Calendar of Events
Due to the situation with Covid 19 this list of intended Intensives is provisional.
We will not be holding Intensives unless it is safe for participants and staff to attend.
As of March 24 it is unlikely the May 3 and 7 Day Intensives will go forward. The Newfoundland 7 day is a question mark, as are the September 2 Week and the November Intensives. We will update this Calendar going forward.
April Cloud Mountain 5 Day Postponed to November due to Covid 19
May 7 – 10, 2020; Three Day Enlightenment Intensive Langley BC
May 7 – 15, 2020; Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive Langley BC
July 23 – 31, 2020; Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive, Tree of Life, Newfoundland
September 17 – Oct 2; 2020 Two Week Enlightenment Intensive Powell River BC
November 6 – 11 2020; Three Day Enlightenment Intensive, Langley BC
November 17 – 23, 2020; Five Day Enlightenment Intensive, Cloud Mountain Washington.
February 13 – 15, 2021; Three Day Love Intensive (Non Residential) North Vancouver
Note: 3, 5 and 7 Day Intensives are named for the number of full days doing Dyads. When we designate an Intensive a 5 Day or a 7 Day. We do not count the evening before or the morning after.
Details of these events are listed below:
In Vancouver Every Wednesday: Dyad Night
Dyad Night has been held in Vancouver continuously for 34 years.
Every Wednesday we do two, 40 minute dyads followed by a short sharing circle.
Dyad Night is open to anyone interested in contemplative inquiry. Newcomers are welcome and instruction is available.
This is a wonderful opportunity to practice presence, open to reality and let go of our burdens.
We meet every Wednesday evening 7:30 – 9:45 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church; 1440 West 12th Ave. The entrance is on the south side of 12th just west of Hemlock. There’s free street parking after 7:00.
Our room is on the third floor. Cost is $5.00. All are very welcome.
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May 2020
Three Day Enlightenment Intensive
Thursday evening May 7 – Sunday evening May 10 or Monday morning May 11, 2019
At Springbrooke Retreat Center, Langley BC Cost: $575
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
Murray Kennedy’s Enlightenment Intensives are traditional with the following exceptions 1. In the afternoons, rest period is earlier than in the original schedule; – before, rather than after, lecture. 2. Before one or two of the dyads the group chants together. 3. Instead of working contemplation we may have movement to music. 4.”Tell me what Love is?” is an available question.
Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive
Thursday evening May 7 – thru Friday morning May 15, 2020
At Springbrooke Retreat Center. Cost $1075
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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July 23 to 31st 2020
Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive in Newfoundland!
Thursday evening July 23 – thru Friday morning July 31, 2020
At Tree Of Life Retreat Center, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Cost $850
Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
To register contact Ian Goudie 709-765-6271 iangoudie@nl.rogers.com $200 Deposi
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Two Week Enlightenment Intensive
September 17 to Oct 2nd 2020
This Intensive is full and wait-listed.
To be held at The Point, south of Powell River BC between Lang Bay and Brew Bay on Malaspina Strait.
Cost $2000 (Includes room and board)
About Longer Intensives
For many people three-day Enlightenment Intensives end just when they are starting to get interesting. On the final day participants often find themselves in a new realm, one where contemplation is no longer foreign or forced but spontaneous, natural and real. The dyads flow on a deeper level. Contact is profound. The power and significance of the work have become self-evident.
But then the Intensive comes to an end. Formality and discipline lift; contemplation subsides and participants begin to contract out of the expanded state they were just beginning to enjoy.
A seven or fourteen-day intensive is for those who want to stay on and continue the inquiry at the level they have attained at the end of the third day. So it is an opportunity go on out into realms you always had to turn your back on before; and experience whatever arises as contemplation deepens day after day after day. It is a simple and very pure life. You are supported and nourished by the structure and fellowship of the intensive. Your only mandate and concern is to continue opening to the truth and communicating your experience, whatever it is.
Personally I love long Intensives. I love having the time to sink deeply into a contemplating mode of life. I love living the practice; day after day in a company of committed others. As the days go by forcing and striving are replaced by acceptance and curiosity. Anxiety and pressure give way to the spaciousness of unfolding reality. Devotion and surrender naturally arise. One’s intention is simply to welcome the Truth whatever it is; however it is! To me this is the essence of the work. It is an intrinsically meaningful, satisfying and appropriate activity. There is the opportunity to face, understand and resolve issues in a deep way.
Long Enlightenment Intensives are not easy. There are barriers and crises to face. But I feel they genuinely benefit those who choose to do them. They involve a deep confrontation with illusion and a level of work which can profoundly affect participants’ lives.
Fourteen day Intensives are significantly more challenging than the seven day format. And for some people they are not the best. Admission is at Murray and Patsy’s discretion. As a rule we choose to work with people we already know from 3 or 7 Day Intensives.
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Three Day Enlightenment Intensive
Friday evening, November 6th thru Tuesday evening, November 10th, or Wednesday morning Nov 11th. 2020
At Springbrooke Retreat Center Langley Cost $575
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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November 2020
Five Day Enlightenment Intensive
The April Cloud Mountain Intensive has been tentatively rescheduled to
Tuesday November 17 through Monday November 23rd 2020
At Cloud Mountain Washington (110 miles south of Seattle 70 Miles north of Portland)
Tiered Fees: Subsidized Level $420, Sustaining Level $460 Supporting Level $500 – plus dana offerings to teachers and staff.
For Information or to register for this Intensive go to the Cloud Mountain web site – https://www.cloudmountain.org/retreats?retreat=122
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Three Day Love Intensive
Saturday morning February 13 thru Monday evening February 15, 2021
At 3077 Princess Ave. North Vancouver
Fee – $300
Love Intensives are the same as standard EI except:
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All participants contemplate the true nature of Love responding to the dyad instruction, “Open to the presence of Love.”
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Participants go home at night. If you live out-of-town there are Air B&B’s in the area where you can stay.
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On days 1, 2, & 3 there are 10, 10 and 8 dyads respectively.
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We begin each day at 7:30 Am. Days 1 & 2 go to 9:30 in the evening. On the final day we close at 7:30.
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Meals are provided.
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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