LGBTQ+ Satsang: Love Songs: Open Mic Night

“The greatest thing you can do for another being is to provide the unconditional love that comes from making contact with that place in them that is beyond conditions, which is just pure consciousness, pure essence. That is, once we acknowledge each other as existing, just being here, just being, then each of us is free to change optimally. If I can just love you because here we are, then you are free to grow as you need to grow.”  -Ram Dass

Life may appear dormant beneath the snow, much like the seeds slumbering beneath the earth, but within us, the spirit continues to stir. It is in these quiet times, when the external world slows down, that we have the opportunity to turn inward. What is stirring within your own practice, your heart, and your mind during this winter season? Perhaps you are feeling a deeper sense of interconnectedness, a quiet joy arising from the stillness, or a longing for deeper meaning.

Join us for our open mic night, rooted in loving awareness. Offer a song, a discussion point, a poem, or a favorite excerpt. It can be an original work or a reference from any source. What have you been focusing on in your own spiritual journey lately? What wisdom, inquiry or insight do you feel called to share with others?

For those who identify as LGBTQ+.

LGBTQ+ Satsang Mission Statement

The LGBTQ+ Ram Dass Satsang’s mission is to cultivate loving awareness and heart connections in a community of kindred souls. We celebrate our unity in the full spectrum of gender and sexuality in and from a space of supportive openness.

GOALS:

• Create a refuge of satsang for LGBTQ+ individuals through the teachings of Maharaj-ji and Ram Dass

• Promote inclusive transcendence and self-acceptance of our human incarnation as members of the LGBTQ+ community

• Explore the intersection of seva/service & the spectrum of gender and sexuality 

• Hold a space for exploring being LGBTQ+ from the perspective of consciousness 

• Have a place to have a voice and be a valued part of the community  

• Remove barriers from LGBTQ+ identities within the spiritual world

• Help to generate a shift within the collective consciousness through awakening

To register, sign up for the Ram Dass Fellowship, and check “LGBTQIA Fellowship” under the Fellowship Group Options. You will be added to the mailing list and will receive monthly invitations to events.