BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Clear Sky Meditation Centre - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Clear Sky Meditation Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20190310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20191103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20200308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20201101T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20210314T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20211107T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20221106T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210626 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20210102T201811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T095821Z UID:9346-1624060800-1624665599@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Exploring the Bardo of Now (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/exploring-the-bardo-of-now/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screen-Shot-2021-01-02-at-11.55.40-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210607 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20210415T161214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T090726Z UID:10174-1622764800-1623023999@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Buddhist Women in the 2020’s (Online Course) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/buddhist-women-2020s-menla-course/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-05-08-at-5.21.50-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210527T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210527T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20210415T154712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T084805Z UID:10129-1622134800-1622138400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Buddhist Women in the 2020’s (Introduction) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/buddhist-women-2020s-menla-talk/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-05-08-at-5.24.24-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20210102T192934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T095123Z UID:9216-1621279800-1623099600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Discovering Your Buddha Nature: Teachings of Gampopa (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/discovering-your-buddha-nature/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Discovering-your-Buddha-Nature-feautre.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210403T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210508T110000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20201109T051751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T101746Z UID:9106-1617444000-1620471600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Money & Spirituality: Integrating Spiritual and Material (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/money-spirituality-online/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/money-and-spirituality-feature.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210313T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210313T160000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20210220T192718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T100805Z UID:9744-1615626000-1615651200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Come to your Senses: A Day to Practice Deep Mindfulness (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/come-to-your-senses/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/come_to_your_senses_feature.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210216T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20201128T201347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T091345Z UID:9278-1611687600-1613507400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Beyond Coping (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/beyond-coping-online-course/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Beyond-Coping.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210111T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210203T210000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20201115T191834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T092348Z UID:9214-1610393400-1612386000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:The Abhidhamma: A Study of Consciousness (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/the-abhidhamma/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Abhidhamma-Feature.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201219T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200905T170047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201109T054948Z UID:8818-1607097600-1608386400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Winter Meditation Retreat: The Kasinas DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/kasina-retreat/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Group Retreats and Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clear-Sky-Winter-retreat-kasinas.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201027T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201117T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200913T181920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T090122Z UID:9028-1603825200-1605645000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Rediscovering the Joys of Your Work (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/rediscovering-the-joys-of-your-work/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rediscovering-Joys.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201102T210000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200910T032602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T102606Z UID:8823-1602531000-1604350800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Eye of the Storm: Navigating the Modern World (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/eye-of-the-storm/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aerial-view-atmosphere-clouds-cold-front-76969-e1585193414265.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201003T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201004T163000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200906T165108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T091936Z UID:8895-1601717400-1601829000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Crouching Ego\, Hidden Buddhas (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/crouching-ego-hidden-buddhas/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clear-Sky-Crouching-Ego-Main.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200927T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200927T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200906T175747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T094756Z UID:8922-1601218800-1601226000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Contemplating 400 Years of Inequality (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/400-years-of-inequality/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-18-at-10.33.15-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200807T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200821T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200717T175448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T080917Z UID:8741-1596816000-1598018400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Event Template DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/event-template/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Group Retreats and Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/palm-eye.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200807T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200821T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20191020T203036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200717T173929Z UID:7879-1596816000-1598018400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Mastering the Sixteen Stages of Insight (Online & In-person Retreat) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/sixteen-stages-insight-2020/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Group Retreats and Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/palm-eye.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200615T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200712T160000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200313T154203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T062729Z UID:8186-1592249400-1594569600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Cushion: Awakening our Highest Potential (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/beyond-cushion-awakening-highest-potential-online/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-78554115-115568925969-1-original.20191029-025748-e1584550141794.