Mudrashram Institute of Spiritual Studies
OUR WORKSHOPS
A
Consumer's
Guide to Meditation
Flying:
The Ultimate
Spiritual Adventure
Our Workshops
History of Our Workshops
George taught a series of workshops during the 1980s, which have been discontinued. We present them here because they will give you some background on how his workshops evolved over time.
A Consumer's Guide to Meditation
His first workshop was A Consumer's Guide to Meditation, which he taught in 1984 for Learning Adventures (now Learning Annex). This first popular treatment of meditation included
(1) a presentation of different types of meditation
(2) explained what different techniques of meditation do
(3) gave participants an experience of basic meditation
(4) provided a reference guide to then-current meditation providers in the Los Angeles area.
The class included a small work book.
George began offering Light Sittings during 1985 and 1986 to provide support and guidance for the spiritual growth of those who took the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation, and for other interested aspirants. Light Sittings are always offered free of charge. He continues to give Light Sittings today, working primarily with his advanced meditation students.
You may find out more about Light Sittings by clicking here.
The Raja-Vipassana Meditation Workshop
Vipassana is a Buddhist form of meditation that observes and monitors present time experience for extended periods of time. Maintaining this unbroken awareness of your experience in the present time is called mindfulness.
Typically the focus for Vipassana meditation begins with the sensations that arise within the body, and progresses to feelings, thoughts, and subtler aspects of experience. Alternately, some schools of Vipassana begin with watching the breath in the present time; Zen Buddhism also favors this method.
Samatha is another type of meditation used by Buddhist meditation Masters. Samatha means to concentrate or focus the attention on a selected object of meditation. In Hindu traditions this practice is called Raja Yoga.
Raja-Vipassana meditation combines the selection of a focal point of samatha or Raja Yoga meditation with monitoring present time experience at that focal point. It is a hybrid between two different styles of meditation that combines the best features of both.
The Raja Vipassana Workshop was taught during 1986 and into 1987. Swami Prem Dayal introduced this hybrid meditation style in response to a meditation student's intense curiosity about vipassana, after this student was first exposed to vipassana in the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation.
The Attunement Meditation Workshop
This short seven week class taught in 1987 explored the Seven Rays. The Attunement Meditation Workshop gave workshop participants the opportunity to directly experience the energy and quality of the Seven Rays, and to channel the light of the Seven Rays to others.
Attunement, the ability to receive Light and Grace from a spiritual Master and then transmit it using intention, is an important aspect of becoming a disciple. This is the first time an element of disciplic training was presented by the Mudrashram® teachers to the public.
After George completed his training in Alcohol Drug Counseling at UCLA Extension in 1987, he started facilitating weekly Recovery Groups for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. These were topic-focused explorations of issues shared by people who grew up in alcoholic and drug-abusing families. These weekly groups continued until early 1990.
In 1991, he coupled a Meditation for Recovery Workshop with a lecture of the same name at the Whole Life Expo. An optional workbook was made available for this class for interested participants.
Flying: the Ultimate Spiritual Adventure Workshop
This class was first conducted 1/8/92. It was a presentation of the teachings of the Mudrashram® lineage that focused on mastery of the attentional principle and learning to work with the Light. The class combined guided meditation with Light Immersion and inspired spiritual guidance (Satsang) from the teachers of the Mudrashram® lineage.
CLASS ONE: Leaving the body focus - the inner secret of Raja Yoga
CLASS TWO: Bringing the body into the Light - the first attunement
CLASS THREE: Bringing the emotions into the Light - the second attunement
CLASS FOUR: Bringing the mind into the Light - the third attunement
CLASS FIVE: Bringing the will into the Light - the fourth attunement
CLASS SIX: Awakening the Higher Mind - the fifth attunement
CLASS SEVEN: The Mystery of the God Within - the sixth attunement
CLASS EIGHT: Meeting the Master in the Heart of God - the seventh attunement
CLASS NINE: Traveling in the Higher Planes - the freedom of flying
CLASS TEN: Bringing back a gift for humanity
Current Workshops
George resumed teaching workshops after he completed graduate school, and finished the Mudrashram® Correspondence Course in early in 2000. His current workshops include How to Read Your Own Past Lives Workshop, The Karma Workshop, and The Way of the Heart Workshop. We will post infomation about George's new workshops on this site as they become available.
How to Read Your Own Past Lives Workshop
This workshop was first offered in 1994. It showed workshop participants how to to explore their past lives using a variety of techniques in a supportive setting. This workshop covered
Major tracks of experience in past life recall
Tratakam on the human form (Swa Dhyan and Dwija Dhyan)
Accessing past lives using Process Meditation
Reviewing past lives using Receptive Meditation
The Time Travel method
Metavisional viewing of the Akashic Records
The Karma Workshop
This class was first held on February 21, 2000. This one night-workshop explored the question "What is Karma?" in depth. It introduced seven new meditations to help workshop participants experience first hand the bands of the unconscious mind where karma is stored. The class covered the following topics:
The Primal Substance of the Unconscious
The Four Types of Karma
The Seven Levels of Karma.
Meditation on the Seven Levels of Karma
How Do We Get Rid of Karma?
The Four Poles of Inner Work
The Essential Chakras Meditation
The Four Quadrants of Karma Meditation
How Karma is Stored
Meditation on the Layers of Karma
How is New Karma Created?
The Octaves of Volition
Freedom from Karma
Meditation on the Octaves of Volition
Understanding the Divine Will
Meditation on the Divine Will
Karmic Mastery
The Importance of Understanding Karma
The Sacred Inner Flame Meditation
The Way of the Heart Workshop
This class was first held in April 2000. It presented the teachings of the Mudrashram® lineage on the principle of the individual spirit and its journey homeward to the Divine Beloved. The class included guided meditation with Light Immersion and inspired spiritual guidance (Satsang) from the teachers of the Mudrashram® lineage.
CLASS ONE : The Mystery of the Pineal Gland. Absorption into the spirit.
CLASS TWO: The Light and Sound of God. Seeing and hearing with the heart.
CLASS THREE: Opening the Way. The hidden secret of Bhakti Yoga.
CLASS FOUR: The Wayfarer and the Guide. The encounter with the Friend.
CLASS FIVE: Bhakti and life. Dealing with a heart overflowing with love.
