We were honored to welcome Rastal as our January 2026 Satsang guest. His conversation with Yvonne Unger was both inspiring and insightful, offering profound reflections that resonated deeply with our community.

About Rastal

Rastal is a consciousness researcher and creator of the Deepening Framework, a practical approach to lasting inner peace that accelerates what traditionally takes years into weeks or months.

For more information about Rastal, please visit his website at: https://rastal.me/

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Satsang Reflections is a monthly dialogue held after the Satsang. This installment, on Monday, December 22nd, was hosted by Joseph Schmitz. During Reflections, members shared their insights and takeaways from the Satsang with Murray Kennedy.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to the Satsang yet then this could be an opportunity to catch the highlights and see if it might inspire you in some way.

About Murray Kennedy

Murray Kennedy is a householder, husband, father, and grandfather—and for more than four decades, he has also been devoted to offering Enlightenment Intensives. Since 1982, this work has been his vocation and service, and he remains actively and wholeheartedly engaged in it. Murray is more practical than philosophical, and a lifetime in this work has left him both humble and profoundly grateful.

The Enlightenment Intensives are self-inquiry retreats modeled on Zen sesshin and koan practice, designed to create the optimal conditions for awakening. Over the course of three to fourteen days, participants engage in long hours of focused contemplation. Working in dyads, one person contemplates a question such as “Who am I?” and communicates what arises, while the partner listens and receives without judgment or commentary. Every five minutes the roles reverse, and each 40-minute dyad concludes with partners rotating and beginning again.

Murray’s role is to teach the practice of inquiry and contemplation, and to inspire and support people in their own process—so they can discover the truth for themselves. The work is deep, powerful, and remarkably pure. It brings both gradual purification and sudden awakenings, which are both beautiful.

For more information about Murray and the Enlightenment Intensives he offers, please visit: https://murintensive.com/

Link to Satsang with Murray Kennedy

Murray Kennedy conversed with Joseph Schmitz during our December Satsang. Here is the link to the Satsang:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NhThyPWCka4rk1c8GvAnU?si=xNaFRmzoSBKgpYDNXUD5ng

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We were honored to welcome Murray Kennedy as our December 2025 Satsang guest. His conversation with Joseph Schmitz was both inspiring and insightful, offering profound reflections that resonated deeply with our community.

About Murray Kennedy

Murray Kennedy is a householder, husband, father, and grandfather—and for more than four decades, he has also been devoted to offering Enlightenment Intensives. Since 1982, this work has been his vocation and service, and he remains actively and wholeheartedly engaged in it. Murray is more practical than philosophical, and a lifetime in this work has left him both humble and profoundly grateful.

The Enlightenment Intensives are self-inquiry retreats modeled on Zen sesshin and koan practice, designed to create the optimal conditions for awakening. Over the course of three to fourteen days, participants engage in long hours of focused contemplation. Working in dyads, one person contemplates a question such as “Who am I?” and communicates what arises, while the partner listens and receives without judgment or commentary. Every five minutes the roles reverse, and each 40-minute dyad concludes with partners rotating and beginning again.

Murray’s role is to teach the practice of inquiry and contemplation, and to inspire and support people in their own process—so they can discover the truth for themselves. The work is deep, powerful, and remarkably pure. It brings both gradual purification and sudden awakenings, which are both beautiful.

For more information about Murray and the Enlightenment Intensives he offers, please visit: www.murintensive.com

Invitation: Free Introduction to Dyads

Isa Salman offers an introduction to dyads every Sunday. These sessions are free and held online. All are welcome. https://mailchi.mp/a791dea95d34/sunday-tuesday-and-thursday-dyads-retreats-11044935

A Link to Satsang Reflections

Satsang Reflections is a monthly dialogue held after the Satsang. During this program, hosted by Joseph Schmitz on Monday, December 22nd, members shared their insights and takeaways from the Satsang with Murray Kennedy. https://open.spotify.com/episode/21h239adtKL2FQVeO8hzq0?si=C73zAJZOSP2ofEWxS7-_JA

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