Beyond Traditional Religion Spirituality, Depth Psychology,
and Nonduality

With Lionel Corbett
in Santa Barbara, CA

Five Month Intensive
January–July, 2006

Registration Form

The nondual tradition has long recognized our essential unity with others and with the world. At the same time, we must take into account the fact that spontaneous forms of sacred experience arise within our dreams, visions, through the body, in our relationships, in the natural world, and within our suffering. The depth psychological tradition recognizes that these experiences arise from a transpersonal dimension of Consciousness. This Consciousness contains what seem to be personal levels of the mind. Here, spirituality and psychology are synonymous, and even our psychological difficulties have a spiritual core. Attention to these manifestations of the sacred allows us to see how the development of personality, whether normal or problematic, has conditioned us in ways that obscure our connection with the Unitary level of reality.

Traditional religions may not be helpful, or may not be an adequate container for our spirituality, for several reasons. They have tried to express the Inexpressible by means of doctrines and dogma, as if ultimate Reality can be contained in the net of conceptual thought.   While giving good spiritual advice, they have ignored the unconscious underpinnings of our behavior, often making it impossible to implement their spiritual teachings. Consequently they have little transformative effect on many of their adherents. The politics of the traditions, and their insistence on specific images of the divine, may not resonate with the ways in which the sacred actually appears in our lives. The traditions of depth psychology and nonduality offer alternative approaches to spirituality that allow an expression of our spiritual life without recourse to traditional Judeo-Christian theology and its God-images.  

Five Month Intensive
This unique five-month intensive will illustrate an approach to spirituality using a synthesis of Jungian depth psychology with the tradition of nonduality. The program will have both an academic and experiential component. We will discuss the philosophy of nonduality and also focus on work with dreams at their archetypal and personal level. This work will deepen our understanding of those complexes and shadow material that form the structures of the self, which contributes to our illusory sense of separateness.  Insight into this process paves the way for nondual awareness to spontaneously arise. This program will be of interest to people whose personal sense of the sacred is not satisfied by traditional religions and will be limited to 30 participants.

Fees include Friday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Sunday breakfast; and break service. Residential Fee also includes two nights accommodations; additional nights available for $75 per night plus tax for a single room.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The five-month intensive will be held at Pacifica Graduate Institute at Ladera Lane. Located on 35 acres in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains overlooking the Pacifica Ocean, this residential retreat center provides a unique and peaceful environment for this event. The center has lodging and dining facilities as well as a swimming pool and hiking trails.

Accommodations
Accommodations are simple, retreat-style rooms with shared bath and shower. Reservations for rooms must be made through Pacifica’s Public Program office. Please reserve your room on the registration form. Other accommodations in the Santa Barbara area may be arranged by calling one of these services: Coastal Escapes at 800.292.2222 or Hot Spot Accommodations at 800.793.7666.

The Residential Fee includes fees and tax for a single room in the Residency Building for Friday and Saturday evenings. Additional nights are available for $75 per night plus 10% occupancy tax for a single room.

Meals
The Ladera Lane Campus serves a variety of organic foods to meet the needs of all, including vegetarians and vegans.

Both the Residential and Commuter Fees include Friday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Sunday breakfast; and break service.

Travel
Major airlines provide service into the Los Angeles International Airport located 90 miles south of Santa Barbara. Some flights are also available directly into the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Both airports have shuttle service between the airport and Santa Barbara. Information on ground transportation will be included with your confirmation letter.  

Registration and Cancellation
Space is limited. Click here to register online or send your registration to Pacifica Graduate Institute, Public Programs, 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013; fax to 805.565.5796; e-mail to publicprograms@pacifica.edu; or call 805.969.3626, ext. 103. 

To register for the five-month intensive, please complete the form and return it with a deposit of $500. The balance in full is due by December 10, 2005. To obtain a refund on your registration fee, send a written cancellation request postmarked no later January 6, 2006. Tuition less a $100 processing fee will be refunded. Cancellations made from this date through the start of the program will receive a refund less the $500 deposit. In the event of cancellation after instruction begins, a pro-rata refund on the tuition will be based on the portion of the instruction already completed. Additionally, for Residents, a refund on room and meals will be given less a $25 fee for each of the remaining room nights. For Commuters, a refund on meals will be given less a $25 fee for each of the remaining sessions. No refunds will be issued after the first two sessions. A $100 administrative fee is non-refundable.

Scholarships
A limited number of partial scholarships are available to those who find it prohibitive to pay the full cost of the programs. To apply, send a letter of request with your registration. Please be specific regarding your financial circumstances. You will be contacted, and if accepted, payment arrangements will be made.  

Continuing Education
Credit Continuing education credit is available for RNs through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177), for MFTs and LCSWs (provider #PCE 2278) through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and for National Certified Counselors (provider #5436), through the National Board of Certified Counselors. Pacifica adheres to NBCC continuing education guidelines. MCEP approval for psychologists is pending review. A $15 processing fee will be charged for each certificate requested for the workshop.