Charis Activities
Philosophy: Synergistic, Symbiotic, and Systemic
Charis activities endeavor to be synergistic, symbiotic, and systemic. Our approach to projects and activities is essentially collaborative and organic, seeking natural partnerships that create healthy change in diverse spiritual and religious networks. These mutually beneficial relationships often lead to a “synergistic emergence,” an unexpected, organic development fostered by the spirit, leading to new growth that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Each Charis program is also designed to serve a particular niche within an interconnected ecosystem, thereby leading to broad systemic change in the world through contemplation, interspiritual collaboration, and sacred activism.
Philosophy: Synergistic, Symbiotic, and Systemic
Charis activities endeavor to be synergistic, symbiotic, and systemic. Our approach to projects and activities is essentially collaborative and organic, seeking natural partnerships that create healthy change in diverse spiritual and religious networks. These mutually beneficial relationships often lead to a “synergistic emergence,” an unexpected, organic development fostered by the spirit, leading to new growth that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Each Charis program is also designed to serve a particular niche within an interconnected ecosystem, thereby leading to broad systemic change in the world through contemplation, interspiritual collaboration, and sacred activism.
Overview
Charis Snowmass Dialogues
Initiated in 2016, with the permission of Father Thomas Keating, the Charis Snowmass Dialogues continue the spirit of the original Snowmass Interreligious Dialogues (1984-2015).
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Charis Mandala Sanctuary
Welcome to the exciting home of Charis! A breathtaking, 120-acre retreat in the high plains of New Mexico, Charis Mandala Sanctuary is our physical and spiritual home.
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Charis Circles
Charis Circles are small, interspiritual practice communities which may be established anywhere in the world by trained facilitators. Featuring a communal practice of Charis Meditation, Charis Circles provide a broadly accessible way to experience interspiritual community.
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Keating-Schachter Center for Interspirituality
The Keating-Schachter Center for Interspirituality was established to support the study of the world’s wisdom traditions in higher education.
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The New Monastics Podcast
The New Monastics podcast features dialogues with today’s leading spiritual teachers and thinkers on all aspects of contemplative life, with a special focus on interspirituality and new monasticism.
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Thomas Keating Interspiritual Seminars
These seminars provide leading interspiritual teachers and thinkers with a laboratory for sharing and developing the interspiritual thought of the future, honoring the interspiritual legacy of Fr. Thomas Keating.
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Charis Interspiritual Formation
Charis Interspiritual Formation offers practitioners an opportunity to deepen the roots of their own spiritual path—through a two-year process of interspiritual study and mentorship, utilizing inresidence retreats and facilitated distance-study.
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Charis Consulting
Charis offers consulting for organizations in its areas of expertise, including dialogue facilitation, developing a contemplative life and work environment, and training in contemplative dialogue.
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HeartFire Festivals
HeartFire Festivals explore the intersection between art, spirituality, and ecology, combining great festival music and performance art with access to genuine spiritual teachers.
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Wisdom Council
An annual gathering at Charis Mandala Sanctuary, Wisdom Council provides a unique opportunity for spiritual teachers to connect in a collegial, contemplative atmosphere.
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