Shift into Freedom Group:

Practical tools to facilitate growth from ego to witnessing self to Being.

Based on the tools and teachings in Shift into Freedom by Loch Kelly

 “Loch Kelly is one of the clearest expressions of authentic awakened freedom and love that I know.  Shift into Freedom is wise and loving medicine for anyone ready to take responsibility for their own liberation here and now.” Adyashanti

  “Shift into Freedom is designed to help you shift out of the separate, small sense of self that makes you feel alienated, alone, anxious, and fearful and into the support of awake awareness that is already calm, alert, loving, and wise.  Once you shift into freedom, your true nature spontaneously emerges as a vast, interconnected ground of being. “(Shift into Freedom, p. 6)

This is an experiential group focusing on brief awareness exercises (aka “Glimpses”) that allow one to unhook from the small, separate self…into awake awareness (i.e., seeing from Being) and to live from open-hearted awareness (i.e., unconditional love and a sense of interconnectedness with all beings).  These exercises are mini-glimpses into awakening and the goal is to practice them daily.

We will be working with egoic subpersonalities (e.g., fear, avoidance, reactivity…) that hijack our identity on the road to awakening.  By lovingly accepting the subpersonalities, their agendas dissolve and they no longer cause disharmony in our lives. 

The material that we will be working with will provide you with tools to learn to shift your awareness to different levels of consciousness, to shift from thought-based knowledge to knowing from Source, and to live from Oneness and Love.

Loch says that everyone has the capacity to awaken and that to awaken is the greatest gift that we can give the world.  Please join me as we explore awareness and give ourselves an opportunity to shift our identity back to the Truth of our Being. 

This is an 8 week group that will meet on Wednesday evenings in Laguna Hills.  The cost is $30 per week.

Please contact Donna McCullough for more information or to register for the group.  (949)246-7724 or donnamccullough@cox.net

acting from the ground of Being

"When we discover presence, we can be embodied while witnessing from within.  At a certain point, we will see that Being is welcoming all our feelings, knowing they're not a real threat.  Being is like a wise grandmother who can stay with a screaming two-year-old child, allowing him to move through his tantrum without overreacting."  (Shift into Freedom, pp. 25-246)

When we unhook from the chatter of the mind and live in presence we respond to life with more clarity and ease.  The neurotic roommate quiets down and we are more receptive to the guidance of our Higher Self/Spirit/Source.

There are different ways to experience presence.  I have found meditation to be very helpful.  Loch Kelly describes techniques that involve unhooking from thought and moving our awareness outside of ourselves to experience spacious awareness as a way to experience presence. He describes this and other techniques in his book.

I am offering a group based on Loch's book and we will be practicing these techniques.  I will post information about the group in a separate post.

"The more we act from the ground of Being instead of ego-identification, the easier it gets. Eventually, acting from Being becomes the new habit and happens by itself." (Shift into Freedom, p. 249)

the way it is supposed to be

2 quotes based on the heart:

"The Law of Love is a continuous acknowledgement, moment by moment, we live in a state of spirituality and it is good. Our expectation of Life becomes good instead of dread and fear, wondering what is coming next. We do not wonder what is next, we expect goodness. We live in a state of loving kindness and goodness. That is the way it is supposed to be." 
Michelle Longo O'Donnell

"When living from open-hearted awareness is our new normal, our motivation, intention, willingness, and dedication spring forth from a new place.  The ground of Being is not limited to our individual identity: it sees itself in others.  As a result, a sense of communion and communication arises on many levels between people and within groups.  When we see others as ourselves, we are free to live from a new ethic based on the common good, instead of being driven by fear of deficiency or a list of 'shoulds.' " Shift into Freedom, pp. 249-250