Luminous Heart

Awakening to Your Loving Nature

Sunday, September 17th

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific

The Quest for Love

We all long for love.

The search for it and the loss of it have been written about in countless songs, fairy tales, and movies.

We try to find it in the endless search for the perfect relationship and union with our one true love, yet relationships end, hearts are broken, and the hunt begins again.

We try to find it by immersing ourselves in our careers, hobbies, pastimes, and any number of obsessions and distractions, but nothing quite fills the void.

We look for it in religion and different spiritual traditions that teach that “god is love” and all of life is love, yet we struggle to reconcile that with a world so full of violence, trauma, and hatred.

We may even feel shut down to love, cut off from passion, or internalize our disconnection from it and come to believe that we ourselves are unlovable.

Why can’t we seem to find a love that truly satisfies our longing?

The truth is that the love we’re looking for out there has been in us all along. At the most fundamental level of our being, love is who and what we really are, our deepest nature and the very heart of being human. Through the natural course of our development and painful experiences along the way, we’ve simply become disconnected from our embodied knowing of this truth.

But we can bridge the divide and address what stands in the way so we can heal the illusion of separateness from love and realize our wholeness again.

Join us on Sunday, September 17th as author and Diamond Approach co-founder, A.H. Almaas, and Diamond Approach teacher, Zarina Maiwandi, guide us in an exploration of the deepest questions we have about love.

In this free webinar we’ll discover...

What love really is, where it comes from, and common misunderstandings we have about it
How early experiences and the natural development of ego close down the heart and cause us to feel separate from our loving nature
How we can work through difficult emotions and psychological barriers that limit our heart’s ability to experience love and reconnect with the goodness of life
A fresh perspective that helps us see how all of life really is made of love even when there is suffering and that in healing our own separation from love, we create a more kind, just, and generous world for all of humanity
That the beloved you’ve been looking for is and always has been within you and our lives can change in profound ways as we come closer to that truth

“Divine love is one of the main things that the world needs at the present time. If there is more awareness of divine love in the world, there will be less hatred, less enmity, less division. If even ten percent of the world awakens to divine love, it will change the world. Our world will be much more positive, more welcoming, and more fertile place for all human beings.”

- A.H. Almaas, Diamond Approach Founder

What You’ll Receive When You Enroll...

An invitation to the FREE, Live, 90-minute online talk led by A.H. Almaas and Zarina Maiwandi that takes place on Sunday, September 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific.

The opportunity to participate in interactive questions and comments with the teachers and a group of fellow spiritual explorers.

A recording of the event so you can review the material if you are unable to attend live.

Meet Your Teachers

A.H. Almaas

A.H. Almaas (pen name for Hameed Ali) is the founder of the Diamond Approach, a contemporary teaching that developed within the context of both ancient spiritual teachings and modern depth psychology theories. He has authored eighteen books about spiritual realization, including the Diamond Heart series, The Pearl Beyond Price, The Void, and The Alchemy of Freedom. He is the founder of the Ridhwan School for Spiritual Development, an inner work school devoted to the realization of True Nature. The orientation of the school is directed toward guiding students to realize their true nature to the fullest realization and further still, to endless enlightenment.

Zarina Maiwandi

Zarina Maiwandi has been a student of the Diamond Approach since 1999 and a teacher since 2015, working with groups in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan just before the Soviet occupation in 1979, her family fled to Pakistan and subsequently received political asylum in the U.S. Zarina graduated summa cum laude in literature and politics at New York University and completed a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She also edits books, including several written by A. H. Almaas.

FAQ

What is the Ridhwan School?

“Ridhwan” is a Sufi word. It means “satisfied and satisfying.” Our school, home to more than 4,000 students across the globe, has the potential to both help you to be fulfilled and to help others be fulfilled. Students learn to ground, sensitize, recognize, and trust the inherent guidance of Being.

What is the Diamond Approach?

The Diamond Approach is the core teaching of the Ridhwan School, a spiritual path that approaches our ordinary experiences, emotions, and sensations in a friendly way of understanding. This radical acceptance of our situation allows something to come through that puts us in touch with our spirituality.

In the Diamond Approach, everything we experience is utilized as a doorway to our spiritual nature. Rather than negating or seeking to transcend parts of our humanness that are considered barriers to realization, we learn to approach each aspect of our physical, emotional, and mental experience with acceptance and open curiosity to discover its truth. We do meditation and other exercises, but the main method is Diamond Inquiry™: non-judgment of what we’re experiencing, which brings crisp clarity into one’s own truth.

What’s included in my registration?

Your registration includes access to this free, live 90-minute webinar where you’ll hear a talk and have the opportunity to interact with the teachers during the questions and comments period.

Is the session live or pre-recorded?

This is a live, online webinar. You will also receive access to a recording of the webinar if you are unable to attend live.

Will you be mailing anything to me or is everything digital?

Once payment is received you will receive an email with your login details, then you are officially in! You will receive everything in your email inbox, including instructions on how to access the webinar.

What if I have questions?

We’re here to support you on your journey and help with any questions you may have about enrollment and accessing the event. For support please email daosupport@ridhwan.org. Be sure to add this address to your contact list so we don’t end up in your Junk/Spam/Promotions folder. But please check there just in case!