We can also say that it is a project developed with the objective of being an efficient tool to awake your Real Brilliant Nature. We start from the principle that in essence you are light, love, and bliss, but when you incarnated in this material plan you forgot about that and were involved in protection layers. These layers that, summing up, are the evil that inhabits the world need to be recognized, accepted and elaborated or transformed.
This deep process of self-knowledge and awakening of consciousness is developed through several elements that vary from individual support, regular groups of studies and intensive courses that include theoretical and experiential methodologies.
Each one of these elements is sustained by one of the three main pillars that uphold the Path: Knowledge, Love and Action. Or still Jnana, Bhakti and Karma Yoga, integrating the four main aspects of knowledge: Science, Arts, Philosophy and Religion.
The Path takes the searcher from where he is to where he can be; from the state of separation to the state of Unity; from shadow to Light, from illusion to Truth; from the closing state or indifference to the open heart, or still, from the state of the asleep God to the awake God.
The Path of the Heart is not psychotherapy; however we recognize that a psychological work that goes deep enough will inevitably reach spirituality. We also recognize that an authentic spiritual work approaches the psychological sphere of human being. Therefore, we consider that The Path of the Heart provides a psycho-spiritual approach; also that it is the lost link between science and spirituality. We however usually say that it is simply a self-knowledge process.
We start with individual sessions that give support and advising, as well as with self-knowledge regular courses
Besides the methodology itself The Path of the Heart has blessed several projects that were born or were inspired by its principles. These projects take the The Path of the Heart” stamp.
Individual sessions
Take place at the “Corpo e Consciência” urban ashram.
If we visualize the method ‘The Path of the Heart” as a flower with several petals, we can understand that the individual sessions are the core of the flower. In fact, it is from the personal contact that the direction of the work to be apprehended is established.
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Regular groups
Every week, these groups take place in "Corpo e Consciência" urban ashram.
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Intensive courses
Take place at Sachcha Mission Ashram
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Other Projects and Activities
Other methods that give support to “The Path of the Heart” are added to the project of inner growth.
Regular Groups
Healing of the First Wounds
Através da respiração, abordagem corporal e condução psicoterápica o participante é levado a contatar sua criança ferida e as reações destas marcas em seu dia-a-dia. As tensões mais profundas, inclusive as intra-uterinas ou de nascimento, podem vir à tona, e serão processadas e elaboradas. Você começa a perceber onde você está em relação a seus pares - principalmente seus pais. Um profundo processo de cura psico-emocional tem início. O objetivo é iniciar o processo de amadurecimento do corpo emocional, como também o processo de integração entre o físico, emocional, mental e espiritual.
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Regular Groups
Primal Scream Therapy
In this group your first childhood and adolescence are revised. Relationships are re-visited and integrated and lots of the repressed energy in the form of feelings is released. In this group all conflicts that are presented in your daily life are seen as reactions to the causes that had origin in your biography. Strong cathartic techniques are used with the purpose of providing the releasing of repressed contents, mainly anger and sexuality.
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Regular Groups
Deconditioning
In this phase, the process more visibly assumes its spiritual content. It is called psycho-spiritual. It is directed to those who already, in some way, are conscious of their psychological addictions but are not able to avoid them. A deep study of the shadow nature of personality starts. A work of purification and transformation of the lower being is provided.
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Regular Groups
Healing of Relationships
The participant will be able to comprehend the importance of relationship in the human life, the role of sexuality, passion as a bridge to conscious love. The entire arsenal created to avoid the opening of the heart is seen and keys for the transformation are offered.
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Regular Groups
Metaphysics
Esoteric teachings about the initiation journey are transmitted.
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Regular Groups
Meditation
Yogic practices and meditation.
In each group, there are reading suggestions as a support bibliography with the objective of giving theoretical basis to the practical experiences.
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Regular Groups
The Path of The Heart - Sacred Therapy
The journey of the “Heart Warrior” is a deep psycho-spiritual process that intends to rescue the connection with the Real Source of Light, remembering the intuition guidance, the voice of silence (harmonic note that results from the clear reason and the pure feeling). It is a healing work that happens through the awakening of the soul, reaching biographic, intra-uterine and transpersonal* spheres.
For that purpose the usual consciousness state is modified with the help of elements from diversified traditions, opening space to the revising of the past, to forgiveness, to the healing of relationships, comprehension of human and divine laws.
The main objective though is to meet the “Great Mystery”, where everything you need to follow the Path comes; earth and heaven, the opening to the Light without denying the shadow, the Divine Game of recognizing the dissociation to reach the integration.
