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Oneness Festival - Intermediate Newsletter 040104By The Experience Festival Team
We are really excited to see that the interest for the Oneness Festival has increased so much since the last time and also to see that so many people are visiting and coming back to our website. And not least that so many have discovered and start using the “Email-this-page-to-a-friend” function. It is really helping us that you are using this little device! (If you haven’t noticed it, in the bottom of each page on the website there is a little box giving you the opportunity to tip a friend about an article or a teacher that you think is especially interesting.)
Another date for the 5-Day Enlightenment Process
It has been such a great interest in the 5-day Enlightenment Process that we are now offering another date, 9-13 of March.
The first process 1-5 of March are fully booked.
Bentonite Clay Cure
For those of you that are going to attend the 5-day Enlightenment Process or Samskara Shuddhi it is very good if you can be as well prepared as possible. Cleaning of the colon is strongly recommended by Kalki and The Golden Age Foundation in order to be fully receptive for pranic energy. It is so vital that it should be the mandatory preparation before all deeper spiritual processes and as a continuous maintenance of the body as an antenna of cosmic energies. Bentonite (also available at many pharmacies under the substance name bentonitum or montmorillonite) is believed to be exceptionally effective. This article about Bentonite Clay describes its general health properties and how it should be used.
Do you write?
Are you good at writing? Or do you at least enjoy writing? We would very, very much appreciate small or longer articles from all participants at the coming festival. We would like to publish them on the website, with your name or anonymous of you prefer that. So if you are coming, please start to think now how great your short or long article will become!
Also, we would very much like to have a few more professional writers to come to the festival to write about different topics. It is not necessary that these persons has writing as a professional living, it can very well be students or anyone having a skill in covering a topic in a good way.
If you are this person please contact us, or if you know anyone that could come as a writer please ask him or her to contact us! It is very important for us to be able to publish as much qualitative material as possible on the website. All help we can get is literally invaluable!
We would also be very grateful if you could help us reaching relevant media and journalists. Please give us for example a tip about e-zines or websites with related material that you think we should contact, or inform them about the festival for us. We would appreciate it a lot.
Pictures and video Clips
We would be so happy to receive your best pictures and video-clips from the festival! Please remember to email us your best material as soon as you are safely home again. The pictures will be published in the Photo Archive and the video clips in the Video Archive.
Book a taxi from the airport to the campus
If you want to book a taxi from the airport to the campus and the festival in Varadheepalyam Mandal, then contact Pernilla and she will help you. If you give her your name, flight number, airline company and arrival time we will arrange so that a taxi will be waiting for you with a sign "The Oneness Festival" and your name. Pernillas email:: registration@experiencefestival.com
The fee to the Oneness Festival & the World University
Due to the large interest in certain courses we are obliged to request of you who have not yet paid, to pay the whole amount or at least 100 US dollar as soon as possible if you want to be sure of keeping your place to the festival and the courses at the World University (5-days process included).
We have to know how many people that plan to come and how many that cannot come so, in that case, we can give that spot to another interested participant. If you have any questions, please contact Pernilla!
New Teacher
We are proud to present to you Natalia Gavrilenko who is going to teach astrology at the festival
Natalia Gavrilenko's interest in astrology began in 1989. By that time she had graduated from the Philosophy Department of Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and become a Ph. D. in philosophy. Then she taught philosophy in the University lecturing in philosophy, psychology and astrology. Now she is a practicing astrologer attaching special emphasis to issues of karma, deep subconscious programs and spiritual development of her clients. Among her other interests is Hatha Yoga which she has been practicing for about seven y
New articles
There are several great new articles on the website:
Vaastu vs. Feng Shui: The difference between Vaastu Shastra and Feng Shui
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Vaastu and Feng Shui? We had that anyway!
Personal Experience of Enlightenment: A path to freedom
A great article and sharing of Tom Matteos personal experience of enlightenment. It describes the phenomenon of enlightenment as well as some of the obstacles put up by the mind. A must read for all people attending the 5-Day Enlightenment Process.
The Oneness Celebration, by Carl-Johan Calleman
The Oneness Celebration is a gathering and Meditation to Focus on the Enlightenment of Humanity by the Year 2012. Carl Johan Calleman, the world renowned expert on the Mayan Calendar, is its soul keeper and is working hard together with a team of people to make this to a true global event. Please read this article and see if you would like to join them.
The Venus Transit of June 8, 2004 – A Breakthrough of Intuitive Awareness
The significance of the Venus transit on June 8, 2004 in its larger context and in relation to the Mayan Calendar. A great background to the Oneness Celebration. By Carl Johan Calleman and Anders Bjarstedt.
