Self-Enquiry Enlightenment Intensive and Awareness Intensive Meetups

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A Request for Support

We intend to continue offering these gatherings free of charge and would like some help to cover costs. If that is something you feel moved to help with, please see our Donate page. Thank you!

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For New People without Experience of Self-enquiry Dyads

As a new person, you are warmly invited to attend all the presentations which occur at the beginning of each monthly event. To participate in dyads in breakout rooms (the second part of each event), it will be necessary for you to be introduced to the particular dyad technique we use. There is an opportunity for this during the first dyad period so that you may then, if you wish, join the second dyad practice with another participant. For more information and an explanation of terms used, see ‘New to Dyads?’

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With special thanks to Osha Reader, Lawrence Noyes, and Grace Honore for their support and suggestions. Dedicated to Murray Kennedy and Edrid for their inspiration and personal guidance. Dedicated to Osho. 

If you have any queries, please email us at info@selfenquirydyads.org 

The Presentations

Each month an Awareness Intensive Leader from the Osho communities or an Enlightenment Intensive Master will present an informative and inspiring talk about various aspects of these intensives and of the dyad process.

“Awareness Intensive (AI)” is the name used in Osho communities; the process is the same as in other communities where they use the name “Enlightenment Intensive (EI)”.

Each monthly presentation will include the unique, and often inspiring, personal experiences of the presenter.

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There are many benefits of these intensives, especially how they are an opportunity for you to discover and “directly experience” the truth of who and what you actually are, of what life is, of what love is, and of what others are.

This process is suitable for every sincere seeker of truth in their lives, regardless of religious or spiritual orientation. Care is taken so that no belief system is introduced or taught. Only a method is provided to facilitate effective and satisfying personal enquiry and experience.

Previous Presenters

These monthly gatherings started in April 2022,  So far we’ve had presentations by Edrid (a student of Charles Berner, the creator of Enlightenment Intensives); Murray Kennedy leading a tribute to Jeff Love; Lawrence Noyes, Ganga and Garimo, Simone Anliker from Global Dyads, Zen Reverend Pitaka Christie Close, Forest Dalton, founder of the Love Intensive, Avikal Costantino, Colleen Santini, Smaran Stockard, Bill Savoie, Osha Reader, Russell Scott, Emma and Barry McGuinness, Murray Kennedy, Yoah Wexler, Doug Seeley, John Heron, Emir Salihovic, Paul Weiss, Grace Honore, Jake Chapman, Shivam O'Brien, Lila Paradigm group, Joseph Rubano, Satyen Raja, Luke and Matthew Farren, Attila Kalo, Sally Dearman-Cummings ,Zarina Parpia, Katrin Potticary, Ava Harrison (Berner), Tim Wang, Jessica Lamm, Matt Shinkai Kane and Simon Thomson.

Event Dates and Times

All events in this Zoom series occur on the first Wednesday of each month.

Events begin at:

• 8pm Central European time
• 7pm London time
• 2pm in Eastern USA/Canada  
• 11am Pacific Time  

Privacy: If you would like to remain anonymous on the Zoom call, please see Privacy on Zoom.

Next Presentation in this Series

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 – presentation by Peter Ralston

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Dangers of Beliefs and Assumptions in Pursuing Consciousness

I intend to talk about the dangers of beliefs and assumptions in pursuing consciousness or any spiritual path. Very often there are hidden beliefs within a practice that people don't notice. These are damaging to the effort of contemplation. Getting free of overlooked assumptions allows a much more powerful contemplation to take place. This applies not only to enlightenment questions but to all questions whose purpose is to experience what's true on any level. 

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About Peter 

Peter Ralston is one of the founders of the consciousness movement that began in the San Francisco Bay Area—the birthplace for much of the personal growth work generated in the late Sixties and early Seventies. 

Peter was fortunate to study with the top facilitators of this groundbreaking era in human potential. He worked for Stewart Emery in Actualizations and helped Werner Erhard create a fundamental shift in his work from EST to developing the Forum. Peter also spent many thousands of hours in contemplation and participated in dozens of intensives with the founder of the Enlightenment Intensive, and many more EI's with others. 

After having several powerful enlightenment experiences in the early 70’s, he continued to increase consciousness over the following decades. In 1978 he was the first non-Asian to win the full-contact World Martial Championships in the republic of China. Later, he created his own art, the Art of Effortless Power, and a new school of consciousness that contributed a powerful new direction, pressing for a deeper level of honesty and a more authentic approach than most other spiritual practices. In both his consciousness and physical work his approach has always been to lead students away from what is merely believed, and toward a powerful personal experience of discovering what is true for themselves. 

He is the author of over a dozen cutting edge books such as: The Book of Not Knowing, Pursuing Consciousness, The Genius of Being, The Art of Mastery, Ending Unnecessary Suffering, and more recently Whereof One Cannot Speak. 

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Peter’s website: chenghsin.com

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The presentation will be followed by two optional dyad sessions. If you have not participated in online dyads before, you are welcome to join a free training session during the first dyad and then participate in the second one if you wish.

Join the Zoom Call

A few minutes before the event start time (we have music playing 15 minutes before the start), click the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83979867311?pwd=aFJjTkN5b0FzRDYvMkNVTkFjZmVnUT09

Meeting ID: 839 7986 7311

Passcode: 768440

Future Presentations

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 – presentation by Meranda Squires

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The Evolution of Enlightenment Intensives — Insights from a Lifetime of Spiritual Practice

Drawing on more than four decades of spiritual practice and teaching, Meranda will share how the Enlightenment Intensive process has evolved within her work and how it has enriched her approach to yoga, meditation, and teacher training.

She will explore the meeting point between traditional yogic practices and the direct path of self-inquiry, sharing personal discoveries, challenges, and transformative insights gained through more than 20 years of facilitating Enlightenment Intensives.

At the heart of her presentation is a question that has guided her life's work: How do we move beyond spiritual knowledge and practice into the direct, living experience of who we truly are?

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About Meranda 

Spiritual Teacher, Enlightenment Intensive Master & Founder of The Lotus Centre, Newfoundland, Canada

Meranda Squires' spiritual journey has taken her from the rugged shores of Newfoundland to the Himalayas of India, and now to guiding seekers from around the world toward the direct experience of their true nature.

Daughter of renowned Newfoundland artist Gerald Squires, Meranda grew up in the historic Ferryland Lighthouse, surrounded by artists, creativity, and spiritual exploration. At just 20 years old, she followed her spiritual calling to India in 1983, where she spent the next 17 years immersed in yoga, meditation, and spiritual study under her teacher, Swami Shyam.

Returning to Newfoundland in 2000, Meranda founded The Lotus Centre in St. John's, where she has devoted herself to teaching yoga, meditation, and training spiritual practitioners.

A profound turning point came in 2002 when she attended her first Enlightenment Intensive with Murray Kennedy. Captivated by the power of direct self-inquiry, she began studying Mind Clearing and the Enlightenment Intensive process with Lawrence Noyes in 2003.

For over two decades, Meranda has woven the transformative power of Enlightenment Intensives into her lifelong dedication to yoga and spiritual awakening. She has facilitated approximately three Intensives annually at the Tree of Life Retreat Centre and other locations. Since the pandemic, she has expanded her work through hybrid online and in-person Intensives at The Lotus Centre, making this profound process accessible to a wider community.

Her work is now reaching internationally, with her third 10-day Bali Enlightenment Intensive taking place April 2–12, 2027.

Meranda's website: thelotuscenter.ca

Some Appreciation

"Thank you so much for this!

I'm training to be a Master and all this early history helps me learn more about the nature of the intensive.

Warmly, MM, US"