Calendar of Events
Due to the situation with Covid 19 this list of intended in-person Intensives is provisional.
We anticipate being able to return to offering in-person intensives as of the Two Week this September. The condition of attendance will be that participants and staff are fully vaccinated.
We will continue to offer Zoom Dyad Retreats as a pathway for those who chose not to take the vaccine, or who cannot otherwise attend in-person events. Our experience with Zoom Dyad Retreats have proven them to be worthy alternatives to the Enlightenment Intensive.
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Covid situation is improving and we now plan on giving these Intensives:
September 16 – October 1st 2021, Two Week Enlightenment Intensive, Powell River
November 10 – 15 Four Day Enlightenment Intensive Springbrooke Langley BC
February 11 – 22 Consecutive Weekend Zoom Dyad Retreat
April 1 – 7 Five Day Enlightenment Intensive Cloud Mountain Washington
May 5 – 9 Three Day Enlightenment Intensive Springbrooke Langley BC
May 5 – 13 Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive Springbrooke Langley BC
July 21 – 29 Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive Tree of Life Newfoundland
September 16 – 30 Two Week Enlightenment Intensive Powell River BC
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:
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Two Week Enlightenment Intensive
September 17 to Oct 1st 2021
At this time we believe we will be able to go ahead with the Two Week Intensive. All participants and staff must be fully vaccinated. At present international airline passengers must quarantine for 14 days after arrival before freely moving in society. We anticipate the Canada US border will be open to car traffic by September.
The Intensive will be held at The Point, south of Powell River BC between Lang Bay and Brew Bay on Malaspina Strait.
To apply to The Two Week Intensive contact Murray: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
Cost $2000 (Includes room and board)
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If covid is still an issue in September 2021 we will replace the Two Week with Consecutive Three Day Zoom Dyad Retreats.
Thursday Evening September 16th through Monday morning September 20th
And Friday September 24 through Monday September 27th
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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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Four Day Enlightenment Intensive November 2021
Wednesday evening, November 10th thru Sunday evening, November 14th, or Monday morning Nov 15th. 2021
At Springbrooke Retreat Center Langley Cost $675
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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February 11 to 22, Zoom Dyad Retreat
Friday evening Feb 11, all day Saturday Feb 12, Sunday 13 Monday 14 and Tuesday morning Feb 15
Tuesday afternoon Wednesday Feb 16 Thursday 17 and Friday Feb 18 are rest days
Friday evening Feb 18, Saturday 19, Sunday 20, Monday 21, & Tuesday Feb 22
This event is offered as one retreat as our intention is to provide a Long Intensive experience on Zoom. There are 6 full days of contemplation, two part days and three rest days. We have offered consecutive weekend Zoom retreats twice and found this format works wonderfully. This is a great opportunity to contemplate deeply without the time constraints of the typical 3 day intensive.
While this event is offered to those who want to dive into a long intensive, we will accept participants who can only do the first or only the second part.
Fee is by donation.
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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Five Day Enlightenment Intensive
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Dates To Be Announced
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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May 2022
Three Day Enlightenment Intensive
Thursday evening May 5 – Sunday evening May 8 or Monday morning May 9, 2022
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 5 – thru Friday morning May 13, 2022
At Springbrooke Retreat Center. Cost $1075
To register call, Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
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Seven Day Enlightenment Intensive in Newfoundland!
Thursday evening July 21 – thru Friday morning July 29, 2022
At Tree Of Life Retreat Center, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Cost $750
Murray Kennedy 604 984 3282 or Email: murrayakennedy@gmail.com
To register contact Ian Goudie 709-765-6271 iangoudie@nl.rogers.com $200 Deposit
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