Schedule of Classses, Sound Healing: The Center of Light

THE CENTER OF LIGHT
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Workshops & Classes * School of Sound Healing * Earth Mystery / Shamanic Programs
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* The Illumination of Consciousness Series: Egyptian Mysteries & other Esoteric Studies

Sunreed World Musical Instruments:
Sound Healing tools: Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Tingshaws, Shamanic Drums, African Drums,
Flutes, Shakuhachi Native American Flutes & drums, Didgeridoos, much more

We Accept: debit or credit cards for all programs and services

Schedule of Upcoming Classes:

* Sacred Sound Therapies * Monthly Sound Circles * To Register for Classes

2008 Trainings and Programs ~ a current listing of upcoming programs (click here, or scroll down)

Please Contact Us for further and most up to date class information, for accomodations, registration, directions,
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The Center of Light: Phone: (802) 674-9585 Fax: (802) 674-9586 E-Mail info@sunreed.com

Sound Healers Practitioner Series
Sound healing and esoteric programs in Europe, England, 2009; Germany and Switzerland, May and June, 2008
Special Events * Including our tour of Sacred Sites in England, 2009, & Hatun Karpay in Peru.
Earth Mysteries School: Our outdoor programs focusing on the Beauty and nature of the Earth, ourself,
and our relationship to each other, Peruvian & Native mysticism, and more.

The Illumination of Consciousness Series: In depth studies of the Nature of Consciousness,
via master techniques of Egyptian High Alchemy, & other Esoteric Practices

All programs are at the Center of Light in Ascutney, VT, and facilitated by Zacciah Blackburn, unless otherwise indicated. Contact us if you would like to be on our newsletter of upcoming events, occasional words of wisdom, and peace prayers; or, if you see programs of interest which you would like to see repeated, or if you would like to partner with us to bring any of these programs to your area.

Calendar Years 2008 Events

Sound Transforms Consciousness

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH SACRED SOUND
Join Zacciah in his powerful healing programs
All programs are in Ascutney, VT, unless otherwise indicated

2008-9 School of Sound Healing
In depth cognitive & intuitive trainings in the use of sound as a healing modality in private and therapeutic practice:
2008-9 Professional Sound Healers Training Series begins Sept 19-21, 2008, and continues for 8 months, listings are available
Early Registration Deadlines begin in May, 2008

1 weekend program is offered each month, for a total of 8 weekends, in Level I, first year studies, plus Level II and III if you choose to continue.
(Attuning the Chakras, Creating Sacred Space, Sacred Sound Transmissions, Application of Sound Therapies)
You May attend one or more programs, for personal or professional development of sound practices.
See our School of Sound Healing listings

Other Programs, utilizing Sacred Sound, Shamanic traditions, ancient mysteries, esoteric studies:

