Die Quelle :- Board of Trustees Meeting

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Die Quelle:- October 24th - 31st

Board of Trustees Meeting





Die Quelle



The Board of Trustees will hold their Annual meeting at Die Quelle - The Sadhana Ashram from Sunday 24th October until Sunday 31st October. At this meeting many important issues will be discussed and decided, not least the new International Satsang Association's ( ISA) Constitution and Membership.

In addition they will focus on how to improve and spread the values and principles of the ISA. These are vital issues that require dedication, understanding and  discernment

During this important week the Board will require discernment and wisdom. Perhaps this simple story from the Jewish Scriptures concerning Solomon and his request for wisdom  is an important sign.

Solomon's Request for a Gift

Solomon the king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.  

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

 Solomon answered,

"You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

 "Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this

1Kings 3: 4-10

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AUTUMNAL BEAUTY

Autumn is one of my favourite months. It is a time for celebration and thanks for the bounty and beauty of the Earth. Its hues and colours are signs of nature. It is the season where plants , flowers and trees begin to prepare for their time of rest over the Winter before they once more blossom and flourish in the following Spring.


At each of our regular  monthly Satsang Meetings we have a centre-piece which is designed to both focus on, and complement, the theme of our meeting


The picture below was one we used at our last  Satsang Meeting in Wolverhampton. It represents the beauty and richness of Autumn and it symbolises our need to regularly reflect on our own richness, gifts and talents.

AUTUMN BEAUTY -

an Arrangement by Angela Creagh

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Mystery Mystics and the WOW Factor

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NEW POST

See new article on the Resources Page of this website. This records some reflections on a series of Conference Talks given by Sister Ishpriya at Die Quelle - the ISA Sadhana Ashram in Austria.

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Week of Prayer for Universal Peace

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 PRAYER FOR PEACE

Week of Prayer for World Peace 17th to 24th October 2010

A Short Reflection by Angela Creagh

This is a week set aside to pray for Universal Peace.  Our world desperately needs peace and is being ravaged by violence. There is a deep hunger in the human soul for peace.

 This  hunger for peace is universal and our Satsang Commitment encourages us to earnestly seek to do all we can to break down the barriers between peoples and to work tirelessly in any way we can to build up relationships of compassion and peace.

Perhaps, Satsang Members could reflect on our need for peace and join in, particularly during the coming week , saying the following prayer.  This prayer is adapted from the Hindu Scriptures

It could also become a daily on-going prayer

PEACE PRAYER

               LORD,

Lead me from Death to Life,

From Falsehood to Truth

Lead me from Despair to Hope,

From Fear to Trust

Lead me from Hate to Love,

From War to Peace

Let Peace fill our heart,

Our World,

Our Universe

PEACE- PEACE - PEACE



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DAY OF REFLECTION - Sat 13th November 2010

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DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVES AND
RELATIONSHIP OF COMPASSION

A special DAY OF REFLECTION

Saturday 13th November 2010

Friends Meeting House - Wolverhampton

10.30 - 4.30  

OPEN MEETING - All Welcome

This day will focus on the important  spiritual task of developing a Heart of Compassion. Because it is from this centre of compassion that we can reach out and touch others.

The day will focus particularly  on our need to reach out to the wider world and develop a compassionate perspective on some of the 'hot topics' facing our world.

The day will consist of audio and video input from Sister Ishpriya, time for reflection , silent prayer ( meditation) and sharing

Further information on this topic will be published very shortly.

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LEAD ME FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT

NEXT MEETING :- Sat 9th Oct - Wolverhampton

FINDING TRUTH IN THE MIDST OF UNTRUTHS

We live in a world full of half-truths , lies and distortions. This can lead to confusion, misunderstanding, prejudice and violence. Finding the truth is often difficult. It requires us to shine the Light of Truth on everything we see , do or are.

In the following Video Clip, Ishpriya explores some of these issues in the light of an ancient prayer from the Vedas - One of the Oldest Prayers

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UNIVERSAL WISDOM - No:- 3 in the Series - October 2010

UNIVERSAL WISDOM FROM THE FAITH TRADITIONS

This is a series of quotations from the Universal experience and Inheritance of the spiritual traditions and the mystics. They contain extremely condensed Spiritual wisdom. Each are worthy of deep reflection .

This is the 3rd in our Series Reflections from the World's Faith Traditions and their Spiritual Masters.

Knowing the Source:   I have a Source- an origin of my existence… My relationship with this Source underpins all others’

(Sr Ishpriya)

The Attraction of Nature -     Although there is repulsion enough in Nature, she lives by attraction.

( Mahatma Gandhi )

Indwelling God    You God wake up within me, proving that you are there in secret and alone

St John of the Cross  (Christian Mystic)

Self Blindness    Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.       (Swami Vivekananda - Hindu Mystic)

Great Sayings of Jesus   I f anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching

Knowing God?  If I had a God I was able to know, I would not be able to regard him as God

(Meister Eckhart)

Searching and Finding!       Stop searching for what is not here and then you will be able to see what is here

Sr Ishpriya

The Paradox of Searching.              You let us find You. So we would search for you

Unknown Mystic

Self-Inflicted Fear -     Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent upon others. We want a Personal God, a saviour, or a prophet to do everything for us.

( Swami Vivekananda)

Blood Transfusion!       Unless it receives a new blood transfusion from matter, Christian Spirituality may well lose its vigour and become lost in the clouds

Teilhard de Chardin

All is Spiritual      Seva is spiritual practice. Stop seeing work and sitting on a meditation cushion differently. All is spiritual practice  Sr Ishpriya

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