A Personal Invitation from Sally Kempton and Marc Gafni

Back in the 70s, a little book called The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment swept the spiritual world. Its message was simple: Enlightenment does not require heavy effort and asceticism. It only requires that you choose love in all circumstances.    Making this simple insight alive and real in your life is the change that changes everything.

We each individually realized this insight during times when we were searching for light in the complexity of our own lives, and something deep within us recognized that choosing love in all circumstances is the secret. We also both knew that just deciding to love in all circumstances is not enough.

You can’t just decide to love. You need to find out how to kindle love in yourself. You need to practice love. You need to understand the different forms and levels of love. And you need a way to keep kindling your love-core – through meditation, through chant, through contemplation, and through “outrageous acts of love” that change not only your relationships, but you yourself.

That’s what this weekend retreat — “Falling in Love with the Divine“ — is about: Loving Your Way to Enightenment.

This weekend, we (Sally and Marc) will open the doors — together — to the experience of Outrageous Love. You will learn:

• How to kindle the experience of radical, Outrageous Love within yourself.
• The flavors of Outrageous Love:
  • Outrageous Love as creative eros
  • Outrageous Love as active compassion
  • Outrageous Love as quivering tenderness
  • Outrageous Love as radical Self-challenge
  • Outrageous Love as radical  Self-acceptance
  • Outrageous Love as artistic Self-creation
  • Outrageous Love as ethical imagination
• How to find the acts of Outrageous Love that are yours to commit
• The risks and wounds of love
• And much more

My friend Marc’s powerful insights, my friend Sally’s meditative transmission, and the core practices Outrageous Loving which we’ve both created together, will combine to make this weekend a profound experience of inner transformation. And it all takes place in the beautiful setting of Big Sur, on the hallowed land of Esalen, where the famous baths, beautiful hiking trails, spa treatments and massage, and delicious organic food make the experience a feast for the senses and an empowerment for the soul.

We deeply love doing this teaching together.

We hope you can join us for “Falling in Love with the Divine“.

With Love,
Sally Kempton & Marc Gafni