( 8 ) ABOUT Akasa Levi • WHY of all possible things ~ is Akasa's therapy practice Buddhist-based ? ? ?
_______________________________________
" What is
accepted by the majority of people -
does not mean it
is Real." ~ The Buddha
A New York Jewish Therapist
Living In California
Is What I Always Wanted To Be,
What I Always Wanted To Do --
But ‘Reasons’ Intervened,
So Since I Didn’t,
Since I Couldn’t ~
I Became This !
Which One ?
A New York Jewish Therapist:
What I Always Wanted To Be,
But Since I Didn’t, I Became This !
The
SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT
~ a truly
effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' way
complementary to
contemporary psychotherapy
for the
Discomforted Mind, Wounded Spirit or
Disheartened,
Despairing Relationship ~
all in the midst
of our very edgy,
over-driven,
survival-stressed
Uncertain Times
______________
• I’m a ONE MAN SHOP ~ Always have been.
I Counsel both
Adult Women and Puer Men In
One-to-One Individual Therapy sessions
Buddhist
Counseling sessions and
Mindfulness
Practice as a Therapy
Buddhist Dharma
Life-Coaching
• Individual Personal Therapy
• Relationship Counseling for
Couples,
Partnering issues,
and Self-Identity issues.
Verbal,
inter-active, face to face,
very personal,
kind and caring
as well as
‘tough-love’ - and
appropriate
directive ‘tasks’
and even
homework - in clear,
hopefully
effective sessions.
“Relationships”
can be difficult.
Period. Everyone knows that.
________________________
Brief Profiles: Meditation
-:¦:- The LAUGHING
BUDDHA SANGHA - guided by AKASA LEVI, a former ordained American Buddhist
forest monk who lived many years in rural Asia. Akasa coaches a small,
salon-sized Satsang sitting group for Buddhist Mindfulness meditation with
practice discussion and Dharma theory study. Now a feisty 75, this eccentric,
really funny ole' Dharma-mentor teaches at his little meditation shrine room
filled with statues of the Buddha. He invites anyone actively practicing an
'awareness meditation' to come sit. Beginners very welcome.
Brief Profiles: Teacher
-:¦:- The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT ♦
The LAUGHING BUDDHA SANGHA ♦ guided by AKASA
LEVI - a U.S.military Vet and former ordained American Buddhist forest monk •
who lived many years in rural Asia - to be with the LAST LIVING BUDDHIST
TEACHERS of the PRE-GLOBAL ERA, most passed on now • Akasa is a feisty 75 - an
adorable authentic genuine curmudgeon • Odd, a really funny, eccentric old man
of the Dharma, a respected BuJu Tribal Elder • Advaita yogi, rogue academic
mentor into nourishing a maverick, iconoclast intelligence in the people he
treats, teaches, counsels or coaches at his little meditation shrine room in
his garage • Filled with statues of the ancient Buddha, he also practices in
the scientific secular spirit of contemporary Mindfulness meditation as well •
Truly an acquired taste like Thai shrimp paste, Akasa is known for his
spontaneity, ready warmth, and wry unpredictable humor • Please VISIT the
Expanded BIG BIO PROFILE at the TABLE of CONTENTS. Read Part One of The Making Of . . .
Brief Profiles: Counseling Therapy
-:¦:- The Spiritual Adulthood Project ~ is
where I can offer Buddhist based 'Alternative' approaches to relating with Your
True Core Self • One-to-One Individual therapy • Relationship and Partnering
issues • Difficult to communicate feelings • Disheartened anxious insecure
Wounded Spirit • Therapy for "Non-Ordinary", "Uncommon
People" • 'Rebels' 'Creatives' 'Sensitives' cerebral verbal artistic
gifted ~ and Unhappy people • "Mindfulness" really works to cultivate a calm, kind, wise, spacious, fearless
"Big Good-Hearted Mind".
__________________________________
Why of all possible things ~
is Akasa's therapy practice
Buddhist-based ?
seriously ◊ ◊ ◊
WHY do I particularly use the "Buddhist" brand name
is because those Asian Buddhist cultures have really got
some of the most skillfully mature, very grounded,
least misleading, most inclusive and the very best
of the compassionate mind healing techniques
available on the planet so far - at least, so far as
I've come across .... So I use 'em --
-- with discernment.
And I'm very much still open and strongly eclectic
in my therapeutic approach to emotional suffering.
I use many diverse approaches – so I'll use
what YOU need – not what 'I' like best.
I'm on your side! There is no one-way ! And, I practice as a Buddhist minister,
not as a licensed clinical psychologists or MFTs.
Admittedly,
I'm a Very Unusual
Counseling Service . . .
WHY do I align myself
with the Buddha's teachings ? Because, Buddha himself said that
we should "Believe Nothing –
Examine and Question Everything"
-- and I feel I can trust and have faith in that.
An open-ended, no strings attached philosophy
always sounded good to me. Honest, Clean, Upfront.
_____________________________________ It is mostly our deeply ingrained, mostly unconscious
"Beliefs" - that are at the very core of our Problems.
We will assist you to find your very own Wisdom-mind –
and we are going to try n' guide you towards developing
some strong Meditation and Compassion Practices
that will begin to help you heal your own Suffering.
Back in 500 BC India 'Openness' was revolutionary also.
Buddha offered a totally no strings attached, wide open
invitation to inspect, to question, scrutinize, if need be,
to even criticize his teachings - before ever accepting
any of it. There is nothing ever 'religious' or 'cult-ish' or
'mysterious' here at "Spiritual Adulthood" – an open book.
Buddhist-wisdom is intelligent, softly sober & crystal clear.
It's genuine as solid gold. In places it's philosophical or
sagely gentle, or it can be challenging, playful or purposely
bewildering. The Buddha himself often said:
"Do not go accept what I say through mere respect
towards me, because people say I am a Buddha.
Just as the true purity of real gold is only ascertained
by thorough testing, weighing or rubbing – likewise
the true Truth be accepted only after very close scrutiny."
This open, fearless assertion of allowing the whole of
the Teaching to be closely examined – gives a strong,
personalized, experiential validity to one's own Truth.
Take nothing on "Belief".... It must be Your Truth !
And, if you do not wish to contact us at this time,
or not inquire any further into the counseling we offer,
we hope you'll still make good use of the enclosed
supportive quotes & readings on these blog pages
to further your own journey deeply inwards.
◊ " What is accepted by the majority of people ~
does not mean it is Real " ~ The Buddha
" One common mistake is to think that 'your reality’
is THE reality. You must always be prepared to leave
your reality for a greater one " ~ Amaji Meera
______________________________________________________
◊ BUDDHIST COUNSELING
& RATIONAL THERAPY for Mind & Heart
What's a Buddhist-based COUNSELING-THERAPY ?
Possibly, an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' for you ~
As an Asian method, this would be a more 'non-traditional'
way for your Discomforted Mind, your Wounded Inner-Spirit
or your Despairing Relationship – all in the midst of our very
edgy, costly, distrustful, needy, over-driven, survival-stressed,
tense Uncertain Times.
"Buddhist Rational Therapy" is more unconventional than
an ordinary, standard, non-spiritual 'Western-style therapy'.
