Visions of a Radiant Future
Visions of a Radiant Future
Here is a list of our Love Offerings.
♡ LIFE AT THE CENTER
♡ CELEBRATIONS OF LOVE
♡ LISTENING FROM THE HEART
♡ NOURISHING OURSELVES AT EVERY LEVEL
♡ HEALING RETREATS AND INTENSIVES
♡ GATHERING THE LOVE
♡ BEYOND OURSELVES
♡ CELEBRATIONS OF LOVE
♡ LISTENING FROM THE HEART
♡ NOURISHING OURSELVES AT EVERY LEVEL
♡ HEALING RETREATS AND INTENSIVES
♡ GATHERING THE LOVE
♡ BEYOND OURSELVES
LIFE AT THE CENTER
Life here at The Radiance Center encourages us to be at the very Center of our Hearts. "SOUL" School of Unconditional Love is on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Radical Love Class is on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM. Throughout the week there is combinations of classes, private sessions, shared meal potlucks, movies, birthdays, other holidays, prayer… and by the end of the day, we return to Stillness so that we can process and integrate all that we have encountered, to remain in our joyous Truth.
Life here at The Radiance Center encourages us to be at the very Center of our Hearts. "SOUL" School of Unconditional Love is on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Radical Love Class is on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM. Throughout the week there is combinations of classes, private sessions, shared meal potlucks, movies, birthdays, other holidays, prayer… and by the end of the day, we return to Stillness so that we can process and integrate all that we have encountered, to remain in our joyous Truth.
CELEBRATIONS OF LOVE
Every morning we begin our day by meeting online with up to twenty kids (and their families) who need support because the parents were abused when they were children. We teach the adults to parent effectively with authentic love born out of self-empowerment. We help the children learn how to express their needs.
Our support of these precious families is of necessity at every level. Spiritual, mental and emotional guidance is offered along with financial donations for many purposes such as groceries… rent… tuition for educational training, etc.
We have developed a private online site so that every morning we meet with all the family members to love, encourage, tutor and laugh with each person. Each of the children of these families gets online and tells us about their plans for the day. We know who needs help with a relationship, who has a geometry test that day, or who simply needs a listening ear.
There is nothing so rewarding - or so challenging - as being present for these loved ones on every single level.
Every morning we begin our day by meeting online with up to twenty kids (and their families) who need support because the parents were abused when they were children. We teach the adults to parent effectively with authentic love born out of self-empowerment. We help the children learn how to express their needs.
Our support of these precious families is of necessity at every level. Spiritual, mental and emotional guidance is offered along with financial donations for many purposes such as groceries… rent… tuition for educational training, etc.
We have developed a private online site so that every morning we meet with all the family members to love, encourage, tutor and laugh with each person. Each of the children of these families gets online and tells us about their plans for the day. We know who needs help with a relationship, who has a geometry test that day, or who simply needs a listening ear.
There is nothing so rewarding - or so challenging - as being present for these loved ones on every single level.
LISTENING FROM THE HEART
Even before breakfast, we normally receive around 40 requests for help from all over the world. There is absolutely no way that we, with no paid staff, can respond to this many emails, texts and phone messages... And we have never even met at least 50% of these dear souls. But we do spend a minimum of two hours each morning. We actually write or call as many as possible… just sharing compassion with those who are ill, grieving, angry, hurt, defeated, dying, depressed. Finally, we end with at least thirty minutes of prayer… taking them each into our hearts. We are beginning to create a response team so that we can respond to more people, more effectively. Joe and I view this time as our morning meditation. |
NOURISHING OURSELVES AT EVERY LEVEL
Because we know our new home will exude magnificence, we will have the opportunity to nourish ourselves physically as well as emotionally and spiritually. We expect to yield organic gardens for feasting, a labyrinth for realigning our spirits, great and stimulating conversations, classes, shared meals and, oh yes, Love… we have that too.
Because we know our new home will exude magnificence, we will have the opportunity to nourish ourselves physically as well as emotionally and spiritually. We expect to yield organic gardens for feasting, a labyrinth for realigning our spirits, great and stimulating conversations, classes, shared meals and, oh yes, Love… we have that too.
HEALING RETREATS AND INTENSIVES
One of the most powerful events of the Center is when individuals, couples, or entire families come for a week (or more) of healing retreat. Every retreat is designed around the wishes of each attendee but always this includes daily sessions with each of the people who are learning to love themselves and their lives… Also there is the opportunity of full immersion in life at the Center including all the classes, meals, social events, plenty of free time at the beach, plus all the amenities of the Center which we envision including a pool, hot tub, sauna, etc.
In addition, each person who comes for a retreat will receive a list of those Radiance Community members who offer such skills as Massage, EMDR, Body Restructuring, Cranial Sacral, Acupuncture, Energy Healing, work with Essential Oils, and more… not to mention people just waiting to offer guided tours, catering, sacred rituals, dance, fire circles etc. Almost anything is possible once we have room to expand.
One of the most powerful events of the Center is when individuals, couples, or entire families come for a week (or more) of healing retreat. Every retreat is designed around the wishes of each attendee but always this includes daily sessions with each of the people who are learning to love themselves and their lives… Also there is the opportunity of full immersion in life at the Center including all the classes, meals, social events, plenty of free time at the beach, plus all the amenities of the Center which we envision including a pool, hot tub, sauna, etc.
In addition, each person who comes for a retreat will receive a list of those Radiance Community members who offer such skills as Massage, EMDR, Body Restructuring, Cranial Sacral, Acupuncture, Energy Healing, work with Essential Oils, and more… not to mention people just waiting to offer guided tours, catering, sacred rituals, dance, fire circles etc. Almost anything is possible once we have room to expand.
People come from all over the world to bask in this love. Here are two examples:
I came to stay with Donna and Joe for ten days in their home/center in Maui. I came with my heart closed, stressed, frightened and broken due to a painful divorce. Upon my arrival, I felt the love pouring out of Donna and Joe, and it was like going back to the womb. I stayed in their home, ate with them, saw other people come and go, each one part of a big community living by the one rule only - to love. I was hugged, touched and had healing sessions all week. By the third day my heart just burst wide open. While talking to Donna I realized that what I was lacking was an opportunity to express the love I have inside, as a person. The block melted away, I cried and cried, and all that time, Donna held me and enabled whatever was happening to me to just be. |
GATHERING THE LOVE
Both of us have traveled to many countries. Each time we were left with the desire to bring people from all over the world into our home. We are inspired to create a place where those of all religions, every color, every political system can gather and focus our minds and our hearts toward creating a world more conducive to peace, to joy, to love. Of course, we have been inviting people into our lives for the entire forty-seven years of our marriage… And our new home for the Radiance Center will allow a spaciousness, a grace, a beauty - to transformation of ourselves and therefore the world. We want to convene experts of both the mind and the heart from all over the world to inform and inspire us about issues that effect us all... global warming… world hunger… racism… gender shaming... death and dying… suicide. May our new home recharge and renew each of us to become living proof that there is a different way to live our lives. |
BEYOND OURSELVES
And finally, we need to take this knowing about what is possible beyond ourselves. Therefore, we are developing an apprenticeship program. We are mentoring students into creating their own version of functional spirituality for an empowered community to share this unconditional love with the world. There really is a way for people to make a living without selling their souls. There is definitely a way for loved ones to be in relationships without giving up their own truth. And there are so very many ways to leave the world better than we found it without sacrifice or burn-out. May the Radiance Center be living proof of such ease and grace… such surprise and delight. |
These seven projects of the Radiance Center are what light us up… makes us come alive and we invite you to join us!