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Transformation Education
We believe the future of humanity is bright. Each of us holds a latent capacity to create solutions for society that are equitable and nurture the human body, mind and spirit. Together, we can create a better world for all living beings on the planet. We are dedicated to offering courses that will help society reach its bright future. Scroll further to see upcoming live courses from Transformation Education. Click one of the corresponding buttons below to be redirected to our websites.
Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: Live a Life in Alignment with your Soul's Deepest Purpose
Presenter for this month's program: Adam Guzman-Poole
Adam Guzman-Poole is a highly skilled teacher, logotherapist, and solution-focused coach who specializes in guiding service-centred individuals toward living meaningful lives in alignment with their deepest purpose. With over a decade of close study under the guidance of medicine men and women from North and South America, as well as eastern sages, Adam possesses a unique blend of wisdom drawn from diverse traditions. He integrates these philosophies into his coaching and training programs. Having studied psychology at the University of Carleton and as a practicing logotherapist and solution-focused coach, Adam merges ancient wisdom with modern science to create transformative spaces for individuals. His expertise lies in helping people gain clarity on their purpose, achieve their goals, transition into meaningful work, develop a powerful mindset and motivation, and deepen their spiritual growth.
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Holiday Party Fundraiser
Share your light and love! Join our effort to make a difference in the world.
Acharya Education summer 2024
Instructor: Ananda Seva Acharya Board
Course details: 90 minute class (time listed is PST)
Class description: Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to acharyas and tattvikas only.
Cost: Sliding scale $25 - $50
Join us on Zoom. Register with the link below
Summer Retreat
Save the Date for a local mediation retreat at Dharmalaya in Eugene, Oregon. Registration info coming soon.
Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: “The Orchard of Abraham’s children”
Join us for an inspiring program as Ihab and Ora Bahla share the story of their life and work to bridge the gap between cultures.
Ihab and Ora Bahla Ihab, a Muslim Arab from Jaffa, a spiritual leader and a peace activist, and Ora, a Jewish body-movement therapist from the Galilee, fell in love, and despite the gaps and tension between the two cultures, married and are leading an inspirational life of reconciliation, coexistence, and instilling a culture of peace.
Ihab is the manager of the “The Orchard of Abraham’s children” Foundation, a peace activist and an educator, with experience in the area of Coexistence and bridging gaps between people. For more the 18 years, he has been an Islamic Cleric and a researcher of the Sufi Movement - the mythical Islamic movement.
Ora is the manager of the foundation alongside Ihab. She is a young mother of three sons. Ora has been the director of the association since its inception. Ora is the key contact in Israel and around the world. She is a mediator between people from different cultures, and has a belief that each person is a messenger of peace and love. Ora is also a qualified dance teacher and Feldenkrais method instructor.
Ihab and Ora are leading an inspirational life of reconciliation, coexistence, and instilling a culture of peace.
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Baba’s Birthday Celebration
Event details: free program
Description: Celebration of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s birthday
Program: open to all who love Baba
Join us for an expansion of our regular weekday morning gathering as we come together early to sing deviotional bjajans, do kiirtan and meditate. After meditation there will be time to share inspirational stories and experiences of Baba.
Since we are on zoom, you'll have to make your own cake : )
Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: Prabháta Samgiita Program
Join us for Iowa City author Andy Douglas (Alok) as he reads from:
Songs of the New Dawn: Selected song-poems of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
"Andy Douglas's stirring 'transpirations' echo a world of transcendental beauty. These poems bring to an English-speaking audience some of the 5018 Bengali songs composed by Shrii Prabhát Ranjan Sarkar between 1982 and 1990, songs that came to be known as Prabháta Samgiita, Songs of a New Dawn. An extraordinary spiritual master, Shrii Sarkar once defined mysticism as 'the never-ending endeavor to find a link between the finite and the infinite.' Each song glows with this spirit of ceaseless search, and Douglas's renditions beautifully capture the delicacy of feeling and simplicity of the original Bengali."
- Dr. Ayesha Irani, Assoc Prof of Asian Studies, UMass Boston
Andy Douglas is a writer and musician, and has been a student of P R Sarkar's teachings for 40 years. He holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from University of Iowa. He is the author of The Curve of the World: Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga, and Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir.
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Spring Retreat
Event: 2024 Spring Retreat: Building Resilience Personally and Collectively
Details: 4-day in person meditation retreat
Description: Join us in March 2024 in Eugene Oregon for a 4-day spring Retreat!
daily meditations
programs to cultivate personal resilience
programs to facilitate collective resilience
music and cultural programs
delicious vegetarian meals
outing to the coast, weather permitting
community
Please register early if you require lodging for the retreat. Please plan to travel on the day before and the day after the retreat.