2008 Programs

Additional 2008 programs will be listed as information becomes available

MONTH		Class/Workshop/Training
JANUARY, 2008		JANUARY, 2008 Jan 5 - 7; Advanced Use of Healing Sound Instruments, & Applications, Level II SHT Jan 11 - 13; Attuning the Chakras Level I SHT Jan 18-20, LEVEL III SHT, The Nature of Consciousness
February, 2008		February, 2008 Feb.2 - 3; The Siddhis, Potentized practices for the authentic self, and for developing the evolved powers of inner sight & well being. “The Siddhis” are our innate psychic abilities. Feb. 8 – 10; Energetics of the Human Component, Science, & Neurophysiology, Level II SHT Feb 29 - Mar 2; C reating Sacred Space Level I SHT
March, 2008		March, 2008 Feb 29 - Mar 2; C reating Sacred Space Level I SHT Mar 8: Sacred Sounds Concert, 6:30 PM with Zacciah, Molly Scott, and Shubalananda; Northampton MA, Whole Health Expo; Presentation by Zacciah in classroom settings; Isis, awakening the Heart; Sat afternoon March 14 – 16; Sacred Sound Transmissions Level I SHT Mar 21 – 23: Relationships: Explorations into the nature of the cosmos; Level III SHT
April, 2008		April, 2008 April 5 - 6; Sekhmet: The Sacred Chord; Perceiving Harmony in the Pathway of our Existence; Dallas, TX & Switzerland, June 5-8 April 11 – 13; The Application of Sound Therapies Level I SHT April 19 - 20; ISIS: The Hidden Temple; A Call to the Heart of Humanity: Teachings on the Sanctity and Authenticity of the Human Heart Sacred Initiations, and World Service Huntington, VT April 24: Earth & Sky: Show Opening 5-6 PM: Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World. Images available on line soon. Claremont, NH Show May - June 2008
May, 2008		May, 2008 May - June: Earth & Sky: Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World. Claremont, NH Images available on line soon. Show May - June 2008 May 2- 5 ; Sound and Consciousness: Zacciah Presents: Monday, May 5; 3:15-4:45 PM: Sound, Healing, & Consciousness 5:00-6:30 PM: Panel - Sound, Consciousness, and Meditation, with Zacciah, Juliet Carter and Steve Sklar 6:30-7:30 PM: Closing Ceremonies, wtih Zacciah, others at the Globe Sound Healing Conference; San Francisco May 9-12; Entering The DreamLodge: Revealing Ancient Wisdom through Sound: Zacciah Presents: Fri, May 9; 1:30-2:30 PM: at the Global Sound Conference 2008; Marina del Rey (Los Angelos), CA (these are separate events, separate organizations.) Sacred Space, Sacred Sound, Sacred Ceremony, Level II SHT May 17-18; StarNations: Awakening the Ancestral Pathways; Asheville, NC May 28: Introductory Evening, Munich, Germany May 31- June 1: ISIS: The Hidden Temple; A Call to the Heart of Humanity: Teachings on the Sanctity and Authenticity of the Human Heart; Murnau, Germany; For program information in Deutsch
June, 2008		June, 2008 May - June: Earth & Sky: Photography of Zacciah Blackburn, and Dorothy Stone, of flora, landscapes, and sacred sites of the gardens and landscapes of Vermont, and the World. Claremont, NH Images available on line soon. Show May - June 2008 June 5 - 8; Sekhmet: The Sacred Chord; Perceiving Harmony in the Pathway of our Existence; Konstanz, Switzerland; For program information in Deutsch June 13-15: Earth Healing & Awareness: Deeper attunements in sacred sites; LEVEL II Professional Sound Healers Training Series June 20-22: Earth Healing & Awareness: Deeper attunements in sacred sites; Right Relationship, Earth Healing Ceremonies; LEVEL III Trainings
July, 2008		July, 2008 July 11-19; Reconnecting Heaven and Earth: IIIHS Conference, Montreal, Canada: Zacciah's Presentations: * July 15, Tues: Keynote Address, evening: The Illumination of Consciousness: The Marriage of Heaven and Earth * July 16, Wed: Half Day program: StarNations, Awakening Ancestral Pathways; * July 17, Thurs: Half Day Program: The Divine Union: The Sacred Marriage of the Archetypal Principals of the Divine Feminine and Masculine Within Us July 25-27 Return To Beauty: Authentic initiatory practices into the Sacred Peruvian Principals of Living Energies of the Cosmos, Awakening the "Incan Seed," The Seed of our Own Perfection; Attending ancient ceremonial and Sacred Sites of Vermont, a 5 day outdoor training: Cavendish Gorge, Mt. Ascutney, Calendar I & II ceremonial chambers, Queechee Gorge, Mt Mansfield, others Entering Deep relation with the Self, the Earth, & Cosmos, in exploration, ceremony, initiation and ritual. Incorporating Ancient Peruvian Karpay initiations, the return of the Condor & Eagle, preparing for the Taripay Pacha: “The Time of Meeting Ourselves Again.” Finding our natural allies, our Power, and our Beauty. Watch for dates: Approaching Sacred Sites II: Moving Between Worlds: Advanced Level Shamanic Training in ancient wisdom places, outdoors; prerequisite training.
August, 2008		August, 2008 August 2-3: The ChristHeart Initiations: Upon The Wings of Magdalene, Springfield, MA, to be announced August 6-12; ASD Conference, Killington, VT; Several program offerings, 1.5 hr class, to full day workshop, opening ceremonies with the Grandfather Drum, more, listed soon. Aug 16-24 The Seal of Solomon: The Grand Star Trine of Sacred Mountains and Lakes in New England, and the MerKaBa; Personal and Planetary Activations 3 Lakes, and 3 Mountains, compose an living vortices of primal earth energies manifesting perfect union of the principals of the Divine Feminine and Masculine, in New England. Such perfect geometries exist world wide. We hold a responsibility as caretakers of each of these sacred sites, to enter and maintain right relationship with these living forces of Creation. We shall enter sacred relationship via the MerKaBa activations of our own inner being, then enter into, and practice right relationship with the living consciousness of the Earth via these primordial beings who anchor vital living energies here within the Earth, asking permission to work cohesively with them as we bridge into conscious co-creational roles with the Earth and her Keepers. We shall call upon creational powers of the ancient luminaries and the ancestral beings of this region to assist us. Watch for details: a 6-8 day sacred journeys event.
		September, 2008 2008-9 Professional Sound Healers Training Series begins Sept 19-21, and continues for 8 months, updated listings and dates are now available. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM LISTINGS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE
September, 2008		September, 2008 Sept 13 Mt Sunapee Holistic Festival; Mt Sunapee, NH Sept 19-21; The Nature of Sound in Healing Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings Begin, 3 yr certification Can attend one or all programs in LEVEL I Sept 27 Spirit of Change Expo; Sturbridge, MA
ctober, 2008		October, 2008 Fall Illumination of Consciousness program, watch for details Oct. 11-13; Using Healing Sound Instruments Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings Exploring the use of principal instruments used in sound healing practices, both for personal and professional use/practice, with intention, for clearing and energizing the human energy field, invocation, and more. Can attend one or all programs in LEVEL I
November, 2008		November, 2008 Oct 31, Nov 1-2; The Sound Healing Network 4th Annual Conference on Sound Healing, Rowe Conference Center, MA; watch for details Crop Circle, Earth Energies Conference presentations; Nov. 8-10; Using the Voice, with Intention Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings Exploring the use of voice for clearing and energizing the human energy field, invocation, and more, as a sound healing tool. Can attend one or all programs in LEVEL I
December, 2008		December, 2008 Dec 12-14, 2008: The Neurophysiology of Sound Level I Sound Healers Professional Trainings Explore the fundamental neurophysiology of the body and how sound effects healing, change, growth, via the natural forces at play within our human bodies, as well as other aspects of the science of sound.