That happens during a passage ritual, making use of an alchemic element: the ayahuasca, re-signified in the 1930’s by the rubber-gatherer Raimundo Irineu Serra – Master Irineu – that named it Santo Daime: a tea that is compounded with entheogenous substances that awake Divine aspects (light and shadow), so that the person can “see he/herself”; special songs that lead the journey through internal universes, ballads from diverse traditions that activate archetypal forces, memories, the interaction of the nature forces and the seven elements.
And with the purpose of integrating the experiences lived through the non-usual consciousness state the following methods are used: ‘mandalas’, oracles, conversations, yoga, and meditations.
For a better comprehension of the process, we can refer to the new neuro science, that explains the phenomenon of neuron plasticity, where a meaningful experience, i.e., full of symbolic content, can alter the neuron chains that determine the behavior, either genetically inherited or that has been apprehended.
It is known nowadays that an experience that involves reason, emotion and sensation can unleash somatic symptoms through the nervous system that depending on the intensity of a real or imagined experience (to the brain there is no difference), can activate limbic system’s contents or even contents from the most primitive region (philogenetically speaking), that can alter the plastic of the cortex that is responsible for the intellectual reason.
The Path of the Heart is an experience that is integrated to the project of inner development purposed by Prem Baba, and which comprehends a series of other therapeutic and spiritual resources.
With the purpose of making the experience and the contents that were lived become fruitful to one’s daily life, it is suggested an individual or group therapeutic follow-up. Still with the purpose of reaching a better use of the experience, it is suggested (as a pre-requisite), a spiritual/psychological preparation; through individual sessions of transpersonal holistic therapy (psycho-spiritual), an adequate diet and, in some cases, sessions of re-birthing interesting as well as body work.
Another fundamental issue to be comprehended is the need (during the contract) of not mixing the “Path of the Heart” with other works of similar nature. We should also be aware that the mixture of the tea with drugs, alcohol or psychiatric medicines is not allowed. Such combinations can be harmful if they are not duly accompanied. This measure for us is a question of safety: your health for us is very important.
The frequency with the experience of the “Path of the Heart” is relative, depending on the process of each person. However, generally speaking, in the beginning a monthly interval is enough for the elaboration of the contents that is brought up and such interval might take longer with the time.
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Other groups are recommended such as: Healing the First Wounds, Primal Therapy, Decondicioning, Sacred Sexuality, some of the intensive courses that are proposed by the Path of the Heart, or still some regular individual sessions, depending on each case. These are the resources that creates the mandala of the inner development project which purpose is to integrate the physical body, emotion, intellect and the spirit – which are overloaded with negative programming and do not perform their plenitude but repeat attitudes that were mechanically apprehended.
The project intends to re-examine life up to the present moment and suggests a retaking through a more positive sense, rescuing the more supreme truth: your essence which is love, bliss, spontaneity and light…
Important observations: there is an evolution in the process that occurs monthly. We start the Path of the Heart’s experiences, with twelve sessions along the year (once a month), and it is recommended that you do not miss the sessions for you not to interrupt your process, nor disturb others process since from the moment this contract is formalized, a work chain is formed and each person is a fundamental link to it. The emerging contents that might suggest withdrawal from the group or a longer time without participating of the sessions, or even the opposite (a shorter time between two sessions), should be elaborated through individual sessions.
Such formalization is part of the necessary maturity to provide that a work of such nature happens.
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Intensive Courses
ABC of Spirituality 1
Knowing Oneself
Duration: 5 days
The ABC of Spirituality is the beginning of a process of self-realization. It deals with the process of purification and transformation of the lower self. It is a psycho-spiritual method that is developed through theoretical and experiential forms and prepares one to walk in the path of meditation.
In this first moment of the ABC the “seeker” is called to “reevaluate his/her life”, becoming aware of reality of life through the Initiatic Journey sight. One is invited to situate him/herself within this Journey and, from that point on, a transformation method is offered.
Main addressed subjects:
Addressed subjects:
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What is happiness?
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Starting the investigation of oneself
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The nine matrixes of ego
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The three gateways for minor initiations
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Where are you?
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Problems inventory.
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Searching for images
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You are the only one responsible for everything that happens in your life.
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Intensive Courses
ABC of Spirituality 2
Knowing and transforming Hindrances
Duration: 6 days
Indicated to those who have already done the ABC of Spirituality 1.
In the continuation of the psycho-spiritual process the seeker is invited to become aware of main impediments for realization at all levels: physical, emotional, of the mind and spiritual. Important keys for the transformation of these “no’s” into “yes”, are transmitted.
Addressed subjects:
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Intensive Courses
ABC of Spirituality 3
Forgiving and becoming free from the past
Duration: 5 days
It is indicated to those who have already studied previous levels.
At this level the seeker is invited to comprehend the reasons for his/her existence in this terrestrial plan. Through the teachings and exercises that are transmitted, a deep comprehension starts sprouting and a clear vision of one’s spiritual life starts to take shape.
Addressed subjects:
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Intensive Courses
ABC of Sacred Spirituality 1
Duration: 5 days
In this moment of the inner growing process the seeker is invited to become aware of how one can expand as a “Being” through an intimate relationship. Eros is a power that maintains in Himself the seed of the true love. For Him to be able to reach His goal and let conscious love manifest totally, it is necessary to build a foundation which is awareness and transformation of shadowy aspects of personality that have undermined the possibilities of such realization. We are talking about a strong moment within the growing process.
This course is directed to those who are aware of the sincere will of becoming a true man or woman, having a relationship from self to self and not from the outside to the outside.
It is a theoretical and experiential course.
Addressed subjects:
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Eros as a bridge for freedom
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Recognizing your malevolence in the relationship
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Accusations game and guilt: ways of running away from oneself
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Opening yourself to love
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Intensive Courses
ABC of Sacred Spirituality 2
Duration: 05 dias
Indicado para quem já fez o Nível I.
Directed to those who have already attended Level I
As a continuation of the ABC of Sexuality Level I, the searcher starts discovering tantric exercises that allow the communion with the supreme source trough an intimate relationship.
These exercises are transmitted if there is a real harmony between the couple, as well as an openness in the heart that allows receiving the manifestation of supreme pleasure.
Addressed subjects:
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Intensive Courses
Intensivo of Sacred Spirituality 1
Duration: 5 days
This group is offered to those have been working with the previous levels in some way, i.e., those who have already walked through the deconditioning studies group and/or the ABC of Sacred Sexuality, or even, those who through other self-investigation methods, have been working with the issues related to psycho-spiritual groups and are aware that, from this phase of the process on, we will not work with the neuroses and with the wounded child.
During the spirituality week the seeker is initiated in the path that teaches how to surrender more and more to God.
Since this is an intermediate level between the psycho-spiritual and the spiritual approach, healing processes are needed; however the emphasis is towards spiritual surrender.
In these series or intensives the participant will dive deeply in him/herself. Therefore, no contact with the outer world will be allowed through telephone, newspapers, television, etc. or any other object that represents a buffer or that leads to the running away from oneself.
Subjects addressed are basically:
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Intensive Courses
Intensive of Spirituality 2
Beyond the Mind
Duration: 10 days
Indicated to those who have already participated of previous levels.
The deepening process into oneself continues.
Observing the thinker and going beyond.
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Intensive Courses
Intensivo of Spirituality 3
Opening the gates of the enlightenment
Duration: 21 days
Indicated to those who have already participated in the previous levels.
The work is to be total in the present moment - stopping the thinker.
Important Observation:
All Regular Groups and Intensives that have been presented here are coordinated directly by Sri Prem Baba or by His direct disciples that were duly trained and accredited by Him for such job, these disciples are also supervised by Sri Prem Baba Himself.
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Other Projects and Activities
Ashram retreat
Duration: variable
Activities:
- To live the daily routine of the Ashram.
- To participate of its rhythm that involves meditations, japa (ritualistic repetition of mantras), and kirtan (chanting of mantras), in the morning and at night. Free activities or following “Prem Baba’s Suggestions Box”.
Once you are in an Ashram, you are naturally involved by the power of its spiritual energy that invites you to be in touch with your inner self and to become conscious of your Self. You can enjoy the natural and well balanced food that is prepared by the ashram’s restaurant and still its exuberant nature.
It takes place in accordance with the Ashram’s availability , during long weekends, normal weekends and during the week.
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Other Projects and Activities
Healing Yourself
Duration: 02 to 04 days
This program is directed exclusively to health.
After an accurate diagnosis provided by a multidisciplinary health team, a treatment for the bio-psycho-energetic re-balancing of the body through Chinese, ayurvedic, Tibetan, anthroposophy and conventional medicine (if necessary) is offered.
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Outros projetos e atividades
Living with Good Quality of Life
Duration: 03 days
During this program the participant receives orientation and support to develop practices that have the objective of reducing negative stress and to amplify the quality of one’s life. This program is transmitted with the objective of being applied daily into one’s life’s routine, for the life to become healthier and happier.
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Other Projects and Activities
Personal and Professional Prosperity
How to deal with money
How to deal with money in a way that it does not lack and in a way that it becomes an instrument in favor of your spiritual development. We know that money is the material manifestation of such a powerful energy that should be treated with respect and care. One should not harm oneself or others with this instrument which is also Divine. Knowing and applying the laws of prosperity.
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