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SUMMARY:The Power of Dark Retreat: A program that offers the benefits of dark retreat in an at-home format
DESCRIPTION:A Two-Day Virtual Retreat\nWith Andrew Holecek\nDo you feel constantly drained by the relentless noise and digital distraction of the modern world?\nAre you interested in befriending the darkness and using it as a canvas for personal growth\, creativity and insight?\nDo you long for a reset for your nervous system that goes deeper than just sleep?\nThe ancient practice of dark retreat has found its way back into our light-polluted modern world. In a time of constant digital distraction\, artificial light\, and AI\, this online workshop offers a gentle way to rest and restore. \nJoin our two-day virtual retreat on The Power of Dark Retreat by Andrew Holecek. This retreat will explore the titrated approach of weaving in and out of darkness\, or “gray retreat\,” an approach that offers the benefits of dark retreat in an at-home format. \nThis is not just about relaxation; it is a deep dive into consciousness. \nJoin us today! \n\n\nCurrent Night Club Members Receive a Discount \n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/the-power-of-dark-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Online
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SUMMARY:Reverse Meditation: How to Use Pain and Emotional Upheaval To Accelerate Your Path
DESCRIPTION:A Two-Day Virtual Retreat\nWith Andrew Holecek\n\n\n\n\nHave you tried traditional meditation practices but found them to be less effective than you hoped?\nDo you find yourself seeing obstacles as primarily barriers to your happiness?\nDo you ever feel stuck in a pattern of avoiding your pain or difficult emotions?\nDiscover a transformative approach to overcoming obstacles and embracing growth. \nJoin our Two-day retreat on Reverse Meditation by Andrew Holecek. Learn to identify hidden opportunities within challenges. To embrace discomfort as a catalyst for transformation. To leverage ancient wisdom for modern challenges. To cultivate a resilient and empowered mindset. \nThis retreat is for you if you seek practical tools\, a positive outlook\, and deeper personal growth. \nTransform your perspective and unlock your full potential. \n\n\nCurrent Night Club Members Receive a Discount \n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/reverse-meditation-how-to-use-pain-and-emotional-upheaval-to-accelerate-your-path/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Online
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SUMMARY:Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Clear Light Mind
DESCRIPTION:Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Clear Light Mind\nWith Andrew Holecek\nOnline offered through Adventures in Awareness\nA unique retreat utilizing specially prepared dark rooms.\nWe’ve had several debates recently about whether consciousness is fundamental to reality\, or something that is dependent on particular conditions to exist\, just like everything else. \nThis might sound intellectual\, but it can make a real difference to how we meditate\, and how we approach reality\, our selves and each other. \nIt’s a debate that has raged for centuries\, and some schools of Tibetan Buddhism posit a resolution. They claim that the irreducible description of reality is the union of luminosity and emptiness. When these aspects are married\, the result is nonduality\, or nirvana. When luminosity divorces emptiness\, the result is duality\, or samsara. \nAndrew\, a scholar and advanced practitioner in this school of Buddhism will review the teachings on emptiness while emphasizing the role of luminosity. \nWe’ll also learn the meditations that nurture luminous emptiness\, especially the emerging practice of dark retreat — where the light of the mind shines most brightly. \nWhat is the light of the mind? How do we get blinded by it? Why is it so central to enlightenment? \nThis retreat is hosted and administered by Adventures in Awareness.  Because of this\, we are not able to offer any Night Club member discount to this event. Any inquiries about this program should be directed to: amir@adventuresinawareness.com \n			\n				Online Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/luminous-emptiness-understanding-the-clear-light-mind/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lucid Dreaming/Dream Yoga,Online,Preparing for a Good Death,Retreat
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SUMMARY:The Preparing to Die Program -SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:We are SOLD OUT\, thank you.\nThis program will be offered again later this year. \nA three-month online interactive training on spiritual and practical preparations for death.\nThis unique program provides an accessible and integrated exploration of a rich and complete cycle of teachings and practices to help us get ready for the end of life. Live sessions begin July 5th (8 PM EDT) and occur weekly for 12 weeks.  Full recordings will be available.\nThe Preparing to Die Program is for anyone interested in learning how to get ready for the end of life\, from both a spiritual and practical perspective. It is for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is aging\, sick\, or dying\, and to support them and their loved ones after death. The Preparing to Die Program aspires to produce graduates that understand\, embody\, and share this way of living and dying with their loved ones\, their communities\, and the organizations in which they serve. \n			\n				Retreat Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/the-preparing-to-die-program-2/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Preparing for a Good Death
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SUMMARY:The Death of Death: Bringing The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Life
