The Sanctuary

04/12/2026

https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/sanctuary-writers-retreat

Master writing teacher John Stifler will return to the Sanctuary for a writers retreat on Sunday, May 24th. John will be leading us through a series of stimulating writing exercises, great conversation, and supportive feedback. If you are a writer, or want to write, or write more, or write somet

03/26/2026

The Sanctuary's 2026 Eco-Circus Summer Camp

2-week youth environmental education camp (August 3–14, 2026) at The Sanctuary’s 40-acre preserve in East Haddam, CT. The camp engages K-12 children in hands-on activities that combine circus arts, yoga, and ecology. Daily sessions include circus yoga training, forest play, beaver pond visits, eco-games, and a citizen-science water monitoring component. For more information and to register: https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/summer-eco-circus

01/17/2026

https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/finding-mary-queen-of-heaven-and-love-technologie-gmgaj

A New Year! Ancient Goddesses in 2026 Finding Mary Part II: Queen of Heaven and Love Technologies  Sunday, January 18, 2025 / 1 -4 pm

01/09/2026

Winter Philosophy Classes at The Sanctuary
https://www.oursanctuary.org/events

12/09/2025

Finding Mary: Solstice Goddess Workshop
Sun. Dec. 21st at The Sanctuary
https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/finding-mary-queen-of-heaven-and-love-technologie

12/05/2025

Artisan Holiday Bazaar at The Sanctuary
Sat. Dec. 13th
https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/artesian-holiday-bazaar

09/15/2025

World Peace Day Equinox Kirtan Summit - Sun. Sept. 21st
https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/world-peace-day-kirtan-with-shakti-ma-friends

09/10/2025

08/31/2025

The Sanctuary’s Meditation Miracles Sangha will be meeting today, Sunday, Aug. 31st from 3 to 5 PM. We'll be practicing mindfulness meditation, and then continuing our examination of A Course in Miracles' Teachings on TIME.

Sliding scale donation: $0-$15. All Beings Welcome. Financial tokens of gratitude, unnecessary but welcome, can be offered through PayPal to info@oursanctuary.org or Venmo to -Good-26.

Metaphysical Principles of Time

1. Time is a Learning Device.
2. Time can be used to learn two diametrically-opposed things: either that hell is real (ego’s interpretation) or that heaven is real (Holy Spirit’s interpretation.
3. These different views of time correspond to the horizontal and vertical dimensions of time.
4. Horizontal time takes no time in relation to eternity (i.e. God); i.e. time takes no time or all events past and future are simultaneous; i.e. time is holographic.
5. Change (ergo linear time, entropy, death) is an illusion.
6. We are living in the past which does not exist.
7. The way to choose to experience time in a way which teaches the reality of heaven is to experience the Holy Instant.
8. The way to experience the Holy Instant is to let go of all Littleness.
9. The way to let go of all littleness is to stop evaluating the Self in terms of littleness (everything you do or say in the world which you use as a basis for evaluation of self-worth, i.e. idolatry.
10. Resistance to experiencing the Holy Instant is based on fear of experiencing Infinite Communication.
11. There are four obstacles to confronting the fear of Infinite Communication. (1) Desire to Get Rid of Peace - attraction to guilt; (2) Belief that the body can save us - attraction to pain; (3) Fear of Death - attraction to death; (4) Fear of God - Lifting of the Veil.
12. Special Relationships are the ego’s best tool for maintaining fear of communication.

08/27/2025

Writers Retreat at The Sanctuary - Sept. 7th
https://www.oursanctuary.org/events/sanctuary-writers-retreat

07/25/2025

Tonight rain or shine at The Sanctuary.

Friday, July 25th, 7 PM Baklava Express is a NYC-based Middle Eastern fusion project led by Oud player Josh Kaye and featuring violinist Daisy Castro. The band mostly performs original music influenced by the traditions of the Arab world, Turkey, and Greece, as well as Jazz, Flamenco, Rock, an

07/20/2025

The Sanctuary’s Meditation Miracles Sangha will be meeting today Sunday, July 20th from 3 to 5 PM. We'll be practicing mindfulness meditation (20 min.), and then continuing our examination of A Course in Miracles' Teachings on TIME.

Sliding scale donation: $0-$15. All Beings Welcome. Financial tokens of gratitude, unnecessary but welcome, can be offered through PayPal to info@oursanctuary.org or Venmo to -Good-26.

"To you who still believe you live in time and know not it is gone, the Holy Spirit still guides you through the infinitely small and senseless maze you still perceive in time, though it has long since gone. ²You think you live in what is past. ³Each thing you look upon you saw but for an instant long ago, before its unreality gave way to truth. ⁴Not one illusion still remains unanswered in your mind. ⁵Uncertainty was brought to certainty so long ago that it is hard indeed to hold it to your heart as if it were before you still. ⁶The tiny instant you would keep and make eternal passed away in Heaven too soon for anything to notice it had come."
[CE T-26.V.4]