Symposium Information

The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium is an inspirational educational program developed by the Pachamama Alliance in response to the accelerating degradation of our planet.

These programs explore and generate action in fulfillment of the following vision:

To bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on [...]

Happiness and simplicity

It’s so simple to be happy,
but so difficult to be simple…
Gururaj

Dear Friends,

A simple question? What can you do today to simplify your life. I invite you to ponder that and open to your own happiness…

Blessings,
michael

Delusion of Separateness

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of [...]

Sharing Goodness

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Walt Whitman

Let’s dedicate today to sharing our goodness… What better way to transcend self doubt, criticism and fear than to recognize our inherent goodness and share that with others by [...]

Keeping the channel open

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time,
 this expression is unique.

If you block it,
it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.
The world will not have it.

It is not yours to determine how [...]

Awakened Doing…

Awakened Doing…

The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to make sure that one of them operates whenever you are engaged in doing anything at all -  from the most simple task to the most complex. If [...]

Doubt and Commitment

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
Rollo May

Dear Friend,

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Loving Kindness

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
HH the Dalai Lama:

Let’s practice loving kindness for the day and feel the joy, smell the freshness and open to the peace of receiving this [...]

Love is its own reward

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward

Thomas Merton

Can we love another for what they want, rather than what we want for them or think is best? What we call love is often no [...]

Beginnings

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
Meister Eckhart

With this breath, can we start again newly? Can I leave the past behind me and ask, what kind of day will I create today? We get what we focus on. What am I focused on right now? What miracles will unfold today? Look [...]