George taught a series of workshops during the 1980s, which have been discontinued. We present them here because they will give you some background on how his workshops evolved over time.
A Consumer's Guide to Meditation
His first workshop was A Consumer's Guide to Meditation, which he taught in 1984 for Learning Adventures (now Learning Annex). This first popular treatment of meditation included
(1) a presentation of different types of meditation
(2) explained what different techniques of meditation do
(3) gave participants an experience of basic meditation
(4) provided a reference guide to then-current meditation providers in the Los Angeles area.
The class included a small work book.
The Light Sittings
George began offering Light Sittings during 1985 and 1986 to provide support and guidance for the spiritual growth of those who took the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation, and for other interested aspirants. Light Sittings are always offered free of charge.
He continues to give Light Sittings today, working primarily with his advanced meditation students.
You may find out more about Light Sittings by clicking here.
The Raja-Vipassana Meditation Workshop
Vipassana is a Buddhist form of meditation that observes and monitors present time experience for extended periods of time. Maintaining this unbroken awareness of your experience in the present time is called mindfulness.
Typically the focus for Vipassana meditation begins with the sensations that arise within the body, and progresses to feelings, thoughts, and subtler aspects of experience. Alternately, some schools of Vipassana begin with watching the breath in the present time; Zen Buddhism also favors this method.
Samatha is another type of meditation used by Buddhist meditation Masters. Samatha means to concentrate or focus the attention on a selected object of meditation. In Hindu traditions this practice is called Raja Yoga.
Raja-Vipassana meditation combines the selection of a focal point of samatha or Raja Yoga meditation with monitoring present time experience at that focal point. It is a hybrid between two different styles of meditation that combines the best features of both.
The Raja Vipassana Workshop was taught during 1986 and into 1987. Swami Prem Dayal introduced this hybrid meditation style in response to a meditation student's intense curiosity about vipassana, after this student was first exposed to vipassana in the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation.
The Attunement Meditation Workshop
This short seven week class taught in 1987 explored the Seven Rays. The Attunement Meditation Workshop gave workshop participants the opportunity to directly experience the energy and quality of the Seven Rays, and to channel the light of the Seven Rays to others.
Attunement, the ability to receive Light and Grace from a spiritual Master and then transmit it using intention, is an important aspect of becoming a disciple. This is the first time an element of disciplic training was presented by the Mudrashram® teachers to the public.
Recovery Workshops
After George completed his training in Alcohol Drug Counseling at UCLA Extension in 1987, he started facilitating weekly Recovery Groups for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. These were topic-focused explorations of issues shared by people who grew up in alcoholic and drug-abusing families. These weekly groups continued until early 1990.
Workshops of the 1990s
In 1991, he coupled a Meditation for Recovery Workshop with a lecture of the same name at the Whole Life Expo. An optional workbook was made available for this class for interested participants.
Flying: the Ultimate Spiritual Adventure Workshop
This class was first conducted 1/8/92. It was a presentation of the teachings of the Mudrashram® lineage that focused on mastery of the attentional principle and learning to work with the Light. The class combined guided meditation with Light Immersion and inspired spiritual guidance (Satsang) from the teachers of the Mudrashram® lineage.
CLASS ONE: Leaving the body focus – the inner secret of Raja Yoga
CLASS TWO: Bringing the body into the Light – the first attunement
CLASS THREE: Bringing the emotions into the Light – the second attunement
CLASS FOUR: Bringing the mind into the Light – the third attunement
CLASS FIVE: Bringing the will into the Light – the fourth attunement
CLASS SIX: Awakening the Higher Mind – the fifth attunement
CLASS SEVEN: The Mystery of the God Within – the sixth attunement
CLASS EIGHT: Meeting the Master in the Heart of God – the seventh attunement
CLASS NINE: Traveling in the Higher Planes – the freedom of flying
CLASS TEN: Bringing back a gift for humanity
How to Read Your Own Past Lives Workshop
This workshop was first offered in 1994. It showed workshop participants how to to explore their past lives using a variety of techniques in a supportive setting. This workshop continues to be taught today. This workshop covers:
Major tracks of experience in past life recall
Tratakam on the human form (Swa Dhyan and Dwija Dhyan)
Accessing past lives using Process Meditation
Reviewing past lives using Receptive Meditation
The Time Travel method
Metavisional viewing of the Akashic Records
Workshops of 2000
George resumed teaching workshops after he completed graduate school, and finished the first draft of the Mudrashram® Correspondence Course in early in 2000. Workshops he brought forward in 2000 included, How to Read Your Own Past Lives Workshop, The Karma Workshop, and The Way of the Heart Workshop.
The Karma Workshop
This class was first held on February 21, 2000. This one night-workshop explored the question "What is Karma?" in depth. It introduced seven new meditations to help workshop participants experience first hand the bands of the unconscious mind where karma is stored. The class covered the following topics:
Part One: What is the Tarot?
What do the symbols mean?
What is the origin of the Tarot?
Tarot in Magic, Occultism, and Mystery School teachings
How does the Tarot work to reveal the inner life?
Synchronicity—the mirror of the inner life
The Tree of Life (Kabala)
Part Two: Meditating on the Tarot
Finding the Tree of Life within
Building your symbolic map—activating the symbols
Dialoguing with the symbols within
Doing a basic reading (the Celtic reading)
Doing a four card exploratory reading
Part Three: Using the Tarot in Daily Life
Tarot's place in the decision-making process
Opening the doors of inner process with the tarot
Tarot and prediction of future events
The Octaves of Vision
Experiencing the Subtle Bands of Vision
Exploring Physical Vision
Awakening Attentional Sight
Purusa Dhyan Meditation
Concentration Using Inner Sound
Concentration Using Smell and Taste (nectar)
Concentration Using Inner Forms
Concentration Using the Symbolic or Personified Essence of the Vehicles
Techniques of Internal Tratakam
The Hansa Breath
Awakening Psychic Sight
Viewing with Your Astral Vision
Telescopic Astral Vision
Penetrating Astral Vision
Electromagnetic Spectrum and Information Ether Sensitivity
Resonance Ether Sensitivity
Empathic Sensitivity Mediated through the Astral Body
Metavisonal Sight
Contemplating Your Attentional Principle
Heart Sight –Seeing from the spirit
Exloring the spirit through Inquiry
Self Sight – Activating personal Intuition
Polling Using Personal Intuition
Soul Sight
Dimensional Seeing
Contemplating the Archetypal Forms of the Soul
Listening for the Sounds of the Soul
Feeling the Qualities of the Soul
Tracing the Kundalini Path
Accessing the Fountainhead Center of Wisdom
Uniting Attention with the Soul
Enlightenment Meditation