DESCRIPTION:A 2 1/2 hour talk by Andrew presented by The Theosophical Society in America – Saturday\, April 1\, 2 pm ET (Noon MT)\nFrom the Tibetan perspective\, death is an illusion. The path to “immortality” is to discover that which cannot die—because it was never born. Armed with the right view\, death provides us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realize the truth of our deathless nature. We then have nothing to fear\, and everything to look forward to. \nThis workshop will explore what does end\, what continues\, and where we go after we die according to Tibetan Buddhism. Learn how aging is a preliminary practice for death\, how dreams can help us prepare\, and how meditation is death in slow motion. ​ \n			\n				Online Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/the-death-of-death-bringing-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-to-life/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Preparing for a Good Death
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SUMMARY:A Buddhist View of Death
DESCRIPTION:w/Andrew Holecek – Online – Tuesday March 8\, 2022 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET\, 5:00 – 7:00 pm MT\nBuddhist thanatology\, as embodied in Bardo Yoga\, is one of the great gifts to humanity. Bardo (“gap\, transitional process”) yoga shows us how to practice death\, and “Die before you die.” In the Buddhist view\, death is a journey of the heart-mind\, and that journey can be taken now. If we relate to death properly\, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. \nThis presentation will offer contemplations and brief meditations that help us prepare\, and give us the confidence to also help others as they die.\n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/a-buddhist-view-of-death/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Preparing for a Good Death
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Open Center":MAILTO:info@opencenter.org
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SUMMARY:The Art of Dying to Live: An Exploration of Life\, Death\, and the Afterlife
DESCRIPTION:Andrew is pleased to be a part of this extensive online conference and practice retreat\, The Art of Dying to Live. This is produced by THUS/Menla a great organization that Andrew has had the pleasure of presenting with in the past. Andrew and this lineup of wonderful\, impressive speakers will ensure a remarkable event. \nThis is THUS/Menla’s new incarnation of a powerfully transformative event Tibet House US launched with the New York Open Center 20 years ago\, which introduced thousands to the cheerful exploration of the realities of death and dying as the doorway to living ever more vibrantly in the precious moments of life. Over these five days\, experienced practitioners will present visions and lead practices drawn from spiritual wisdom\, scientific insight\, and time-tested experiential methods of dealing with death and dying that immeasurably enrich the lives of those facing death\, as well as those facing bereavement. \nJoin us to explore ancient and modern understandings and engagements with the arts of dying and living through the lenses of different traditions\, including Tibetan and Zen Buddhist\, Christian\, Hindu\, Judaic\, and Shamanic traditions. Study the nature of death as part of life\, and compare all visions of possible afterlife experiences from existential to theistic to shamanic. \n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/the-art-of-dying-to-live-an-exploration-of-life-death-and-the-afterlife/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Preparing for a Good Death
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SUMMARY:Lucid Dreaming: A Deeper Dive
DESCRIPTION:A 6-Day Virtual Retreat Over Two Weekends\nFollow your desire to learn more about these subtle and profound practices through this on-line program. Through this in-depth exploration of the teachings on dream yoga from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition\, attendees will learn everything they need to enter the unexplored realms of the night. \nThrough lecture\, Q and A\, daily meditations\, and small group break-out sessions (which work well online)\, we will explore the deeper aspects of the nocturnal meditations and their applicability to modern life. This course is designed for those who have always wanted to use their sleep hours to fully explore the subtle dimensions of mind to heal and to evolve spiritually. \n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/lucid-dreaming-a-deeper-dive/2021-11-12/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lucid Dreaming/Dream Yoga
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T190000
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SUMMARY:The Bardo Teachings: Bringing The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Life
DESCRIPTION:A Virtual Event Over Four Wednesdays Aug 18\, Sept 1\, 8\, 15\nAbout the Course\nWritten in self-secret “twilight language\,” The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unfathomable to most people. This course will show you how to penetrate the text\, and bring it fully to life – and death. We will focus on the first of the three death bardos\, or “transitional processes\,” that structure the book: the painful bardo of dying. Why is it painful\, and what can we do to remove that pain? We’ll explore the eight stages of death\, and how meditation prepares us to die. What are the reverse meditations\, and how do they transform pain? What do we do about sudden death? Learn about the five types of phowa\, or “ejection of consciousness\,” the role of dream yoga as a way to prepare\, and how to transcend anxiety and fear. Why is our fear of death a secondary and therefore inauthentic fear? What are we really afraid of? This course will show you how to help others die\, and give you the confidence to face your own death with ease. By understanding The Book\, we can transform death into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. \n			\n				Program Details and Registration
URL:https://www.andrewholecek.com/event/the-bardo-teachings-bringing-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-to-life/2021-09-15/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Preparing for a Good Death
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