Clear Sky's 20th Anniversary Celebration!
2024-09-21 09:30 - 2024-09-22 20:30 (America/Edmonton)
Waking Up, Growing Up: Integral Evolution

“One of the most significant contributions of Integral Spirituality and Theory is that the difference between states and stages is clarified. As meditators we get skilled with states but have remained ignorant of stages. This is not in our best interest. You can meditate forever and still be at a low stage of human development.” —Qapel Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei

Moving forward with our beloved teacher Qapel’s exhortation to embrace Integral as part of our spiritual practice. Awakening, he said, is like everything else: evolutionary. The Buddha said that his teachings would last 2,500 years—which brings us to now. It’s time for a new turning of the wheel. Integral Evolution is the next stage of humanity’s awakening and development. It’s thrilling we’re alive at the new frontier of consciousness. Drawing on more of the last teaching notes our guru Qapel made, come and explore with Catherine Sensei how we can marry authentic Dharma and the Integral paradigm. How do we evolve and awaken in alignment with the fullness of our current time and lay the groundwork for a revolutionary and generative future? Note: Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilber is a pre-requisite for the course. Please start by reading the Appendix as we have found it is clearer this way. January 18th – February 8, 2026 Sunday morning online classes 9:30-11:00am MT

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focus area

Integral Spirituality

practice

Course and optional weekend home retreat

Duration

Four Weeks

Day/Time

Sundays from 9:30-11am MT

format

In-Person or Online

Waking Up and Growing Up

As we go deeper into the 21st-century we are seeing a new turning of the Wheel of Dharma – a radical evolution of Buddhism and spiritual teachings. The last major evolution in Buddhist Dharma was more than 1000 years ago with Vajrayana. Now with psychology, integral spirituality and science, something new is emerging. Along with the work of waking up– cultivating an enlightened state – we also need to do the work of growing up. This means learning to integrate a clear state in the world through doing our shadow work, developing our communication skills and working through the critical human development stages – individually and collectively. Join us for this exciting four week course, together we will explore the emerging elements of a fit and dynamic vehicle for 21st-century awakening, and beyond.

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"In 10 years I have NOT missed a course with master teachers Qapel and Sensei! Every class reflects the light of oneness in prisms of direction and understanding and thus a lighter load to carry in the relative world and a lightness of being. If one aspires to be a bodhisattva and to benefit all beings, this one recommends the next one."
Brendan R.

Integral Spirituality

Integral Spirituality was coined by Ken Wilber, an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. In his many books, he writes that traditional Buddhist teachings themselves suggest an ongoing evolution leading toward a more unified, holistic, and interconnected spirituality. He describes the ways in which the tradition has been open to the continuing unfolding and expansion of its own teachings, and he suggests possible paths toward an ever more Integral approach. We agree! In this course, we are excited to be taking this work forward and translating it practically, based on our lineage’s working experience of modern spiritual community. Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilber is a pre-requisite for the course. Please start by reading the Appendix as we have found it is clearer this way.

Schedule

Sundays, January 18 – February 8, 2026Class Times (Mountain Time)Sunday, January 18 – 9:30-11amSunday, January 25 – 9:30-11amSunday, February 1 – 9:30-11amSaturday & Sunday, February 7-8 – 9:30am and 2:30pm (approx 60-90 minutes)*Daily schedule is subject to minor changes closer to the course date.

Meet the Teachers

Catherine Pawasarat Sensei is a contemporary Dharma teacher, attendant, consort, co-teacher via Planet Dharma and co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life, Catherine also draws on generative living and universal spiritual tools including transpersonal astrology and Japanese arts. She has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003.

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"The teachers have brought together ancient teachings with scientific findings that prove how and why Dharma teachings radically improve life, reduce pain and increase global peace. It doesn't matter what you believe, you will embody a healthy new way of being. Because of their vast collective wisdom, you leave their presence radically altered for the betterment of humanity."
Evangelos D.

FAQs

Dana and Pricing

Dana: You may have come across this elsewhere in the form of “pay from the heart.” Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity.” With dāna, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course, and we trust you’ll match our time, energy, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. The dharma has been built on generosity. No one is excluded for lack of funds. However, it is also extremely beneficial to give as much as you are able. Typically people give in a range of $120-$500 USD for a course. As we’re committed to ensuring everyone has access to the Dharma, please feel comfortable to give less if you are not financially secure. Another form of giving dāna is to offer service, and if you are interested in providing support in a non-financial way, we invite you to contact us. If you are financially secure, we invite you to generate merit by providing more financial support to the Triple Gem. Contributions like these make the difference in supporting our teachers, teachings, and center. Learn more about the practice of dāna here.

About the Online Admin Fee

In a traditional model of in-person teachings, a retreat center or urban meditation center invites teachers to visit. In these cases the centers have infrastructure and organization costs to cover, which might be covered by an admin fee. For the teaching itself, dāna to the teachers is offered in a bowl. This honors both the sustainability of the teachers, and of the supporting center. We’ve tried to recreate this approach online. The teachers’ time and the teaching themselves are offered on the basis of dāna, separate to the admin fee. With our dāna offering we are making a direct gift of generosity to the teachers to support their teachings and livelihood. The admin fee* goes to support the infrastructure and organization necessary to support them to teach. As anyone with an online business will know, the costs of setting up good infrastructure to support effective teaching and connection online can be surprising. Our admin fee changes based on the date of registration. Register four + weeks prior: $80Register two to four weeks prior: $100Register less than two weeks prior: $120 *We also do not wish to exclude anyone from the Teachings, so if you are not currently in a financial position to afford the admin fee, please contact the course Registrar via registrar@planetdharma.com so we can support you to attend. — Below are a few of the work and benefits that your admin fee payment is supporting: High speed internet (to allow interviews and classes on-line)Online class systems (Zoom)Registration / admin systems (Eventbrite, Basecamp)Communication systems to keep everyone informed, share connection details, teachings and other resources (Mailchimp)Online storage (for example, Dropbox, to allow us to let students watch recordings, and to store and share selected teachings in other forms such as podcasts and video later, and Amazon cloud)Quality sound, video and editing equipment (both for live teachings and to provide good enough quality for later sharing as podcasts and video). We are regularly updating our equipment to improve your user experience.Online calendar booking system to allow students to book interviewsWebsite hosting and maintenance for sharing upcoming courses, teachings, blogs and other resources.We welcome any questions. May all our efforts be sustainable, abundant and for the benefit of all beings!

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FREE WEBINAR: Integrating the Money Shadow in your Spiritual Life
2024-09-25 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
