Beyond the Box: When Religion Limits, How Can We Use It as a Stepping-Stone to a Mystical /Experience?

The intention of this diverse panel of interfaith leaders is to shine a light of consciousness around the question of: What happens when our religious beliefs, the very ones that gave us freedom; become oppressing and limiting? How can we take the box of our religion, and shift it to being a stepping-stone of our spiritual unfoldment and mystical experience? Religion is important to teach morals, values, and rituals; but in today’s world, it can become the very thing that keeps us from becoming all we can be. Learn to use the box and stand on it—to go into the more mystical understanding of our faith—to fulfill our potential. Each presenter has had their own experience of going beyond. Presenters share, and there are opportunities for personal reflection and larger group discussion. They also examine how using the deepest emotional suffering/pain to enter the depth of our being, can open doorways to the enormity of our Being.