Email Madhu if you have questions
Cost: varies, depending on accommodations ($225 - $400)
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Problems of the Day: Introducing a PROUT Program for Change
Instructor: Jason Schreiner
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: Many people agree that we now face systemic global crisis and must adopt an alternative to business as usual. Advocates have long put PROUT forward to meet this challenge. Yet other alternatives have emerged and gained support, including movements for degrowth, a green new deal, the red deal, democratic socialism, and green capitalism, to name the most prominent. In this session we will distinguish some of the key features of these various approaches and how they compare with PROUT in addressing the most important problems of the day.
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: A Life in Service
Sistah Didi Shares her experiences.
Join us for stories from the remarkable journey of an American woman who journeyed across the world in service of the mission of Shri Shri Anandamurti. Her spiritual life and years of service to others are a great treasure from which she will share some stories, inspiration and insights.
Sister Didi spent over 30 years as a sanyasin and missionary worker of Shri Shri Anandamurti in various parts of the world, including 15 years in Africa. Now living in California she continues to inspire others with her dedication to her spiritual practices and with her wisdom.
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Sadhana Shivir
Event: 2 hour meditation/kiirtan event
Description: Join us for a monthly extended meditation program designed for those who want to take their meditation to a deeper level. This program is open to everyone. The program includes a repeated pattern of 15 minutes of yogic dance (kaoshikii) followed by 45 minutes of silent meditation. Stay on the same link after the program to enjoy the weekly Morning Dharmachakra.
Cost: free
Location: Dharmalaya Center, Eugene, Oregon
PROUT’s Ecological Views
Instructor: Ac. Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: A comprehensive social theory must address all aspects of social life. Traditionally, this has included economics, governance, culture, social life, and historical development. Many social thinkers recognize that an additional area of concern needs to be included – that of ecology. A proper ecological philosophy can explain humanity’s proper relationship with the natural world and give solutions to our destructive impact on the earth.
PROUT’s value base is neohumanism which holds a reverence for all life. Neohumanism provides a deep cure to environmental destruction, but there is need to work out its practical expression in certain arenas. This class will examine PROUT’s position on the following questions:
• What is a proper approach to preservation of wilderness? How should the wilderness be utilized? Can humans live in harmony with wilderness?
• How should population growth be dealt with?
• What moral scope do humans have to use animals with developed minds for food, clothing and medicine?
• What constraints should be placed on patterns of consumption? And how?
• How can technological development be compatible with environmental health?
• How can there be an approach to development that sustainably maintains ecosystems for future generations?
• To what extent should humanity be concerned with protecting biodiversity?
• Can the environment be fully protected without changing the economic system?
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: Life With Baba
Dada Madhu Sudan on his Life with Baba
Please join us to hear Dada’s memorable stories of life with Baba and the beautiful events that transformed his life as a spiritualist.
Madhu Sudan joined Ananda Marga in 1962. He lived with Anandamurti (Baba) the founder of Ananda Marga, for many years and taught Ananda Marga Yoga Sadhana in India, Nepal, and the United States. He now lives in Damasçus, MD and was happily married to a fellow devotee for 45 years. He will be sharing stories of his experiences with Baba.
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Hoilday Party Fundraiser
Event: Holiday Party Fundraiser
Date: Saturday Dec. 16th
Description: The event is at Dharmalaya (356 Horn Lane, Eugene, Oregon) Come join us for fun, music, food, hands on craft, and a contemplative winter spiral walk.
This year we are supporting a local Organization:
Senior & Disability Services in Lane County, which funds the Senior Meals Program, creating food security for our most vulnerable community members.
Let Us Move Together
Course details: 90 free program
Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.
This month’s Program: Women and Religions Through the Ages
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Acharya Education Fall 2023
Instructor: Ananda Seva Acharya Board
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to acharyas and tattvikas only.
Cost: Sliding scale $25 - $50
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Let Us Move Together
Facilitator: Chris Simmonds
Event details: 90 minute free program
Program description: extended meditation program with unique offerings each month. This program is open to everyone. The program includes a short meditation and spiritual song as well as a new presentation or interactive event.
Cost: free
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Advanced Spiritual Philosophy
Instructor: Ac. Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: This course is being given in response to requests from some who have attended Transformation Education classes for an opportunity for more in-depth study the spiritual philosophy of P. R. Sarkar. Topics covered will include Brahmachakra cosmology, science of mind, Tantra-oriented spiritual science, and lokas and koshas.
Students in this course will have readings to go through in preparation for class sessions.