ADDITIONAL 2008 Dates to be Announced as information is available.
Watch for 2008-9 Sacred Journeys, such as:
Sacred Sounds, Sacred Sites, Sacred Journeys: Activating the Seeds of Our Potential; Watch for 2009 program details
A ten day pilgrimage to the self, in ancient power sites along the Michael and Mary Ley Lines of the

(private ceremony in Avebury, Glastonbury, and Stonehenge, & little known sites of ancient culture.)
2008-9 TOURS: Karpay,

Peru

; Return To Beauty, VT; Sacred Lakes, Sacred Mountains, VT; Sacred Sites,

England

Advance & Multiple Registration Discounts are available for all registrants, &
VT Adult Continuing Education Grants are available for qualifying participants.

2008-9 Advanced Level Trainings in Shamanic Practice and Sound Healing
Sound Healing Training Series Begins again in Fall 2008.
You may join us in most Level I Classes currently running.
Watch for additional listings.

Earth Mysteries School

The Sacred Union - April - May in England
Sacred Sounds, Sacred Journeys, Sacred Sites
Exploring the currents of divine feminine and masculine energies in ancient sites of the Michael &
         Mary ley lines;   April 27- May 6, 2007, tour full. We are devising tour for 2009, check back later, or join our newsletter list.
Return To Beauty - In VT, July 23-27, 2008
Ancient traditional practices to come into authentic awareness of, and deeper relationship with,
         one’s true self and the beauty and consciousness of the Earth.
Hatun Karpay - 2008 Programs not available at this time.
The Great Initiation, in Peru. Explore historic sites as the Incas used them in sacred ceremonies
         of self-empowerment.
Watch for Additional Summer & Fall programming, and advanced level Shamanic studies in outdoor sacred and power sites.

