Passion, Vision, and Freedom: Conscious Evolution in Focus
 

co-sponsored by iNYCs, the Integral New York City Salon
and Alan Steinfeld of New Realities

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm<br>
The Next Stage, 312 West 11th Street, New York
$10 at the door

Passion arises with the realization of your authentic self as a creative vision, and vision is the call of your own evolutionary possibility that beckons you to be from the future and from the Source. Passion arises when you experience, as your authentic self, the evolutionary thrust for optimization that underlies the creative process of the whole. Vision is that which you envisage as the fulfillment of your evolutionary thrust for optimization.

When you become awakened to your passion and vision, you have a definitive standard with which you can be in integrity.  And living in integrity with your evolutionary passion and creative vision requires true responsibility—the ability to be causative of your life. When such responsibility is present in your life, inner freedom arises.  Then, your life becomes truly your own making.

Authentic evolution of consciousness is possible when you are awakened to your passion and vision, when you live a life of integrity and responsibility, and when there is true inner freedom.

In this profound and thought-provoking presentation, Yasuhiko Genku Kimura explores the issue of conscious evolution of the self from the perspective of passion, vision and freedom, and invites the audience to think with him about the issues of integrity, responsibility, character and maturity.  Yasuhiko will also present his original analysis of the phenomenology of the ego in relation to the authentic self within the context of the evolution of consciousness.

1. THE PASSION WORKSHOP
Register Here for the April 1-2 New York and April 29-30 Toronto workshops

Man is to be found in reason; God in the passions.
—G. C. Lichtenberg

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
—Alfred Lord Tennyson

Deep and enduring passions arise when you are attuned to the individual creative vision that lays ready to be awakened in the depth of your heart. You experience enduring happiness by living from your true passion, by attaining and realizing your own creative vision.

The Passion Workshop is an inspirational two-day workshop through which participants discover and awaken their true passion in life and learn the art of developing their careers and life-paths in accord with their own authentic self.

The Passion Workshop is designed to:

• Awaken your own creative vision
• Awaken your deepest passions
• Teach the creative art of transforming your intention into reality
• Teach a system of strategic career development to construct your livelihood as a creative and contributive expression of your passion.

2. AWAKENING THE GENIUS WITHIN
Register Here for the March 25-26 Long Beach (Los Angeles) workshop

Mediocrity is self-inflicted; genius is self-bestowed.
--Walter Russell

Awakening the Genius Within is a two-day workshop of self-discovery and self-realization. The intention of the workshop is threefold:

• To discover the “master key” that unlocks your inner genius
• To learn the secret of original and creative thinking
• To start the process of living your life as a creative and contributive expression of your genius

The experience of Awakening the Genius Within evolves and unfolds through the masterful use of Zen-like, Socratic dialogue based on original and penetrating questions concerning the nature and meaning of genius. It culminates in the self-discovery of the essence that unlocks one’s inner genius.

Through participation in the Awakening the Genius Within workshop, you will understand the concept of genius better and also realize how to self-bestow the genius inherent within. It is expected that participants in the Awakening the Genius Within workshop will apply their know-how in the art of self-bestowing genius for their own development and for the education of their children.

3. THE COURSE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL ETHICS

The Course in Transformational Ethics is a nine-month program involving the parallel study of the self, which is seen as the microcosm, and the universe, seen as the macrocosm. The goal is to develop a broader understanding of life’s knowledge and to enhance personal character development.

The Course in Transformational Ethics is based on the principle of the Triformation Learning Matrix in which intellectual development, known as the Informational sphere, and spiritual development, known as the Metaformational sphere, synergistically expand in the context of ontological development, or the Transformational sphere. Participants learn the practice of Triformational Learning: (1) the study of a set of universal philosophic-scientific principles that apply equally to both the macrocosm and microcosm; (2) the application of these principles to their daily professional and personal lives; (3) the practice of nine distinct forms of meditation, out of which they can choose one to practice for the rest of their lives.

Participants are required to read three short books, which exemplify the three distinct modalities of knowing taught in the course, that is, Informational, Metaformational and Transformational. Further, participants are required to practice meditation regularly and apply the principles of transformational ethics to their personal and professional lives.

Through participation in The Course in Transformational Ethics participants gain the following:

• Heightened self-awareness and self-knowledge
• Heightened sense of inner peace and fulfillment
• Further development of career, profession, or business by design
• Ongoing self-realization through self-transcendence
• Integrated knowledge of the self and the universe

4. A COURSE IN COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS

A Course in Cosmic Consciousness is a six-month program designed to elucidate the cosmic and human creative process. The course provides a body of integral cosmic knowledge and a unique system of meditation for spiritual and intellectual transformation—for the achievement of mastery of the creative process, the awakening of your innate genius, and the advancement in your spiritual development toward what is called “cosmic consciousness.”

A Course in Cosmic Consciousness provides you with a body of comprehensive and integral knowledge of the cosmic and human creative process based on Walter Russell’s singularly penetrating understanding of the inner workings of the cosmos. Mr. Kimura augments the course with his unique cosmological synthesis based on the integral research of the latest development in science and philosophy.

Participants attend one full-day classroom seminar each month for six months to discuss assigned material that has been read independently. The required text is A Course in Cosmic Consciousness: A Transformational Study of Universal Law, Natural Science, and Living Philosophy (formerly The Russell Home Study Course written by Walter and Lao Russell in 1951 and emendated with extensive notes by Yasuhiko Genku Kimura and Laara Lindo in 2002).