Theme for 2009
Deepen awareness of man's spiritual striving

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which, from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outwards to new and larger circles, and that without end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Program for 2009
January 10 Gandhian Principles for Social Change
January 11-17
January 12-16		 Hands-on Gandhian Retreat: A Brief Ashram Experience in Santa Barbara
Gandhi in Today's World: Evening Forums (open to the general public)
January 24 Exploring Plato's Dialogue, the Phaedrus
February 7 Recovering the Spiritual Heritage of Indonesia
February 21 Midsummer's Night's Dream: Discussion and Film
February 28 Midsummer's Night's Dream: Excursion to a Live Performance
March 7 The Science of Leonardo da Vinci
March 21 Behind the Looking Glass
March 28 Excursion to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Gardens
April 4 Exploring the Culture of Bhutan
April 25 Conversation on the Messages of the Dalai Lama
May 9 POSTPONED DUE TO FIRE, CHECK BACK FOR NEW DATE
Symbolism of the Quest in Myths
May 23 The Way of the Seeker
June 6 Emerson on Circles
June 13 The Ancient Way of Self Discovery
July 4 Faith and Reason in the American Founding Vision
July 11, 18, 25 2009 Film Series and Discussion
August 1 Impressionism As a Philosophy of Life
August 15 Symphonies in Stone
September 5 Thoreau's Discovery of the Sacred in Man and Nature
September 19 Dynamic Dimensions of Yellowstone
October 3 The Cult of Knowledge in Islam
October 10 Annual Members' Meeting
October 24 Diversity of Practice in the Sufi Way
November 7 Seminar topic to be announced
November 21 Scientific Perspectives on the Fullness of the Seeming Void
December 5 Spiritual Expressions in Art
December 19 Seasonal Reception