But so are you . . .
It's simply that the 'Spiritual-Comes-First'
in HEALING THE MIND – it has to . . . .
Nourishing "The Wisdom-Spirit" is a big part of The Start.
'Emotional Upset' sadly, has no functional Wisdom itself.
It just hurts much too much - or somehow shuts right down.
Big emotions are into being in a very 'protected' safe-mode.
So, we start with the 'hidden' but available "Good Parts".
Yes, they are certainly there ! The Buddha-Mind within you.
Hey, the fact that you've got this far, made it somewhat intact
to this web-page, is some kinda' Karma-proof that you're into
doing something good for yourself ! Give yourself lot'sa credit.
You'll be learning how to develop a calm,
on point, very centered Wisdom-Mind.
The 'Good Part' is that the 'Buddha-Mind'
is something that everyone inherently possesses !
___________________________________________________
so please, just keep reading . . .
Great Humanistic Teachings
about Authentic Independence of 'Self'
& Compassionate Inter-dependence
in relations with All Others - at the same time
Your Evolving-Mind certainly CAN be Free,
and at Peace, and Awaken All By Itself !
BY ITSELF. If Otherwise, then that's a
pseudo-awakened freedom –
and wouldn't be all yours – your very own.
If others try 'n convince you, persuade you
into being Free, this new 'borrowed' freedom,
this pseudo-transformation, catharsis, release
or resolve, new found sense of being, would only
be a compromise. Nice but time-limited.
And not Yours. It would be somebody else's sale.
Your therapist's, your counselor's? Even your pastor
or rabbi's? Your therapist's, your counselor's?
It has to be your own authentic Discovery-Experience
or it would be conditional. It would be only temporary.
Buddha's 'free-thinking' teaching-philosophy had all
this great emphasis on 'Genuine Inner-Independence'
and a compassionate Social Inter-dependence.
Buddhist thought has a rational, non-theistic,
calm, sane, tolerant history of Inner-Freedom.
'True Independence' of mind leads to an altruistic
serving of human-kind even better through a creative,
truly free, willing 'Inter-dependence' - which is certainly
not a compromise or an obsessive co-dependence.
Nothing coerced. Free All By Itself ! ...Fly free,
no wing-subscription required . . Authenticity of Being.
Otherwise it wouldn't be YOUR own Awakening - and
so, Just Not Free. It'd be a compromised awakening,
dependent on some 'other' condition being in place -
or person in agreement. Not a truly Free moment.
The body is based on Nature's REAL conditions -
but the Mind ? What REAL 'conditions' limit
& bind the Mind and thought ?
Ask that question many times over !
_____________________________________________
All your mind needs for awhile, is the right 'software'
and a meditation 'method' to silently practice it with.
You don't need devotion to a guru, an organization,
a strict doctrine or arduous discipline or a 'religion'.
.
.
Just the 'Rational',
deeply appreciating the 'Mystical'
and the 'Mystical',
deeply flavoring the 'Rational'.
.
.
All and everything else is accommodated
in the incomparable, awesome presence
of the "Present Moment As It Is".
.
.
If you know someone else in your life who just might benefit
by our offerings, be welcome to put them in touch with us
here at The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Therapy Project.
_________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Labels: ( 8 ) ABOUT US • WHY of all possible things - Are We BUDDHIST-based ???
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Labels: (8 ) ABOUT US • • • WHY of all possible things - Are We BUDDHIST-based ???
Thursday, Au
Labels: ( 8 ) ABOUT US • • • WHY of all possible things - Are We BUDDHIST-based ???
____________________________________________________
Why of all possible things ~
Are We Buddhist-based ?
◊ ◊ ◊ WHY we particularly use the 'Buddhist brand-name'
is because those Asian Buddhist cultures have really got
some of the most skillfully mature, very grounded,
least misleading, most inclusive and the very best
of the compassionate 'mind-healing techniques'
available on the planet so far - at least, so far as
we've come across ....So we use 'em.
And we're very much still open & strongly eclectic:
We use many diverse approaches – so we'll use
what YOU need – not what 'we' like best. We're on
your side! There is no one-way !
We practice as Buddhist ministers not as
licensed clinical psychologists or MFTs.
Admittedly,
We Are a Very Unusual
Counseling Service . . .
WHY do we align ourselves
with the Buddha's teachings ?
Because, Buddha himself said –
we should "Believe Nothing –
Examine & Question Everything"
.... and we feel we can trust & have faith in that.
An open-ended, no strings attached philosophy
always sounded good to us. Honest, Clean, Upfront.
It is mostly our deeply ingrained, mostly unconscious
"Beliefs" - that are at the very core of our Problems.
We will assist you to find your very own Wisdom-mind –
and we are going to try n' guide you towards developing
some strong Meditation and Compassion Practices
that will begin to help you heal your own Suffering.
Back in 500 BC India 'Openness' was revolutionary also.
Buddha offered a totally no strings attached, wide open
invitation to inspect, to question, scrutinize, if need be,
to even criticize his teachings - before ever accepting
any of it. There is nothing ever 'religious' or 'cult-ish' or
'mysterious' here at "Spiritual Adulthood" – an open book.
Buddhist-wisdom is intelligent, softly sober & crystal clear.
It's genuine as solid gold. In places it's philosophical or
sagely gentle, or it can be challenging, playful or purposely
bewildering. The Buddha himself often said:
"Do not go accept what I say through mere respect
towards me, because people say I am a Buddha.
Just as the true purity of real gold is only ascertained
by thorough testing, weighing or rubbing – likewise
the true Truth be accepted only after very close scrutiny."
This open, fearless assertion of allowing the whole of
the Teaching to be closely examined – gives a strong,
personalized, experiential validity to one's own Truth.
Take nothing on "Belief".... It must be Your Truth !
And, if you do not wish to contact us at this time,
or not inquire any further into the counseling we offer,
we hope you'll still make good use of the enclosed
supportive quotes & readings on these blog pages
to further your own journey deeply inwards.
◊ " What is accepted by the majority of people ~
does not mean it is Real " ~ The Buddha
" One common mistake is to think that 'your reality’
is THE reality. You must always be prepared to leave
your reality for a greater one " ~ Amaji Meera
______________________________________________________
◊ BUDDHIST COUNSELING
& RATIONAL THERAPY for Mind & Heart
What's a Buddhist-based COUNSELING-THERAPY ?
Possibly, an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' for you ~
As an Asian method, this would be a more 'non-traditional'
way for your Discomforted Mind, your Wounded Inner-Spirit
or your Despairing Relationship – all in the midst of our very
edgy, costly, distrustful, needy, over-driven, survival-stressed,
tense Uncertain Times.
"Buddhist Rational Therapy" is more unconventional than
an ordinary, standard, non-spiritual 'Western-style therapy'.
But so are you . . .
It's simply that the 'Spiritual-Comes-First'
in HEALING THE MIND – it has to . . . .
Nourishing "The Wisdom-Spirit" is a big part of The Start.
'Emotional Upset' sadly, has no functional Wisdom itself.
It just hurts much too much - or somehow shuts right down.
Big emotions are into being in a very 'protected' safe-mode.