(All programs in Ascutney VT unless otherwise listed. Discounts for advance registration, members of NESHRI and APOV, and more.)

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Special Events:

April, 2008
April 5 - 6; Sekhmet: The Sacred Chord; Perceiving Harmony in the Pathway of our Existence; Dallas, TX; & Switzerland, June 5-8
April 19 - 20; ISIS: The Hidden Temple; A Call to the Heart of Humanity:
        Teachings on the Sanctity and Authenticity of the Human Heart
        Sacred Initiations, and World Service Huntington, VT
May 17-18; StarNations: Awakening the Ancestral Pathways; Asheville, NC
May 31- June 8; Isis and Sekhmet programs in Germany and Switzerland

Watch for information on our Oct 31,Nov 1-2 2008 Conference at Rowe
Science,Spirituality, and Sound:
< This is info on our 2006 Conference; 2008 Information is being gathered at this time:
Including presentations by Dr. Molly Scott, Dr. John Beaulieu, Jeff Volk and Cymatics,
Silvia Nakkach, Zacciah Blackburn, Amrita Cottrell, and Susie Nelson Smith>

        The Third Annual Conference of The Sound Healing Network
(Formerly the New England Sound Healing Research Institute (NESHRI)

       Friday through Sunday, October 31, November 1-2, 2008
       at the Rowe Conference Center, Rowe, MA
-ask to join our mail list for information on future NESHRI/SHN events-
<Zacciah is Director of Education for NESHRI/SHN>

Leading Specialists in the Field, intentional healing musical concerts,

and (tentative), a live web broadcast via the World Sound Healing Organization, and AllOneNow.org

(Image Credit: Harmonic "soundform" from Cymatics:
A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration © 2001 MACROmedia
Used by Permission. www.cymaticsource.com )

School of Sound Healing: 8 full weekends, over an 8 month course, in the therapeutic application of sound healing practices. Can be taken individually or collectively toward certification. Follow up with second year in depth applications, and third year clinical practice. New programs begin every 9-12 months.

Sound Healers Training, Extended Course
Zacciah has created a broad range of trainings in sound healing practice, which couples his deep cognitive and intuitive understanding of sound in therapeutic application.   These programs are an in depth study of the nature of sound and its healing effect on the human system, with cognitive and experiential training designed to better our understanding of, and therapeutic application in, the use of sound.
A full series of eight weekends to began each September and continue through the April.
8 full weekends of training in the therapeutic application of sound healing practices in first year Level I.
You may take one or all of the trainings.
And follow up with year II and III, as you choose.

Some of our Prior Programming May be available at a later time, including programs in Europe and Peru.
You may contact us to see if similar future programs are being planned, or if you wish to host such programs in your area!

* June 1-4, 2006: The Art of Making and Playing the Native American Style Flute, Drum, Rattle, and Australian Didgeridoo: Zacciah’s once/year workshop making and playing your own Native American style flute, with simple, acute exercises for learning, has expanded into a four day program with flute, drum, rattle, and didgeridoo. Come for one or all four instrument days. Make one, learn to play, and take your own instruments home with you.

Sacred Sounds, Sacred Sites, Sacred Journeys: Activating the Seeds of our Potential: The Sacred Union; Cultivating the Divine Feminine and Masculine within. A 12 day sojourn into the sacred landscape of Great Britain, including ceremony in Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Avebury. We will work with, activate, and anchor the sacred masculine and feminine energies within each of us, and the Earth, within the ancient sites, ending in the stone circles of Avebury during Beltane, the time of union of celestial and earthly energies of spring. In Stonehenge, we are asked to activate the planetary encodings encapsulated via these stone archives.

Meeting Our Divinity: Resting in the Sanctuary of the Cosmos, Initiations and Empowerments in the use of Sekhem; Tantric and Esoteric
practices of Egyptian High Alchemy. Burlington, VT.

Hatun Karpay: The Great Initiation, into Incan mysticism, w/ Juan Nunez del Prado,
in the great landscapes of Peru: Traditional tools of exploration of consciousness within the Earth and ourselves. Development of personal power w/in the Andean cosmology. The Incas, their ancestors and descendants have performed these ceremonies for hundreds of years in these sacred sites of Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, including Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Pisaq and Raqchi.

Return to Beauty, embracing our authentic self, through earth awareness, incorporating the Incan practices of the Karpay initiations, in ancient stone ceremonial sites and pristine natural sacred power sites of Vermont. Deep union, and honoring of our natural being.

* Sept 8, 2007, The Power of Sekhmet, Egyptian mysteries, Murnau, Germany, info soon available

* Sept 13-16, 2007, Boden,

Austria The Illumintaion of Consciousness

* August 3-6, 2006: Boden, Austria: Healing with The Hathors: Sacred practice in the art of living in Ecstasy. It is time we embrace our true destiny and place in the cosmos, and birth the new paradigm of life on Earth.

Study of the Egyptian Mysteries

We offer in depth studies of the Egyptian mastery techniques of High Alchemy,
via work with The Hathors, Sekhmet, Horus, Isis, Hat'or, and others of the Egyptian lineages.
Anchoring these techniques with Sacred Sound initiations serve to awaken us a deepest level of memory and being.

Sound Circles: ;
<No sound circles currently on our calendar, but may restart at a later time.>
Techniques and sharing in sacred sound. Occasional Guest teachers. $20.-30.

For additional workshops & information, & Shamanic, & Sound Healing Trainings, Retreats & Sacred Journeys, including in the US, England, Mexico, Peru, Europe, Canada, and more, contact us.

For further information & additional workshops contact
Zacciah Blackburn
The Center of Light
at
PO Box 389, Hidden Glen Road
Ascutney, VT 05030 USA
Phone: 802-674-9585; Fax: 802-674-95856
E-mail: info@sunreed.com
http://www.thecenteroflight.net/

Discounts for advance registration may apply. Program prices do not include food or lodging unless stated. MC/Visa/ Credit/Debit cards accepted. VSAC or other adult ed. grants may apply.

Prior Programming

Below is a Continuing List of Many Programs we offer or have offered in the past;

Some have links to additional information.
Check any posted dates closely, many are not in our current schedule of events.
We leave this information up to allow you to gain further insight into the nature, diversity, and complexity of our work.
You may let us know your interest in these for future programming, or to host similar programs in your region.
To See prior year class Schedules, many are also available here:
2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007

Sound Healers Training * Attuning the Chakras
Boden, Austria: Returning to Beauty, 2005, a 4 day shamanic journey, and initiation into Peruvian mysticism.
The Hathors: Masters of Sound and Light
StarGatherer: a journey to our ancient homelands
Starseed: Gathering the Seeds of Consciousness

Cultivating the Heart: Awakening our Radiant Being
Initiations Into Earth and Sky *
StarGatherer: a journey to our ancient homelands
Building The Light Body * Walking with Bear * StarGate: Opening the Portal
Doorway to the Ancestors * Entering The Dream Lodge
Honoring Divine Mother * The Sacred Hoop
Sacred Sound Circles   * The Heart of Awakening
The Voice of Awakening *   Inner Wisdom, Inner Healing
Essential Earth Energies w/ Zacciah *   Initiation into the ChristHeart
Emerging from the Cave * Meeting Our Divinity: Resting in the Sanctuary of the Cosmos
Healing Circle Approaching Sacred Sites I, Moving Between Worlds,
The Power of Sekhmet    World Sound Healing Concert
The Golden Body: Sacred Union Awaiting RA: Horus; The Awakening

    StarSeed: Gathering the Seeds of Consciousness
Deep Initiations, healing ceremonies, and attunements, with sacred sound, in shamanic style settings, in sacred sites of Vermont: Calendar One, DreamLodge and others, Cavendish Gorge, Mt. Mansfield, others. During sacred solar times of the year: solstice, mid summer, equinox.

Boden, Austria (2004) Sound Healing training: (We offer additional programs and sound training in Germany and Austria)
1) Introductory course to Sound Healers Training: The Nature of Healing, the Nature of Sound
       In depth studies into the nature of healing, sound healing and sacred sound transmissions for personal and professional advancement. Blending cognitive and experiential understanding for the application of the arts of sound healing, with Zacciah, and Arosa Marker:    information in English or Deutsch.

Initiations into the ChristHeart: Healing with the Waters.
Deeper Level Journeys into the Alchemy of Personal Consciousness: Entering the Inner Sanctuary.   We will be exploring further the awakening of these most subtle realms of being. As we learn to open our hearts, walk in a more receptive manner, we come to view the world and our relations in new Light. Working with sound and light energies, and sacred waters, we will prepare ourselves to receive, and awaken, this deeper knowing into our own sacred being. (inner teachings of the ChristHeart temple)
Stargatherer: a journey to our most ancient homelands.
Gathering key elements of energy, memory, and consciousness that are integral to the development, healing, and transformation of ourself and the Earth at this time, through alchemical and esoteric practices, and sacred sound transmissions.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are in Ascutney VT at the Center of Light.
See our Accomodations/Discounts pages for our current discounts for early registration, multiple classes, and members of APOV and NESHRI.
Prices subject to Change.
<>More in depth Program Descriptions may appear with links above, or in text below the next listings (click here)

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Previous Program Descriptions:

The Hathors:
A program of sacred sound healing, with the assistance of these ancient masters of sound and light
Join us in this special program utilizing exercises designed by the Hathors to assist us in stabilization, balance, and growth, in these times of chaos and change, with Sacred Sound. We will also honor the Coming of the Light in this, our winter solstice offering.

We beseech you to step into your roles as spiritual masters.
A wondrous world of new possibilities awaits you ~ the Hathors (via Tom Kenyon)

~ a high resolution image of a Hathor from the Temples of Dendara, courtesy of Kevin Michael ~

The Art of Sacred Sound Transmissions:
Sound Healers Training, w/ Zacciah

Sound Healing Intensives
(see Sound Healers Trainings, for full listings of sound healer practitioner trainings)

An in depth three day training:

Join us in this weekend exploration of the nature of, and use of sound and light, in healing and transformation. What is the nature of sound? How is it used in shamanic and sacred sound healing? How do we connect with and channel the divine energies of light and sound? What is the human energy field, and how does sound interact with it in healing and transformation? We will work with specific techniques of intonation, intuitive guidance, focalization of will and intent, channeling of light energies, meditations to enhance awareness, guidance, and personal transformation, the use of sounding tools such as voice, drums, tingshas, and crystal bowls, individual and group healings, and more.

This is an in depth program which will benefit practitioner and novice alike. We will create or deepen our foundation of understanding and experience to open us to further work with the mysteries of sacred sound in healing and transformation. Zacciah's trainings are strongly influenced by intuitive guidance. The content of program material will alter from program to program due to this guidance, based in part, on current needs and abilities of the group.

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StarSeed:

Gathering the Seeds of Consciousness
{Gathering, Planting, Germinating/Gestating, Birthing/Reaping}
Our Return To Beauty program will incorporate elements of this program.
A Unique Program in outdoor Vermont Sacred Sites

The first of a series of outdoor summer events, utilizing explicit energies of ancient sacred stone sites, used by little known cultures here in North America, in pre-historic times, for attunement to and alignment with earth and star energies, and higher consciousness. These will be unique programs, with ceremony and ritual for personal attunements, and Earth & Sky initiations, fully guided by the essences/energies of the sites and the keys to consciousness which they hold.

Most programs will be at the DreamLodge (an active stone chamber) and other stone lodges and components of the Calendar I site, and will incorporate time at the Cavendish Gorge, Mount Mansfield, Black Mountain, or other sacred sites. We will work with the sacred essences of stone and water, air, Earth, sun & Sky, the Keepers, Celestial, and Ancestral beings of these sites in celebratory communion. These programs are appropriate only for those committed to, or prepared to commit to, the highest good for personal and planetary transformation.