BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Toronto Awakenings - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Toronto Awakenings X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://torontoawakenings.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Toronto Awakenings REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Honolulu BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-1000 TZOFFSETTO:-1000 TZNAME:HST DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250322T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20250115T152931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T005935Z UID:1794-1742648400-1742657400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:All for The Way of Love: Heather Grace Gurd’s Spiritual Journey DESCRIPTION:This celebratory presentation will relate the Near Death Experience (NDE) and several of the Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STE’s) Heather has had. They each gifted her with life changing\, and life saving lessons. Powerful and practical teachings and paradigms were received through these experiences. They not only guided and shaped Heather’s life\, marriage\, family\, and career\, but have helped many others. For example\, her most recent\, and highly acclaimed workshop for the Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario\, focused on how the study\, experience and practice of the “Pyramid of True Relationship”* and the practice of  “Oneness Meditation through the Traditional and Harmonic Values of the Chartres Labyrinth 6 Petal Rose”* can instantly and profoundly affect our personal presence and touch as healers\, family care givers\, good friends\, and community participants. (* paradigms received through NDE and STEs.) All are very welcome to this presentation which shares the illumination and birth of these simple paradigms which work the everyday miracles of peace and transformation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Around 1961\, age 4\, Heather Gurd had a near-death experience on the family farm. Returning from “heaven” came with many gifts as well as the heightened ability to perceive subtle energies. By age 5 she was called Nurse Heather. The Way of Love (Love God/ Love Each Other) became her innocent way of being. Defying medical challenges and diagnosis\, Heather started her lifelong\, conscious practice of yoking body\, mind\, and spirit through movement and meditation in 1977. She then began her exploration of consciousness and healing through experience\, world travel\, sacred sites\, the study of world religions\, philosophies\, mythologies\, storytelling\, psychology\, energy healing modalities\, mystery schools\, and sacred geometry. She received degrees from University of Waterloo\, and Wilfred Laurier as well as an International Championship in Improv Comedy. By the early 90’s\, Therapeutic Touch™ (TT) a modality created by nurses for nurses in the 70’s\, became Heather’s anchoring holistic modality. ( Work bio here ) Heather has had several life changing Spiritually Transformative Experiences over the last 35 years\, leading her to create her website: heathergracegurd.ca She guides a live meditation Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m for The Way of Love as her way of giving back. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/all-for-the-way-of-love-heather-grace-gurds-spiritual-journey/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/heather_gurd.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250125T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20241107T163723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T163751Z UID:1768-1737810000-1737819000@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Navigating the Path of Awakening: A Personal and Research-Based Journey Through Spiritual Transformation DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, I delve into my journey through various phases of spiritual awakening\, from pre-awakened brushes with death and pilgrimages on the Camino de Santiago and Via Francigena\, to a profound kundalini awakening. This pivotal event spurred me into deep academic research and worldwide travel\, studying with over 100 practitioners that unfolded over four years. This phase closed with the publishing of my book ‘Capitalist Buddha: Waking up to Conscious Economics’ and a subsequent kensho awakening. Each phase of my awakening journey revealed unique cognitive\, emotional\, and existential challenges that reshaped my views on life\, spirituality\, consciousness\, and economics. I will share insights from my experiences and academic research\, exploring kundalini and kensho awakenings\, the dark night of the soul\, spiritual transformation\, and my vision of conscious economics. Throughout the presentation\, I’ll outline practical strategies for overcoming common obstacles in spiritual awakening and examine emerging trends in consciousness expansion. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Jeffrey Overall is a professor of conscious economics and entrepreneurship. He studies the link between consciousness and: mental health\, optimum performance\, increased productivity\, sustainability\, business ethics\, financial performance\, wakefulness\, and spirituality. He also studies the causes of entrepreneurial and organizational success and failure. He has nearly 50 publications with 25 of these in peer-reviewed academic journals. He is the author of Capitalist Buddha: Waking up to Conscious Economics. Dr. Overall has been an academic for over a decade. He was a tenured professor at Ontario Tech University in Canada. Before that\, he held professorships at Nipissing University in Canada\, Ryerson University in Canada\, and Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany. He taught at the St. Petersburg Polytechinical University in Russia and the University of Bradford School of Management in Britain. He has 25 years of experience working directly with entrepreneurs within start-ups\, incubators\, and SMEs across various sectors and countries. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/navigating-the-path-of-awakening-a-personal-and-research-based-journey-through-spiritual-transformation/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jeffrey-overall-e1731353699449.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241123T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20240925T150521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T155445Z UID:1746-1732366800-1732375800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:A Shared Death Experience – What it Says About the Afterlife and Who We Are Now DESCRIPTION:In 2012\, Brian held Kristi\, his wife of 25 years\, in his arms as she passed away from thyroid cancer.  It was deeply touching\, sad\, and paradoxically joyful.  He knew he was holding Kris\, but she was a much larger\, more multi-dimensional being whom his mind could not fully comprehend.  Brian will describe these experiences as well as some after death communications with Kris’s spirit that paint a picture of what life after death is like.  This expanded Brian’s understanding of who and what each of us are\, which hopefully will help the audience participants fill out their own understanding of self and life. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Brian Sackett\, Ph.D. is a semi-retired clinical psychologist previously in private practice in San Jose\, CA and is currently a Toronto\, Ontario resident. As a psychologist\, he specialized in working with clients dealing with trauma and abuse\, spiritual emergence\, anxiety and couples’ communication issues. \nPrior to becoming a therapist\, Brian worked for years in high tech in a variety of sales\, marketing and engineering positions\, mostly in the semiconductor industry. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in mathematics\, from Stanford University\, and he has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. \nHe currently facilitates an online meditation/self inquiry group and does spiritual guidance and coaching. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Brian Sackett\, Ph.D. is a semi-retired clinical psychologist previously in private practice in San Jose\, CA and is currently a Toronto\, Ontario resident. As a psychologist\, he specialized in working with clients dealing with trauma and abuse\, spiritual emergence\, anxiety and couples’ communication issues. \nPrior to becoming a therapist\, Brian worked for years in high tech in a variety of sales\, marketing and engineering positions\, mostly in the semiconductor industry. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in mathematics\, from Stanford University\, and he has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. \nHe currently facilitates an online meditation/self inquiry group and does spiritual guidance and coaching. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/a-shared-death-experience-what-it-says-about-the-afterlife-and-who-we-are-now/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Brian_Sackett.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240928T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240928T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20240625T104435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T155355Z UID:1727-1727528400-1727537400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Purifying the Heart: 5 Key Stages of Spiritual Awakening DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kason will share a beautiful model for the 5 universal spiritual life-stages\, “Purifying the Heart\,” based on the stages first described by Swami Sri Yukteswar\, Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda\, in his book\, The Holy Science. Dr. Kason has found this model to be extremely helpful in understanding the changes in spiritual and psychological focus that she and the STE Experiencers she counseled go through over the course of their lives\, often propelled forward by Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and other peak Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs).  These stages are: the Dark Heart\, the Propelled Heart\, the Steady Heart\, the Devoted Heart\, and the Clean Heart. \nUsing her own life as a case example\, she will describe how her 3 adult NDEs and a “calling” mystical experience propelled her onto the next spiritual life-stage. Dr. Kason concludes that the long-term goal of every spiritual seeker\, no matter what spiritual path they follow\, is to purify the heart and reach the final “clean-heart” stage\, experiencing ongoing communion\, and exuding spiritual wisdom.  She describes this model in her newest book\, Soul Lessons from the Light. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Yvonne Kason MD\, MEd\, CCFP\, FCFP\, is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International and the Group-Leader and Co-Founder of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group. Dr. Kason is the person who in 1994 first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” or “STEs”. \nDr. Kason has had 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)\, 2 in her childhood and 3 in her adult life\, as well as multiple Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) of many kinds. Dr. Kason is a retired family physician and transpersonal MD-psychotherapist\, previously on faculty at the University of Toronto\, and an internationally renowned medical expert on NDEs\, Kundalini Awakening\, and other STEs. \nIn 1990\, Dr. Kason was the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her medical practice in the research and counseling of patients with diverse types of STEs. She has over 40 years’ experience counseling STE Experiencers. Dr. Kason has six published books\, her most recent\, Soul Lessons from the Light: How Spiritually Transformative Experiences Changed My Life (December 2022)\, and Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences (2019). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Yvonne Kason MD\, MEd\, CCFP\, FCFP\, is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International and the Group-Leader and Co-Founder of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group. Dr. Kason is the person who in 1994 first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” or “STEs”. \nDr. Kason has had 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)\, 2 in her childhood and 3 in her adult life\, as well as multiple Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) of many kinds. Dr. Kason is a retired family physician and transpersonal MD-psychotherapist\, previously on faculty at the University of Toronto\, and an internationally renowned medical expert on NDEs\, Kundalini Awakening\, and other STEs. \nIn 1990\, Dr. Kason was the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her medical practice in the research and counseling of patients with diverse types of STEs. She has over 40 years’ experience counseling STE Experiencers. Dr. Kason has six published books\, her most recent\, Soul Lessons from the Light: How Spiritually Transformative Experiences Changed My Life (December 2022)\, and Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences (2019). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/purifying-the-heart-5-key-stages-of-spiritual-awakening/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/yvonne-kason-soul-lessons-from-the-light.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240323T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240323T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20240126T144640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T170903Z UID:1686-1711198800-1711207800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Modern Day Mystic? DESCRIPTION:From the tender age of 5\, Cindy’s journey began with a profound experience witnessing her father’s passing. This poignant moment ignited a lifelong commitment to serving others. Initially\, she channeled this dedication into a fulfilling career in healthcare as an RN and Research Coordinator. However\, as she embarked on the path of building a family\, Cindy discovered a newfound passion and calling in energy healing. \nCindy’s life has been punctuated by a series of spiritually transformative experiences (STEs)\, each shaping her spiritual evolution. These encounters include mystical visions\, spiritual rebirth\, unification\, near-death experience\, and even moments of enlightenment. Join Cindy as she shares her transformative journey\, exploring the depths of spirituality and the profound impact it has had on her life. \nCindy Bain is a non-practicing RN\, starting her career in NICU\, PICU and published in medical research from SickKids hospital in Toronto. She holds an Honours degree in Psychology and Health from Queen’s University\, and is the founder of her own energy healing business\, Cindy Bain Recharge with Reiki. As an energy healing expert of over 22 years\, spiritually transformative experiences (STEs) are routine in Cindy’s life. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/modern-day-mystic/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cindy_bain.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240127T143000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160741 CREATED:20231101T203332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241128T173959Z UID:1657-1706360400-1706365800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Identity Crisis Extraordinaire! DESCRIPTION:My recovery from a near death experience…\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n“Life was trucking along pretty well for me\, and then\, wham-o.”  Damian Reilly got knocked off his snowmobile one fateful New Years Day.  It is a tragic story.  It is a story about life\, death and everything in-between.  It’s about what we see\, what we are blind to and how we learn to see again. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNow I can accept my gifts\, I seek the truth\, I see the truth\, I speak the truth. \nLife’s gift\, is life!  What is life?  Tune in for the truth from the other side… \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDamian Reilly \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDamian Reilly was born in Edmonton\, Alberta in 1969 but moved to Ontario and raised in a few small towns before kindergarten\, Toronto became his hometown\, now it’s Parry Sound\, Ontario.  He also calls it his spiritual home. \nAttending University in Quebec\, then returning to Toronto in the early 90’s\, Damian started a corporate career quickly finding himself of the forefront of marketing leadership advancing through many blue-chip corporations with growing responsibilities.  He was living the Canadian dream as taught in high school and before.   He amassed a lifetime of once in a lifetime experiences because of his work\, his zest for life and the desire to try it all.  You name he can drive it.  He has travelled the world\, built businesses from within\, and from nothing.  He built his own vacation home by 33 and was lucky to add many friends along his journey. \nAt 40\, it all changed.  Not radically\, but radically.  Involved in a horrifically tragic accident involving a close friend he calls a brother\, he was badly injured with over 20 broken bones\, damaged multiple organs and ripped most of the soft tissue below the waist and for a period of time\, he died.  Sadly\, his friend did not return that day\, but Damian did.  He is a research participant on the study of near-death experiences and has done his own deep research on the subject and the study of consciousness and currently assists Canadian Indigenous people to heal from intergenerational trauma to help his country reconcile an ugly chapter in its history. \nDamian also shares his story to inspire us all to live life as it was meant to be lived. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/identity-crisis-extraordinaire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Damien_Riley_snowmobile_1920.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231028T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231028T143000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20230821T121918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T010237Z UID:1586-1698498000-1698503400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Brent Spirit - Kundalini Shakti Awakening\, Evolution\, & The Healing Power of Unconditional Love DESCRIPTION:Kundalini rising can be intense and challenging. It can sometimes be perceived as a curse\, especially for those who didn’t actively seek it out. Fortunately\, with clarity\, curiosity\, and support\, Kundalini awakening can be the greatest blessing. Using his own journey and experiences as context\, he’ll take a look at cultivating trust\, surrender\, and a cooperative attitude toward this evolutionary process. He’ll explore the power of trusting in the innate intelligence of our body-mind-spirit system to carry out its own ongoing evolution – just like puberty. As well\, he’ll discuss how to navigate the emotional and psychological purging cycles with the power of unconditional love. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brent Spirit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brent Spirit serves as a spiritual teacher and host of The Spiritual Awakening Show. He offers support for those going through Kundalini Shakti awakening and spiritual emergence. Since childhood\, he has been in a mystical and mysterious spiritual awakening process involving expansive states of awareness\, non-duality and no-self realizations\, Kundalini Shakti awakening\, emotional healing\, and more. Today\, he heeds his call to raise awareness about Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, start conversations with others about far out topics\, and accompany fellow travelers on the path. \nWebsite: https://www.brentspirit.comYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@brentspirit URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/brent-spirit-kundalini-shakti-awakening-evolution-the-healing-power-of-unconditional-love/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/brent_spirit.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230826T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230826T143000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20230619T130544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T142123Z UID:1564-1693054800-1693060200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:A New Way Back; Normalizing the Evolution of Our 6th Sense DESCRIPTION:Lisa Jackson’s presentation will be in three parts: \n1. Life prior to a spiritual awakening\, including multiple medical diagnosis\, polypharmacy\, unhealthy relationships\, and addiction. \n2. The Spiritual Awakening in 2021\, and the challenges afterwards: social isolation\, friend loss\, career change\, fears of entities\, end of relationship with partner\, and home loss\, as well as some of my early experiences with the supernatural. \n3. Life now as a Vibrational Medicine Practitioner. Lisa will share her daily spiritual practices and STEs/supernatural phenomenon that are now a regular part of her life. She will describe the 3 principles that changed her life and now enhance her connection to Source: 1. mastering the mind\, 2. living in the present moment\, and 3. knowing that everything is energy). Lisa will conclude with sharing her purpose in this life – to help everyday people realize that using our 6th sense in daily life is just the next step in our evolutionary process. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lisa Jackson\, RN \n \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lisa Jackson RN\, is a healthcare professional with 30 years of diverse experience\, working both as a Registered Nurse and a Vibrational Medicine Practitioner. As a mother of two adult children\, she is deeply passionate about teaching\, learning\, and connecting with nature. I have devoted myself to exploring the metaphysical world since the early 1990s. \nAfter undergoing a profound spiritual awakening in 2021\, she made the decision to leave her corporate nursing position and fully immerse herself in the field of Vibrational Medicine. Her primary focus now is teaching people to use the energy within and around them. Through her work\, she aims to help people manage their minds\, embrace the present moment\, embrace their 6th sense and establish a profound connection with their inner source. Her services include individual sessions\, education classes\, public speaking and group work. She is proud to be based in Newmarket\, Ontario\, Canada.\, where she strives to make a positive impact within her community. \nWebsite: www.lisajackson.net\nFacebook: Facebook.com/LisaJackson.net\nInstagram: @lisajackson_net\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jackson-rn-b2518859/\nLinktree: https://linktr.ee/lisajackson.net URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/a-new-way-back-normalizing-the-evolution-of-our-6th-sense/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lisa_Jackson_tasg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230314T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20230212T154040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T155509Z UID:1503-1678806000-1678813200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Soul Lessons from the Light: Special Book Launch Event with Dr. Yvonne Kason MD DESCRIPTION:3:00PM HST\, 10:00AM EST\nCo-Hosted by Spiritual Awakenings International & Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group \nEvent Description: \nDr. Yvonne Kason MD is one of a rare breed – a person who has had 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and multiple other Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs)\, a term she coined in 1994. A retired medical doctor\, she is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International\, the Group Leader and Co-Founder of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group\, and the Past-President of IANDS. \nCome join us for this special book launch celebration of Dr. Kason’s new bestselling book\, “Soul Lessons from the Light: How Spiritually Transformative Experiences Changed My Life\,” her first and only memoir book.  She shares intimate details of all 5 of her Near-Death Experiences\, and many other powerful Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, such as her Kundalini Awakening\, past-life memories\, and mystical experiences that changed the course of her life – plus their after-effects and the lessons they taught her. \nIn Soul Lessons from the Light\, Dr. Kason vividly describes: \n\nher 2 childhood Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)\nher Kundalini Awakening in medical school\nthe medevac plane-crash NDE as a young doctor\nher “Calling” mystical experience\nthe 4th NDE – with a blue being of light who said “It is not your time”\nher 5th NDE with a head injury – fully dead then given the choice whether to come back\nMiraculous brain-healing STE in 2016\n\nAt this special book launch celebration\, Dr. Kason will read a tantalizing excerpt from her new book\, then open the floor to a long question and answer period\, where you can ask her any question you wish about her NDEs/ STEs and any other Spiritually Transformative Experiences question. \nThis is your rare opportunity to ask Dr. Yvonne Kason any STE-related question you want.  Don’t miss it! \nSoul Lessons from the Light is available in softcover and eBook.  Get your copy today! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Yvonne Kason \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio: \nDr. Yvonne Kason MD\, MEd\, CCFP\, FCFP\, is the President and co-founder of Spiritual Awakenings International. She is a retired family physician and transpersonal MD-psychotherapist previously on faculty at the University of Toronto. She is an internationally renowned medical expert on Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)\, Kundalini Awakenings\, and other Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs). Dr. Kason is the person who first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” in 1994. She has had five Near-Death Experiences\, two in her childhood and three in her adult life\, as well as multiple STEs. \nDr. Kason has been a pioneer in the field of Spiritually Transformative Experiences for over 40 years. Propelled by her 1979 medevac plane crash NDE\, she began to research spiritual experiences. In 1990\, she became the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her medical practice in the research and counseling of people with diverse types of STEs.  In the 1990s\, she co-founded the Kundalini Research Network (KRN)\, chaired the KRN Questionnaire Research Project\, was Canadian Coordinator of the Spiritual Emergence Network\, and founded the Spiritual Emergence Research and Referral Clinic. In 2000\, she founded the Spirituality in Health-Care Network\, and in 2002 chaired the University of Toronto’s first conference on Spirituality and Health-Care.  Dr. Kason is the Past-President of IANDS\, (2019-2020). In 2019\, Dr. Kason also co-founded the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group\, (TASG)\, and continues to serve as TASG Group Leader. She co-founded and became President of Spiritual Awakenings international in 2020. Dr. Yvonne Kason has been recognized for her groundbreaking and pioneering STE work\, including the coining of the term “Spiritually Transformative Experience”\, as an Honoree on the Spiritual Awakenings International Circle of Honor. \nDr. Yvonne Kason has six published books\, her most recent\, Soul Lessons From The Light; How Spiritually Transformative Experiences Changed My Life\, (December\, 2022)\, and Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, (2019). Dr. Kason has been a keynote speaker at many conferences internationally\, and has given hundreds of professional presentations and podcast interviews.  Dr. Kason’s medevac plane-crash NDE has been re-enacted in 3 documentaries\, and she has been an invited guest on many TV and radio talk shows\, including The Dr Oz Show (2020 and 2021)\, and Coast to Coast (2020). \nYvonne Kason lives in Toronto\, Canada\, and enjoys “snowbirding” during the winter months\, in Encinitas\, CA. \nWebsites: www.dryvonnekason.com \nwww.spiritualawakeningsinternational.org \nwww.torontoawakenings.org \nRegister URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/soul-lessons-from-the-light-special-book-launch-event-with-dr-yvonne-kason-md/ CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230128T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230128T133000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20221020T132211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T051431Z UID:1400-1674912600-1674912600@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Sha'alah Ivory - Coming Out Psychic DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sha’alah Ivory has had her whole life secretly coloured by STEs (Spiritually Transformative Experiences) that never fit the “materialist” paradigm. Despite this\, she became a health-care professional and academic researcher into pharmaceutical malfeasance. From an early age\, she was certain of the existence of Deity in the world.  She was exquisitely sensitive\, and aware of intricate\, significant relationships between creativity and un-nameable\, un-countable worlds revealed through the beauty\, truth and goodness underlying human expression and human perception. \nUnder several masters’ guidance\, she explored these incongruities through meditation\, philosophy\, art\, and scholarly writing\, yielding tremendously powerful STEs. However\, whenever she tried to share these astounding events\, she was either frowned upon\, ostracized or ignored. Her husband’s recent death rekindled her profound interest in these matters.  Sha’alah will share how she was astounded to realize that she has psychic gifts that had all along been shaping her medical\, academic\, creative and spiritual practices. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Sha’alah Ivory \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sha’alah Ivory PhD\, habitually credited her many Spiritually Transformative Experiences to having an “artistic temperament”\, an intense “imagination” and an endless fascination with myth. She received training in dance from the age of 3\, and in painting from 8 years of age. Exploring STEs and plant medicine led to an undergraduate degree in philosophies of science and religion/perceptual neuropsychology. \nSha’alah Ivory practiced professional midwifery in Ontario and Texas\, lectured in Alexandria\, and was Consultant for Warsaw’s first Birth Centre. Obtaining a PhD. (UK) in Business and Law examining pharmaceutical malfeasance and whistleblowing\, she was Adjunct Professor and guest lecturer in Business Ethics in Canada\, the U.S.A.\, and the Netherlands.  She has published articles in peer-reviewed Psychology and Cinema journals\, and Organizational Ethics texts. Sha’alah also studied meditation and channeling with Masters Namgyal Rinpoche\, Samia Manneh\, and a variety of spirit guides. Discovering her psychic abilities under Suzanne Giesemann’s tutelage\, she currently offers readings to interested parties. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/shaalah-ivory-coming-out-psychic/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sha-alah_ivory.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221022T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221022T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20220824T122050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T152622Z UID:1360-1666445400-1666452600@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Dr. Marina Quattrocchi - Believing in and Activating Universal Assistance DESCRIPTION:Dr. Marina Quattrocchi has had multiple Spiritually Transformative Experiences – divine interventions\, dreams\, visions\, channelling\, synchronicity\, communication from the other side\, three dark night of the soul experiences\, and a Near-Death Experience where she was fatally burned but survived. She offers proof that help is available for everyone. We are never alone. Although it may seem a lonely journey here on Earth\, we are guided constantly in both the minutest details of life\, and the most stupendous soul-altering events. \nFaith and belief in the forces beyond the veil opens divine portals\, helping us intuit\, see\, and understand our path in life. Daily there is guidance from deceased family members\, ancestors\, an army of angels and archangels\, spirit guides\, gurus\, enlightened souls\, masters\, sages\, and saints\, constantly trying to guide\, support\, inspire\, and sustain us. Often it is as simple as asking for guidance daily and trusting in a benevolent universe. Dr. Marina Quattrocchi is living proof. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Marina Quattrocchi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Marina  Quattrocchi is a former photojournalist\, elementary school teacher\, and secondary English teacher\, with a life-long interest in dreams\, meditation\, and spirituality. Through her business Dreamscapes she offers a variety of services; yoga and qigong classes\, workshops\, dream therapy\, tarot readings\, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessments\, all with the goal of helping clients form a deeper connection with spirit. Her first book Dreamwork Uncovered grew from her doctoral thesis where she worked with secondary students and their dreams. Her second book The Genius of Spirit: Using Dreams\, Meditation\, and Self-Awareness to Stop Insanity and Help Humanity explains that genius\, balance\, and harmony\, is the intended destiny of everyone. She is currently working on a third book dealing with spiritual illusion. After spending most of her life in Toronto’s GTA 5\, in 2019 she relocated to her hometown\, Smiths Falls where she enjoys being closer to water and nature. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/dr-marina-quattrocchi/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Dr_Marina_Quattrocchi.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220827T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20220630T182429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T123816Z UID:1337-1661605200-1661614200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:When Life and Death Come Knocking DESCRIPTION:Sometimes we have experiences of such intensity that they strongly affect one’s life\, including ones that brings us into contact with death. How do we cope with these\, and what do they teach us about how to proceed through life? \nI will touch briefly on several Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, including a Near Death Experience at age 3 from falling out of a car going 60 miles per hour\, a unitive experience initiated by an evening with Baba Ram Dass and Swami Muktananda\, which led to a spiritual emergency and psychiatric hospitalization in 1970\, and a shared death experience with my wife of 25 years. \nSome of these experiences were not integrated until years later\, and some of the details were unclear at the time. I will talk about the process of uncovering these details\, arriving at understandings\, and ultimately how they were assimilated. Hopefully this will benefit others who have had similar partially obscured spiritual experiences\, or experiences that contain the unconsciousness’s that traumas can produce. \nOne of the things I’ve learned from the life-long journey to understand and process these transformative experiences\, is how the transcendent part of our Self can work with the human parts of self to bring healing and integration. I will describe some steps of going from the human side into closer connection with the divine side and then how both sides can non-dually work to cope with and navigate through life’s sufferings and challenges. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Brian Sackett \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brian Sackett\, Ph.D. is a psychologist\, previously in private practice in San Jose\, CA and is a recent Toronto\, Ontario resident. He specializes in working with clients dealing with trauma and abuse\, spiritual emergence\, anxiety and couples’ communication issues.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics\, from Stanford University\, a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology\, and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. \nBrian has presented to local IANDS groups\, the annual IANDS conference in San Antonia\, TX\, the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group\, and to the Spiritual Awakenings International first and second annual conferences. He facilitates an online meditation/self inquiry group and currently does spiritual guidance and coaching. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/when-life-and-death-come-knocking/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/brian-sackett.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220613 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20220509T135700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T135704Z UID:1318-1654905600-1655078399@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:SAI Conference 2022 DESCRIPTION:Download PDF brochure URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/sai-conference-2022/ CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220423T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220423T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20220223T144127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T150923Z UID:1291-1650720600-1650727800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Connecting between Worlds Through The Now Dimension - Sue Rumack DESCRIPTION:Sue Rumack invites you in to actively partake in her life-long experiences as channeler and inter-world conduit between the here and now\, and the “Other Realms”.  She entertains\, challenges\, and opens new awareness as she shares her childhood STEs\, otherworldly travels\, prophetic dreams starting at age 14\, and her Guides challenge to channel and publish their 111 Healing Messages for Mankind \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sue Rumack \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sue Rumack is a Toronto based spiritually connected empath teacher\, spirit connector\, and earth-bound Soul Guardian.  She is a teacher\, healer\, and author. A professional life-coach\, she teaches highly sensitive people to manage energetic overwhelm from ALL worlds.  Sue\, the “Empath Life Coach”\, specializes in Overwhelm and Stress Management for highly sensitive people. She teaches what she lives.   An author of several spirit downloaded books\, her writing opens the door to deeper awareness. Sue is an Earth-Bound Guardian representing The Soul Guardians here on Earth. She is a believer in life beyond here that connects us in the NOW. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/connecting-between-worlds-through-the-now-dimension-sue-rumack/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sue_rumack.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220226T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220226T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20211221T223909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T185948Z UID:1270-1645882200-1645889400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Kundalini Awakening and Near-Death Experiences: Are they Related? DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by Hawaiian IANDS\nMany NDE researchers have speculated about the possible relationship between Near-Death Experiences and Kundalini Awakenings as described in the yogic tradition. Dr. Yvonne Kason will share the story of her own 1976 Kundalini Awakening and her powerful 1979 Near-Death Experience in a medevac plane crash\, which propelled her to study if they might be related.. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Yvonne Kason \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Kason will share what she has learned from 40 years of research and describe the classic features of a kundalini/spiritual energy awakening: 1.energy rising up the spine and body; 2.inner sounds such as “OM” or the roar of a waterfall;  3. light sensations; and 4 culminating in a mystical\, psychic\, or inspired creative experience.  She will share the powerful long-term after-effects of a kundalini awakening on body\, mind\, and spirit\, which are signs of a long term spiritual transformation of consciousness happening. \nDr. Kason will describe the yogic model of consciousness\, birth\, and the death\, which tells us we are souls/spiritual beings\, encased in three “bodies”\, our causal  body\, astral body\, and physical body.   Dr. Kason will compare the progressive features of  a Near-Death Experience with the progressive symptoms/experiences of a soul/consciousness l rising up the chakras of the astral spine\, as it withdraws from the body at the time of death or near-death.  Dr. Kason will show the marked similarity in after-effects of a kundalini awakening and a white-light type of Near-Death Experience\, which led her to conclude that Near-Death Experiences may indeed sometimes awaken the kundalini/spiritual energy mechanism in experiencers. \nDr. Yvonne Kason MD\, MEd\, CCFP\, FCFP is the Group Leader of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group\, and the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International.  She is an internationally renowned medical expert on “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” (STEs) who has had multiple STEs herself\, including a Kundalini Awakening and 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs).  In 1990\, she was the Co-Founder of the Kundalini Research Network. She is a retired family physician and transpersonal MD-psychotherapist\, who previously taught at the University of Toronto.  Propelled by her Kundalini Awakening in 1976 and a powerful Near-Death Experience in a 1979 medevac airplane crash\, she began to research diverse spiritual and paranormal experiences\, and in 1990 she became the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize their medical practice in the research and counseling of patients with all types of STEs. She is the person who first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” in 1994.  \nDr. Yvonne Kason currently lives in Toronto\, Canada\, and enjoys being a snowbird each winter in Encinitas\, California.  Yvonne is on demand as a keynote speaker and as a media resource\, and was recently interviewed (2020and 2021) on The Dr. Oz Show and on Coast to Coast.  She has five published books\, her most recent is\, Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, (2019). https://www.amazon.ca/Touched-by-the-Light \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/kundalini-awakening-and-near-death-experiences-are-they-related/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Yvonne_Kason.