Course Syllabus

Course Modules

Introduction – Life as a Spiritual Practice

In this 40-minute video, Alex Howard of Conscious Life interviews A. H. Almaas (Hameed Ali) and Karen Johnson on the foundation of their teachings. Then Hameed introduces Sensing Practice in a 30-minute video.

Module 1 – Being Social

In this module, you’ll be guided to:

• Understand the meaning of presence, connection, and contact in relation to social media
• Explore the ways in which using social media truly affects contact with self and others
• Discover the advantages and disadvantages of connecting with others in person vs. connecting with others through social media
• Inquire about your own experience with social media to determine if there is a real exchange and connection beyond sharing pictures and words
• Participate in a practice of disengaging with devices to experience what emerges

Module 2 – Pre-recorded Q&A Session with A. H. Almaas

In this 60-minute video session previously that was recorded live with course participants, Hameed Ali answers questions related to Module 1: Being Social.

Module 3 – Using Technology to Deepen Liberation

In this module, you’ll be guided to:

• Explore what it means to discover yourself through the practice of presence and to stay in touch with this presence while engaging with technology
• Inquire about personal habits that have developed through the use of personal devices that commonly perpetuate patterns of avoidance and false intimacy/connection
• Discover how mindfulness and inquiry can serve as tools to enhance awareness of one’s identity and personality patterns that emerge when engaging with technology
• Understand the principles of inquiry, a central practice in the Diamond Approach
• Participate in a practice of inquiry, being present to what’s emerging in one’s experience

Module 4 – Pre-recorded Q&A Session with Karen Johnson

In this 60-minute video session that was previously recorded live with course participants, Karen Johnson answers questions related to Module 3: Using Technology to Deepen Liberation.

Module 5 – Cyber Unity vs. Unity of Being

In this module, you’ll be guided to…

• Understand the similarities and differences of cyber unity and the unity of being
• Contemplate how cyber reality and spiritual reality are connected and perhaps two faces of the same reality that can support a wider range of potential to be actualized when aligned
• Explore the idea of global connectivity as a double-edge sword that can support greater connection as well as echo-chambers that can ultimately lead to isolation
• Discover how to utilize cyber connectivity to bring about true connection that can reveal the uniqueness and truth of what we are and understand reality more fully
• Integrate the tools of technology and the internet to support your inner awakening

Module 6 – Pre-recorded Q&A Session with Karen Johnson and A. H. Almaas

In this 60-minute video session that was previously recorded live with course participants, Karen Johnson and Hameed Ali answer questions related to Module 5: Cyber Unity vs. Unity of Being.

Course Completion

Support

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