The retreat will takes place at Humlegaarden - Kullaberg, beautifully situated by the beach in Humlebaek, (Address: Humlebaek Strandej 11, 3050 Humlebaek) thirty minutes north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The retreat is conducted in English by teachers from several different countries. Accommodations: double/single rooms/shower and toilet (do not contact Humlegaarden for registration and information) and delicious vegetarian meals. Keynote: “Act in the future ‘as if’ there are for you no more glamours, and see, my brother, what will eventuate. Endeavour always to live within the Ashram, which is insulated from glamour, and act "as if" the consciousness of the Ashram was intrinsically your consciousness. Go forth to the service which you are rendering ‘as if’ you remained immovable in the Ashram; live always ‘as if’ the eyes of the entire Ashram were upon you. For the remainder of your life let the esoteric philosophical concept ‘as if’ actuate all you do. It is this constant awareness which the two words ‘as if’ embody that will produce in you a fresh use of the creative imagination.” Discipleship in the New Age, Vol. II, p. 554 For the past three years the DK Academy has held a summer retreat at the time of the Cancer full moon. From its inception, the underlying purpose of this group has been to come together and through the use the creative imagination to simulate and act “as if” we were participating in an esoteric school. What would this experience be like? How would we live and act if we were part of such a school? The theme for this year’s program, “The Call of the Ashram,” will give us the opportunity to ponder these questions and act “as if” to the full extent of our capabilities. Holding the theme in mind throughout the retreat, students and teachers will together create an atmosphere of spiritual sharing--through deepened periods of meditation, silence, group discussion, focused teaching, ritual, music and spiritual exercises. During the time of the full moon the veils that normally separate the inner and outer worlds are diminished in potency and a “door stands open.” The energies of the Cancer full moon period convey a particular sensitivity to impression and they will surely aid us in our experiment. Esoterically speaking, Cancer relates to the Ashram, to the centre of all love, the source of those fleeting deep impressions from the other side—to that which we call home. Together with our group brothers we will perhaps be able to sense a oneness and group unity in this space we will create. We can ponder what is it we have to do if we wish to enter into the Ashram and what is being asked of each one of us during these final fifteen years of the Stage of the Forerunner, the time of preparation for the externalization of the ashrams? The energies of the retreat will be powerfully augmented by the fact that it occurs just five days after the summer solstice point and during an eclipse on June 26th that powerfully aligns with Pluto, Uranus and Jupiter--all in the early Cardinal signs. These events will bring a tremendous stimulation of the will aspect and we can work together to provide a channel for distribution. Participants will be asked to maintain a meditative focus throughout the event so as not to dissipate the contacted energies; to think and build constructive thoughtforms during the talks and discussion periods; to keep a spiritual diary to aid the process of concretizing and solidifying all impressions thereby widening the contours of the mind. Some sixty years ago DK wrote, “Students must seek to meet all the planetary changes and opportunities with corresponding changes in their own lives. They must seek those new attitudes and those new creative approaches which will result not alone in the building of the individual antahkarana, but also in the fusion of the many ‘radiant strands’ which will produce those ‘connecting cables,’ speaking symbolically, which will relate the planetary centres and present the medium along which can pass the fiery will and the predetermined purpose of Deity. This will bring about the reconstruction of the manifested worlds, and in this task each and every one of you can have his share.” RI, pp. 473-74 Please join us in seeking those new attitudes and creative approaches to construct the group antahkarana. By working together creatively and imaginatively we can strengthen our aspiration to tread the path and solidify the bonds of brotherhood that unite us in the One work.