So, we start with the 'hidden' but available "Good Parts".
Yes, they are certainly there ! The Buddha-Mind within you.
Hey, the fact that you've got this far, made it somewhat intact
to this web-page, is some kinda' Karma-proof that you're into
doing something good for yourself ! Give yourself lot'sa credit.
You'll be learning how to develop a calm,
on point, very centered Wisdom-Mind.
The 'Good Part' is that the 'Buddha-Mind'
is something that everyone inherently possesses !
___________________________________________________
so please, just keep reading . . .
Great Humanistic Teachings
about Authentic Independence of 'Self'
& Compassionate Inter-dependence
in relations with All Others - at the same time
Your Evolving-Mind certainly CAN be Free,
and at Peace, and Awaken All By Itself !
BY ITSELF. If Otherwise, then that's a
pseudo-awakened freedom –
and wouldn't be all yours – your very own.
If others try 'n convince you, persuade you
into being Free, this new 'borrowed' freedom,
this pseudo-transformation, catharsis, release
or resolve, new found sense of being, would only
be a compromise. Nice but time-limited.
And not Yours. It would be somebody else's sale.
Your therapist's, your counselor's? Even your pastor
or rabbi's? Your therapist's, your counselor's?
It has to be your own authentic Discovery-Experience
or it would be conditional. It would be only temporary.
Buddha's 'free-thinking' teaching-philosophy had all
this great emphasis on 'Genuine Inner-Independence'
and a compassionate Social Inter-dependence.
Buddhist thought has a rational, non-theistic,
calm, sane, tolerant history of Inner-Freedom.
'True Independence' of mind leads to an altruistic
serving of human-kind even better through a creative,
truly free, willing 'Inter-dependence' - which is certainly
not a compromise or an obsessive co-dependence.
Nothing coerced. Free All By Itself ! ...Fly free,
no wing-subscription required . . Authenticity of Being.
Otherwise it wouldn't be YOUR own Awakening - and
so, Just Not Free. It'd be a compromised awakening,
dependent on some 'other' condition being in place -
or person in agreement. Not a truly Free moment.
The body is based on Nature's REAL conditions -
but the Mind ? What REAL 'conditions' limit
& bind the Mind and thought ?
Ask that question many times over !
_____________________________________________
All your mind needs for awhile, is the right 'software'
and a meditation 'method' to silently practice it with.
You don't need devotion to a guru, an organization,
a strict doctrine or arduous discipline or a 'religion'.
.
.
Just the 'Rational',
deeply appreciating the 'Mystical'
and the 'Mystical',
deeply flavoring the 'Rational'.
.
.
All and everything else is accommodated
in the incomparable, awesome presence
of the "Present Moment As It Is".
.
.
If you know someone else in your life who just might benefit
by our offerings, be welcome to put them in touch with us
here at The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Therapy Project.
_________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Labels: ( 8 ) ABOUT US • WHY of all possible things - Are We BUDDHIST-based ???
Why of all possible things ~
Are We Buddhist-based ?
◊ ◊ ◊ WHY we particularly use the 'Buddhist brand-name'
is because those Asian Buddhist cultures have really got
some of the most skillfully mature, very grounded,
least misleading, most inclusive and the very best
of the compassionate 'mind-healing techniques'
available on the planet so far - at least, so far as
we've come across ....So we use 'em.
And we're very much still open & strongly eclectic:
We use many diverse approaches – so we'll use
what YOU need – not what 'we' like best. We're on
your side! There is no one-way !
We practice as Buddhist ministers not as
licensed clinical psychologists or MFTs.
Admittedly,
We Are a Very Unusual
Counseling Service . . .
WHY do we align ourselves
with the Buddha's teachings ?
Because, Buddha himself said –
we should "Believe Nothing –
Examine & Question Everything"
.... and we feel we can trust & have faith in that.
An open-ended, no strings attached philosophy
always sounded good to us. Honest, Clean, Upfront.
It is mostly our deeply ingrained, mostly unconscious
"Beliefs" - that are at the very core of our Problems.
We will assist you to find your very own Wisdom-mind –
and we are going to try n' guide you towards developing
some strong Meditation and Compassion Practices
that will begin to help you heal your own Suffering.
Back in 500 BC India 'Openness' was revolutionary also.
Buddha offered a totally no strings attached, wide open
invitation to inspect, to question, scrutinize, if need be,
to even criticize his teachings - before ever accepting
any of it. There is nothing ever 'religious' or 'cult-ish' or
'mysterious' here at "Spiritual Adulthood" – an open book.
Buddhist-wisdom is intelligent, softly sober & crystal clear.
It's genuine as solid gold. In places it's philosophical or
sagely gentle, or it can be challenging, playful or purposely
bewildering. The Buddha himself often said:
"Do not go accept what I say through mere respect
towards me, because people say I am a Buddha.
Just as the true purity of real gold is only ascertained
by thorough testing, weighing or rubbing – likewise
the true Truth be accepted only after very close scrutiny."
This open, fearless assertion of allowing the whole of
the Teaching to be closely examined – gives a strong,
personalized, experiential validity to one's own Truth.
Take nothing on "Belief".... It must be Your Truth !
And, if you do not wish to contact us at this time,
or not inquire any further into the counseling we offer,
we hope you'll still make good use of the enclosed
supportive quotes & readings on these blog pages
to further your own journey deeply inwards.
◊ " What is accepted by the majority of people ~
does not mean it is Real " ~ The Buddha
" One common mistake is to think that 'your reality’
is THE reality. You must always be prepared to leave
your reality for a greater one " ~ Amaji Meera
______________________________________________________
◊ BUDDHIST COUNSELING
& RATIONAL THERAPY for Mind & Heart
What's a Buddhist-based COUNSELING-THERAPY ?
Possibly, an effective Buddhist-based 'Alternative' for you ~
As an Asian method, this would be a more 'non-traditional'
way for your Discomforted Mind, your Wounded Inner-Spirit
or your Despairing Relationship – all in the midst of our very
edgy, costly, distrustful, needy, over-driven, survival-stressed,
tense Uncertain Times.
"Buddhist Rational Therapy" is more unconventional than
an ordinary, standard, non-spiritual 'Western-style therapy'.
But so are you . . .
It's simply that the 'Spiritual-Comes-First'
in HEALING THE MIND – it has to . . . .
Nourishing "The Wisdom-Spirit" is a big part of The Start.
'Emotional Upset' sadly, has no functional Wisdom itself.
It just hurts much too much - or somehow shuts right down.
Big emotions are into being in a very 'protected' safe-mode.
So, we start with the 'hidden' but available "Good Parts".
Yes, they are certainly there ! The Buddha-Mind within you.
Hey, the fact that you've got this far, made it somewhat intact
to this web-page, is some kinda' Karma-proof that you're into
doing something good for yourself ! Give yourself lot'sa credit.
You'll be learning how to develop a calm,
on point, very centered Wisdom-Mind.
The 'Good Part' is that the 'Buddha-Mind'
is something that everyone inherently possesses !
___________________________________________________
so please, just keep reading . . .
