The Ridhwan Boston 3 Group

The Boston 3 group has been meeting in the Boston area since 2008 and is open to new students. The group is taught by an experienced team of teachers; Gina Crago Ackler, Neal Carbon, Anne Laney, and Duncan Scribner. The group meets 5 times a year; 2 are long weekends from Thursday evening to Sunday at noon; 2 are a longer retreat format meeting from Wednesday evening to Monday at noon; and one 3 day weekend meeting jointly with the other Boston Groups.

Dates for the balance of 2010 are:

• July 22-25 at the Espousal Center in Waltham - $335 for tuition
• September 30 - October 3 at the Espousal Center in Waltham - $335 for tuition
• December 3-5 at Crowne Plaza Hotel - $250 for tuition

Dates for 2011 are: (all meetings are at the Walker Center except December)

• February 17, 2011 7pm through February 20 noon - $275 plus retreat center fees
• April 6, 2011 7pm through April 11 noon - $495 plus retreat center fees
• July 14, 2011 7pm through July 17 noon - $275 plus retreat center fees
• September 28, 2011 7pm through October 3 noon - $495 plus retreat center fees
• December 9, 2011 2pm through December 11 noon - $250

Lodging is available on-site at the Walker Center and the Espousal Center. The site fees vary by site and length of retreat and are in addition to the tuition.

Lodging is available on-site at the Walker Center and the Espousal Center. The site fees vary by site and length of retreat and are in addition to the tuition.

About the Diamond Approach

It is a natural step in our human development to at some point ask questions about who we are and what we are doing here on this planet. What is my full potential as a human being? Who am I beyond my history and conditioning? What would it be like to experience the present moment in its pure immediacy, empty of my usual structures and beliefs? These are important and potentially life-changing questions.

The Diamond Approach offers the clear understanding that our Essential or True Nature, the pure presence and fullness of the moment from which we come, can be returned to, through rigorous experiential understanding of how our original pure experience became structured into specific patterns of belief and reactivity which we now take to be the norm. Simply put, we begin as pure presence, we leave that state of presence in order to survive in environments where presence is generally not valued, and we then long in one way or another to return to that condition from which we came. By presence, here, we mean a richness and fullness of experience which is not simply empty space/big mind, but a fullness and richness of in-the-world experience which is free of the resistances, controls and stuckness which dominate our soul when identified with our patterns and old reactions.

Taking advantage of the inherent tendency in the soul to return to its original and natural state, personal exploration not only of essence and presence, but individual personality structures as well, tends to allow ego structures to relax in the field of truthfulness we create; enough so that we might see beyond and experience, stepwise, our increasingly more true sense of self. This is a gradual process - the natural movement of the individual soul toward its natural state, where it most wants to go…

For more information contact Anne Laney at Abachman22@aol.com or Duncan Scribner at duncanscribner@msn.com.

Registration Details for the July 2010 meeting of Boston 3

The next Boston 3 meeting is a long weekend coming up July 22-25, 2010. Gina Crago Ackler will be teaching more on the Soul. The soul is the totality of our consciousness; it is what is structured by ego and what transforms toward realization. To get directly in touch with the fluid medium and potentiality of the soul is a powerful experience on the soul's journey.

The weekend will be held at the Espousal Retreat Center at 554 Lexington Street in Waltham, MA 02452. The tuition is $335 and includes an additional meeting by recording that will be available for downloading between the July and September weekends.

The weekend begins on Thursday July 22 at 7pm and ends Sunday July 25 at noon. Friday and Saturday there will be teaching meetings from 9am to 5:30pm each day, and small groups will meet in the evening.

On-site accommodation is small single rooms, with dinner Thursday - Saturday, breakfast Friday through Sunday, and lunch on Friday and Saturday. The price for the on-site accommodation and meals is $250. There is a $62 commuter fee for students not staying on-site. This fee includes lunch on Friday and Saturday. Commuters can purchase an additional dinner on the night of your small group for $17.

To register contact Anne Laney at Abachman22@aol.com by July 14th. A deposit of $100 is requested. Please mail to Anne Laney at 8972 West 81st Lane Arvada, CO 80005. Please make checks payable to Ridhwan Boston 3. Be sure and give me your accommodation and meal order when you register. I will also need details about any food restrictions you have if you are ordering meals.