BKWSU do Zen Retreats for $750!?!

OK ... so have they torn up the Murlis and just gone into business? Explain this one ... Is this the new service method? Renting out their retreat center for "Bhakti" that can "only bring downfall"?

Gosh, Genpo is really famous ... even Ken Wilber recommends it. It is market placement, are they out to pillage some Yukti's from Buddhism, getting in with Integralinstitute.org or just having to make money to have to pay the rent? There is a Big Mind movie too, for anyone that is interested.

Integral Meditation with Diane Hamilton

Integral Meditation
A 5-Day Retreat with Zen teacher
Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei
Friday 5 – Wednesday 10 Sept 2008

This five day retreat gives you space and time to explore the depths of your Big Mind and Big Heart through an Integrally-framed range of meditative, psychodynamic and body practices.

Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei is the dharma successor of American Zen Master Genpo Roshi, and is his first successor in the Big Mind lineage. Diane's program will lead you through Zen meditative practices, psychodynamic shadow work, and the Big Mind process. The retreat will also include bodywork and energetic practices to provide you with a rounded transformative experience that engages the full depths of your self through mind, body, spirit and shadow.

Big Mind is the name given, by Genpo Roshi, to a straightforward and effective method of self investigation designed to give you an experience of your unconditioned nature. This process is a new synthesis of methods from Western psychology and the non-dual wisdom traditions which successfully navigate core aspects of your psyche to reveal the compassionate nature of your heart and to cultivate a better understanding of the limitless wisdom and presence of your mind.

Diane is a truly impressive teacher who uniquely holds status as a Zen sensei, Big Mind process facilitator andas a key teacher with Ken Wilber's Integral Institute. She is also a professional mediator, group facilitator, and trainer in conflict resolution. With a demanding international teaching schedule, this retreat presents a rare opportunity to study and practice with Diane on her first teaching visit to Australasia.

Venue: Brahma Kumaris Centre, Wilton
Dates: Fri 5 – Wed 10 Sep
Cost: $750 - includes accomodation and food;
scholarship places available on application

Places limited – for more information or to reserve a place, email: integralcentre@gmail.com

Visit and retreat sponsored by The Integral Centre, Sydney (Australia)

The integral centre, devoid of integrity.

750 dollars ?

Is service tax included

I'd like to know what the deal is. Obviously, it is not the BKWSU that are teaching Zen. Are they just renting it out the center to anyone? Do they ask to do an Om Shanti meditation at the end of it?

What happened to all the "pure vibrations" stuff everyone was working towards and donating for? Why would they want to be associated with, or support "the ignorance of Bhakti" and some non-BK guru? Apparently one can attain enlightenment in one day by undergoing the Big Mind process.

They could do with Diane Hamilton skills though. Diane was the first Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Utah Judiciary from 1994 -1999, where she established the original mediation programs.