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See the Book Talk Flyer for details on all four 2008 Public Book Talks given in Amsterdam (June 15), Berkeley (July 18), New York (September 28), and Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, CA (October 5). The Public Events Calendar has more details.

View videos by A.H. Almaas on Conscious TV.

2008 USA Quasar 5-day Retreat
Heart-Mind: The Divine Marriage
September 17 – 21, 2008 in Boston, MA

Presented by Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas) and Karen Johnson

This 5-day retreat, which is open to the public and presented by the founders of the Diamond Approach, is the first of its kind to take place in the United States. The retreat will present a teaching on *The Divine Marriage*: the unity of mind and heart. No previous experience is required, and the retreat is open to both the general public and current students of the Diamond Approach. The retreat is meant for anyone interested in having a direct and experiential taste of the Diamond Approach work.

For the spiritual journey to be complete, we need both the openness and intelligence of the mind and the love and fullness of the heart. In a spiritual journey, the mind's intelligence and heart's fullness inform each other in a dynamic and complementary way. There is a dialectic between the heart and mind that we can learn to engage to reveal the inner treasures needed for true maturation and fulfillment of human life. In this retreat, we will explore how this complementarity of mind and heart is rooted in their primordial unity. Our realization of this unity, this divine marriage of mind and heart, enhances the power of our journey as we move toward deeper and deeper spiritual realization. It is this inseparability of brilliance and intimacy, clarity and love, that forms the essence of wisdom we need to live a real life and express the essential nature of our being.

The founders of the Diamond Approach, A.H. Almaas and Karen Johnson, will teach how we can combine the precision of insight with the richness of heart to open our experience into dimensions of awareness that neither element could reach alone. We will use discussions, meditations and exercises to discover and activate these precious faculties and capacities of the heart-mind continuum.

For further information and registration, please see the flyer and the registration form.

NEW PROGRAMS


Upcoming! Diamond Heart 8 - Boulder, Colorado
Diamond Heart 8 - Boulder, Colorado
The next Diamond Heart Program (DH8) is in the formative stages and set to begin mid-2009. The teaching team is comprised of the following Ridhwan Teachers, listed alphabetically: Gina Crago Ackler, Anne Laney and Andreas Mouskos. 
You can reach the DH8 Teachers via e-mail and by telephone at:  Gina Crago Ackler:  Gcrago@aol.com & 303-426-5066.  Anne Laney:  ABachman22@aol.com & 303-423-5570.  Andreas Mouskos:  AMouskos@msn.com & 303-463-4502. 

If you are interested in joining this program you may place yourself on the list of interested people by emailing your name and contact information to AMouskos@msn.com. 
The program will be open to those who have at least some experience in this Work, with a private Ridhwan Teacher. For that reason, we encourage you to explore how to begin your work with a private Teacher by emailing your interest to GCrago@aol.com.  
For more details, see the page for the Ridhwan Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Upcoming! Diamond Heart 8 - Berkeley, California
The next Diamond Heart group is in the formative stages and will begin in 2009.  Introductory weekends and events will be starting in early 2009 for those interested in exploring the Diamond Approach and participating in the ongoing group.  These introductory events will be listed on the website as more information about them becomes available.  To be on a mailing list regarding these weekends e-mail your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number to dh8@dhat.org
If you prefer, you may leave us a voice message by calling 510-841-1283 and pressing 40.

The Teaching Team of Diamond Heart Eight includes Eugene Cash, Cynthia Cornell, and Vince Draddy. A.H. Almaas (Hameed Ali) and Karen Johnson, Founders of the Diamond Approach, will also be teaching on a regular basis.

Diamond Heart Europe
The group will meet three times a year in January, June, and September in Germany and will be taught by senior Ridhwan teacher, Jeanne Hay. To request an application or if you have questions, please email LeighJMc@aol.com.

Diamond Heart 7 – Boulder, Colorado
The Diamond Heart Program is an on-going group work based on the Teaching of the Diamond Approach. It is comprised of two evenings per month, one weekend every other month, one or two of which will be non-residential five day retreats. The group is now closed to new students but is still open to established students who are at the same level of study as the current level of the DH7.
For inquiries on joining the DH7 call Katie or Michael Boone at 303-499-2434 or email ktboone@aol.com.

NEW! Group forming in Los Angeles
A new on-going Diamond Approach group is forming in Los Angeles which began January 2008.  The teachers are Lucia Di Paolo and Marilyn Giglio. For more information please contact: Marilyn Giglio at 303-752-6805 or e-mail at marilyn.diamond.la08@gmail.com.

NEW! Diamond Approach in San Diego
You are invited to explore the Diamond Approach in a series of workshops, each focusing on a different core teaching.  Participants can come to any or all of them.  The next weekend workshops will be conducted September 6-7 and December 6-7 with an introductory evening on Friday prior to the weekend. There will be six weekend dates offered in 2009, which will be announced shortly. More details can be found on the Diamond Approach in San Diego Flyer.

Teacher:  Sanjen Miedzinski, Ph.D. (510) 524-1633, sanjen@att.net
Contact Joan Luly, Coordinator (858) 273-2240, JoanLuly@mac.com        

NEW! Group forming in Boston
A new group is forming for the Boston area which started in the Spring of 2008.  This new group will be team taught by experienced Ridhwan Teachers and is intended to meet three times per year in a residential retreat format, meeting for six days each time.

More information will be available at www.ridhwanboston.org as plans develop, and inquiries may be addressed to ridhwanschoolboston@gmail.com. Group applications are available on the website.

NEW! The Diamond Approach in the German Language
A new group started in May 2008 in Germany, led by Florentin Krause and a team of Ridhwan teachers who are native German speakers.
e-mail: rad.bewerbungen@dhat.org

NEW! Diamond Approach in New Zealand
A new group is forming in Auckland. The last weekend seminar took place June 2008, with further workshops planned over the coming months. For more information and to download the registration form, click here.