The first series of workshops offered by CLF is entitled Fundamentals of Conscious Living". It is designed for people who want to know more about themselves.  

Who want to make a new effort to understand the meaning and purpose of their lives and who want to grow out of their current state of being and discover new ways of deepening their connection with their fundamental nature and their world.

Carl Jung said:

    "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

The Fundamentals of Conscious Living workshops are a mutual exploration of our inner environment:  

What does it feel like to live more in the heart? What is the essential nature of our mind and senses? What are the effects on us of our thoughts and feelings and of our outer environment?  

We will uncover the elements of our personal nature that inhibit and block us from learning and growing.  

We will practice the techniques and tools that we can use to expand and open ourselves to positive growth and perhaps& transformation.

    The essence of this workshop series is Personal Positive Change

Many great souls have gone before us, some very well known, some who have come and gone without leaving a trace.  Throughout this series of workshops, we will try to learn from those who have already walked down the path we are attempting to follow; to learn from their wisdom and example.  

William James believed that,

    "To change one's life - - Start immediately - -  No exceptions."

Alfred, Lord Tennyson said it another way,

    "That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin."

Fundamentals of Conscious Living
Workshops

Workshop Topics

The workshops are grouped into three primary steps entitled:

I.  "Who am I?"
II.  "What tools and techniques are available to me?"
III.  "What is the purpose of my life?"
    
    

Within each step are 10 to 15 weekly meetings.  Some of the topics of the meetings include:

          What is a Human and what are the Varieties of our Experience?  

     What are the Effects of my Inner and Outer Environment?
    
     What is Openness and Vulnerability?

    Slowing Down

     What are my Likes and Dislikes; Desires and Aversions?
    
    How much is my Happiness Dependent on other people's Behavior?

    Habits, Whims and Impulses and Conscience and Integrity.

    What is the difference between a Mistake and an Experience?

     Who has gone before us and what have they discovered? Part I  
(Jesus, Krishna, Gandhi, Mohammed, Kahlil Gibran, Lord Byron, Helen Keller, Herman Hesse)

     Who has gone before us and what have they discovered? Part II  
(Buddha, Moses, David, St. Francis, Brother Lawrence,  Florence Scovel Shinn, Paramahansa Yogananda, Dalai Lama)

    The use of Affirmations

    Practice of the Presence

    Meditation - Beginning the Inner Journey

    Where is the Center of my Awareness?

    Coming to the Moment.

    Staying in the Moment.

    What is my most Fundamental Nature?

    Music, the Arts and Nature - What is Beauty?

    What is Truth?

    What is Ecstasy?

    What is the Fundamental Purpose of my Life?