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200502T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200606T113000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20191015T203536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T181300Z UID:7856-1588413600-1591443000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/ignite-spiritual-life-2020/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2020-02-02-at-8.33.41-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200428T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200428T100000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200425T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T061211Z UID:8304-1588064400-1588068000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Tuesdays with McAllister DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/tuesdays-with-mcallister/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-04-11-at-11.12.23-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200406T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200503T210000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20200214T184357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T081808Z UID:8140-1586201400-1588539600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Online) DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/four-foundations-mindfulness-satipa%e1%b9%ad%e1%b9%adhana-sutta-online/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WhiteRupaHead-el-patojo-e1584549914373.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190519 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20181031T153842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T222614Z UID:4154-1554508800-1558223999@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life - Spring 2019 DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/ignite-spiritual-life-spring-2019/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ignite-April-2019-course-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181021 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20180514T001212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T091413Z UID:3395-1536969600-1540079999@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life - An Online Course DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/ignite-spiritual-life-fall-2018/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Ignite-Your-Spirital-Life-fall-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180307T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180411T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20180726T191026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180726T192934Z UID:3866-1520445600-1523475000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life - Spring 2018 DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/ignite-spiritual-life-spring-2018/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170419T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170531T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T201354 CREATED:20180726T193828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180726T193828Z UID:3868-1492624800-1496259000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Ignite Your Spiritual Life - Spring 2017 DESCRIPTION:Conscious Awakening Community Panel Discussion with Clear Sky Teachers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Panel Discussion with the Residents of Clear Sky Meditation centerOctober 28th\, 2021 9am MT Click here to see your timezone \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Model of Transformation and Healing For Our Times\n \n \n \n \n “In this post-modern world the hunger to belong has rarely been more intense\, more urgent. With many of the ancient\, traditional shelters now in ruins\, it is as if society has lost the art of fostering community.” – John O’Donohue\,Irish poet\, author\, priest\, and Hegelian philosopher.    Communities come and go. What is the secret to sustaining them for 400 years and beyond? What are the aspects and components of a community that fosters human renewal\, supports the best in the human spirit\, and increases resilience to future challenges?  How does a conscious and awakening community offer a model of transformation and healing for ourselves\, our societies and our organizations? Clear Sky is a “living lab” and training center for conscious awakening community. Home to founding teachers Qapel and Catherine Sensei\, and students\, it is a supportive space for meditation\, study\, service and liberating the shadow.  We co-create cutting edge approaches to spiritual practise community\, money and the environment. Our lineage can be traced back to the Buddha\, from teacher to student\, and with strong roots in both Vajrayana Buddhism and Western spiritual traditions.  Drawing on this legacy we are evolving new universalist forms of depth teachings that are fit to meet the global challenges we all face. COVID-19 has highlighted for us how resilient our approach is proving to be.  We are practising sustainability across dimensions: spiritual\, financial\, environmental and social.  It’s working in beautiful and exciting ways.  Let us share our secret sauces\, so that it might create fresh inspirations\, thoughts\, mindforms and attitudes that you can adapt to your life and work.  In this talk\, members of Clear Sky share real visceral stories and learnings on questions including: \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 \n \n Watch the Livestream from 9am-10:30am Mountain Time \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the LiveStream Here\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 What will the panel talk about? \n \n \n \n   What is conscious awakening community and why does it matter? What practices can sustain us in challenging times? How can the path of service and generosity help us both as a profound learning\, and as a generative model for working together? How do training and mentors fit with depth transformation? What are some skillful ways to integrate the shadow around money\, sex and power? Why is this important? What kind of models can we co-create to for generative growth\, healing and community?   Presenters: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies\, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma.  She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.   Karen McAllister is a founding member of Clear Sky. She is Director of Fund Development & Board Chair. She co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. She is the founder of Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race.   Duncan Cryle is a founding member of Clear Sky\,  and was Board Chair from 2008 to 2014\,. He co-teaches Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential intensive programs. He is a Senior Director at a global software company where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program\, and was previously one of the pioneers of IBM’s mindfulness community.  Maureen Smith co-manages Clear Sky Retreat Center\, teaching awakening programs and meditations. She has lived in the Center’s conscious community since 2005\, and leads the Body Team\, responsible for operations\, infrastructure and care of the 310 acres in rural Canadian Rocky Mountains.   Cara Conroy-Lau\, originally from New Zealand\, has been training and contributing at Clear Sky since 2007. She served as Clear Sky’s food forest and farm manager from 2009-2012\, and since moving back to the center in 2018\, now manages online course technologies.  She is a Registered Acupuncturist\, providing meditation and acupuncture services to the local community.    Ava McLean\, since 2016\, resides at Clear Sky and serving as Marketing and Community Manager. Founder of Awakening Lovers: Somatic Sex & Relationship Coaching.   Richard Nathaniel Jr. is the assistant manager of personal retreats\, and assists with training participants in Clear Sky’s Three Month Intensive Program. He moved to Clear Sky from Tokyo after graduating from Temple University Japan in November 2018.Convener:Jim Garrison\, President\, Ubiquity University \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 To make a voluntary contribution to support the partner organizations and the Humanity Rising team\, please see our contribution form.  Each Zoom live webinar will have a maximum capacity of 500 participants. If you are not able to join on Zoom\, we will be live streaming here on the UbiVerse and on: UU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbiquityUniversityOnline UU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UbiquityUniversity AwakeTV: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/humanity-rising-channel URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/ignite-spiritual-life-spring-2017/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Online Courses END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR