{"product_id":"the-inner-kingdom","title":"The Inner Kingdom","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE INNER KINGDOM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix ancient teachings. Six doorways into the inner life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are teachings that survive for thousands of years because they continue to describe something true about being human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Beatitudes are among them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOften encountered only within Christianity, these short teachings contain a much larger spiritual psychology: emptiness, sorrow, gentleness, hunger, mercy, purity of heart, peace. They describe movements of consciousness that appear across wisdom traditions and throughout our own lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Inner Kingdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a six-session exploration of this ancient wisdom through the lens of conscious living.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe will take these teachings out of their familiar religious setting and look deeply at the human and spiritual experiences beneath them. \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is not a Bible study or a course in religious doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlong the way, we will draw connections with yogic philosophy, mystical traditions, psychology, consciousness, and the ordinary experiences through which spiritual life actually unfolds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIX SESSIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. EMPTINESS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed are the poor in spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are moments when what once sustained us no longer does. Certainty disappears. Old identities loosen. We discover that we cannot think, achieve, acquire, or control our way into fullness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will explore spiritual emptiness as an opening: the interior space created when we loosen our grip on what we thought we knew and become receptive to something deeper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. SORROW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed are those who mourn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSorrow is part of loving anything in a world where everything changes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will explore grief as more than an emotion to survive. What does mourning open within us? What becomes possible when sorrow is allowed to deepen rather than harden the heart?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. GENTLENESS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed are the meek.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeekness has often been mistaken for weakness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis session explores another possibility: strength that no longer needs domination, defensiveness, force, or control. Gentleness becomes a way of standing firmly within ourselves without creating unnecessary violence within or around us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. HUNGER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed are those who hunger and thirst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHuman beings are creatures of longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe hunger for love, belonging, meaning, justice, beauty, recognition, God, purpose, and experiences we cannot always name. Instead of treating longing as evidence that something is missing, we will explore what our deepest hungers reveal about the movement of the Soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. MERCY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed are the merciful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercy asks something different of us than judgment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will explore compassion, forgiveness, human imperfection, boundaries, and the complicated territory between understanding someone's humanity and excusing what causes harm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercy changes the way we see one another—and ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. 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