Mirabai Starr – The Shift Network – The Mystical Heart

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Mirabai Starr – The Shift Network – The Mystical Heart

Are you eager to receive — and share — the profound wisdom and love at the heart of our world’s spiritual traditions?

Are you more interested in embracing the varied teachings of the great mystics than in arguing about whose belief is right and whose is wrong?

Then it’s time to access the deeper teachings of three of our world’s profound faiths.

In these times of strife and misunderstanding between the Children of Abraham, it’s vital that we rediscover the essential unity in the teachings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Exploring, understanding and accessing this unity not only promotes peace and justice in the world; it also re-awakens a wholeness in your spiritual practice because each wisdom stream offers essential and complementary teachings that, together, create a fuller picture of how to live a sacred life.

At the center of all three traditions is the mystical heart — the portal to the Infinite and to everlasting love. The heart provides the nectar of our spiritual life. It feeds the deepest hungers of our soul to incarnate more of the divine love, grace and beauty that is our birthright.

The truth is that the mystics of our major faiths agree in profound ways about the sacred truths and the practices that can connect us with our divine humanity. By viewing them as partners, instead of rivals, they can be mutually supportive in the transformation of your consciousness and our world.

In The Mystical Heart course, you’ll have the opportunity to discover each of the Abrahamic faiths with fresh eyes and discover sacred practices that will help you deepen your spiritual path no matter your beliefs.

You’ll see how the traditions have at their core a relationship with God as the Beloved — a heart-opening connection that calls for surrender to the Divine in all its forms.

You’ll discover how to walk the path of “ecstatic duality,” which is the practice ground for living in an exalted spiritual state while also engaging in your ultimate form of service in the world. And, all the while, your embrace of these three traditions will promote the social justice we are so in need of.

You’ll follow the streams of mystical longing and social justice in deep experiential ways — through readings from the ecstatic poetry of the mystics, investigating sacred texts of the world’s great religions, sitting in contemplative silence, chanting the names of God in an array of languages, and engaging in deep dialog through conversation and writing.

Most of all, you’ll open your own mystical heart, helping to dissolve the disputes over belief, religious strife, and historical wounds. You’ll begin to see the teachings of Jesus, Mohammed, and the great Jewish mystics as all pointing the way to a new humanity.

By discovering these unifying teachings and experiencing their heart-opening practices, you’ll go beyond an intellectual understanding of humanity’s many spiritual paths to feel the transformative love that is at their common core.

Becoming an Interspiritual Mystic

In our post-modern age, many of us have become spiritual cross-trainers, discovering deep, potent practices from different traditions that feel resonant, powerful and alive.

At the leading edge of this so-called “interspiritual movement,” exciting explorations are underway that bring together ancient truths about mysticism, awakening and living in a sacred way.

Interspiritual mystics are drawing from many faiths and teaching about our essential Oneness with life and the Divine itself.

In The Mystical Heart one of the foremost interspiritual mystic-scholars, Mirabai Starr, will guide you into this emerging spiritual orientation, one that says you do not have to “choose sides” or only listen to teachers from one tradition but can be open to receiving the blessings, wisdom and transmissions of many lineages.

This opens you wider to grace and ensures you have a deeper connection with all the world’s spiritual traditions.

This orientation changes everything, inviting you into a powerful new relationship with life in which you see everything with the eyes of reverence, and engage in a sacred dance with all that is.

As so many mystics have said, “God IS love,” and when you enter into full communion with God, you experience yourself AS love — without limits or conditions.

The Importance of a Divine Guide

Your teacher and guide for this “mystical love immersion” is Mirabai Starr, one of the most beloved teachers of the emerging global spirituality.

Mirabai has written many acclaimed books on the great mystics, including St. Theresa of Avila, and she has walked a path that includes Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist practices — all woven together in a deeply honoring way. She is one of the most eloquent and passionate voices for the resurgence of the divine feminine in contemporary spirituality.

An “interspiritual” mystic who practices vipassana, observes Shabbat, and honors all spiritual lineages, Mirabai will take you into the heart of a profound healing that the Abrahamic faiths, in particular, need now.

This course is her offering to your heart. It promises a profound shift at the core of your being where your deeper mystical qualities are seen, celebrated and empowered — and you are called into your most sacred forms of service and action in the world.

When you join us for this illuminating course, you’ll:

• Recognize the unifying wisdom at the heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Affirm that your innate attraction to all the world’s spiritual traditions is valid and beautiful, and is — in fact — your birthright
• Claim your own interspiritual nature as an emanation of the evolution of consciousness and engage it in service of humanity and the earth
• Learn essential wisdom teachings and stories from religions you may be unfamiliar with yet are curious about (and have much to gain from)
• Compare the ways in which Judaism, Christianity and Islam relate to the sacred feminine
• Learn stories from the lives of feminine mystics in the three Abrahamic faiths
• Study nature mystics, such as Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
• Explore the connection between loss and longing for the Beloved
• Reconcile with someone with whom you have had a falling out
• Discern the social and/or environmental issue that concerns you most and make a practical decision to contribute to its alleviation
• Explore the role of the prophet in our times
• Practice guided meditations that invoke unconditional love
• Practice self-care to balance your commitment to being of service

It’s time to evolve a new kind of wholeness and support the great healing of our times. Connecting with the mystical heart can repair the wounds in our hearts, minds and bodies and, thus, help us to address the world’s suffering as well.

It’s time to live as truly empowered, radically alive and deeply reverential mystics who are here to change the world!

What You’ll Discover in These 8 Weeks

In this 8-week transformational program, Mirabai will guide you through the fundamental spiritual skills and competencies you’ll need to successfully experience the essential interconnectedness of the great world traditions.

Each weekly, LIVE contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the next so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you’ll need to expand your understanding of humanity’s many spiritual paths.

Module 1: Toward the One
Unity in Diversity 
From the heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam springs the primordial affirmation of the Oneness of the Divine. While Jews, Christians and Muslims may not always agree on the particular attributes of the One or what our relationship with the Absolute is meant to be, they all recognize that its true nature is love. It is not that the three faiths are all the same, but that their underlying message calls us to Oneness. It is the mystics of each religion who carry the unifying jewels to a troubled world.
In this module, you’ll:

• Learn the primary declarations of faith of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Contemplate sacred scriptures affirming the Oneness of the Divine
• Chant sacred phrases in Hebrew, Latin and Arabic
• Encounter teaching stories from each tradition that illumine divine unity

Module 2: Embodied Spirituality
Social Action & Stewardship of the Earth 
Judaism, Christianity and Islam urge us to recognize the face of the Creator in the beauty of creation. From this heart space, it is impossible to “otherize” individuals or communities who are different from us or to objectify the earth and its resources. The greatest testimony to our relationship with the Holy One, all three faiths insist, is the way we treat one another and the planet we share.
In this module, you’ll:

• Identify key scriptures in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur’an and Hadiths that emphasize our charge to be stewards of the earth and servants of the marginalized
• Study nature mystics, such as Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
• Discern the social and/or environmental issue that concerns you most and make a practical decision to contribute to its alleviation
• Explore the role of the prophet in our times

Module 3: Radical Wonderment
Holy Awe & Longing for the Beloved 
The mystical path is characterized by paradox. Mystics throughout the ages and across cultures have borrowed the language of romantic love to evoke the way in which the soul both yearns for and connects with the sacred. In the dazzling light of love, we experience a mixture of intimacy and awe. The experience of mystical union dissolves the separation between lover and Beloved, so that there is, in a sense, no one left to experience the merging. The Holy One simultaneously transcends all form and expression, and permeates all that is.
In this module, you’ll:

• Make a plan to participate in a Jewish, a Christian, and a Muslim (or Sufi) religious service or community practice
• Engage in contemplative reading of mystical poetry in the three Abrahamic faiths
• Create a work of art to convey your experience of the divine
• Build an inter-spiritual altar

Module 4: Mercy
Forgiveness & Reconciliation 
The Hebrew word teshuvah means “return.” It invokes the infinite lovingkindness of the Divine who meets us with open arms the moment we take responsibility for our negative actions and strive to make amends. Jews, Christians and Muslims hold compassion as the highest ideal, not only with regard to how we are meant to treat others but also as a reflection of the unconditional love in which the Holy One enfolds us. When we draw on this quality, we cultivate the courage to forgive and the vulnerability to be forgiven.
In this module, you’ll:

• Learn the meaning of desert hospitality and table fellowship
• Reconcile with someone with whom you have had a falling out
• Practice guided meditations that invoke unconditional love
• Study sacred writings from Judaism, Christianity and Islam on the transformational power of mercy and compassion

Module 5: Indwelling Presence
The Feminine Face of the Divine 
Something in the psyche of the human family yearns now more than ever for the Divine Feminine. She has been shunned, ridiculed, and burned alive for millennia. By revitalizing our relationship with the Holy She, in the form of Mother, of Lover, of most intimate female Friend, we may unfold the treasure map that leads to the resources we need to heal the ravaged planet and all who dwell on her.
In this module, you’ll:

• Shift your focus from the transcendent to the immanent nature the Divine
• Explore embodied, incarnational spirituality
• Compare the ways in which Judaism, Christianity and Islam relate to the sacred feminine
• Learn stories from the lives of feminine mystics in the three Abrahamic faiths
• Study biblical wisdom literature

Module 6: Still Small Voice
Contemplative Life 
Many contemporary spiritual seekers abandoned their Judeo-Christian roots in search of Eastern meditation practices only to discover that the religions they grew up with contain a rich contemplative tradition. There has been a contemplative revival among Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders striving to be more relevant to their congregations. Each of the monotheistic faiths teaches us to turn inward and cultivate a direct and personal relationship with the sacred in silence and stillness.
In this module, you’ll:

• Commit to a regular meditation practice
• Experience Centering Prayer
• Engage in zikr (Islamic practice of repetition of the Divine Name)
• Explore the teachings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Module 7: Fire & Wine
Suffering & Exaltation 
A direct encounter with the sacred – whether a dramatic experience of mystical melding or a fleeting glimpse of the unity of the cosmos and our perfect place within it all – carries a quality of the ecstatic. This is the place from which the poetry of the mystic flows and overflows. Profound pain can also be a gateway to the numinous. Grief strips us of our ordinary preoccupations and lays the heart bare. From this naked space our yearning for the Divine intensifies.
In this module, you’ll:

• Engage in contemplative readings of mystical poetry and sacred scripture from Judaism, Christianity and Islam expressing separation from God
• Explore the connection between loss and longing for the Beloved
• Practice inter-spiritual chanting to open the heart
• Identify common themes in Jewish, Christian & Islamic teachings that invoke both the ecstatic and the painful nature of the divine relationship

Module 8: From the Monastery to the Marketplace
Activating the Interspiritual Path
The prophetic task is urgent, and we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We must not abdicate our power or postpone our responsibility to repair the broken world. True contemplatives do not gaze serenely from behind a veil of detachment. A distinguishing mark of the adept on the path is that the protective covering around the ego has slipped or been stripped away. She recognizes her interconnectedness with all beings and cannot help but respond to the cries of the world.
In this module, you’ll:

• Identify your particular prophetic task
• Study the core teachings from Judaism, Christianity and Islam that urge us toward compassionate action
• Cultivate a Sabbath practice
• Practice self-care to balance your commitment to being of service

The Mystical Heart Bonus Collection
In addition to Mirabai’s transformative 8-week live online training, you’ll receive these powerful program sessions with some of the world’s leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions are being offered to complement what you’ll discover in the course — and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.

Dialogues in Spiritual Diversity
Collection of Audio Dialogues With Mirabai Starr and Guests
These two special audio collections include conversations with Mirabai hosting two guests from across spiritual and cultural traditions. They are wonderful illustrations of the unity in diversity Mirabai teaches, not to mention a glimpse into the beautiful relationships forming in the interspiritual community.
Interfaith Dialogue at Its Best
Jamal Rahman & Rami Shapiro (Muslim Imam and Jewish Rabbi)
Matthew Wright & Sean Murphy (Episcopal Priest and Zen Teacher)
Sacred Activism Dialogues
Mona Haydar & Chris Grosso (Muslim Activist-poet and “Indie-Spiritualist”)
Ellen Grace O’Brien & Adam Bucko (Hindu Yogacharya and Interspiritual Sacred Activist)

Ethical Monotheism & the Power of Turning Within
Video From Mirabai Starr
Mirabai shares from her intimate relationship with Teresa of Avila in this video, drawing from Jewish and Muslim teachings to reassure that we are fully equipped to walk the mystical path of our own interior castle.

Personal Suffering & Longing for God
Video From Mirabai Starr
Mirabai’s expertise in St. John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul is solidly framed by her personal experiences of loss, yet she’s careful to differentiate between the two. While tremendous grief and suffering don’t necessarily provide an automatic deepening of spiritual awareness, the burning away of life’s trivial matters can certainly create an environment for that deepening to occur.

What Graduates of Mirabai’s Courses Are Saying…

[Mirabai’s] depth shared through her own personal experience combined with her deep knowledge and relationship with the mystics and their teachings she drew from, made for an incredibly rich, dynamic and transformative experience. The community that was created, with Mirabai setting the tone, felt like sharing tea, love and support around a warm fire each week… I highly recommend taking a course with Mirabai Starr through the wonderful and professional forum that the Shift Network provides.
— Robyn, Carbondale, Colorado

I felt such a deeper trust and acceptance of my own divinity through really opening my heart to the glory of me! This has allowed me to go deeper with my own personal connection to the feminine… feel this beautiful accepting mother in my blood pulsing, flowing, receiving and I lay my head into her and weep.
— Wendy Langille, New Brunswick, Canada

My attunement to myself is more keen and loving. I am more peaceful and trusting that there is indeed divine intervention in our third world realities. I look forward to any courses Mirabai will teach.
— Michelle Jurika, Piedmont, California

Here’s What You’ll Receive

Eight 90-Minute Class Sessions With Mirabai Starr
Experience a rare opportunity to be mentored and learn with mystic-scholar and interspiritual teacher Mirabai Starr — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session helps you create the specific skills and abilities to understand the interconnected wisdom at the heart of all religious and spiritual traditions.

Eight Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. This way, you’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere — on your iPod, in your car and at your convenience.

Eight PDF Transcripts of Class Sessions
In addition to the high-quality MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription in PDF format after each session. This way you can review, print and highlight the most important insights and practices.

Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
After each lesson, you will have the option to do related exercises, practice new tools and answer questions in order to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.

The Mystical Heart Bonus Collection

• Dialogues in Spiritual Diversity
  Video From Mirabai Starr
• Personal Suffering & Longing for God
  Video From Mirabai Starr

An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join in The Mystical Heart Live Virtual Training
We feel honored that Mirabai Starr has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online training. This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with an internationally renowned mystic-scholar and interspiritual teacher whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken the Divine within us — and our world.
Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals — which would cost thousands of dollars), you’ll be able to benefit from Mirabai’s incredible teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home — at your own pace!
Among Mirabai’s many gifts are her own interspiritual practices and authentic embodiment of the teachings of the ancient traditions. She lives a life grounded in love and creates a teaching environment in which you will feel truly held in a safe and compassionate container as you experience this profound inner journey.
If you are serious about experiencing the Oneness and deep unconditional love at the core of the great spiritual traditions and opening to a life of wholeness, service and sacred balance, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones — and our world — to take this one-of-a-kind training.

More Praise for Mirabai Starr…

Mirabai is an authentic mystic, a true teacher and a wonderful soul. Anyone who comes to her will find their cup will be filled. I recommend her as a person and as a teacher with great confidence and joy.
— Andrew Harvey, Spiritual Teacher and Mystic Scholar

It is with great pleasure and delight that I endorse the work of Mirabai Starr, who I find to be a soul companion as well as a professional colleague. In addition to being a gifted author, Mirabai is blessed with the capacity to inspire others with her wisdom and understanding of mystical theology. I referred to her translations of Teresa of Avila’s great masterpiece, The Interior Castle, while writing my own book, Entering the Castle, because of the excellence of her work. Mirabai is a rare jewel.”
— Caroline Myss, Author of Anatomy of the Spiritand Entering the Castle

What makes [Mirabai’s] teaching so powerful is that her vast spiritual knowledge is rooted in the real experience of being human. Her genius lies in the profoundly humble way she opens her life as a guide to ours. In making this connection she shows us the deep and mysterious spiritual truths that hold all our lives together. A truly gifted teacher, she points us at once to and beyond ourselves. She does all of this with a spirit so light that all who share her presence are also lifted. Oh, did I say that she is also a lot of fun?”
— Rev. Bob Thompson, Senior Pastor, Lake Street Church, Evanston, Illinois

About Mirabai Starr
Author, translator of the mystics, and leading voice in the emerging Interspiritual Movement, Mirabai Starr uses fresh, lyrical language to help make timeless wisdom accessible to a contemporary circle of seekers. She has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new translations of Dark Night of the Soul by 16th-Century Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross, The Interior Castle, The Book of My Life, by St. Teresa of Avila and The Showings of Julian of Norwich. She is author of the six-volume Sounds True series, Contemplations, Prayers and Living Wisdom. Her poetry collection, Mother of God Similar to Fire, is a collaboration with iconographer William Hart McNichols. God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam — winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for Religion and named one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2012 by Spirituality & Practice — positions Mirabai at the forefront of the emerging Interspiritual Movement.
Mirabai taught philosophy and religious studies for 20 years at the University of New Mexico-Taos, and now speaks and teaches nationally and internationally on the teachings of the mystics, contemplative practice and grief as a spiritual path. Her talks and retreats incorporate silent meditation, interspiritual chanting, sacred poetry and deep dialogue. She blogs for The Huffington Post.

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