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211127T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211127T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20211003T180104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211130T172534Z UID:1197-1638019800-1638027000@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Linju Alias - Near-Death Experiences: An Indian Perspective DESCRIPTION:Linju Alias \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Near-Death Experiences: An Indian Perspective\nLinju Alias will describe her phenomenological study to explore Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) among cardiac arrest survivors in selected panchayats (villages) of Kannur district\, Kerala\, India. She extracted several themes in her study\, including an encounter with the Divine and loved ones\, and a floating out-of-body experience. She is interested in researching the phenomenon across cultures. She insists on the importance to “Call back the dead…support the dying and your energy can give rebirth”. She also will describe case studies she has explored\, and the death-related cultural practices among the tribal population in Kerala\, India. Even though the mainstream scientific community doesn’t support the concept of “Life after Death”\, the cultural practices and religious beliefs in India point fingers towards the existence of life after death\, and in rebirth. \nLinju Ann Alias\, is a Research Analyst and Registered Psychiatric Nurse from India currently living in Brampton\, ON\, Canada. She conducted research on NDEs at Manipal University\, India\, among cardiac arrest survivors. She was an invited speaker for IANDS conference 2016 representing India. During her childhood\, her grandmother talked about her Near-Death Experience and this opened the door for Linju to choose NDEs as her thesis topic during her Master of Philosophy in Nursing at Manipal College of Nursing\, Manipal\, India. She has also authored a book “A Heavenly Sparkle: The Other Side of Radiance” and conducted various charitable events during natural disasters in Kerala\, India. Her focus is on ethnography and she is interested to learn cultural practices during death among tribes at Kerala\, India. She conducts various research studies related to NDEs in India every year and presents her findings at conferences. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/linju-alias-near-death-experiences-an-indian-perspective/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/linju-alias-tasg-nov-2021.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210925T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210925T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210727T002940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211003T192522Z UID:1139-1632576600-1632583800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:The Gifts of Near Deaths DESCRIPTION:Lewis Brown Griggs \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lewis will share both the experiences and\, most importantly\, the learnings which can benefit others\, from all three of his NDEs or OBEs or STEs\, as some might call them. On March 11\, 1977\, Lewis had a ‘Conversation with God’ in the Light\, in which he discovered his Life’s work in Human Diversity.  Then in a white water river accident on Father’s Day\, June 15\, 1997\, Lewis sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury resulting in an eight-day coma\, and requiring three years of hospitalized brain injury recovery. More recently\, from August 6 to 16\, 2020\, Lewis survived a Covid-19 infection under a ventilator with lung collapse and heart failure. During ten days under the Covid ventilator he was lost and saved twice\, with an OBE or NDE\, in a geodome during both losses of life until he returned to life. He was the only survivor of the souls he saw in the geodome. \nLewis Brown Griggs grew up with all the trappings of white privilege\, but felt called to work and serve in the field of diversity consciousness after having had a Near-Death Experience and coming back to “do the work I was meant to do in this lifetime.”  So instead of rising through the ranks of industry or politics\, Lewis chose to dedicate his professional life to raising consciousness. \nBorn and raised in Minneapolis/St. Paul\, Lewis earned both an Amherst BA in Political Science in 1970 and a Stanford MBA in Entrepreneurial Management in 1980. In 2012\, Lewis became a Certified Professional Co-Active Leadership Coach\, and for decades he has also been teaching and facilitating local San Francisco Bay Area IANDS groups after having recovered from now three Near-Death Experiences. \nGo to https://www.youtube.com/user/GriggsProductions/playlists to see his Diversity Equity & Inclusion interviews\, his TEDx talk ‘The Gift of Near Death’ (18 min)\, and an NDE documentary ‘Beyond Our Sight’ (52 min). URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/the-gifts-of-near-deaths/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/griggs.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210828T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210828T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210630T010824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210814T143048Z UID:1124-1630157400-1630164600@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circle - co-hosted by Spiritual Awakenings International DESCRIPTION:We offer periodic Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circles in which anyone who has had a Spiritually Transformative Experience can come together with a group of other “Experiencers” to share and to listen. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Spiritually Transformative Experiences include\, but are not limited to the following: \n\nNear-Death Experiences\nOther death-related experiences such as: deathbed visions\, deathwatch experiences/shared-death experiences (in which one has a spiritual experience when another person dies)\, and After-Death Communications\nMystical experiences\nDiverse psychic or intuitive experiences\, including clairvoyance\, clairaudience\, clairsentience\, out-of-body experiences\, past-life recall\, mediumship\, channeling\, and more…\nSpiritual energy and/or Kundalini Awakening\nInspired creativity\n\nMany people who have had Spiritually Transformative Experiences do not know to identify them as such. If you think that perhaps you have had such an experience or you are interested in learning more\, you are welcome to join the Experiencers Circle to share and learn. \nThe group will be moderated by the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group co-founders and will offer an opportunity to share informally\, and without a larger audience. Registration is required in order to receive the private link to the online meeting. \nThis meeting will be private and confidential\, and will NOT be recorded by Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group for future reference or viewers. The Experiencers Circle  will observe guidelines for respectful and supportive communication.  It is offered free of charge \nYou will receive the link to the online meeting the day before the meeting. Please remember to have your camera on during the meeting and ensure that the name of your computer matches the registration name\, otherwise when you are in the videoconference waiting room\, we will not know it is you. If we are unsure about your identity\, we will endeavour to reach you at that moment\, through the video platform and confirm who you are. If we are unable to do so you may not be allowed access to the meeting\, for security reasons. \nPlease arrive 15 minutes early to the online session. You will be placed in the waiting room and will be taken into the meeting at the meeting start time. We ask for you to log in early so that we can see who is waiting and can check you in on our systems. We will do our utmost to start the meeting on time. It may be the case that the meeting will begin a few minutes late and\, if so\, please continue to wait in the waiting room. Your computer will display a message letting you know that you are waiting for the host to admit you. \nIf you are waiting to gain access to the meeting and are concerned about a possible technical issue\, please email us at info@TorontoAwakenings.org and we will endeavour to coordinate with you at that time. \nFor any other questions\, please contact us: info@TorontoAwakenings.org \nWe look forward to sharing together! \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/toronto-awakenings-sharing-group-experiencers-circle-28-08-2021/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hands-in-circle-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210508T004417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210508T153929Z UID:1072-1623456000-1623628799@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Awakenings International Conference 2021 DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the firstSpiritual Awakenings InternationalConference\nSaturday June 12 & Sunday June 13\, 2021Spiritual Awakenings: Bringing us Together as a Global Spiritual Family \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Co-sponsored by Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group \n \n \n \n \n \n Groundbreaking SAI Circle of Honor Speakers:\nDr. Bruce Greyson MDCo-Founder of IANDS  \n Bill GuggenheimCoined “After-Death Communications” \nDr. Yvonne Kason MDCoined “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” \nDr. Francis G. Lu MDCo-created DSM category for STEs \nJyoti Ma (Jeneane Prevatt PhD)Co-Founder of Kundalini Research NetworkCo-Founder of the Center for Sacred Studies \nKimberly Clark Sharp MSW\, LICSWPioneered NDE Support Groups \n\n16 More Outstanding International Speakers:\nfrom Canada\, England\, Mexico\, Nigeria\, Spain\, and the USATalks on STEs\, NDEs\, Spiritual Emergencies\,  Mediumship\, Past Lives\, STE After-Effects\, and more… \n\nNEW  Multi-Faith Opening Panel\nNEW Debut of the “NDE Talking Dead™”  Panel\nNEW Multiple STE Experiencers Panel\nNEW  First SAI Spanish language Panel\n\nPanel de Experiencias Espirituales Transformadoras(Spanish STE Experiencers Panel)\nDomingo 13 de junio\, 2021\,7:30 PM Hora Estándar del Este. \nFrancisco ValentinIngrid Honkola PhDAna Cecelia Gonzalez MEd \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n For more information and to register visit www.spiritualawakeningsinternational.org URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/spiritual-awakenings-international-conference-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SAI_logo-6a.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210522T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210522T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210330T200824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T202206Z UID:1047-1621690200-1621697400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circle DESCRIPTION:We offer periodic Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circles in which anyone who has had a Spiritually Transformative Experience can come together with a group of other “Experiencers” to share and to listen. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Spiritually Transformative Experiences include\, but are not limited to the following: \n\nNear-Death Experiences\nOther death-related experiences such as: deathbed visions\, deathwatch experiences/shared-death experiences (in which one has a spiritual experience when another person dies)\, and After-Death Communications\nMystical experiences\nDiverse psychic or intuitive experiences\, including clairvoyance\, clairaudience\, clairsentience\, out-of-body experiences\, past-life recall\, mediumship\, channeling\, and more…\nSpiritual energy and/or Kundalini Awakening\nInspired creativity\n\nMany people who have had Spiritually Transformative Experiences do not know to identify them as such. If you think that perhaps you have had such an experience or you are interested in learning more\, you are welcome to join the Experiencers Circle to share and learn. \nThe group will be moderated by the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group co-founders and will offer an opportunity to share informally\, and without a larger audience. Registration is required in order to receive the private link to the online meeting. \nThis meeting will be private and confidential\, and will NOT be recorded by Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group for future reference or viewers. The Experiencers Circle  will observe guidelines for respectful and supportive communication.  It is offered free of charge \nYou will receive the link to the online meeting the day before the meeting. Please remember to have your camera on during the meeting and ensure that the name of your computer matches the registration name\, otherwise when you are in the videoconference waiting room\, we will not know it is you. If we are unsure about your identity\, we will endeavour to reach you at that moment\, through the video platform and confirm who you are. If we are unable to do so you may not be allowed access to the meeting\, for security reasons. \nPlease arrive 15 minutes early to the online session. You will be placed in the waiting room and will be taken into the meeting at the meeting start time. We ask for you to log in early so that we can see who is waiting and can check you in on our systems. We will do our utmost to start the meeting on time. It may be the case that the meeting will begin a few minutes late and\, if so\, please continue to wait in the waiting room. Your computer will display a message letting you know that you are waiting for the host to admit you. \nIf you are waiting to gain access to the meeting and are concerned about a possible technical issue\, please email us at info@TorontoAwakenings.org and we will endeavour to coordinate with you at that time. \nFor any other questions\, please contact us: info@TorontoAwakenings.org \nWe look forward to sharing together! \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/toronto-awakenings-sharing-group-experiencers-circle-may-2021/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210424T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210424T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210330T195056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T202407Z UID:1034-1619271000-1619278200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:A Spiritual Journey - Waking up\, Growing up and Clearing out DESCRIPTION:Heidi Walk MD \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThere is a saying that “To enter the kingdom of heaven you must be as innocent as a child… but then you better grow up pretty quickly…” \n\nAt the age of 26\, while in her third year of medical school\, Heidi Walk had a kundalini (spiritual transformative) experience. For a period in time\, she experienced a deep and embodied sense of connection with all things. Everything was love…everyone was a unique reflection of the divine…here sense of self expanded\, and her ego self disappeared. This spiritual awakening radically changed her and her perspective of self\, others and of the world. This transformative experience has informed and influenced most every aspect of her daily life and spearheaded / catalysed her psychological and spiritual growth. \n\nKen Wilber\, philosopher and mystic\, often referred to as the “Einstein of consciousness studies”\, has said “Clean up\, Wake up\, Grow up” \n\nIn this talk\, Heidi will share about her spiritual journey\, from the kundalini awakening in her third year of medical school and the factors she interprets that led to that awakening. She will also discuss her need to do her inner psychological work after this experience. She will speak to some of the wisdom she has acquired over the years through the lived experience of heightened states of being and times of dark nights of the soul\, and the need to be grounded in mindful presence in the here and now. \nHeidi Walk MD. is a family physician and psychotherapist based in Ontario Canada with over 25 years of clinical practice. Heidi’s professional training includes CBT\, sensorimotor psychotherapy\, hypnotherapy\, gestalt\, and psychodrama. She also has extensive training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR with Jon Kabat Zinn as well as Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) with Kristen Neff and Chris Germer. \nSince 2003\, her primary clinical focus has been leading MBSR\, MSC and well as other self-development and personal growth programs. \nHeidi is also a certified yoga teacher and a meditation teacher\, facilitating retreats around the world with a focus on helping people develop present moment awareness and deepening their inner connection. \nIn her essence\, she considers herself to be a spiritual being with many different parts here in this world to learn\, grow and share in this experience of being human. \nShe is passionate about helping people connect to their more authentic\, true selves. \nHeidi’s greatest joy lies in seeing positive transformations in attitudes\, choices\, beliefs\, and the self-empowerment that people derive when they learn to trust their inner wisdom and to know themselves\, in large part\, through mindful self-inquiry.Heidi Walk’s talk will be shared live online via zoom. Registration is required. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/a-spiritual-journey-waking-up-growing-up-and-clearing-out/ ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210327T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210327T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20210124T005833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210124T175403Z UID:1003-1616851800-1616859000@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circle DESCRIPTION:We offer periodic Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circles in which anyone who has had a Spiritually Transformative Experience can come together with a group of other “Experiencers” to share and to listen. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Spiritually Transformative Experiences include\, but are not limited to the following: \n\nNear-Death Experiences\nOther death-related experiences such as: deathbed visions\, deathwatch experiences/shared-death experiences (in which one has a spiritual experience when another person dies)\, and After-Death Communications\nMystical experiences\nDiverse psychic or intuitive experiences\, including clairvoyance\, clairaudience\, clairsentience\, out-of-body experiences\, past-life recall\, mediumship\, channeling\, and more…\nSpiritual energy and/or Kundalini Awakening\nInspired creativity\n\nMany people who have had Spiritually Transformative Experiences do not know to identify them as such. If you think that perhaps you have had such an experience or you are interested in learning more\, you are welcome to join the Experiencers Circle to share and learn. \nThe group will be moderated by the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group co-founders and will offer an opportunity to share informally\, and without a larger audience. Registration is required in order to receive the private link to the online meeting. \nThis meeting will be private and confidential\, and will NOT be recorded by Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group for future reference or viewers. The Experiencers Circle  will observe guidelines for respectful and supportive communication.  It is offered free of charge \nYou will receive the link to the online meeting the day before the meeting. Please remember to have your camera on during the meeting and ensure that the name of your computer matches the registration name\, otherwise when you are in the videoconference waiting room\, we will not know it is you. If we are unsure about your identity\, we will endeavour to reach you at that moment\, through the video platform and confirm who you are. If we are unable to do so you may not be allowed access to the meeting\, for security reasons. \nPlease arrive 15 minutes early to the online session. You will be placed in the waiting room and will be taken into the meeting at the meeting start time. We ask for you to log in early so that we can see who is waiting and can check you in on our systems. We will do our utmost to start the meeting on time. It may be the case that the meeting will begin a few minutes late and\, if so\, please continue to wait in the waiting room. Your computer will display a message letting you know that you are waiting for the host to admit you. \nIf you are waiting to gain access to the meeting and are concerned about a possible technical issue\, please email us at info@TorontoAwakenings.org and we will endeavour to coordinate with you at that time. \nFor any other questions\, please contact us: info@TorontoAwakenings.org \nWe look forward to sharing together! \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/matoronto-awakenings-sharing-group-experiencers-circle-march-2021/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210227T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210227T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20201230T044937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201231T002619Z UID:970-1614432600-1614439800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:When the "I" Disappears DESCRIPTION:Fr. Charles Ogada \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Father Charles Ogada was born in Uturu in Abia State\, Nigeria. When he was seventeen\, he had a profound spiritual transformation which changed the course of his life. Consequently\, he joined the Spiritan order of the Catholic Church so as to deepen that transformation and attained a B.A.