spirit  of  the  blessing  way

may  the  long time  sun

of  the  great  mysterious

shine

 eternally  pure

with  crystal  radiance

both  upon  you  and  through  you

to  the  singing  earth

and  to  all  the

people  of  the  earth

db  &  ab

Straight to the Heart

nothing is like we think it is

It's much grander and wilder and breath-stoppingly beautiful—if your notion of beauty can bear the flash of terror

But you have to step into the heart of life

Take what you call fear as a sign you are on to something

This has been the working hypothesis for Ashanti and Sarah for the 23 years they have been together

It's the spirit behind their living and the root cause of the experiences they offer to people

in evening gatherings and longer groups

The theory has been well tested because Sarah and Ashanti run experiments

They experiment with things like food and money and sex and relationships, to see what they can discover

directly for themselves, and they support other people to do the same

They have come to know they can live at least seven days without food or drink,

they won't die of jealousy, and that hearts that are allowed to expand don't have to break

They look    They listen

They read poetry out loud and relate science for the clues to be uncovered there;

play music and challenge beliefs that are unfounded

Entertain Everything

All of this gives rise to an enthusiasm for living with uncertainty and without external securities, which helps,

because life is a risky business

Take advantage of this opportunity to refresh your outlook and dust off your insight

Discover ways to open up to your present experience

Become alert for what holds you back

What some people say about their time with

Ashanti and Sarah

"I am in awe and wonder of how far I have come in this journey. I have gratitude overflowing from my being—for your easiness, the gentleness, the encouragement, pure acceptance and allowance. This experience has created even more desire for my life—to connect with my inner light, to have it shine brightly and powerfully within me...perhaps my light will touch other human beings as yours have touched me!"

"I never met before people as you, who can sometimes be as profound as gurus, sometimes mischievous as children, and sometimes just as vulnerable as we all are. I feel twice lucky to meet you both."

"Spend time with Sarah & Ashanti. I can't tell you how much their presence has been a blessing in my life, and I know you will find a similar experience. Sometimes love has wings, other times love has a face (or two); Sarah & Ashanti are the face of love. Time with them will be a gift."

A day is not a long time to be together, but a lot can happen if we go

Straight to the Heart

sammasati seminars   unique experiences in awareness and personal growth

Ashanti and Sarah have been working with groups all over the place for over 35 years. They are now closer to 60 than 50 or 70. They could be around for a while and as long as they stay reasonably healthy they will keep inviting people to join them in this way of living. Still, why put it off?

Sarah Fleury, B.Comm., Dip.C. and Ashanti Fraser, M.Ed., Dip.C., C.C.C. have been working with people throughout North America for over 35 years. They have diverse backgrounds in business, education, public service and a wide variety of healing and spiritual traditions.

This breadth and depth of expertise allows them to work creatively and spontaneously,

effectively supporting others in being more alive, more aware and much more loving

They are dedicated to bringing awareness to each moment of their everyday lives

and to living truthfully and totally from no fixed position

Through this ongoing and ever evolving process they have discovered an immense gratitude for everything life offers

They specialize in assisting people to see possibility rather than limits, truth rather than illusion

and allowing that fresh perspective to allow movement, change and a deep ease of being into their lives

They are currently based in Victoria, B.C. where Ashanti has a longstanding successful counselling practice

and travels frequently to share this work

Learn the art of radiant listening, which can be practiced with yourself and others to great effect,

and discover other rare things besides

Straight to the Heart

A One Day Intensive

(with a free Friday evening open talk)

Calgary, Alberta

Sarah Fleury  and  Ashanti Fraser

Date: May 29-30, 2015 (Friday eve and Saturday)

Friday evening is a free session open to all

Cost for the one day is $149.00 per person

Location: Redwood Meadows near Bragg Creek, AB (call for details)

For registration information in Calgary contact: Jacquie Barnes Jacquie@persona.ca or call 403-949-4108

For information call Ashanti @ 250-298-8270 or email ashanti@sammasati.com

invitation

out where i work

there is a place of great mystery power and beauty

i would like to take you there

to walk the fields and hills

climb the rock bluffs

sit on the mountaintop

and enjoy the immensity of this place

the fragrance of pine and fir

lush thick mosses

sage and wild rose

dark moist earth

sun’s heat beating against granite

raven and crow everywhere playing

flirting  sitting  watching

sensuous currents beckoning

entry into darkening cave-like undergrowth

masculine power  feminine power

and places where these two forces meet and blend

a circle of stone rises from the center of the world

out where i work

there is a place of great mystery

power and beauty

i would like to take you there

will you come

david barnes

the  unnamed  one

i am the available passion of the world

eros flames this heart and belly

ecstasy floods

in streams of liquid fire

through these veins and arteries

swells this flesh

creation of a newly emergent and unnamed one

i am conceived

thrust forth

i am the fierce and radical unveiling of a new order of being

i am the blood of the east in the wine of a new pressing

santiago california beijing and the cape

dissolve

in a bright new vintage

a bold virility expands outward

through the atomic structure of this body

swollen with the blood

the wine of new life pressing

i am the virile uprightness of the world and its people

good and evil disappear into my liquid presence

i am neither good nor evil

there is no choice

i am neither permission nor restraint

i neither abandon nor withhold

i am penetrating

i am fertile

i am whole

i am the thrust of the divine

the energy of a new unqualified intercourse

i am the ecstasy of the whole body

a seminal firing in the womb of a new order

i am the available passion of the world

david barnes