Great Humanistic Teachings
about Authentic Independence of 'Self'
& Compassionate Inter-dependence
in relations with All Others - at the same time
Your Evolving-Mind certainly CAN be Free,
and at Peace, and Awaken All By Itself !
BY ITSELF. If Otherwise, then that's a
pseudo-awakened freedom –
and wouldn't be all yours – your very own.
If others try 'n convince you, persuade you
into being Free, this new 'borrowed' freedom,
this pseudo-transformation, catharsis, release
or resolve, new found sense of being, would only
be a compromise. Nice but time-limited.
And not Yours. It would be somebody else's sale.
Your therapist's, your counselor's? Even your pastor
or rabbi's? Your therapist's, your counselor's?
It has to be your own authentic Discovery-Experience
or it would be conditional. It would be only temporary.
Buddha's 'free-thinking' teaching-philosophy had all
this great emphasis on 'Genuine Inner-Independence'
and a compassionate Social Inter-dependence.
Buddhist thought has a rational, non-theistic,
calm, sane, tolerant history of Inner-Freedom.
'True Independence' of mind leads to an altruistic
serving of human-kind even better through a creative,
truly free, willing 'Inter-dependence' - which is certainly
not a compromise or an obsessive co-dependence.
Nothing coerced. Free All By Itself ! ...Fly free,
no wing-subscription required . . Authenticity of Being.
Otherwise it wouldn't be YOUR own Awakening - and
so, Just Not Free. It'd be a compromised awakening,
dependent on some 'other' condition being in place -
or person in agreement. Not a truly Free moment.
The body is based on Nature's REAL conditions -
but the Mind ? What REAL 'conditions' limit
& bind the Mind and thought ?
Ask that question many times over !
_____________________________________________
All your mind needs for awhile, is the right 'software'
and a meditation 'method' to silently practice it with.
You don't need devotion to a guru, an organization,
a strict doctrine or arduous discipline or a 'religion'.
.
.
Just the 'Rational',
deeply appreciating the 'Mystical'
and the 'Mystical',
deeply flavoring the 'Rational'.
.
.
All and everything else is accommodated
in the incomparable, awesome presence
of the "Present Moment As It Is".
.
.
If you know someone else in your life who just might benefit
by our offerings, be welcome to put them in touch with us
here at The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Therapy Project.
_________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
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"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
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When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
•
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable. That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
•
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable. That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Akasa Levi
ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE & HOW WE THINK About You & Therapy • • • Our Philosophy& amp; Our Professional Disclaimer
( 7 2 ) ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us....
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Akasa Levi
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
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ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us.... Labels: ( 7 ) ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • • • • • • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
Akasa Levi
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us.... Labels: ( 7 ) ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • • • • • • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
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( 7 ) About COMING IN -- DETAILS for Appointments
( 7 ) Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
Professionally
Please Read
These Very
Important Details
--- and Thanks
♦ Buddhist-based Wisdom Therapy offers simple, highly effective, compassionate - yet realistic 'Alternative Approaches' to Relating with Your True 'Self' and All Other Living Beings.
•♦• I offer a First-Time FREE phone consult
for potential local on-going clients from the LA area.
I’d certainly need to talk by phone with you - First.
On the Phone First. I can not offer walk-in inquiries.
Please call me directly. We'll talk together with you
about making an appointment. 310-450-2268.
Phone Tues//Fri Noon-6pm.
It’s all about us, together, developing a sound ‘ground’ of genuine communication to decide together if our particular Buddhist Counseling Mindfulness Therapy approach is even a possibility for you....
Hey, It's a Real Start. Let's simply just sit down and talk...._____________________________________________
•♦• I counsel both Women and Men in individual private therapy sessions with a strong Buddhist theoretical / practical base, as well as good Western contemporary analytic 'Relational' therapies and Cognitive Behavioral CBT approaches to the mind and emotions.
" If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes ! "•♦• Relationship counseling for couples / partnerings - all sorts of Communication Breakdown work. Face to Face, we get very personal, very Real. A ‘Tough-Love’ approach that is sometimes necessary, sometimes gets very directive -- "Just Do It" -- upfront only when appropriate in clear, truthful, compassionate, effective communication sessions. Please - Don't waste your money if you don't want change... • ALL counseling sessions are in person, in-office -- usually limiting counseling sessions to Los Angeles people, mostly local area clients – Easier for you when your near to us -- Distance, time and gas these days is a huge challenge.•Yes - I do have clients who airline 'commute' into Los Angeles regularly / periodically from different parts of the country, and just choose to do their inner-work here • Yes - later on you may move into our group 'mindfulness' meditation classes with confidential group sharing, only if you wish.• Yes - phone counseling sessions are available later on, BUT only when necessary for ‘established clients’ with us.• Ongoing regular scheduled sessions are by a mutually arranged fee -- and by arranged set appointments only.
___________________________________________
About CHARGE$
• FEE: We can offer only some Negotiable or Sliding-scale, or Lower-Fee Sessions for those who really do need it. We'll discuss this on the phone. No - We do not take insurance plans, medi-cal, etc.• I DO offer a much more generous, extended session time than a traditional, Western-style office practice would usually offer.
Sessions with us are given much more TIME than the 'standard therapy-hour' time of (:55 min ). We offer you usually about 1 hour+20 min (:80 min) to allow really more space to go really deep within as you need to - without feeling cut off or rushed. No hurry or haste here, have some tea, take your shoes off. ____________________________________________
• Your FIRST-TIME INQUIRY by phone is very important – to you and to your healing process -- and much more immediate for us to quickly respond directly to you 'live' -- directly to your issues and feelings. If you procrastinate around and wait too long to call me, or anyone, it's bound to dilute the immediacy of what's happening with you. We want to listen to you. A First-Time phone consultation is totally FREE.Please, No electronics, No Emails, No texting, No instagram communication etc. ~ Your Questions by emails back n' forth really does not work well for you - or us. Phone Us directly. It’s a Free Phone Consultation ! We DO need to really talk. Mainly, to find out more about what's going on within you.• PST - our Pacific phone times Noon to 6 PM - Tuesday / Friday is the best time to try n' reach us. -310-450-2268. If we are in session, a voice mail will pick up:
Please leave a message, very clearly-spoken phone numbers name – we will get back to you.
ASK ME PLENTY of QUESTIONS to really feel out for yourself if “Spiritual Adulthood” sessions might be right for you — So Let’s Talk. NO obligations.
_____________________________
BE COURAGEOUS ! some handy quotes ...
As human beings, our greatness lies
not so much in being able to remake the world…
As in being able to remake ourselves.
Become the changes you want to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Our ‘Life-Fears’ are educated into us –
and can be educated out.
~ Karl Menninger
My Dad used to say:
"There is nothing wrong with Fear -
unless it's Fear that controls you . . ."
The limits of the possible can only be defined
by going beyond them - into the impossible.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Good, but ‘impossible’ resolutions, are simply checks
that people draw on a bank where they have no account.
Please, START with the eminently ‘possible’. You can.
~ Oscar Wilde
While one person hesitates
because they think insecure thoughts
and feel so inferior –— the other
is just busy making mistakes aplenty
and becoming quite superior.
~ The Tao
80 percent of Success is just showing up.
