THE MYSTERY SCHOOL: BE A LIGHT TO YOURSELF - THE MASTER WITHIN LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF OUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS Satsang weekend with Giten, 15-17 November, 2019, in Stockholm “Giten is real. Authentic on his way and self. A loving man, who knows the science of truth, love and life. – Prem Pathik, India "Satsang with Giten is a taste of the eternal, a taste of the timeless. It can feel like we sat for 3 hours, while we only sat for 40 minutes. I was so afraid that I would lose the silence that I had found during satsang in India, but I found the silence again in satsang with Giten. Samadhi is like dying. The fear that I experienced in the beginning in satsang when I went into samadhi, when I disappeared into the silence, has now disappeared totally. Satsang with Giten is like coming home. I went into samadhi three times during a satsang weekend with Giten - and I also got a map and an understanding for how to go into samadhi again. Before I started to attend satsang, I did not think that enlightenment was possible, but now I feel that it is possible. Satsang with Giten confirms what I have really always known. I never thought that samadhi was possible, but in satsang with Giten samadhi is knocking on the door." - Padma The last words of Gautama the Buddha on the earth were: Be a light unto yourself. Do not follow others, because following creates stupidity. You are born with a light within you. You are enough to yourself. You are sufficient to yourself. Listen to the still, small voice within, and that will guide you. Nobody else can guide you, nobody else can become a model for your life because you are unique. Buddha defines wisdom as living in the light of our own consciousness, and foolishness as following others. Buddha says, "BE A LIGHT UNTO YOURSELF!" That is his greatest message. This very message of Buddha functions as a reminder to all the seekers of truth - on the path of enlightenment. Nobody else in the whole world, in the whole history of humanity, has been so respectful towards others as Gautam the Buddha. "Be a light unto yourself." Buddhas only point the way -- fingers pointing to the moon. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ACCORDING TO YOUR NATURE. You have to be silent, quiet, so you can listen to the still small voice within you, and then follow it. Wherever it leads, it is good. GO IN DEEP TRUST, FOLLOWING YOUR OWN VOICE. Be spontaneous, natural, ordinary. This is the way of being extraordinary. Be ordinary but aware, and the ordinary becomes the sacred. A buddha has not to be followed, but understood. A buddha has not to be imitated but listened to -- listened to in tremendous silence, love, trust. And the more you understand a buddha, the more you will feel he is speaking not from the outside but from within, from the very core of your being. This satsang weekend is supported by silent satsang with Giten, which is a direct insight and realization of being. It is a direct realization to be a light to yourself. SWAMI DHYAN GITEN Giten experienced his first satori, his first glimpse of spiritual awakening, when he was 9 years old. This created a deep thirst and longing in his heart and being to return to this natural and effortless experience of being one with the Whole. Swami Dhyan Giten has dedicated his life to teach the art of awareness and meditation. He conducts individual consultations, seminars and courses internationally. His quotes, articles and books have touched the hearts of thousands and are appearing with increasing frequency in magazines, blogs and websites. Since he began to meditate when he was 15 years old, he has dedicated his life to the study and exploration of the inner journey in order to move out of his own way, to be in a flow, and to discover the authentic inner being, the meditative quality within, the inner silence and emptiness, the capacity to surrender to life. He does not belong to any spiritual group or tradition; he is only interested to explore what it means to live with open eyes. In 1982, when Giten was 23 years old, he was directed by the Divine presence in a trance session with the American trance chancellor Lin David Martin: "You have listened to your intuition, to your true inner voice, more than most. You have been searching for the contact with the Spirit for a long time and now it is beginning to manifest on the outer plane. You have been gifted many times in previous embodiments and now everything will come rather easy for you. I want you to put your energy into the lives of others, because you can." A spiritual teacher, who has counseled thousands of people, told Giten in 1984: “You will dissolve into the silence. All the earlier enlightened Masters and all the small Deva’s are just here to help you to get enlightened.” He is author of the best-selling book in Swedish "Meditationens Sång - Om meditation, relationer och andlig kreativitet" (Solrosens forlag, 2001, available from Internet book store Adlibris: www.adlibris.com), and "The Silent Whisperings of the Heart - An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life" (2008, available as paperback at Internet book store Lulu.com: www.lulu.com/spotlight/Giten), Presence - Working from Within. The Psychology of Being (2011, available as paperback at Internet book store Lulu:www.lulu.com/spotlight/Giten) and "The Language of Silence - From Darkness to Light" (available in paperback at Lulu.com: www.lulu.com/spotlight/Giten). His latest book has just been published, "Silence is the Way: The Teachings of Buddha" (available at Lulu: www.lulu.com/spotlight/Giten) PRACTICAL INFORMATION: TID: 15 - 17 November, 2019. PLACE: Stockholm PRICE: 1500 SEK - 150 EUR. COURSE LANGUAGE IN STOCKHOLM: Swedish REGISTRATION: Registration one week before the course. INFORMATION: [email protected] Previous experience of meditation is recommended for participation in the course. Read more about satsang with Giten and his books on The Giten Blog: www.swamidhyangiten.wordpress.com