The Bentonite Clay Cure - Cleansing of colon for improved energy level
Bentonite Caly for enlightenment: Cleaning of the colon is strongly recommended by Kalki and The Golden Age Foundation in order to be fully receptive for pranic energy. It is so vital that it should be the mandatory preparation before all depper spiritual processes and as a continous maintenance of the body as an antenna of cosmic energies. Bentonite (also available at many pharmacies under the substance name bentonitum) is believed to be exceptionally effective. This article from describes the general health properties and use of bentonite.
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Below follows a presentation of the festival and the website that we hope can be helpful. It can also be found here Presentation of The Spiritual Retreats for Enlightenment. If you would like to publish it on your website or put up a link we would be very happy if you did so!
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The Spiritual Retreats for Enlightenment
There is a place outside a small village 80 km north of Chennai on the Indian south-east coast where spiritual seekers from all over the world come for one purpose; to attain full spiritual awakening. The village is Varadyapalyam and is surrounded by different spiritual retreat centres that are a part of what is called The Golden City. The purpose of The Golden City is the complete enlightenment of mankind. Kiara Windrider just visited the spiritual retreat where the Oneness Festival campus is located. Read about his experience here: Kiara at Spiritual Reatreats
Twice a year there is a festival, The Oneness Festival, at one of the spiritual retreat centres, once in February and once in August. The purpose with the festivals is to create an opportunity for both seasoned and new spiritual seekers to find the very best teachers at a place with truly strong energies. The idea is that anyone regardless of faith or background but with a mutual interest in the spiritual side of life can get together to explore teachings and spiritual practises from all corners of the world.
We believe that although different traditions use different words, metaphors and techniques, they describe the same reality. There are differences because they have described the same reality from different perspectives. But if we go a little bit deeper we can see that they have much, much more in common than separates them. The opportunity for all of us searching “the truth” is that this diversity of perspectives is a tremendous help in finding our own personal truth of life. This is what the festival is all about – to give each individual the opportunity to find his or her own personal truth.
During, and in connection with, the festival there is a number of different workshops, courses and processes for those who wish to go very deep in their spiritual growth and development. More about that further down this page.
What is happening at The Oneness Festival?
During seven days you will be able to choose from up to 12 different workshops per day. There is 4 blocks of workshops per day. In each block there is 3 different workshops going on simultaneously. The topics varies from Enlightenment to Womens Spirituality to Spiritual Parenting to Tibetan Medicine to Flower Essences to Vaastu to Native American Dance to The Mayan Calendar to Neuro Linguistic Programming to Traditional native Indian sweat lodge to Meditation, stress and the Immune System to Medical Astrology – it is a truly abundant array of topics presented! In the mornings there is guided meditations and yoga, in the afternoon games like volleyball and cricket and in the evening rituals, music, performances and social gatherings at the campfire and campus bar (great juices and tee). If you love nature scenery you will definitely be on a tour to the nearby jungle. There are both half day and full day tours going on throughout the week.
To get an overview of the festival please see the list of Teacher & Topics and also check the preliminary festival schedule giving a good idea about how each day will going to look like.
Yes, but how is it really?
It is of course impossible to describe the feeling of being at the festival with words. Pictures are much better. Please check out the Picture Gallery from the last festival.
You can also download video clips from the last festival with interviews of teachers and participants .
What can I expect from the festival and the spiritual retreat in Golden City?
The Golden Age Foundation is a spiritual institution, created with the one objective of Helping humanity to discover and experience the truths of the ancient principles and live in harmony with the Universe.
The purpose with the festival is as said before to offer a real diversity within spiritual topics from different traditions so each individual can find his or her own spiritual truth.
The purpose of the spiritual retreat itself is however nothing less than enlightenment. Some people may have a great desire for enlightenment while others may not even believe in its existence. Whatever your view, you wouldn’t have come to this website if you didn’t believe that life can be different. And that this difference might come from working with the inner side. Whether you want to reach enlightenment or some form of improvement, you have concluded that a life with conflicts, anxiety and fears is simply not good enough. At the spiritual retreat you have the opportunity to utilize the services of the monks of the Golden Age Foundation, regardless of your faith, race or background. Read more about the very deep spiritual cleansing called Samskara Shuddhi and the Enlightenment 5-day process . The later one will be offered on a continual basis for the first time for westerners in February 2004. Both of them are available for participants of The Oneness Festival. Samskara Shuddhi (a 3-day process) is scheduled between 23rd and 29th of February and the 5-day Enlightenment Process 9-13 of March (the 5-day process 1-5 of march is unfortunately already full).