~ Woody Allen
♦ Buddhist-based Wisdom Therapy.....offers highly effective, compassionate,
.......yet realistic 'Alternative Approaches'.........to Relating with Your 'Self'...........and All Other Living Beings
.
.Please Read ~
These ..VERY ..IMPORTANT ..DETAILS
~ and thanks
• We offer a First-Time FREE phone consult
for local or greater Los Angeles Area callers.
We’d certainly need to talk first with you.
On the Phone First. Please call us directly.
We'll talk about making an appointment.
310-450-2268. Call Mon/Fri Noon-6pm.
.
It’s all about us, together, developing
a sound ‘ground’ of genuine communication –
to decide together if our particular Buddhist
Therapy approach is even possibly for you . . .
Hey, It's a Start. Let's simply just talk....________________________________
_______________________________
• We Counsel both Women & Men
in INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE THERAPY sessions
with a strong Buddhist-theoretical/practical base,
as well as good Western contemporary 'relational'
and CBT approaches to the mind & emotions.• RELATIONSHIP Counseling for Couples, Marriages
and Family - all sorts of Communication Breakdowns.
Inter-active Work: face to face, we get very personal,
very Real. A ‘Tough-Love’ approach & often very directive.
Upfront when appropriate - in clear, truthful,
compassionate, effective sessions.• In-Office Visits. ALL counseling sessions are in person.
We usually limit counseling sessions to Los Angeles people,
mostly LOCAL AREA clients – Easier for you when Near To Us:
'Distance', time and gas these days is a huge challenge.• Yes - We DO have clients who airline 'Commute'
into Los Angeles regularly/periodically from different
parts of the country & choose to do their therapy here.• Yes - Later on you may move to our ‘group meditation'
classes or confidential group 'sharing-sessions’ if you wish.• Yes - ‘Phone Counseling'-sessions are available later on,
BUT only when necessary& amp; for ‘established clients’ with us.• ONGOING REGULAR SCHEDULED SESSIONS are by
a mutually-arranged fee & by set appointments only.___________________________________ . .
About CHARGE$ ~
• FEE: We can offer only some NEGOTIABLE
or Sliding-scale, Lower-fee Sessions for those
who really do need it. We'll discuss this on the phone.
No - We do not take insurance plans, medi-cal, etc.• We DO offer a much more generous in-office
..EXTENDED SESSION TIME
than a traditional-practice usually would offer:
ALL sessions with us are given much more than
the 'standard therapy-hour' time of (:55 min ).
We offer you usually about 1 hour+20 min (:80 min)
to allow really more space to go really deep within
as you need to - without feeling cut off or rushed.
No hurry here, have some tea, take your shoes off ...____________________________________________
• A FIRST-TIME INQUIRY by PHONE is always Best –—
and much more immediate for us to respond directly to you
'live', directly to your issues & feelings - We want to listen
to you. A First-Time phone consultation is totally FREE.
Please No Emails ~ your Questions by emails back & forth
really does not work well for you - or us. Phone Us directly.
It’s a Free Phone Consultation ! We DO need to really talk.
Mainly, to find out more about what's going on within you.• LOCAL PHONE TIMES: NOON to 6 PM - Monday/Friday
is the best time to try n' reach us ::: 1-310-450-2268.
If we are in Session, a Voice Mail will pick up:
Please leave a very clearly-spoken phone number & name
– we WILL get back to you.
ASK US PLENTY of QUESTIONS to really feel out
for yourself if “Spiritual Adulthood” therapy sessions
might be for you — So Let’s Talk. NO obligations.____________________________________________
___________________________________________BE COURAGEOUS ! ...some quotes ...
As human beings, our greatness lies
not so much in being able to remake the world…
As in being able to remake ourselves.
Become the changes you want to see in the world.~ Mahatma Gandhi
Our ‘Life-Fears’ are educated into us –
and can be educated out.~ Karl Menninger
My Dad used to say:
"There is nothing wrong with fear -
unless it's fear that controls you . . ."
The limits of the possible can only be defined
by going beyond them - into the impossible.~ Arthur C. Clarke
Good, but ‘impossible’ resolutions, are simply checks
that people draw on a bank where they have no account.
Please, START with the eminently ‘possible’. You can.~ Oscar Wilde
While one person hesitates
because they think insecure thoughts
and feel so inferior –— the other
is just busy making mistakes aplenty
and becoming quite superior.~ The Tao
Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
( 7 A ) 'INNER-WORK' • ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy
• Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us
( 7 A ) ABOUT ME • WHO I AM and HOW I THINK About You and Therapy • My Personal Buddhist Philosophy • and My Psychology Professional Disclaimer
"Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us..."
( 7 2 ) ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us....
“ It is still up to you to choose ~
to join with ‘truth’ or with ‘illusion’.
But remember, that to choose one
is to let go of the other.
“ I love you, gentlest of Ways –
you who ripened us ...
as we wrestled with you.”
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us.... Labels: ( 7 ) ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • • • •
• • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us.... Labels: ( 7 ) ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • • • • • • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us..
.. Labels: ( 7 ) ABOUT US • • • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • • • • • • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
Akasa Levi
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
_______________________________
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
_______________________________
( TWO SEVENS ) Details ... and Professionally ABOUT US and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us – posts ery Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
"Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us..."( TWO SEVENS ) Details ... and Professionally ABOUT US and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us – posts ery Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
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( 7 ) About COMING IN -- DETAILS for Appointments
( 7 ) Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
Professionally
Please Read
These Very
Important Details
--- and Thanks
♦ Buddhist-based Wisdom Therapy offers simple, highly effective, compassionate - yet realistic 'Alternative Approaches' to Relating with Your True 'Self' and All Other Living Beings.
•♦• I offer a First-Time FREE phone consult
for potential local on-going clients from the LA area.
I’d certainly need to talk by phone with you - First.
On the Phone First. I can not offer walk-in inquiries.
Please call me directly. We'll talk together with you
about making an appointment. 310-450-2268.
Phone Tues//Fri Noon-6pm.
It’s all about us, together, developing a sound ‘ground’ of genuine communication to decide together if our particular Buddhist Counseling Mindfulness Therapy approach is even a possibility for you....
Hey, It's a Real Start. Let's simply just sit down and talk...._____________________________________________
•♦• I counsel both Women and Men in individual private therapy sessions with a strong Buddhist theoretical / practical base, as well as good Western contemporary analytic 'Relational' therapies and Cognitive Behavioral CBT approaches to the mind and emotions.
" If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes ! "•♦• Relationship counseling for couples / partnerings - all sorts of Communication Breakdown work. Face to Face, we get very personal, very Real. A ‘Tough-Love’ approach that is sometimes necessary, sometimes gets very directive -- "Just Do It" -- upfront only when appropriate in clear, truthful, compassionate, effective communication sessions. Please - Don't waste your money if you don't want change... • ALL counseling sessions are in person, in-office -- usually limiting counseling sessions to Los Angeles people, mostly local area clients – Easier for you when your near to us -- Distance, time and gas these days is a huge challenge.•Yes - I do have clients who airline 'commute' into Los Angeles regularly / periodically from different parts of the country, and just choose to do their inner-work here • Yes - later on you may move into our group 'mindfulness' meditation classes with confidential group sharing, only if you wish.• Yes - phone counseling sessions are available later on, BUT only when necessary for ‘established clients’ with us.• Ongoing regular scheduled sessions are by a mutually arranged fee -- and by arranged set appointments only.
