Journey Groups

Journey Groups

The group is a special condition for exchange and a kid of conduit for higher influences (Jeanne de Salzmann).
The Journey Group represents the second line of Work, which is Work with other people…

Journey Groups offer a weekly, small group setting, to form an intentional container devoted to greater understanding and embodiment of Work principles and the contemplative life aimed at transformation in Christ; this intentional container builds an accumulator of transformational energy for all participants to draw from…

Journey Groups provide a space for practical Work while in relationship with others:

• in applying the ideas and practices of The Journey School weekly emails to our daily lives;
• in supporting one another in our Centering Prayer practice;
• in making and keeping our aims;
• in practicing self-observation, non-identification and Self-remembering in the moment;
• in learning and using Work language, in making three-centered observations;
• in practicing external considering;
• in opening to the unknown, to new possibilities of conscious exchange;
• in Remembering on behalf of others who are identified.
• to practice the Law of Three, where the ideas of the Work of Inner Christianity and contemplative Christianity are used as the Holy-Reconciling (third force) energy to the events and challenging times of daily life.
• to remember and experience the joy, love and kindness of conscious human connection.

Participation:

Participation in a Journey Group takes time, discipline and effort. It is not a casual commitment. It is a sacred container of intention and higher influences. The inner journey is a call from magnetic center to fully engage with the Work ideas. You are encouraged to discern your personal, work and travel schedule prior to signing up. Your presence is important and if you expect to miss more than 3-4 times during the year, expect to work on a solution with your Facilitator.

Some of the key ways we prepare for our group include:

• Engaging with the email and practices.
• Attending the Thursday class or viewing the recording before group.
• Click on linked Work terms in the email and read about them in the Journey School Glossary, which is found under The Journey School tab on the CCH website.
• If struggling, embrace a single idea that seems to be calling you; don’t worry about grasping every idea presented.

We arrive on time and we expect to end on time. In the case of an absence (planned or otherwise), we send a message ahead of time to everyone in the group notifying them of the absence along with a report to the group regarding our work and engagement with the email Practices for that week.

Journey Groups are a place of intimacy and the building of community. Ultimately, participants look upon the experience with deep gratitude for the intimacy and exchange happening in their groups.

In its highest form, the group is a co-creation that blends the unique contributions of participants and the facilitator (who is also a participant) into a living manifestation of transformative, conscious love. A rare and precious gift.

Group size is limited and is filled on a first to register basis. Registration for joining a Journey Group is held in January. Journey Groups will generally begin meeting the first week of February and conclude the first week of December. To download a copy of these Participant Guidelines and Resources click HERE.

We abide in gratitude for this Work, for our time together, that there are others who have Aim, Wish, and are willing to work. This is a rare and precious gift known by few, a vessel of possibility for the unfolding of deep, conscious love.