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Contemplative Spirituality is a time honored mystical tradition trusting that God is imminently present and active in our lives, constantly guiding us toward our fullest potential in sacred service. Ongoing programs supportive of Contemplative Spirituality include:
- Spiritual Direction and Facilitation - Individual or group spiritual formation.
- Silence Days - Experience the action of God's love extended into service.
- Hawkins Study Group - Learning from the works of Dr. David Hawkins.
- Art as Contemplation - Our annual retreat in Cody, WY
Also available are:
- Community Service - Training
- Boundaries Workshops - Two annually.
- Safe People Workshops - Two annually.
- Meditation - Weekly groups
- Artist's Way/Vein of Gold - Group workshops
- Life and Work Balance - Personal coaching, group meetings, workshops.
- Listening Garden - Co-creative energy gardening.
- Centering Prayer
- Sacred Justice/Conflict Resolution (2 6 week Annual Trainings - CEU’s – Certifications)
- Bible Study Group
- ACIM Study Group
- Sacred Writing and Journaling
We recognize that service to Creator, Creation and Creatures is our highest calling when it is inspired by God. We release self-serving agendas to become fully committed to serving a Higher Power. We call that Power God and God is Love, Peace, Compassion and Enlightenment. We, in this human energetic form, are not separated from God, but are at-one-ment with the unknown and unmanifest as well as with the material. We are the windows through which the unmanifest may flow; we are “servants among servants”. We love, learn, be and bring God’s Kingdom into its divine place – Grace – Authenticity – Service – Anonymity.
We love and choose God every moment. Happiness is a derivative of Happening or rejoicing in every moment. Everything is God, including us and we are humbled and grateful to serve This Omnipresent Force.
These are some of the notions fundamental to the principles and practices of Contemplative Spirituality:
We laugh a lot. Relish each moment. Cherish our relationships with God, self, and others. We are just kids who like to have fun!! We relax into our deepest higher and lower selves, allowing God to heal obstacles to our gifts and talents and inspire new gifts and talents. With Grace, Forgiveness and Mercy, we safely dive deeply into the mysteries of the unknown or the unmanifested and bring forth that which God desires. God’s Kingdom on Earth. IT IS REALLY FUN, FUN, FUN!!! God loves us to enjoy every moment, delight in every nuance, to be present to God’s love and serve with JOY!
We Pray, Listen, Dance, Sing, Write, Paint, Contemplate, Compose, Dream, Create, Relax, Read, Vision, Imagine, Meditate, Dialogue, Exercise, Diet, Rest, and Breath Deeply. We Allow God's life force in us to be liberated!
IAM MINISTRIES
CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• We welcome Taijiquan teacher Patrick Dickson, as an IAM Ministries sponsored practitioner. He holds a class each Sunday morning.
• Our Hawkins Study Group of a few years ago has re-formed and meets each Wednesday evening.
- CONTACT
- (408) 867-4440
- iamone@earthlink.net
- IAM Ministries of Saratoga CA is an open community of spiritually oriented practitioners dedicated to wellness, spirituality and service. It is not an evangelical church or religious order, nor is membership required to participate. All events and classes are open to the public. Our Vision and Mission are described here.