From the Omega Institute website: "The Omega event is the only event in North America that John of God travels to and is a unique opportunity to experience one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders. "
Dr. Rosa Haritos of Healing Channels, a Boulder-based Energy Healer, Serves as Lead Medium at Omega Event in NY This Month & Opens Registration for 2018 John of God Tours
The Omega Institute welcomed John of God (João Teixeira de Faria), from Abadiânia, Brazil, to its 9th annual event, held October 3-5, 2017 in Rhinebeck, New York. John of God was joined by his healing team, including Boulder-based Rosa Haritos, Ph.D., to help more than 1,600 attendees per day experience the power of energy within a loving and accepting community.
With a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from Columbia University and Andrew Mellon Fellowship at Stanford University, Rosa Haritos has worked in hospital, research, and academic environments for more than 20 years. During her first trip to John of God in 2004, Rosa Haritos was identified as a medium and made a Daughter of the Casa. She applies her past education and constant learning to understand the spiritual underpinnings of physical and emotional illness.
Uh huh..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Institute_for_Holistic_Studies
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is a non-profit educational retreat center located in Rhinebeck, New York. Founded in 1977 by Elizabeth Lesser and Stephan Rechtschaffen, inspired by Sufi mystic, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and his ecumenical spirituality, today it offers classes to over 25,000 people a year, at the 190-acre (0.77 km2) campus
In 1977, co-founders Stephan Rechtschaffen, author of Timeshifting, and Elizabeth Lesser, author of The Seeker’s Guide and New York Times best-selling Broken Open, say they were inspired to create the Omega Institute by scholar and Eastern meditation teacher, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.[8][9][10][11] The name “Omega” came from the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a 20th-century French philosopher and Jesuit priest who used the term “Omega Point” to describe the peak of unity and integration toward which all life is evolving.
New York City events have included speakers such as Al Gore, Christopher Reeve, and Eckhart Tolle. ... Other Omega speakers and teachers have included Adyashanti, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Pema Chödrön, Jeanne Fleming, Jane Goodall, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hanh, Allen Ginsberg, Gloria Steinem, Pete Seeger, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Philip Glass, Betty Williams, Lon Milo DuQuette, and many others.
Elizabeth Lesser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Lesser
She has shared her work and teachings at TED (conference)[4] and on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday.
The Omega Institute and the CIA :
Russell Targ, a physicist, author, and pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, was cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute’s investigation into psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s for the CIA. There, he participated in 20 years of experiments in remote viewing, a psychic method of gathering information from afar...
In 1997, