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Aspen Chapel

Father Thomas Keating 

His InterSpiritual Legacy and a Vision for the Future

Aspen Chapel, July 13-14, 2019
Brought to you by: Aspen Chapel, Northeast Wisdom
Spiritual Paths Foundation

Please feel free to watch and share these videos as much as you like, with no cost attached. Although if you wish to support programs like this at the Aspen Chapel, please click here to donate.

To access all eight videos, please click on the upper right-hand corner of the video or click on the links below.

Video Guide


Saturday, July 13

 

Morning

Sessions 1-3
Videos of the meditation and discussions among invited resource experts who were close colleagues and students of Thomas Keating.  Panelists and discussants for the public program were chosen.
 
Session 1. “Thomas Keating’s Ascent into Unity Consciousness”
Session 2. “Holding the Post in a Polarized World”
Session 3. “The Future of Thomas Keating’s InterSpiritual Vision”
 

Afternoon

Session 4. “Thomas Keating’s Ascent into Unity Consciousness”
Chanting led by Tibetan Buddhist Monks 
Meditation
Welcome by The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Dr. Ed Bastian and Heather Vesey
Panel: “Thomas Keating’s Ascent into Unity Consciousness” (1:04)
Moderator: The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault
Panelists: Dr. Will Keepin, Swami Atmarupananda, Rev. Justin Lanier
 
Session 5. “Holding the Post in a Polarized World”
Chant by Kabir and Camille Helminski
InterSpiritual Meditation by Ed Bastian
Panel: “Holding the Post in a Polarized World” (1:04)
Moderator: Shaikh Kabir Helminski
Panelists: Ted Jones, David Frenette, Phileena Heuertz, Brie Stoner,
 

Evening

Session 6. “The InterSpiritual Zikr
 
“The InterSpiritual Zikr: Chants from Multiple Spiritual Traditions and Circling Together” led by Kabir and Camille Helminski with accompaniment by Linda Minke and Victor Huls.
 

Sunday, July 14

Morning

Session 7. Sunday InterSpiritual Service
 
Rev. Nicholas Vesey, Kabir & Camille Helminski, Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Swami Atmarupananda, Scott McCracken, Brie Stoner, Phileena Heuertz, Rory McEntee, Matthew Wright, Ellen Stapenhorst, Ed Bastian, Steve Finch and Irene Gubrud.
 
Session 8. “The Future of Thomas Keating’s InterSpiritual Vision”
 
Moderator: Mathew Wright
Panel: Brie Stoner, Kurt Johnson, Rory McEntee, Ed Bastian
Concluding Meditation
(Journey to St Benedict’s Monastery)
 

Program Resource People and Panelists

 Swami Atmarupananda
Ed Bastian
Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Brix
David Frenette
Kabir Helminski
Camille Helminski
Phileena Heuertz
Ted Jones
Kurt Johnson
Will Keepin
Eric Keeney
Roger Laborde
Justin Lanier
Drepung Loseling Monks
Rory McEntee
Rami Shapiro
Rollie Stanich
Brie Stoner
Lama Surya Das
Ulco Visser
Alex Warden
Mathew Wright
 

Staff and Volunteers

 Barbara Bloemsma
Kathy Corcoran
Heather Vesey
Heather Macdonald
Nicholas Vesey
St. Benedict’s Monastery
 

We are Deeply Grateful to the Following Donors

 William and Ellen Hunt
Laurel and John Catto
Carolyn and Nick Coles
Chad and Marissa Cascarilla
Northeast Wisdom
Spiritual Paths Foundation
Aspen Chapel
 
 
Hello
Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

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We are Nicholas and Heather Vesey
We lead the services here at the Aspen Chapel most Sundays.
Have a look around our site. There are plenty of fee courses to watch from our 'Wisdom from the Top of the World' page. Click here to go to it

If you are planning on a visit, here is some information as to what to expect:

When: We meet every Sunday at 9.30am for about an hour. If you cannot make it in person, you can live stream the event by clicking here.

Where: We are the chapel by the roundabout as you come into aspen. Specifically here.

What: We (Heather and Nicholas) come from a Christian Episcopal background, however our community draws from all the world’s wisdom traditions with the aim of learning together to live our lives more skillfully.

Every week we will focus on a topic within a theme.

GuernicaAt the moment we are looking at what the topic of 'Being at Peace'
How do we experience being at peace, and what is the connection to the nature of our 'being'.
When our 'being' is at peace, are we at peace?


We will have a musician who will set the mood for the event. That might be guitar, piano, or any other instrument. They will generally play 4 pieces throughout the service.

There will also be prayer and meditation, generally led by Heather, and Nicholas will give a talk on the topic for the day.

Finally, there is an opportunity for discussion and feedback as we pass the microphone around for everyone to join in.

Kids? We also offer childcare with younger children being looked after and given creative ways to look at a topic for the day.

Coffee and Yummies. After the service there is a food and drink reception for everyone to get to know each other a bit more.