___________________________________________
About CHARGE$
• FEE: We can offer only some Negotiable or Sliding-scale, or Lower-Fee Sessions for those who really do need it. We'll discuss this on the phone. No - We do not take insurance plans, medi-cal, etc.• I DO offer a much more generous, extended session time than a traditional, Western-style office practice would usually offer.
Sessions with us are given much more TIME than the 'standard therapy-hour' time of (:55 min ). We offer you usually about 1 hour+20 min (:80 min) to allow really more space to go really deep within as you need to - without feeling cut off or rushed. No hurry or haste here, have some tea, take your shoes off. ____________________________________________
• Your FIRST-TIME INQUIRY by phone is very important – to you and to your healing process -- and much more immediate for us to quickly respond directly to you 'live' -- directly to your issues and feelings. If you procrastinate around and wait too long to call me, or anyone, it's bound to dilute the immediacy of what's happening with you. We want to listen to you. A First-Time phone consultation is totally FREE.Please, No electronics, No Emails, No texting, No instagram communication etc. ~ Your Questions by emails back n' forth really does not work well for you - or us. Phone Us directly. It’s a Free Phone Consultation ! We DO need to really talk. Mainly, to find out more about what's going on within you.• PST - our Pacific phone times Noon to 6 PM - Tuesday / Friday is the best time to try n' reach us. -310-450-2268. If we are in session, a voice mail will pick up:
Please leave a message, very clearly-spoken phone numbers name – we will get back to you.
ASK ME PLENTY of QUESTIONS to really feel out for yourself if “Spiritual Adulthood” sessions might be right for you — So Let’s Talk. NO obligations.
_____________________________
BE COURAGEOUS ! some handy quotes ...
As human beings, our greatness lies
not so much in being able to remake the world…
As in being able to remake ourselves.
Become the changes you want to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Our ‘Life-Fears’ are educated into us –
and can be educated out.
~ Karl Menninger
My Dad used to say:
"There is nothing wrong with Fear -
unless it's Fear that controls you . . ."
The limits of the possible can only be defined
by going beyond them - into the impossible.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Good, but ‘impossible’ resolutions, are simply checks
that people draw on a bank where they have no account.
Please, START with the eminently ‘possible’. You can.
~ Oscar Wilde
While one person hesitates
because they think insecure thoughts
and feel so inferior –— the other
is just busy making mistakes aplenty
and becoming quite superior.
~ The Tao
80 percent of Success is just showing up.
~ Woody Allen
♦ Buddhist-based Wisdom Therapy.....offers highly effective, compassionate,
.......yet realistic 'Alternative Approaches'.........to Relating with Your 'Self'...........and All Other Living Beings
.
.Please Read ~
These ..VERY ..IMPORTANT ..DETAILS
~ and thanks
• We offer a First-Time FREE phone consult
for local or greater Los Angeles Area callers.
We’d certainly need to talk first with you.
On the Phone First. Please call us directly.
We'll talk about making an appointment.
310-450-2268. Call Mon/Fri Noon-6pm.
.
It’s all about us, together, developing
a sound ‘ground’ of genuine communication –
to decide together if our particular Buddhist
Therapy approach is even possibly for you . . .
Hey, It's a Start. Let's simply just talk....________________________________
_______________________________
• We Counsel both Women & Men
in INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE THERAPY sessions
with a strong Buddhist-theoretical/practical base,
as well as good Western contemporary 'relational'
and CBT approaches to the mind & emotions.• RELATIONSHIP Counseling for Couples, Marriages
and Family - all sorts of Communication Breakdowns.
Inter-active Work: face to face, we get very personal,
very Real. A ‘Tough-Love’ approach & often very directive.
Upfront when appropriate - in clear, truthful,
compassionate, effective sessions.• In-Office Visits. ALL counseling sessions are in person.
We usually limit counseling sessions to Los Angeles people,
mostly LOCAL AREA clients – Easier for you when Near To Us:
'Distance', time and gas these days is a huge challenge.• Yes - We DO have clients who airline 'Commute'
into Los Angeles regularly/periodically from different
parts of the country & choose to do their therapy here.• Yes - Later on you may move to our ‘group meditation'
classes or confidential group 'sharing-sessions’ if you wish.• Yes - ‘Phone Counseling'-sessions are available later on,
BUT only when necessary& amp; for ‘established clients’ with us.• ONGOING REGULAR SCHEDULED SESSIONS are by
a mutually-arranged fee & by set appointments only.___________________________________ . .
About CHARGE$ ~
• FEE: We can offer only some NEGOTIABLE
or Sliding-scale, Lower-fee Sessions for those
who really do need it. We'll discuss this on the phone.
No - We do not take insurance plans, medi-cal, etc.• We DO offer a much more generous in-office
..EXTENDED SESSION TIME
than a traditional-practice usually would offer:
ALL sessions with us are given much more than
the 'standard therapy-hour' time of (:55 min ).
We offer you usually about 1 hour+20 min (:80 min)
to allow really more space to go really deep within
as you need to - without feeling cut off or rushed.
No hurry here, have some tea, take your shoes off ...____________________________________________
• A FIRST-TIME INQUIRY by PHONE is always Best –—
and much more immediate for us to respond directly to you
'live', directly to your issues & feelings - We want to listen
to you. A First-Time phone consultation is totally FREE.
Please No Emails ~ your Questions by emails back & forth
really does not work well for you - or us. Phone Us directly.
It’s a Free Phone Consultation ! We DO need to really talk.
Mainly, to find out more about what's going on within you.• LOCAL PHONE TIMES: NOON to 6 PM - Monday/Friday
is the best time to try n' reach us ::: 1-310-450-2268.
If we are in Session, a Voice Mail will pick up:
Please leave a very clearly-spoken phone number & name
– we WILL get back to you.
ASK US PLENTY of QUESTIONS to really feel out
for yourself if “Spiritual Adulthood” therapy sessions
might be for you — So Let’s Talk. NO obligations.____________________________________________
___________________________________________BE COURAGEOUS ! ...some quotes ...
As human beings, our greatness lies
not so much in being able to remake the world…
As in being able to remake ourselves.
Become the changes you want to see in the world.~ Mahatma Gandhi
Our ‘Life-Fears’ are educated into us –
and can be educated out.~ Karl Menninger
My Dad used to say:
"There is nothing wrong with fear -
unless it's fear that controls you . . ."
The limits of the possible can only be defined
by going beyond them - into the impossible.~ Arthur C. Clarke
Good, but ‘impossible’ resolutions, are simply checks
that people draw on a bank where they have no account.
Please, START with the eminently ‘possible’. You can.~ Oscar Wilde
While one person hesitates
because they think insecure thoughts
and feel so inferior –— the other
is just busy making mistakes aplenty
and becoming quite superior.~ The Tao
Important DETAILS for Sessions by Appointment
( 7 A ) 'INNER-WORK' • ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy
• Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us
( 7 A ) ABOUT ME • WHO I AM and HOW I THINK About You and Therapy • My Personal Buddhist Philosophy • and My Psychology Professional Disclaimer
"Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us..."
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"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
~ Abraham Maslow (1947)
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Akasa Levi
( 7 2 ) ABOUT US • WHO WE ARE and HOW WE THINK About You and Therapy • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer ."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us....
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
"The Spiritual Adulthood Project"
♦ ABOUT WHO WE ARE
& HOW WE THINK:
♦ Our Philosophy
& Our Professional Disclaimer…
Who We Are In Our Hearts & In Our Heads
as a ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service.
.• Akasa Levi, DhMA (D.Min) is supervision
& spiritual director ~ 310-450-2268
.
."The SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD PROJECT"
is a Buddhist-based Psycho/Spiritual-oriented Counseling
and Therapy approach. The world renown and respected
ancient tradition of taking Buddhist Wisdom-counsel is a
path of cultivating a transcendent ‘higher sanity’ - a very
clear-seeing ability for yourself. By developing this wisdom
understanding, you are now available to generate a much
more all-inclusive compassion based on undistorted, clear
comprehension - which leads you truly home to an authentic
peace deep within ourselves - which we can then extend out
to our family, friends and the world. Learning & using 2500
year-old tested self-development approaches & techniques
towards a sweet, savvy, wholesome, peaceful, joy-filled mind.
Traditional Buddhism is absolutely NOT a ‘religious path’ –
– but more of an experiential, practical, pragmatic, highly
intelligent ‘Humanism’ - there are NO gods and NO worship
or NO religious superstitions involved in anything we offer
in any way whatsoever. You're Not asked to 'believe' anything.
Just discovering & uncovering the essence of a sane,
wise, peaceful, pure spirit that is YOU. The Real You.
.
.“And then the day came
....when the risk
.......to remain tight in a bud
..........was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom”
~ Anais Nin
.
_______________________________________________________
When the way comes to an end,
then change –
having changed, you then pass through.” ~ I Ching
_______________________________________________________
.
.
there's no One way . . .
As a modern ‘Spiritual-Based’ Counseling Service
we are truly ‘non-denominational’ & ‘non-religious’
and welcome all journeyers of all Ways -
or especially even those of no way.
‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
put on you, borrowed from the outside. "What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. All are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really has NO name at all.
Remarkably, ALL cultures on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ & ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, the same Infinite
One Wholeness. AND simply leave it at that. One is One.
Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it. Outside of 'What' ?
It’s All ONE. So, love it All. Respect, protect & conserve it
we must, honor & worship it only if you wish, do enjoy it.
We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
”Actually, there is no such thing
...as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
thinking on Mental Health is quite naïve. EVERY ‘therapy’ is
'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings & matters of the heart
and emotions and feelings. Buddhist approaches in particular,
are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious. The historical Buddha was a
Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s a freedom of intelligence
and a spacious openness in that - it makes a big difference.”
_____________________________________________________________
One of the most basic, classic, therapy-gained truths
always comes as a personal realization and a pointed
reminder ( or a pointed stick ) ... that working on yourself,
your difficult issues and wounded feelings, feelings that
took your whole life-time to develop - will certainly
take some time to turn around.
“ It is still up to you to choose ~
to join with ‘truth’ or with ‘illusion’.
But remember, that to choose one
is to let go of the other.
When the way comes to an end,
then change - having changed,
you can then pass through." ~ The Tao
then change - having changed,
you can then pass through." ~ The Tao
_______________________________
The Struggle of Living Through Things
________________________________
When wiggling through a hole,
the 'difficult' world looks different ~
than when scrubbed clean
by the wiggle and looking back. ~ Mark Nepo
the 'difficult' world looks different ~
than when scrubbed clean
by the wiggle and looking back. ~ Mark Nepo
“ I love you, gentlest of Ways –
you who ripened us ...
as we wrestled with you.”
~ Rilke on Buddhism ( Paris 1908 )
“ Individual people
stumble over pebbles,
never over mountains. ~ Emilie Cady
stumble over pebbles,
never over mountains. ~ Emilie Cady
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.” ~ Shi'an
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared." ~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.” ~ Shi'an
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared." ~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"
~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a Spiritual Warrior.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.” ~ Carlos Castaneda
______________________________ ‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
to put on you, borrowed from the outside. What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. ALL are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really truly has NO name at all.
“ I Am “ That which you say I Am. Remarkably, ALL cultures
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a Spiritual Warrior.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.” ~ Carlos Castaneda
______________________________ ‘Spiritual’ doesn’t mean ‘religion’. Actually, you can’t even
become a ‘Buddhist’, as that too is just another useful ‘label’
to put on you, borrowed from the outside. What you 'Are' has
no name, simply as the breeze doesn't either." Simply the
working-convenience of a 'name' - that's all.
Actually, a Universal 'spiritual' philosophy is by far the easiest
of all to comprehend on any level of understanding ::
We recognize The ONE Web of Existence, where Life is not
separated from Consciousness - and it has different ‘Names’
in many different world cultures. ALL are names for the Infinite.
The ONE Conscious Web ‘Itself’, really truly has NO name at all.
“ I Am “ That which you say I Am. Remarkably, ALL cultures
on the planet call it ‘The One’ ( 1.)
So let’s just call it “EVERYTHING”. All of ‘Creation’ itself.
‘Creator’ and ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, referring to
‘Creator’ and ‘Creation’ is all the same thing, referring to
the same Infinite One Wholeness. AND simply leave it
at that. One is One. Easy ! And there is nothing outside of it.
Outside of 'What' ? It’s All ONE. So, love it All.
Respect, protect and conserve it we must, honor and worship
it only if you wish, do enjoy it. We ‘try’ to love it All.
Mostly at times, piece by piece in peace.
~ Akasa Levi
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Akasa Levi ~
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Akasa Levi ~
• Actually, there is no such thing as a strictly ’secular’ therapy –
or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
of thinking on contemporary mental health is quite naïve.
or a therapy that is ‘non-spiritual’ ~ that’s where the standard
of thinking on contemporary mental health is quite naïve.
EVERY ‘therapy’ is 'Spiritual' if it deals with human beings
and matters of the heart and emotions and feelings. Buddhist
approaches in particular, are ’spiritual’ YET non-religious.
People always get the two con-fused. At Budha’s time ,
at my time now. Spiritual and Religion. The historical
Buddha was a Humanist and a Pragmatist. There’s
a freedom of intelligence and a spacious openness
in that - it makes a big difference.
“ What I really want to say
was that Buddha was a Buddhist”
• The Spiritual Adulthod Project: We particularly use
• The Spiritual Adulthod Project: We particularly use
the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ ( ‘branding’ ) - because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassion-style mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.
• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader cultural-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Empathy-Spirit”
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassion-style mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.
• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader cultural-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Empathy-Spirit”
created for the difficult modern society we live in.
