SACRED SCRIPTS
STUDY SESSIONs
Community Through Sacred Writings
The idea behind this Sacred Scripts Study Group is a simple one: building Community through the mutual exploration of a wonderful collection of important works from around the world and throughout time.
Our collective studies will range from ancient China and ancient Rome to modern day Vietnam and France and even the good ol’ USA.
The Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
The Dhammapada - The Buddha
Journey of Souls - Dr. Michael Newton
The Prophet - Khalil Gibran
Taking the Leap - Pema Chodron
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters - Chuang Tzu
Wheels of Life - Anodea Judith, PhD
How to Connect + How to Love - Thich Nhat Hanh
REading List
A bit more Info:
Our group will meet once every two weeks on Tuesday evenings in Manitou Springs starting February 3rd. My plan is to “travel” our group to a number of different spaces and venues around Manitou throughout our time together (locations listed below). The focus of this series will be ten different sacred and/or significant texts from across several different philosophical paradigms. We will be reading these selections in depth and discussing, interpreting, and synthesizing them together when we meet. Our goal will be finding and identifying important themes and ideas that we can bring into our everyday lives in meaningful and positive ways.
-Parker Otwell Roe (Facilitator)
Series Schedule
In Depth with the Dhammapada
A classic from the world and worldview of Buddhism, the Dhammapada is rife with pithy advice on how to live a better life. We will be discovering this advice together as we dissect this ancient text.
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Journey Of Souls: A Deep Look
Dr. Michael Newton was an amazing pioneer in the field of past lives and spirit life experiences. Sourcing his data from thousands of case studies, he published his findings in the hope of helping Humanity. An incredible read this one promises to challenge you in some rewarding ways.
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Exploring the World of The Prophet
This is Khalil Gibran’s best known masterpiece. As beautiful to read as it is beautiful to wander and wonder through. As the title of the week reads, we’ll be exploring this deep, rich, colorful world as told by a voice like no other.
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An Evening With Pema
Pema Chodron is a Light Warrior and Peace Bringer like no other. Always one to tell it to us like it is, Pema’s style and wisdom is so accessible and so applicable in so much of everyday life. I am very happy to add this selection to our list for the series!
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A Convo with Marcus Aurelius: MEditations
This time we head way back to ancient Rome and to the Wisdom of a great Caesar and philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. It’s mental just how many incredible observations and how much excellent advice is contained in these pages. And we will be examining it all.
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A Good Laugh with Chuang Tzu
The second “grand old man” of Taosim, Chuang Tzu always makes for a vibrant, entertaining, sometimes funny, and always informative read. The Inner Chapters comprise some of his most accessible readings and ideas which is precisely why we’ll be exploring them together.
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'Round the Wheels of Life
A definitive text on the major chakras, this book from Anodea Judith goes into great detail about each of the energy wheels and what is behind each. This is an incredibly informative tome and it will dovetail nicely into much of what we will already have read up to this point.
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Love and Connection with Master Thich Nhat Hanh
These are two small books by Master Thich Nhat Hanh dealing with helping us to Connect better and Love more fully and healthily. They are wonderful friends to travel with as well as to have in the home library. They will make a perfect way for us to close our series together.
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Focus on the Tao Te Ching
Our first text of the series will be this ancient Chinese classic. We will bring Lao Tzu’s immortal tome of Wisdom and philosophy to life as we explore this poignant work of yore together and find countless nuggets to bring forth to help us in our time.
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Initial Gathering and Introduction
This first evening we’ll be gathering our group for the first time setting a lovely tone for our series. We will be breaking some ice together as well as reading and discussing a quick short story to get our literary and spiritual gears going. I hope you are as excited as I am to get this fun in motion!
Interested?
If you are interested in joining this group series, please submit the form below. Group size is limited to nine (9) participants. If you have any questions about this endeavor, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at: ceolbeatha@gmail.com