"Let's find the underlying patterns of conditioning that keep us from experiencing Presence."
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Teleconference Satsangs with Neelam
At a designated time, call in from your phone and join Neelam and other participants in Satsang. Details about this process are emailed to you upon registering for a Satsang or other program with Neelam. Feel free to contact us with any questions you might have about logistics.
Open Satsang
This is a time when Neelam presents the core of the teaching. She is fully available to address our innermost questions and challenges with day-to-day life. She does this through bringing us back to what is really going on in this moment, through bringing us back to Presence. This is possible by accepting Neelam's invitation to be willing to be here with whatever is arising, simply because it is here. With her tender guidance and powerful Presence, the possibility of arriving in this moment happens over and over again.
Satsang is defined literally as "Meeting in Truth", and Satsang also refers to being in the presence of someone who has realized the Truth. Neelam defines Satsang as the "direct experience of Your Nature, not limited to person, circumstance, time, or space."
What follows is a short audio clip of Neelam describing Satsang and Inquiry. Total play time: 3 minutes, 44 seconds.
Two Week Workshops
Join Neelam and other participants during this two-part program for an intimate gathering via teleconference focusing on the the skills of inquiry and the direct experience of who you are.
Each Satsang is 90-120 minutes and includes a talk, sharing, Q&A and an inquiry assignment in between the two meetings. There is usually a free introduction/information call prior to this event.
Weekend Intensives
A weekend intensive may consist of one or two longer Satsang sessions during which people with some previous experience with Neelam are supported in deepening inquiry and personal process. Particular topics may be presented to focus the work for the intensive. This is a wonderful opportunity to expand your experience of Neelam's guidance into Presence.
On-Going Groups
When we are ready to open ourselves to greater Truth and Presence, we connect with our deepest desire, our passion, and inner fire for freedom, and we make a commitment to giving this our full attention. An ongoing program with Neelam supports this process and upholds us in persevering as we move through the deep and rewarding process of awakening. These longer programs range in length from 6 weeks to 8 months.
Participating in an ongoing group is a commitment to freedom and truth. The experience of being in a group of people committed in this way gives us a sense of companionship, support, connection and shared understanding.
Neelam shares her wisdom and guidance as she speaks to themes such as suffering, conditioning, inquiry, communication, working with the nervous system, distinguishing past and present, story and truth, tenderness, our true nature, and Presence. She often works with small groups so that everyone receives focused attention and support in their individual process.
The ongoing nature of a longer program helps us to give time, space, and attention to integrating the learning deeply into our daily living. It is an opportunity for very real and deep shifts to take place and become grounded into our being.
The practice of self-inquiry is the foundation of this work and is essential to its effectiveness. Daily self-inquiry and partner inquiry between Satsangs is core to nurturing the experience of conscious Presence in our moment to moment living. The deep friendships that develop are created in the light of truth and sustain us in our growth process. Homework, journaling, sitting in silence, and movement, all play important roles in the program as well.
Once a program begins, the group is closed. Therefore, the trust and safety that is created during these groups allows for the possibility for even deeper openings, revelations, and insights into ourselves, into our True Nature.
The ongoing connection with Neelam permeates our existence in a way that we can draw upon it for strength and wisdom at any time. All of this leads us into relying more and more completely on Presence Itself.
It is unique in our world to find a gift of support for awakening such as Neelam offers through this kind of program.
Group Facilitation
In some of the longer programs with Neelam, we have scheduled evenings where everyone meets with a Program Facilitator who guides and supports the group in sharing and questions. Learn more about our volunteer facilitators.
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Previous Experience
People come to Fire of Truth with a variety of spiritual backgrounds. An important part of beginning to work with Neelam is to gain the foundations of her teaching and an understanding of the shared language of her work as she shares it. Even with a background in meditation, Buddhism or other traditions that may be harmonious with Advaita, it is important to have a common understanding of Neelam's basic teachings and terminology in order to support learning in a longer program. This also contributes to a flow in group functioning and a smooth learning progression for everyone involved.
Groups/programs are designed to meet the learning needs of people with varying degrees of exposure to and experience with Neelam's work. Therefore, there may be groups specifically designated for newer people and seasoned people. Sometimes there are are pre-requisites and an application process to determine the group most appropriate for supporting an individual's process and creating a group that will best serve all participants involved. All of this is being held with utmost care for the needs of all involved.
Private Sessions
Private Sessions with Neelam offer a unique way of working with Neelam one-to-one by phone. These focused and intimate sessions provide a safe and tender space in which to deepen your experience, to address persistent tendencies and issues from the past, to bring up things that are often difficult to speak about in public Satsang. Deep-seated issues and spiritual questions can be addressed. From this, true transformation is a natural happening.
Generally these sessions are open only to persons who have been working with Neelam in Satsang format. If you have never sat with Neelam, we suggest you first attend a teleconference Satsang with her before scheduling a private session.
These sessions with Neelam are scheduled by appointment only and can be done so by contacting us at the Fire of Truth office.
"Suffering is an inability to be here, an inability to be at rest in your true nature. Would you be willing to be here with whatever is present in this moment?"