\, M.A. and B.Phil degrees in core aspects of religion and philosophy. \nAfter completing his seminarian training he served as a parish priest in Nigeria. He then travelled to Zambia to gain experience as a teacher at a leading values-based school in Ndola\, where he taught mathematics and religious education. \nOpen to the Truth of all religions\, Father Ogada also travelled extensively in the study of other paths drawing on Christian Mystics\, Eastern Spirituality\, Sufism\, the Jewish Cabbala and the teachings of Ramana Marharshi. Thus\, he rediscovered the gem of Christian mysticism. \nIn 2010 with no resources but his own unquenchable energy he took an enormous leap of faith and founded the Spiritan Self Awareness Initiative (SSAI)\, a registered non-profit humanitarian organisation of which he is the current Executive Director. He runs two free values-based schools\, a children’s home for disadvantaged children\, two free hospitals\, a co-operative farm and many other initiatives. \nAt present\, Father Charles is a Catholic priest who spends every waking hour of his life in service to the poor and needy in Nigeria as well as in service to spiritual seekers of all faiths from around the world through the Global Joy Village community. He is a committed campaigner for a loving\, inclusive\, multi-faith approach to spirituality. \nFather Charles’ talk will be shared live online via zoom. Registration is required. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/when-the-i-disappears/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/interfaith_2019_sm.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210123T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210123T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20201124T135035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T141707Z UID:944-1611408600-1611415800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circle DESCRIPTION:We offer periodic Sharing Group “Experiencers” Circles in which anyone who has had a Spiritually Transformative Experience can come together with a group of other “Experiencers” to share and to listen. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Spiritually Transformative Experiences include\, but are not limited to the following: \n\nNear-Death Experiences\nOther death-related experiences such as: deathbed visions\, deathwatch experiences/shared-death experiences (in which one has a spiritual experience when another person dies)\, and After-Death Communications\nMystical experiences\nDiverse psychic or intuitive experiences\, including clairvoyance\, clairaudience\, clairsentience\, out-of-body experiences\, past-life recall\, mediumship\, channeling\, and more…\nSpiritual energy and/or Kundalini Awakening\nInspired creativity\n\nMany people who have had Spiritually Transformative Experiences do not know to identify them as such. If you think that perhaps you have had such an experience or you are interested in learning more\, you are welcome to join the Experiencers Circle to share and learn. \nThe group will be moderated by the Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group co-founders and will offer an opportunity to share informally\, and without a larger audience. Registration is required in order to receive the private link to the online meeting. \nThis meeting will be private and confidential\, and will NOT be recorded by Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group for future reference or viewers. The Experiencers Circle  will observe guidelines for respectful and supportive communication.  It is offered free of charge \nYou will receive the link to the online meeting the day before the meeting. Please remember to have your camera on during the meeting and ensure that the name of your computer matches the registration name\, otherwise when you are in the videoconference waiting room\, we will not know it is you. If we are unsure about your identity\, we will endeavour to reach you at that moment\, through the video platform and confirm who you are. If we are unable to do so you may not be allowed access to the meeting\, for security reasons. \nPlease arrive 15 minutes early to the online session. You will be placed in the waiting room and will be taken into the meeting at the meeting start time. We ask for you to log in early so that we can see who is waiting and can check you in on our systems. We will do our utmost to start the meeting on time. It may be the case that the meeting will begin a few minutes late and\, if so\, please continue to wait in the waiting room. Your computer will display a message letting you know that you are waiting for the host to admit you. \nIf you are waiting to gain access to the meeting and are concerned about a possible technical issue\, please email us at info@TorontoAwakenings.org and we will endeavour to coordinate with you at that time. \nFor any other questions\, please contact us: info@TorontoAwakenings.org \nWe look forward to sharing together! \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/toronto-awakenings-sharing-group-experiencers-circle/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hands-in-circle-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20201030T152524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T152641Z UID:899-1607173200-1607180400@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Validating Patients Dreams & Visions at End of Life with Dr. Christopher Kerr MD\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Dr. Christopher Kerr MD\, PhD \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christopher Kerr will share his published research that describes and validates patient’s dreams and visions at the end of life. Dr. Kerr will explore how these near universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning as well as insight into the life led and death anticipated. He will also review research that explores the potential for end of life experiences to provide opportunity for post-traumatic growth\, and discuss the impact of these experiences on the bereaved. The presentation includes videos of patients and families describing the meaningfulness of these powerful end of life experiences. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christopher Kerr MD PhD is the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer for Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo.  Born and raised in Toronto\, Canada\, Dr. Kerr earned his MD and PhD in Neurobiology.  His background in research has evolved from bench science towards the human experience of illness as witnessed from the bedside\, specifically patient’s dreams and visions at the end of life. Although medically ignored\, these near universal experiences often provide great comfort and meaning. To date\, the research team at Hospice Buffalo has published multiple studies on this topic and documented over 1\,500 end-of-life events\, many of which are videotaped. This work was the subject of his TEDx Buffalo Talk which has been viewed over 2.7 million times. It has been the subject of reports on The BBC\, in The New York Times\, The Atlantic Monthly\, Scientific American Mind\, Huffington Post\, The Washington Post\, and Psychology Today. It will also be featured in an upcoming Netflix production and a documentary film to be released in 2020. It has also gathered international attention.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Kerr’s work was published in his book  Death is but a Dream \,  Penguin Random House\, released in February 2020 and now published in 10 languages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is being presented by Spiritual Awakenings International.Toronto Awakenings is very pleased to be a co-sponsoring this event along with Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo. This is an online presentation via Zoom. There is no charge to attend but pre-registration is required. Attendance is limited so sign up now! \n Register URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/validating-patients-dreams-visions-at-end-of-life-with-dr-christopher-kerr-md-phd/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Christopher_Kerr.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200926T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200926T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20200820T143452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T203002Z UID:829-1601127000-1601134200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Granted a Life Extension to Walk Gently with Love DESCRIPTION:Gurbeen Bhasin \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the age of 32\, Gurbeen was diagnosed with lupus. It nearly killed her many times over. One day\, she was in the hospital and felt like she had to make a choice between life or succumbing to death. She asked the nurse to take her to the hospital chapel and from the depths of her heart\, she spoke to a statue of Mary and told her that if she was to remain in the body\, she needed to be able to walk again. Mary listened\, or her higher self listened\, and the universe granted her an extension! And so the journey of healing began\, from one tender moment to the next\, with visions of healing and support from many forms of light and love. Inspired by the healing\, she vowed to walk for Mary and 7 years later did the Camino de Santiago. She continues to walk with love today doing an annual Canada Camino. \nGurbeen Bhasin is the founder and executive director of Aangen\, a Toronto-based non-profit organization that focuses on advancing food security and social justice locally and globally. A trained social worker\, Gurbeen established Aangen in 2000\, following in the footsteps of multiple ancestors who welcomed and supported community members facing challenges. She and her team run community service programs that help families in crisis access food\, shelter and other essentials; and that provide jobs and support services to those who have faced homeless\, addiction\, mental illness and other barriers to sustainable employment. Aangen funds these programs by operating social enterprises that sell farm products and provide catering and cleaning services. Her primary purpose with Aangen is to foster personal empowerment and nurture communities by responding to community needs as they arise with sustainable and equitable solutions. Her professional journey has included serving as project manager of a global human rights initiative; senior analyst at the Canadian Mental Health Association; and as an entrepreneur and creator in Toronto’s independent arts sector. Gurbeen holds a master of social work degree from the University of Michigan\, a master of arts degree in international relations from the University of Windsor\, and a bachelor of arts in political science from York University. She is best known for her mile-wide smile\, her funky shoes and her mom’s timeless life wisdom. \nGurbeen’s talk will be shared live online via zoom. Registration is required. