"The Ultimate Tao is the Self "
Grand Master Wei Ren Feng
SIXTH ANNUAL TAOIST GATHERING:
BEING
And
BECOMING
Saturday and Sunday
Oct. 24 and 25, 2009
Samuel Merritt College-Summit Campus
Health Education Center
400 Hawthorne Ave.
Oakland CA
An Invitation:
Oh Taoists – Join us in the company of Great Beings
and Become…..
Dr. Alex Feng
Taoism Class and Meditation with Dr. Alex Feng
Friday Oct 23, 2009
Zhi Dao Guan,
The Taoist Center
3824 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland
7 PM to 9 PM – Free!
Special Pre-conference session with Dr. Ted Cibik
Searching For and Becoming Peaceful –
A Formless Taoist Approach
Friday October 23rd 1-5 PM
Full Day Sessions at Samuel Merritt College:October 24-25
PhilosophyBringing traditional Taoist concepts into contemporary practice
Health and Healing
The Taoist Perspective in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tai Ji, Meditation, Qi Gong,
Strengthening, Self Cultivation,
Taoist Tantric Qi Deviations
Ritual and Legacy
The rituals, art and history of Taoism
Incantations
Magical Taoism
-- Key Note Presentation --
“Being and Becoming”
by Dr. Carl Totton
Founder, The Taoist Institute
Dr. Suzanne Friedmann, Dr. Thomas McCombs, Solala Towler, Austin Ahern, Donna Ahern, Michael Kidd, Liu Ming, Dr. Hirsch Diamant, Cindy Garreton, Dr. Anita Marshall, Mark Johnson, Dr. Brady Chin, and others
The Sixth Annual Taoist Gathering is being held in October, 2009 for the purpose of providing a central time and place to bring together practicing Taoists with those interested in exploring Taoism. With the leadership of Dr. Alex Feng LAc, OMD,PhD and Dr. Charlene Ossler RN, PhD, the Gathering has been praised as a unique event by the participants for the past five years:
“Just magical”
“The teaching opened a door for me – to attend to the subtle.”
“A great bunch of speakers. It was all very interesting and thought-provoking”
“ To be with great Guides in the Way was an inspiring experience. Gives me hope in this dark time.”
“ It gave me a deeper connection to and a clearer understanding of Taoism. I love the joy and humor I found here.”
“Good mix of experiential learning and information and content”
“Energizing! Inspirational!”
“Wonderful wisdom was shared” “
An inspiration and a constant source of teachings for me”
“I have been looking for a place like this - how wondrous –
