books, magazines, journals, radio or tape/CD player, cellular phone or
laptop.
7. Refrain from all sexual activity.
8. Put aside
all other practices. We ask that you put all your efforts into using only
the techniques taught during the intensive.
9. Participants are
often asked to observe silence outside the dyad sessions.
When I sign up for the intensive, I really did not have a full picture of what it would be like, I just knew I wanted and needed to be there. I have attended workshop and seminars before but nothing like this.
First, I was so impressed by how well organized it was. Greg and the staff did an amazing job and everything was on time all the time. The attention we received, the care for our well-being was just grand.
Greg was 100% there for us. The meals were healthy and tasty and more than you could eat most of the time. Our needs were taking care in the best way.
During the intensive, sessions were divided in block of time with ample breaks to re-energize and there again you could feel the Care and the efforts that were taken to make sure we would be able to do the work. You could feel the understanding and compassion coming from Greg and the staff. Greg provided an environment where you felt safe and loved as human being. I had a few enlightenments moments during the work, some made me laugh silly some made me cry.
However, the greatest part was when I was driving home. I was on I-8 from San Diego to Phoenix and out of nowhere, I got this feeling coming form the inside that blew me away, that awareness that even as I had done lots of work toward becoming aware and raising my level of consciousness and had many ah ha moments in the past, it was nothing compare to the feeling that came over me, the awareness of my surroundings more beautiful than ever, and that is saying a lot since I love nature and it’s a great source of energy and beauty and joy for me…so for that to go to a higher level was unexpected, wow. So many thoughts I had in the past became no longer necessary…II felt like I was flying, not driving.
Long time ago, I had an experience where under certain conditions, I could just literally see in my mind the beginning of life, how the mountains came to be, the little flower form seed to plant….the formation of life , the evolution of us as a race as if I was watching a movie. But that day, I was not watching the movie, I was feeling it sensing it, I was part of it, I was it ands it was part of me, does that make sense>>>I feel that trying to explain it in words some how diminishes the whole experience, there really are no words that can truly convey this…..
Well, I still cannot find the words…but sure feel still it within.
Bottom line is, it was hard work, it was fun, it was the best 3 days I had spent anywhere, I will do it again….taking another step towards the top of the mountain….seeking further awakening while enjoying each moment of life…
Greg, I just want to thank you for putting your heart and soul into this workshop!
I got so much out of it, on so many levels. I feel that I have a greater understanding of the human part of myself, and also of my spiritual self. The depths that we are able to go to using the technique you shared with us are simply amazing. I feel that I have removed several layers of "illusions" that I was living under. I have learned it is important to slow down the mad pace of my life, and reconnect with the important things, like my inner truth, the people in my life, nature, etc. I have grown to have a greater understanding of how we are all on a similar journey, we are all doing the work in ways seen and unseen, known and unknown, and to respect others in that.
The intensive itself was, as implied, intense! But it couldn't have been a more fun environment to do such serious work. Greg and his staff did an amazing job of holding the space and taking care of all the details, so that we could focus simply on our task at hand. I have not laughed as hard, cried as deeply, and learned as much in any three-day period in my entire life!
I highly recommend this work to others, you will learn so much about the truth of who you are.
Carla Swan Gerstein - Vice President, Center for Integral Education
My experience with the Enlightenment Intensive was definitely both: intense, as well as enlightening. The work for me was beyond challenging, but the technique we used was clear, simple and powerful. Because this type of contemplation was completely foreign to me, the challenge was huge. Because the end result of this type of contemplation was so huge, the challenge was even more rewarding. Greg remained strong + clear, insightful and motivating, patient yet demanding to stay true to the technique.
Without reservation, this was truly one of the MOST amazing experiences of my lifetime, and it will continue to impact my presence in the world in countless ways. To come in touch with my true authentic self has stripped away so much that the mind has created. It is a gift to let go + feel the freedom of the truth: it has, indeed, set me free. My endless appreciation and gratitude to Greg + his staff for creating the space to allow for such a monumental life-changing experience.
I was 30-minutes or less from leaving the retreat and not the least bit focused on the technique. I felt complete with the intensive and made peace with not having a direct experience this time. I was glad to be able to set my mind free and let it wander. I knew I'd be back again in search of truth.
I was reflecting on my experiences over the weekend and thinking about what to tell a friend of mine that would inspire him to attend. The words, "It was everything I ever wanted" came to mind. A second or two went by before something dawned on me. "It" wasn't the intensive. "It" was the direct experience I was having at that moment. Tears of joy and love were streaming down my face.
There were no words to describe it. I tried to open my mouth several times and say something or utter a sound, but couldn't get anything out through the emotion. Its enormity and vastness were overwhelming ... not in a frightening way ... I felt an overwhelming goodness. At some point I mumbled the words, "God, it is soooooo huge".
I was conscious of love. It wasn't anything like the feelings I'd labeled as love in the past ... it was so deep, so boundless, so completely filling... so...
I became conscious of the mountains in the distance and could see it everywhere. It was the mountains, the trees, it was in the air. It was everywhere. All around me. Coursing through me. I burst into laughter as I remembered Greg saying that truth was closer than the end of my nose. I laughed for a while over that one.
Then I became conscious of the other drivers around me. How can they not know? Can't they see it? Glimpses of a world where people KNEW popped into my head and tears of simultaneous joy and sorrow began to flow.
I don't remember when the direct experience ended and I was back to me thinking about the experience. But throughout the day I experienced numerous little aftershocks. A single note in a song and a glance at a mountain were enough to bring back the flow of tears or the laughter. I remember wondering to myself if I had gone insane. I laughed out loud at the thought because I felt more sane in that moment than looking back on my life before the experience.
I'll end this reflection now, but this is only the beginning.
With my second venture into the Enlightenment Intensive Retreat I found I was able to easily jump back into using the technique (though it had been almost 6 months since my previous retreat) and immediately start seeing the truth(s) of my life.
With this simple technique each day brought a progressive and deepening understanding of my relationship to myself and to others. I was able to build on the groundwork of my previous Enlightenment work and move beyond. An expanding feeling of loving acceptance of others and myself accompanied by an openness and knowing filled me from within. I truly felt a connection to all… spirit, humans and nature…my true self.
If you are someone who longs to be present and happy in your life this experience is a must. The technique is simple to employ but the work is hard. You can go as far as want…no limits, or progress slowly. The speed is entirely up to you. Your opening is up to you. I encourage all to participate and take your fulfillment into your own hands and start living your life in truth now.
Thank you Greg for guiding me into the deepest exploration of who and what I am and seeing who I was meant to be…a person who lives with ease and love in a place of wonder.
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