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/granted-a-life-extension-to-walk-gently-with-love/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://torontoawakenings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Gurbeen-photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200627T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200627T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20200124T031757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T005046Z UID:506-1593264600-1593271800@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Seek Your Own Counsel: What do you do when a Guru cannot be found? DESCRIPTION:Aldona Mitrikas \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Living in small communities in northern Ontario\, Aldona Mitrikas was unable to connect with people knowledgeable about spiritual awakening or Near-Death Experiences when she was in the throes of these processes. She knew something healing was happening and turned to the resources she had at hand. She connected with helpers in the community: compassionate friends\, a minister\, a massage therapist\, and a network chiropractor. \nThrough prayer and meditation\, she came to understand that her experience was some type of healing process. She then developed a tool for allowing this process to take place safely and gently. As a Therapeutic Touch practitioner\, she used her modality to work through each of the chakras and assist her own transformation. Amazing things happened and she learned that her role was to stay present and allow. She will describe how in this journey of many years Therapeutic Touch has been a constant companion. \nAldona has a degree in psychology\, many ancillary trainings\, and had a career as a counsellor in the field of sexual assault and violence against women. For nearly 30 years\, she worked primarily in Sault Ste. Marie at Women in Crisis and at the Sexual Assault Centre of Sault Area Hospital. Subsequently\, she worked in Wawa\, Ontario\, focusing on the field of violence against women and holding workshops for Lady Dunn Health Centre Mental Health Department. She retired and moved to Toronto in 2016 to be closer to family and she continues to teach Therapeutic Touch. \nAldona Mitrikas will be sharing via video conference\, on June 27\, 2020\, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m EST. This talk is offered without charge but you must pre-register to gain admittance to the live broadcast. Aldona’s talk will be followed by a live question and answer period. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/seek-your-own-counsel-what-do-you-do-when-a-guru-cannot-be-found/ CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200530T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200530T153000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20200428T134051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T005549Z UID:567-1590845400-1590852600@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:The Reckoning: How My NDE Life Review Changed My Life DESCRIPTION:Robert Bare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Bare is an almost-textbook case of someone whose life and values were forever changed by his NDE. \nYou have to have a tough mentality to be a police officer\, and Robert spent more than two decades as a California highway patrolman\, including time serving the Bay area. “I saw lots of death\, and I became callous\,” he says. Spirituality or religion played little role in his life. \nBut his near-death experience shook him to his core. It occurred shortly after he boarded a plane in March\, 2009. He had a massive heart attack and was deceased for approximately 45 minutes. His NDE was profiled in the TV show I Survived…Beyond and Back\, and he was a featured case study by author Amy Diamond in her book\, Life After Near Death. \n“Accompanied by loving beings\, I gravitated toward a beautiful bright Light\,” Robert recalls. “I saw some colors I had never seen before. I remember being in the presence of a Higher Power who talked to me. I had a “life review” and saw everything that I had experienced in my life.” He calls the review “the reckoning of my life… a humbling experience.” \n“I could see everything in my life\, but I was also in it\, and I could read everyone’s mind. I realized that I could have done better\, and I did not want to judge or hurt anyone anymore.” \nTaken to a hospital\, he had a second NDE…this time\, floating above the operating room\, observing what was transpiring below. This NDE included a pivotal moment: he could hear medical staff talking about him while he was unconscious. Later\, the doctors verified that he had indeed heard their conversation. \n“I’m a different person now\,” Robert says. “Now I only want to do good in my life.” \nAfter retiring from the police\, he worked a variety of positions; an Adjunct Professor\, a General Manager/City Administrator for three communities\, the Executive Director of a Community Resource Center and as a Staff Executive/Consultant for an International Consulting Company. \nHe currently lives in Oregon\, where he has been a Commissioner on his Community Planning Commission and President of a local Humane Society. Active in youth sports\, he coached Little League baseball and girls’ softball\, Pony League Baseball\, Pop Warner football and American Legion Baseball. He coached a women’s fast pitch traveling tournament team for 18 and under girls. He was nominated as the “Citizen of the Year” twice and received other community recognition as well. Robert is the past Vice-President of IANDS. \nRobert Bare will be Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group’s first online key speaker\, on May 30\, 2020\, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m EST. This talk is offered without charge but you must pre-register to gain admittance to the live broadcast. Robert’s talk will be followed by a live question and answer period.  URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/robert-bare/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200111T151500 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20191206T013820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T005346Z UID:448-1578747600-1578755700@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:Lessons From Outside Time and Space with Dr. Brian Sackett DESCRIPTION:Dr. Brian Sackett \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In this talk\, Dr. Brian Sackett will describe a Shared Death Experience that happened when his wife of 25 years passed away from thyroid cancer in his arms – this included experiencing her as a multi-dimensional being transmitting intense joy and love. \nFrom the Shared Death Experience and other Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, Brian will articulate in a simple and practical way\, how each of us is both a time-bound three-dimensional human being\, and a transcendent\, multi-dimensional spirit-being. He will also discuss ways to access our transcendent selves as well as what blocks our ability to connect more consciously with ourselves as spirit. \nBrian Sackett\, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Jose\, CA and is a recent Toronto resident. He specializes in working with clients dealing with trauma and abuse\, spiritual emergence\, anxiety and depression.  Prior to becoming a therapist\, Brian worked for 25 years in high tech in a variety of positions\, including director of sales\, national accounts sales manager\, product marketing manager\, business development manager\, and engineering program manager.  His undergraduate degree is in mathematics\, from Stanford University\, and he has a master’s degree in counseling psychology and Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/lessons-from-outside-time-and-space/ LOCATION:S. Walter Stewart Library\, 170 Memorial Park Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M4J 2K5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Meetings ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191123T150000 DTSTAMP:20260605T160742 CREATED:20191102T160952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T005205Z UID:284-1574514000-1574521200@torontoawakenings.org SUMMARY:NDEs - The Essentials - Everything you need to know about Near-Death Experiences DESCRIPTION:Dr. Yvonne Kason MD \nStudies have shown that up to 20% of patients in critical care report having a Near-Death Experience (NDE)\, an out-of-body and/or mystical experience that occurs during accidents\, traumatic events\, clinical crisis when facing death\, or during cardiac arrest. As a case example\, Dr. Yvonne Kason will share the story of her own 2003 NDE during an accident where she suffered a traumatic brain injury. She will describe the diagnostic features of Near-Death Experiences and their common physical\, psychological\, and spiritual after-effects. She will also outline the diagnostic features of other Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) and death-related STEs\, including end-of-life/deathbed visions\, death-watch/shared-death experiences\, and after-death communications. Special issues relating to NDEs in children\, active military\, and veterans will be discussed. She will describe how NDEs are not symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress and are not hallucinations or a sign of mental illness. \nToronto Awakenings Sharing Group is affiliated with the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS). IANDS has been supporting NDE experiencers\, spreading awareness about NDEs\, and promoting NDE research for 40 years. \nDr. Yvonne Kason MD\, MEd\, CCFP\, FCFP is an internationally renowned medical expert on Near-Death Experiences and other Spiritually Transformative Experiences who has had 5 NDEs and multiple STEs herself. She is a retired family physician and transpersonal psychotherapist\, who previously taught at the University of Toronto. Propelled by a powerful Near-Death Experience in a 1979 airplane crash\, she began to research NDEs\, and in 1990 she became the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize their medical practice in the research and counseling of patients with NDEs and other STEs. Dr. Kason is a current board member of IANDS\, the International Association for Near-Death Studies\, and a member of ACISTE\, the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences. Dr. Kason was cofounder of the Kundalini Research Network\, the Canadian Coordinator of the Spiritual Emergence Network\, and co-founder of the Spirituality in Health-Care Network. \nAvailable at Amazon.ca \nShe has five published books\, her most recent\, Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences\, (2019).  She shares the conclusions from her 40 years of research with about 100 case stories\, including her own 5 NDE stories\, as a guide to help other NDE and STE experiencers as well as their friends and counselors. On demand as a media resource\, her interview on the Dr. Oz Show will air December 6\, 2019. \nLearn more about the meeting details and our sharing group here. URL:https://torontoawakenings.org/event/ndes-the-essentials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-near-death-experiences/ LOCATION:S. Walter Stewart Library\, 170 Memorial Park Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M4J 2K5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Meetings ORGANIZER;CN="Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group":MAILTO:info@torontoawakenings.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR