As always, Be the Love 2012 will be an eclectic spiritual conference designed to help us awaken to the Truth of our being. We’ve selected inspiring and talented facilitators from the traditions of A Course in Miracles.  Our event also includes great music, laughter and periods of silence.

Our purpose is to create an environment that allows our facilitators and participants to join in whatever way is guided in the moment. In order to make this work, our speakers are not put on pedestals. They are easily accessible to each other and to the audience, since everyone dines together and attends the event together. Be the Love conferences have a family feel; they are small, intimate conference events.

We hope everyone will have fun, embrace friends and meet new mighty companions at Be the Love 2012. Please join us. Be Inspired. Have enlightening thoughts and realizations. Share your inspirations. Leave rejuvenated and recommitted, excited to Be the Love in your life.

Register today for our next event in

Chester, Connecticut

August 10-12, 2012

$395 / person

(double occupancy)

$575 / person

(single occupancy)

$325 / person

(Commuter Rate (Includes Meals))

Earl Purdy

Earl Purdy has been a student of A Course In Miracles since 1980 and a lecturer, teacher and facilitator of the Course for over 22 years. Earl travels extensively teaching and lecturing on the Course. His purpose is to support ACIM students in their own personal journey through using JOY, HUMOR AND ENTHUSIASM!! Earl brings his own unique brand of sincerity, knowledge and ALIVENESS when sharing the “Course” with the emphasis on how to apply the ACIM in your everyday life. www.earlpurdy.com

Gary & Cindy Renard

Gary Renard ~ Combining a disarming sense of humor with cutting-edge metaphysical information and experiential exercises, this acclaimed teacher of A Course in Miracles has been described as one of the most interesting and courageous spiritual speakers in the world. Gary Renard, the best-selling author of The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality, began as a successful professional guitar player, but during the harmonic convergence of 1987, he heard a Calling and began to take his life in a different direction. As guided, he carefully wrote Disappearance over a period of nine years. In the fall of 2003, Gary began to present workshops in public. His speaking career took off remarkably fast, and over the past seven years, he has spoken in 42 states, 22 countries, including keynote presentations at the International A Course in Miracles Conferences in Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Gary is also the most recent recipient of the Infinity Foundation Spirit Award. The award is given to a person who has made a meaningful contribution to personal and spiritual growth. Past recipients include Dan Millman, Ram Dass, Gary Zukav, James Redfield, Byron Katie, and Neale Donald Walsch.  www.garyrenard.com

Diederik Wolsak

Diederik Wolsak ~ Diederik’s journey started in 1942 on the island of Java, Indonesia. He spent the first three years of his life in Japanese concentration camps. Many of his core beliefs were developed during that early, potentially traumatic phase. At age 8 he was sent to a foster home in Holland and by the time he rejoined his parents and brothers two years later he was filled with self-hatred and fear of the world around him. This self-hatred, fear and guilt translated into prolonged alcohol and drug abuse till finally at age 50 he reached that point where he realized that there had to be a better way or there would be no point in continuing. While his self-hatred drove him to be a successful businessman and international athlete, it allowed him little joy.Following the fork in the road where something had to change, Diederik entered upon a spiritual path of deep healing. This path eventually led to a fulfilling career as counselor in private practice. www.choose-again.com

Scott Kalechstein-Grace

Scott Kalechstein-Grace ~ Scott performs original songs with his guitar and voice. He spices up his repetoire with songs created spontaneously based on topics suggested by the audience. His intention in his singing and songwriting is to offer both entertainment and education, upliftment and enlightement. He uses his art as a vehicle to inspire transformation, to fuel dreams, to encourage self-esteem, and to help us lighten up in those places where we all can get weighed down in life. When Scott sings you may be prone to laughing uproariously at yourself or at the human condition. You may also be wiping away tears during the very next song. With a luminous, loving and mischievious twinkle in his eyes, Scott makes personal contact with everyone present and does not hide behind a performance facade. With each song he shares an intimate part of himself. No matter how large the audience, you may feel as if you were alone with Scott in your living room, listening with a fire crackling in the fireplace. The warmth will penetrate your skin and touch your heart. www.scottsongs.com

…. with Musical Performances by:

Donna Marie Cary

Donna Marie Cary ~ If you’re ready to wake up, Donna Marie Cary has all the ingredients to help you on your way. Her incredible voice, musical talent and lyrics, which have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, help facilitate an experience that takes us straight to the Heart. Donna’s ability to bring people into the remembrance of “Real Love” is a gift that has blessed thousands at ACIM conferences, retreats, churches, prisons and schools.  www.donnamariecary.com/

CLICK HERE FOR RELATED BOOKS & CDs

The Disappearance of The Universe

by Gary Renard

 

What would you do if you were sitting quietly in your living room when two mysterious strangers appeared from out of nowhere-and then told you they were ‘ascended masters’ who had come to reveal some shocking secrets of existence and teach you the miraculous powers of advanced forgiveness? Would you call the cops? Call a psychiatrist? Call out for pizza? When two such teachers appeared before Gary Renard in 1992, he chose to listen to them (and ask a lot of questions). The result is this startling book: an extraordinary record of 17 mind bending conversations that took place over nearly a decade, reorienting the author’s life and giving the world an uncompromising introduction to a spiritual teaching destined to change human history. Click Here to Buy Print from Amazon.com

Your Immortal Reality

by Gary Renard

In this fascinating book, Gary Renard and his Ascended Master Teachers, Arten and Pursah, teach you how to integrate advanced spiritual principles into your everyday life. Doing so leads beyond theory to an experience of the Divine and the undoing of the ego. Your progress will be accelerated to such a degree that, with continued practice, you can’t help but stop the need to reincarnate . . . once and for all.

Like Gary’s first book, The Disappearance of the Universe, this work elaborates on the teachings of two spiritual classics, The Gospel of Thomas and A Course in Miracles. By focusing on a unique brand of quantum forgiveness, rather than the old-fashioned kind, and taking the understanding of the importance of thought up to a whole new level, your goal will become nothing less than to break the cycle of birth and death.  Click Here to Buy Print from Amazon.com

Teach Me How To Love

by Scott Kalechstein Grace

Teach Me How To Love is the true story of Scott Kalechstein Grace, an unlicensed peddler on the streets of NYC, who, after years of being chased by the police, decides to chase his dreams instead. While sharing his inspired, improvisational singing, motivational speaking, and conscious comedy across three continents, Scott eventually discovers that what matters most to him is learning his love lessons at home – how to be vulnerable, how to forgive, how to love himself and others, and, perhaps the most difficult and daring adventure of all, how to let love in.  Click Here to Order

Music CDs

by Scott Kalechstein Grace

Something New

Click Here to Visit Scott’s Music Store

Music CDs

by Donna Marie Cary

Real Love

Click Here to Visit Donna Marie’s Store

ADDRESS:

318 West Main Street

Chester, Connecticut 06412

(860) 322-5770

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• 42,000 square feet, with all accommodations and meeting rooms in the same building
• Meeting rooms available for up to 20, 60, and 95 people
• Newly equipped kitchen that can serve over 200 people
• 41 bedrooms accommodating up to 95 people
• Private bathroom with tub in every guest room
• Conference packages available, including audio/video services (digital projector, overhead projector, tv, dvd player, sound system)
• 17 acres of private wooded land
• Adjacent to state forest with hiking trails and lake
• Short drive to Hammonasset Beach (Madison) and Ocean Beach (New London)
• Multi-level common areas with numerous skylights
• Grand piano in lobby
• Wireless internet and cell phone service available
• throughout the building
• Fully air-conditioned
• Elevator service
• Recreation room with pool table, ping-pong, darts, chess, and games
• Tennis court
• Nearby quaint New England towns with interesting boutiques and restaurants

GALLERY:

• 43 guest rooms that can accommodate up to 95 guests
• Every room has a private bathroom with a full tub
• Central heating and air conditioning in every room
• High speed wireless internet service throughout the building
• Generous closet space

Meals

Even when cooking for a large group, executive chef Steve Matterazzo ensures that each individual’s meal is delicious and delightful. Guest House menus are creative and imaginative and our meals are always satisfying and healthful. Fresh local and regional organic products are used whenever possible. Every meal offers variety and a vegetarian/vegan option is included whenever necessary. With advance notice we can customize menus to accommodate individuals with dietary restrictions and groups who wish to serve entirely vegetarian or vegan meals, or any other special diet.
Retreat and Conference Food Service

• Three healthy, expertly prepared meals a day
• Fresh local and organic ingredients whenever possible
• Menus can always be designed to include a vegetarian/vegan option
• Custom menus for groups who wish to serve entirely vegetarian or vegan meals
• With advance notice, options for individuals with dietary restrictions
• All-day beverage and fresh fruit service
• Deluxe afternoon snack and beverage service, if desired, for an additional charge

Cuisine at Guest House

Executive Chef Steve Matterazzo believes that food is most delicious when it is prepared in a manner that brings out the natural flavors of the ingredients. He begins with fresh, whole foods, and then designs dishes and menus that incorporate the flavors of the world to best bring out the natural quality of these ingredients. His menus are creative and imaginative.

Much of modern cooking revolves around hiding poor quality ingredients under masks of heavy sauces, artificial flavors, sugary dressings, etc. Steve’s kitchen does not use thickeners, dyes, preservatives, or chemicals in any of his cooking. Since he works with local farmers to obtain the highest quality meat and produce available, his kitchen staff knows that clean, simple preparations will yield gourmet results.

We also believe that the health of our bodies and the environment is always connected. Organic dairy products and produce are purchased whenever possible. All coffee is organic and fair-trade. All salad dressings are made from scratch. Steve’s kitchen never uses products that contain hydrogenated oil, high-fructose corn syrup, aspartame, MSG, ingredients with preservatives, artificial colors, or flavors.

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Register today for our next event in

Chester, Connecticut
August 10-12, 2011

$395 / person

(double occupancy)

$575 / person

(single occupancy)

$325 / person

(Commuter Rate (Includes Meals))

If you prefer to pay via check, make the check payable to “Be the Love, Inc” and send it to:

Be The Love, Inc.

c/o Joanna M. Zarkadas

2912 Highland Terrace

Plymouth, MA

02360