Educating the Spirit - we want an informed Spirit -
from the Spirit’s POV also, it gives you the client,
as well as the therapist, a much richer, wider
resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’Soul-self’
or ‘Being’ - is “Therapy”. A good soul-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their magic-craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’Soul-self’
or ‘Being’ - is “Therapy”. A good soul-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their magic-craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
• We particularly use the ‘Buddhist brand-name’ because
those Asian cultures have got some of the most skillfully
mature, very grounded, least misleading, most inclusive
and the very best of the compassionate mind-healing
techniques available so far - so far as we’ve come across.
So we use them.• At "SPIRITUAL ADULTHOOD” we do take in a much
broader mental-scope than most non-spiritual-based
Western therapies actively employ. We encourage the
cultivation of a very “Contemporary Spirit” for the difficult
modern society we live in. Educating the Spirit also, gives
you the client, as well as the therapist, a much richer,
wider resource-base to work with.
• We recognize that ALL caring, highly concerned human
interaction that has the ‘wholesome intent’ of assisting the
healing, harmony and inner-growth of each other’s ’soul-self’
or ‘being’ - is “Therapy”. A good-hearted and well trained
mental health practitioner, educated in their craft can help
even more.
• Therapia: in the ancient Greek simply means ‘To Heal’
“Therapy” settings may be medical or clinical licensed - or
certainly just as well - appropriate to the situation - a solid
meaningful 'mentoring' relationship that may exist between
you and a minister or rabbi, a meditation teacher, a yoga
teacher, a martial arts trainer, a skilled body-worker or a
movement teacher - a teacher of any kind - a life-coach,
a 12 step sponsor or group, a spiritual setting, a women's
or a men's group, a workshop on clarity - all depending on
the evaluated person’s need - and mostly their (hopefully)
well informed choice. Two people working on one of them.
• Please do not resist your reaching out to reach deeper in.
A Good Life itself is an ongoing Good Therapy.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Our PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER ~
Information a Potential Client really should know . . ..
.♦ BUDDHIST-based THERAPY,
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
and LIFE COACHING
Buddhist Therapy is like really good coffee
or fresh bread – Europe has really never not had
baguettes for hundreds of years – it's the daily fare...
yet Americans only for the last couple of decades or so.
Cafe-latte or whole grain bread is still a specialty item.
Bleached flours, oils, preservatives, processed foods
– and a remarkably caffined & sugared-out population
still seems to rule the day. . . addiction to stimulation.
And so Asian-based Buddhist Therapy: a specialty item.
Here in America we're just hearing & learning about it.
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 2500 years …
At “The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
we practice as ordained ‘Buddhist ministers’ and as
‘pastoral counselors’ – utilizing ancient techniques,
an ‘alternative’ Buddhist spiritual-healing approach
and through a new application of Mindfulness-based
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ( MCBT ).___________________________________________
As a Potential Client, You SHOULD KNOW that:
“The Spiritual Adulthood Counseling Project”
& “Buddhist-based Therapy” is NOT a ‘California
licensed clinical psychology’ provider:
We do NOT practice as licensed
MFT, MSW or PhD clinical psychologists –
We are NOT licensed to & do NOT practice
or provide any form of psychotherapy or psychiatry.
We are a ’spiritual & educational’ collaborative of
trained and ordained Buddhist spiritual-direction
counselors & practitioners.
And our approach seems work !• This form of Spiritual-oriented Counseling-Therapy• Can be called many things • Psycho/Spiritual Therapy• Pastoral Counseling • Ministerial or Spiritual-Direction• Mindfulness Life-Coaching.
__________________________________________________________
TALK TO SOMEONE . . .
• You personally, may want to talk with someone
who has training in BOTH worlds: the standard
Western therapies AND a creative, pragmatic,
wisdom-based Asian Spirituality.
( Some people using prescription psychological meds -
and who are now considering an ‘alternative’ approach
to the mind - may first wish to additionally consult their
own medical doctor. We support the use of medication
as well as 'meditation' in our counseling. Do not stop
any meds without your medical doctor's advice.)
Get some Good Quality Counseling Therapy –
here, somewhere, anywhere warm & reliable.
That may be just the place for you to start.
_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________Buddhist Therapy & Counseling
Yes, it’s been done very effectively for 1000’s of years … _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Akasa Levi
• • • • Our Philosophy and Our Professional Disclaimer
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
Akasa Levi
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
Akasa Levi
To Quiet the 'Self' ~ there are MEDITATION Classes
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
_______________________________
through The Laughing Buddha Sangha – where Akasa
teaches a 'non-religious' style of Insight Meditation, aNon-Duality 'Inquiry Into Self' Practice, and advanced
Dharma Theory Study Classes – and guides the all male
ZEN MEN's Growth Groups thru The L.A. Medicine Men’s
Lodge he co-founded with attorney Ron Hoffman.
• "Good Men Becoming Even Better Men"
• "Every Guy Could Use Being in a Men's Group
....at some time in his life". Men's groups Work !
____________________________________
.
."Our 'Life-Fears' are educated into us –
and can be educated out."~ Karl Menninger
One of a Buddhist Teacher's Primary Purposes
is to responsibly, intentionally pass along what they know
to another generation of Dharma-students – possibly
even encouraging future teachers. It keeps the Buddha's
brilliant teachings alive & fresh through application – so
crucially important in this indifferent world of so rapidly
‘vanishing traditions’ of live, hands-on, ethnic or native
indigenous, cultural, healing and spiritual compassion
& amp; wisdom 'knowledges'. Fortunately, there are now
accredited institutions that offer exemplary training. Ask !
Teacher-succession, along-side with scholarship, is key
to the preservation of All the world's Great Teachings.
------------------------------------------------------------.
"The yin and yang of life is that we grow wiser
as we get older. We have less & less time to use
that wisdom to enrich our own lives – so we pass it
along to others, enriching the world in the process."
~ The Tao
Please be courageous enough to inquire about
‘teaching-assistant’ training here or elsewhere.
We will gladly help you carry or pass the torch..
"In the end we will conserve only what we love –
We will love only what we understand –
And we will understand only what we have been taught."~ Baba Dioum, African ecologist
.
________________________________________.
.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."~ Andy McIntyre's bumper sticker
“No 'failure' – we are all learning.
The real failure is giving up learning.”~ Shi'an
"The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows."~ Sydney J. Harris
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of that candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."~ The Buddha
"And if we do act - in however small a way ...
We don't have to wait for some Grand Utopian Future.
The 'future' is an infinite succession of 'presents'.
And to live now as we think human beings should live,
In defiance of all that is bad around us,
Is itself a marvelous victory in itself !"~ Howard Zinn - ‘The Optimism of Uncertainty’
“The real accomplishment in life –
is the Art of Being a ‘Spiritual Warrior’.
A ‘spiritual warrior’ is the only way
to balance the terror of being Human
with the wonder of being Human.”~ Carlos Castaneda
_______________________________________
.Akasa always gives a FREELY offered
Phone Consultation – Let's find out a bit more
about what's going on with you. No obligation!
– or to arrange & set up an actual interview.
• 310-450-2268 ~ Please Use The PHONE
– as there is NOT much else we can tell you
by your asking your questions by email..
.
“Take the first step in faith.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase
– just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
______________________________________
_____________________________________
_______________________________
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