A Festival of Lilies – Spain
April 3 @ 10:30 am – April 6 @ 5:00 pm CEST
A 4-day Easter weekend celebration of forgiveness with Simon Christopher at the Centre for Discovering A Course in Miracles, Ontinyent (Valencia) Spain.
A festival of forgiveness, in celebration of its power to restore the miracle of God’s Love to our awareness.
A focused programme of engagement with the Easter message of Christ Jesus in A Course in Miracles, the lessons of the crucifixion and the call to join the resurrection.
The purpose of Easter is the un-crucifixion of God’s Son and the awakening into the supreme joy of the resurrection in Christ. This is the imperative for understanding the role of true forgiveness in transcending the ego and realising the immortal.
The life we share with God is our one reality that lies both here within the present, and beyond the perceived phenomena of the objective dream state. To realise this goal we have been called to accept the holy purpose of true forgiveness as our only function and the means of our salvation in Christ. It is our one purpose, our entire need, primary directive and responsibility, for we recognize it as the one illusion that brings about the undoing of all illusions that never were.
We turn to the power and agency of Holy Spirit, the great transformer of perceptions, and choose to let Him lead our minds back to the recognition of our true identity as one in Christ.
Enquiries and bookings now open. Please use this Contact form to get in touch.
“Let us not spend this holy week brooding on the crucifixion of God’s Son, but happily in the celebration of his release. For Easter is the sign of peace, not pain. A slain Christ has no meaning. But a risen Christ becomes the symbol of the Son of God’s forgiveness on himself; the sign he looks upon himself as healed and whole.
This week we celebrate life, not death. And we honor the perfect purity of the Son of God, and not his sins. Offer your brother the gift of lilies, not the crown of thorns; the gift of love and not the “gift” of fear.
This Easter I would have the gift of your forgiveness offered by you to me, and returned by me to you. We cannot be united in crucifixion and in death. Nor can the resurrection be complete till your forgiveness rests on Christ, along with mine.”
Jesus speaking to us in A Course In Miracles – Text 20.I.1
God’s love is all around us and His grace is ours as we look to the divinely orchestrated provision for your illumination in Christ in the teachings of A Course in Miracles.
As we learn to listen, to hear and follow God’s Teacher within and without, we undertake the discovery of the meaning of complete forgiveness and the memory of the Son, the eternal Self, one in the resurrection with Christ Jesus.
Open your mind to the living universe of truth that calls us back to where we are at Home in the incomparably joyful self-realization of the perfect Love of God. Amen!
Please feel welcome to get in touch through this Contact form for more details or with any questions.
“If you see glimpses of the face of Christ behind the veil, looking between the snow-white petals of the lilies you have received and given as your gift, you will behold your brother’s face and recognize it…
The time of Easter is a time of joy, and not of mourning. Look on your risen Friend, and celebrate his holiness along with me. For Easter is the time of your salvation, along with mine.”
Jesus speaking to us in A Course In Miracles – Text 20.I.4
Please note, this is not a “Festival for A Course in Miracles”, it is for those individuals, students and teachers of A Course in Miracles who wish to focus on the message of the resurrection and to experience the very fundamental transformative necessity of accepting the Word of God through this unique Atonement curriculum. This is the recognition that we are literally being shown the way to immortality, the end of dreams of suffering and death into the peace of Christ, in realisation of the nature of our eternal reality in God.
There is incomparable joy as each one learns the humility to take directives from the Voice for God, the Teacher whose simple and uncompromising lessons of complete forgiveness bring about our individual resurrection. Herein lies our journey of return to the eternal, given to us in this divinely orchestrated curriculum, – God’s plan for salvation from the resurrected man, Christ Jesus; elder brother, Master Teacher, and one with us in purpose, in peace, in certainty and perfection.
“Easter is not the celebration of the cost of sin, but of its end.“
Text 20.I.4
We are meeting in a dedicated sanctuary for the discovery of the teachings of A Course in Miracles and your inevitable transformative spiritual awakening in Christ. In this place, at this time, you are afforded a refuge for the burgeoning awareness of your deep love for God and the certainty that you are beloved of Him as His One Creation. This is a centre for retreat and a sanctuary for the healing of the mind in God and your natural, evolutionary realization that you remain now, as you have always been, perfect, healed and whole, in holiness and peace without limit as God created you to be.
International Spiritual Retreat and Healing Sanctuary of the Association for Discovering A Course in Miracles.
Carretera de Onteniente a Fontanares:
CV.655. Km10. CP. 46870, Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain
“I was a stranger and you took me in, not knowing who I was. Yet for your gift of lilies you will know. In your forgiveness of this stranger, alien to you and yet your ancient Friend, lies his release and your redemption with him.“
Jesus speaking to us in A Course In Miracles – Text 20.I.4
With Simon Christopher
This is an invitation to join us in the illuminate, spiritual mind-training of A Course in Miracles, and the passionate certainty of your awakening to the reality of eternal life!
Come and discover the power and simplicity of the miracle of true forgiveness. And we will celebrate together, the healing of the mind to a whole new identity in the celestial order of perfection and love.
“Christ has come to search the world for what belongs to Him. His vision sees no strangers, but beholds His Own and joyously unites with them.” W.160
Friday to Monday, April 3rd – 6th
Costs
Food & Lodging: – from 45 euros per day inclusive of all meals, accommodation and house contribution. (Association members receive a discounted rate for rooms in the Retreat house. Click here for information about membership.)
Please note accommodation is limited on the Centre property. Once the Retreat house is full, some participants will be provided with the option of accommodation in a nearby Villa.
Tuition: – participation by donation. Suggested contribution 260 GBP // 300 Euros
NB: – No-one excluded for financial concerns, please see below for more info. Details on how to make your donation will be forwarded after booking.
Booking:-
To register your interest in participating please provide your name and mobile no. by using the Contact Form.
Please note – If you are intending to participate, please let us know as soon as possible.
N.B. – We operate a donations policy in order to make our events as accessible as possible regarding the costs involved. In this way, the costs of an event become directly related to your need, your circumstances and the spiritual principle that “giving is receiving”. If you have a clear desire to participate and the costs seem to be an obstacle, you are welcome to enquire about any assistance available through the Illuminate Mind Foundation charity. Please use the Contact form on the website Illuminatemind.net.
Arrivals – Thursday April 2nd from 4:30pm, or Friday 3rd morning by 9:00am.
Departures – from 5pm Monday April 6th
Travel and Location:
Retreat Centre & Healing Sanctuary
The Retreat Centre is a little over one hour’s drive from both Alicante and Valencia airports. There are buses from Valencia and from the bus station in Alicante town to Ontinyent. There are also trains from Valencia to Xativa and Ontinyent. We will meet you and collect you where and when we are able to, please let us know your travel details when you book.
Address – Carretera de Onteniente a Fontanares: CV.655. km 10. CP. 46.870, Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain.
Located 8km from Ontinyent on CV-655 at the former old Casa Rural Morera.
“Forget your dreams of sin and guilt, and come with me instead to share the resurrection of God’s Son. And bring with you all those whom He has sent to you to care for as I care for you.“
Jesus speaking to us in A Course In Miracles – C.5.6
Festival of Lilies is organised by the Illuminate Mind Foundation in conjunction with the Asociación para el descubrimiento de Un Curso de Milagros.
