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The Living Universe--with Duane Elgin ($35 fee) (ID #001)
Date (duration): 4/27/2009 to 5/3/2009 (1 week)
Host: Duane Elgin
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Description: In this one-week, small group conversation, we will explore what it means to live in a living universe, and the implications for us as individuals and as a human species.

The conversation is divided into four topics. You’ll see that the last day of each topic overlaps with the first day of the next topic, as a way to more smoothly transition from one to the next.

While we ask that you not “work ahead,” please feel free to go back to a topic at any time throughout the week.
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Topic One—April 27-29: Where are we?

  1. Introduce yourself to the group by writing a little about yourself: who you are, where you live, what you do.
  2. Watch the videos, , and . Post your response to what you hear.
  3. In what ways do you experience the Universe: as “fragmented and dead” or as “unified and alive”?
Topic Two—April 29-May 1: Who are we?
  1. Watch the videos, and . How do they shift or expand your understanding of who you are?
Topic Three—May 1-3: Where are we going?
  1. Watch the video, Post your response: How does seeing the universe as alive shift or change your understanding of how you matter?
  2. Watch the video, Post your response. In what way is awareness the same as love?
Topic Four—May 3: Assimilation
  1. Share what stood out to you in this conversation. What surprised you? Inspired you? Did you experience any new insights or shifts in perception?
  2. If you were to share with another person one thing from this conversation, what would it be?
  3. Will you take it upon yourself to share it?
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