In the companionship of the One Work,
DK Academy Faculty
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The Call of the Ashram
Thursday, 24Th of June
11:30 – 13:30 Arrival
and registration
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch at
Humlegaarden
13:30 – 14:00 Silent
preparation for opening meditation in plenum
14:00 – 14:50
Opening meditation (Michael D. Robbins) silence
and recording of impressions,
14:50 –
15:15 Introductory remarks
on the future schools by Michael D. Robbins
15:15 – 15:45
Introductory remarks by the teachers
15:45 -16:00
Introduction of the students
16:00 – 16.15
Break at Kullaberg
16:15 – 17.00 Visualisation Exercise and Group Sharing of Impressions (Kathy
Newburn)
17:00 - 17:05
Mantram of the New Group of World Servers (Gisle
Henden)
17:05 - 17:20 Introduction of
Workshop Themes
I: The Role of the Devic Kingdom in the
bridging between the inner and outer worlds (Tuija Robbins)
II: Special Meditation Workshopon Approaching and
Serving the Ashram(Michael D. Robbins)
III: Working with Astrological-Rayological
Cycles to become more effective White
17:20 -
17:45 Singing – into
the esoteric wisdom (Michael D. Robbins)
18:00 –
19:00 Dinner
19:15 –
19:50 Evening Lecture:
“Opening Remarks:” (Karen Sophie Wedersoe)
19:50 – 20:05 Questions
20:10 - 20:40 Astrological
Ritual (Kathy Newburn)
20:45 - 21:25 Evening
Concert: Sachin
21:30 - 21:40 Blessings: (Tuija
Robbins)
Friday 25th of June
07:00 - 07:30
Yoga or Tai chi
07:30 - 08:15Meditation in plenum (Karen
Sophie Wedersoe)
08:30 – 09:15 Breakfast
09:15 –
10:05 Lecture: (Gisle Henden)
10:05 - 10:20 Questions
10:20 - 10:30 Spiritual Exercise (Winni Lehmbeck)
10:30 - 10:50 Break
10:55 – 11:40 Small
Group discussion on suggested theme & sharing
11:40 –
12:00 Singing – into the esoteric
wisdom (Michael D. Robbins),
19:30 – 20:25 Open group question and
answer/discussion period in plenum
20:30 - 21:30 Singing, poetry and circle dance
at the beach
21:35 –
21:55 Meditative invocative rite on
beach (Michael Robbins)
22:00
- 22:10 Blessings: (Tuija
Robbins)
Saturday 26th of June
07:00 - 07:20 Yoga/Tai Chi
07:30 - 08:15 Meditation in
plenum (Gisle
Henden)
08:30 – 09:15 Breakfast
09:15 – 10:00
Lecture: (Tuija Robbins)
10:00 – 10:15 Questions
10:20 - 10:30 Spiritual Exercise (Winni
Lehmbeck)
10.30 – 11:30
Lecture: “The Call of the Ashram” (Kathy
Newburn)
11:30 – 11:55 Discussion
12:00 – 12:05 Noontime
recollection
12:05
– 12:30 Quiet
free time; recording of impressions
12.35 – 13:00 Group Chanting and
Rhythmic Movement
13.05 –
13:50 Exact full
moon meditation (Kathy Newburn)
13:50 – 14:20 Snack
and Quiet time
14:30 - 18:00 Workshops
I-II-III
18.00 – 19.00 Dinner
19.30 –
20.30 Lecture: “Finding
the Ashramic Point of Tension” (Michael D. Robbins)
21.00 –
21.30 Meditation
in plenum (Niklas Nihlen)
21.30 –
21.40 Blessings: (Tuija
Robbins)
Sunday 27Th of June
07:00 –
07:20 Yoga/Tai
Chi
07:30 - 08:15
Meditation in plenum (Kathy Newburn), silent recording of
impressions
08:30 – 09:15
Breakfast
09:15 - 10:15
The Astrology of the Ashram (Niklas Nihlén)
10:15 - 10:25
Questions
10:30 - 10:50
Break
10:50 - 12:45
Workshops I, II, III
12:45 – 14:30
Lunch
14:40 – 15:40
Lecture (Stefan Dobiasch)
15:50 - 18:00
Closing Ritual with Tuija Robbins
18:00 – 19:00
Dinner
Registration, price and information:
The fees for room and board are listed below. This year there will be no other fees for this event but donations will be gratefully accepted. There is also the possibility of scholarship. Please contact us for information. Donations can be contributed during the retreat to either Lisa or Kirsten.
Deposit: room/board: DKR. 500 (no refund) Last date for all payments: Monday May 31.
Double room/board: DKR. 1.575 (includes lunch June 24 through dinner June 27). Single room/board: DKR. 2.100 (includes lunch June 24 through dinner June 27). Meals only (sleep home): DKR. 875 (includes lunch June 24.and dinner June 27).