If interested in attending this course, please first contact the instructor to ensure that this course will meet your expectations. Contact: rlogan@igc.org
Cost: Sliding scale $100 - $200
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Human Society Is One and Indivisible
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: Humanity is evolving from a state characterized by social divisions and competition to one of planetary unity and cooperation. This class will explore the immense potential inherent in our becoming one people, on one planet, having a recognized common destiny. It will also discuss the common evolutionary origins of the human race, examine the factors that cause division and how to resolve them, and the factors that can strengthen unity in socioeconomic,mental and spiritual spheres of life.
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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Humanity in Transition: The Big Picture
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: The scope of the transformation humanity is undergoing is unprecedented in human history. It is important to gain perspective on this profound transitional moment in human existence. This class will survey the major realms of change, including from nationalism to internationalism and globalism, from patriarchy to gender equality, from capitalism to post-capitalism, from Newtonian-Cartesian worldview to Gaian worldview, from racial and ethnic chauvanism to universal humanism, from economic globalism to globally integrated decentralization, from materialism to integrated human development, from sect-oriented religion to universal spirituality, and from earth-based to space-based existence.
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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Yogic Health Practices
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: This class will survey yogic and naturophathic health practices given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. Some topics we’ll cover include proper sleeping practices, science of breathing, system of bathing, yogic diet, system of fasting, half-bath, paincavati (5 herbal trees), aids to digestion, function of joint hair, factors for longevity, use of water after urination, rules for asana practice, and benefits of tandava and kaoshiki.
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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Acharya Winter Continuing Education
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: 90 minute class
Class description: Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to Ananda Seva acharyas and tattvikas only.
Cost: Sliding scale $15 - $40
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PROUT Design Seminar 2023
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: 12 week course
Class description: This course will explore, in participatory seminar format, the practical workings of adecentralized, cooperative economy as envisioned by PROUT and how to transition to such aneconomy. Topics will include the principles of decentralized economies, integrated development schemes, agricultural cooperatives, regional socio-economic development, local developmental planning, agrarian reform, solutions to the water crisis, cooperative enterprise,and responding to economic depression. There is no other educational program offered anywhere that gives as deep an understanding of the Prout model of decentralized, cooperative economic development.
Cost: Sliding scale $75 - $200
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Virtual Open House for PROUT Design Seminar 2023
Instructors: Ravi Logan, John Linkhart and Tom Paprocki
Details: Free Open House
Description: This free informal event is open to all interested in the PROUT Design Seminar 2023. You will have an opportunity to hear about the course, meet the instructors and ask questions about the upcoming seminar.
Cost: free event
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New Year’s Day Program
Facilitator: Ac. Ravi
Program details: more info here
Join us for a special New Year's Day program
January 1, 2023
10:00 am PT; 1:00 pm ET; 8:00 pm EET
10:00 uplifting songs
10:30 short collective meditation
10:45 New Year’s message and collective sharing
12:00 potluck for in person attendees
Cost: free
Join us on Zoom with the link below. Passcode: Baba
Holiday Party and Benefit
Facilitator: Dharmalaya Community
Event details: Holiday Party and Fundraiser
Join us for a celebration of light with food, music and crafts for the children. Sign up for a reflective time in the Winter Spiral.
Winter Spiral Walk description: The experience of the Winter Spiral reflects the human experience at this time of the year; entering a time of darkness, of shorter days and longer nights and going forward with hope to welcome the light of the sun after the winter solstice.
At the center of the spiral there is light, a candle that represents the light of consciousness. When you reach the center, light your candle from the central light and place your small candle on the spiral as you wind your way back out, illuminating the path for those that follow.
Cost: Donation only. Suggested donation for all activities and food $20/person. No one turned away.
Donations go to benefit Art City working in our community to create quantum change through art.
Place: Dharmalaya 356 Horn Lane Eugene, OR 97404
Acharya Continuing Education Fall 2022
Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to acharyas and tattvikas only.
PROUT’s Theory of History
Instructor: Ravi Logan
Course details: This course consists of two lessons that meet at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on: Saturday Nov. 5th & Dec. 3rd.
Class description: PROUT offers a new theory of history in4 this 2 part series, one that provides empowering insights for those who want to understand historical dynamics so they can revitalize the progressive movement of society. In this time of planetary transformation, the insights provided by PROUT’s theory of history are particularly valuable. In this short survey course, we will cover the topics of collective psychology, the systaltic movement of societies, the rotation of social classes in position of social dominance, the concept of progress, and the methodology for bringing evolutionary and revolutionary change. We will also look at the six factors that are essential to sustaining civilizations. Supplemental readings will be provided for those who wish additional learning resources.
Cost: Sliding scale $25-$150 (choose any amount between $25 and $150 by sliding the scale at the bottom of the checkout page)
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