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 and Luke and Matthew Farren.

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, June 4, 2025 - presented by Lawrence Noyes

Smaran asked me to mention that in 1978, Charles Berner put me in charge of his organization for Enlightenment Intensives, which he later named the Dyad School of Enlightenment.  There, I was immersed in every aspect of producing an Enlightenment Intensive each month, and thus began my career in this work.  

In this process, a special question regularly came up for people: 'What can I do after an Enlightenment Intensive to live and love from an awakening experience?  What  can I do to actualize these breakthroughs so they don't just become memories?'  

It's a good question.  The Enlightenment Intensive itself is silent on this topic.  And sometimes, there are barriers and fears that come up about this question.  Will I have to become religious?  Will I have to change my life?  Must I teach people now?  Will my family understand me?  Etc.  

This talk will be about what you can do after an awakening to live from it so it makes a positive difference in your life direction and day-to-day experience of living, and so you can give of your deepest gifts no matter what work or lifestyle you choose. 

I am looking forward to sharing about this important topic with you and to seeing you again! 

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Lawrence’s Bio

Enlightenment Intensives had a big impact on my early spiritual search in the 1970s.  Part of my life purpose became to make them more known and available.  With the support of Charles Berner and a lot of others, I gave them for thirty-three years in ten countries, along with training programs for people wanting to lead them.  I spent a lot of time researching long Enlightenment Intensive formats, mostly 7 or 14 days.  

I witnessed the explosion of diversity in how this method is used.  I eventually introduced a few changes myself such as the Integration Half-Day. I've been deeply enriched by this special work and the people associated with it and I look forward to meeting up again with you on June 4th.

Website: lawrencenoyes.com

Note:  To be added to Lawrence's monthly Open Zoom Meetings for anyone who has taken an Enlightenment Intensive or something similar under another name, send a request to lawrencenoyes@aol.com

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The presentation will be followed by two dyad sessions.

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, July 2, 2025 - presented by Emma & Barry McGuinness

Talk: Kundalini: Lessons in Surrender

Participants on Enlightenment Intensives often experience subtle energy phenomena, which can intensify over the three days and sometimes continue afterwards. Charles Berner believed that every sudden awakening of enlightenment (direct experience of Truth) was accompanied by a simultaneous awakening of kundalini.

Since beginning their involvement in Enlightenment Intensives and related work, kundalini has become an occasional but familiar ‘visitor’ for both Emma and Barry. In this talk they will be drawing not only on their personal experiences, but also on the wealth of research which now exists in this area.

Emma’s experiences of kundalini have tended to arise after long Intensives or significant periods of surrender yoga. Barry, meanwhile, spent nine weeks in 2014 fully immersed in a kundalini-awakened state, which he regards as the ecstatic high point of his life (so far!). Both have experienced different gifts and challenges that the arousal of kundalini brings, everything from agony to ecstasy.

This talk will explore Emma and Barry’s personal perspectives on kundalini’s role in the process of truth-seeking: why the journey can sometimes be uncomfortable or frightening, and how to support a smoother, more integrated awakening.  Kundalini is a vast domain, one in which any individual perspective can offer only a limited view. For that reason, this talk will also draw on existing research in the area, including teachings and frameworks that Emma and Barry have found helpful and illuminating in their own journeys.

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About Emma & Barry 

Emma and Barry McGuinness met on an Enlightenment Intensive in the UK in 1992; that same year, they both did the masters training with Jake and Eva Chapman. They have been devoted to running EIs ever since, and in 2007 they built a house in Bath in which to run Intensives. Together they now also offer Long Enlightenment Intensives, surrender work, and EI staff training.

Emma spent many years working with young people in schools, prison and university. Barry was a research psychologist for 30 years before taking early retirement. To find out more about their journey with intensives visit their website:

Website: enlightenment-intensives.org.uk 

Facebook Page: Facebook.com/EI.Bath.UK 

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"