Course Calendar
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The Six-month Course 2010-2011
• The foundations of conscious living
The course begins on October 1st, 2010. It is intensive – it's full time, fully residential and concentrated. And it is an education that is to do with our interior, or esoteric, reality. It's about our identity as human beings, our meaning and purpose, and about taking up our real place in the order of things, and in the world, consciously and willingly.
To read more, see About the Six-month Course.
April to September 2010
•An Open Invitation to Chisholme this Summer.
The Beshara School at Chisholme welcomes visitors, volunteers and students throughout the year.
This summer we are undertaking a number of estate, garden and building projects. These include building two or more additional yurts in preparation for the Symposium in September, re-commissioning the workshop, continuing the garden wall rebuild, repairing the greenhouse, plus all those exterior maintenance jobs that can only be tackled in summertime. Work in the garden is ongoing, and on the estate we hope to lay in at least a year's supply of woodfuel for the new biomass boilers.
Let us know if you have particular skills, and we will do our best to put them to good use. There is also plenty of work for enthusiastic and willing hands in the kitchen, house and in every other area that you can think of!
• Foundation courses
What is Self-knowledge? - Weekend Foundation Course
Who am I? Why am I here?
The weekend is an opportunity to reflect and explore these fundamental questions, in a small group, through study of key texts, open discussion
and meditation, in a contemplative environment. Starts on Friday evening (arrival by 6pm) and ends with lunch on Sunday.
Dates: July 16-18; August 13-15; November 19-21;
Cost: (3 Tiers) £125/£100/£80 (more info click here)
Includes full board and accommodation.
More about Foundation courses | Practical information | Booking
Unity and Realization – Nine-day course
What is the meaning of one-ness? Why is it so important to understand this now, at this time?
The 9-day course offers an intense and absorbing enquiry into the nature of ourselves, and the requirements of our time, through a study of key texts, converse and contemplative practice. Starts on Friday evening (arrival by 6pm) and ends with lunch on Sunday.
Dates: July 16-25; August 13-22; November 19-28;
Costs: (3 Tiers) £450/£360/£288 (more info click here)
Includes full board and accommodation.
More about Foundation courses | Practical information | Booking
• Summer Programme
Reading the Fusus al-Hikam
A week of contemplative reading of the Fusus al-Hikam of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, from Bulent Rauf's rendition into English. This year we will be reading from Volume 1. For students of the School who have completed at least the first 6-month Course. Starts on Sunday evening (arrival by 6pm) and ends on Saturday with the evening meal.
Dates: July 4-11; July 25 - August 1;
Costs: (3Tiers) £350/£280/£224 (more info click here)
Includes full board and accommodation from Sunday evening to the following Sunday morning
Practical information | Booking
Self-knowledge and Global Responsibility
These weeks of conversation will investigate further the connection between self-knowledge, the focus of the School's education, and the current global situation. These weeks, continuing the theme initiated last year and culminating in Symposium 2009, will prepare the ground for this year's symposium in September, as well as making what we hope will be a significant contribution to the global dialogue. Starts on Sunday evening (arrival by 6pm) and ends on Saturday with the evening meal.
Dates: August 22-29.
Costs: (3 Tiers) £350/£280/£224 (more info click here)
Includes full board and accommodation from Sunday evening to the following Sunday morning
Practical information | Booking
The Interior Work: strategies for living with oneself.
A week of study and conversation, open to all who wish to cultivate their facing of Reality in the light of the principles inherent to Oneness of Being. Some prior study with the School is preferable. Starts on Sunday evening (arrival by 6pm) and ends on Saturday with the evening meal.
Dates: August 1-8.
Costs: (3Tiers) £350/£280/£224 (more info click here)
Includes full board and accommodation from Sunday evening to the following Sunday morning
• Forestry Fortnight and Yurt making
Forestry Fortnight
Dates: March 27-April 10.
An open invitation to volunteer work on Chisholme's 187 acre estate, primarily in the woodlands and forests. This is an annual event, important for maintaining the 20,000 trees planted under the Millennium Forest for Scotland initiative. There will also be timber harvesting and logging for wood-fuel, as well as other estate projects. This year we are planning to run woodcraft workshops at the weekends for those interested. You are welcome to come for the whole period, or some of it, as you can – bring good outdoor clothing and Wellington boots.
Costs: Invitation to come as volunteer.
Contact | Practical information |
Yurt Making Project
Dates: April 23-26
Work is already underway for the 2010 symposium. In preparation for this there will be a Yurt making workshop 23-26 April 2010 at Chisholme House. Would you like to come and help and learn new skills? We are also looking for skilled carpenters and seamstresses to help with this project overseen by one of the UK's most respected Yurt makers Hal Wynne-Jones. The workshop is free, but please make a donation for your board and lodging.
• Symposium 2010
A series of symposia under the heading of 'Self-knowledge and Responsibility' opened with last years event at Chisholme, entitled: 'Towards a unified vision'. The title of this year's event is 'Facing the unknown'. More details will be available soon. For talks, videos etc. from the 2009 event, see Symposium home page.
Dates: September 9-11.
Booking
To book, please contact the secretary@beshara.org.
Postal Address:
The Secretary
The Beshara School, Chisholme Institute
Roberton Hawick, TD9 7PH
Scotland, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1450 880 215
For more details see: Practical Information.