If you want some personal experiences, please read this article from Tom Matteo who participated in August 2003 or any of these from Kiara Windrider; Kiara Windrider 1, Kiara Windrider 2 or Kiara Windrider 3 . Another great teacher is Carl Johan Calleman the world wide renowned expert on the Mayan Calendar, there are several articles written by Carl but read this one as a start: Mayan Calendar and humanity’s path towards Enlightenment.
Also, take the opportunity to view the video interview with Grace Sears. She is the wife of Kiara (who was invited as a teacher to the festival in august 2003), the video clip is recorded 3 days after she attended the equivalence to the 5-day Enlightenment process that was offered at that time. You will be very touched! The video is here: Video Archive.
Anette Carlstrom also reached a tremendous state, view the interview with her here: Video Archive.
Kiara Windrider, Grace Seers and Anette Carlstrom are all contributing teachers at the coming festival. Click on the links to read more.
The World University of Consciousness
The name of the spiritual retreat is The World University of Consciousness. For a few weeks immediately after the festival the programme is expanded and covers all sorts of topics related to spirituality and spiritual growth. Read more about the university courses at the spiritual retreat here.
The purpose behind the website
Our ambition with the website, www.experiencefestival.com, is to create a resource for spiritual growth and knowledge. It is true that spirituality is not in the idea but in the experience, but on the other hand, it can be very exciting to read about other peoples experiences as well as indulging in all sorts of knowledge in the vast universe that can be called ”spirituality”.
You can get a detailed overview of the content on the website at the Site Map:
To make it easier to find relevant information we have categorized it into what we call “Resources”. Examples of resources are Enlightenment, Spiritual Parenting, Women’s Spirituality, Spirituality and Health, Spiritual Practises, Spiritual Awakening, Sacred Geometry and Sacred Space, Spiritual Rituals Spiritual Ceremonies , Spiritual Art, Music and Dance, Spiritual Storytelling, Golden Age Foundation, Kalki and more are coming step by step.
Here is an overview of all resources Overview of Resources
The resources reflect the content of the festival and partly the ongoing activities at the Spiritual Retreat between the festivals. The material is predominantly contributions from or articles about teachers and topics at the festival.
Newsletter and Poster
We regularly produce a newsletter that can be downloaded here: Newsletters. The latest newsletter, No 8 (031125), is here (PDF):
And here is No 7 (non-graphic):
Here is the festival and university poster for the event coming in February 2004! We would be very happy if you would like to help us market this event in your neighbourhood and within your network! Please download it and print it and distribute it in as many copies as possible! Thank you!
Medium resolution (72dpi) High resolution/print quality (300dpi)
Where is the spiritual retreat?
The spiritual retreat and the festival is located 80 km outside of Chennai on the southeast coast of India.
The Address is:
Sri Kalki Ashram
Govardhanapuram Village
Varadaiahpalem Mandal
Chittoor District - 517 541
ANDRA PRADESH
Phone: +91 85762 75266
Email: expfest@rediffmail.com
Click here for a map of India.
You can find travel instructions here: Travel Info
What is the cost of the festival and courses at the spiritual retreat
Festival: Adults 600$, young adults 16-22 years 300$, youth under 16: free entrance.
Courses at the spiritual retreat: There are different courses with different length. The cost for a 3-day course is usually around 300$.
Here you can find all details about Facts & Figures: Facts & Figures
How to sign up?
There are three ways to do it:
1. You can sign up at the website: Sign Up
2. You can send us an email to info@experiencefestival.com (Remember to include: Name, Address, phone, email, Country, Age and what you sign up for.)
3. Or you can contact a local representative in your country. You find the list of local representatives here: Local Representatives
Who is organizing the spiritual retreat and the festival?
The spiritual retreats in The Golden City is run by Golden Age Foundation and its founder Kalki .
The Oneness Festival is run in cooperation between The Experience Foundation and The Golden Age Foundation.
The Experience Foundation is headquartered in Sweden having a global network in more than 30 countries. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity for great teachers and fine representatives of spiritual traditions to share their wisdom on how to create a global transition.
Experience Foundation
Address: Strandvagen 7b, 11456 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Phone +46 8 545 855 00
Fax +46 8 545 855 10
info@experiencefestival.com
I have a question!
For all sorts of questions send us an email to info@experiencefestival.com
For questions about travel arrangements you can contact your local representative in your country. You find the list of local representatives here: Local Representatives
If you would like to have more information about the spiritual retreats conducted in Golden City or in your neighbourhood, please contact your closest representative for The Golden Age Foundation:
Please feel free to ask all questions you might have!
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If you would like to share this newsletter with your network – please do! Take a look at the small boxes in the bottomof this page.
We would also be very, very happy if you would like to put up a banner or a link on your website. Banners can be found here: Banners & Links.
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Best wishes,
Jonas Lindqvist & Pärlan Fritz
Oneness Festival
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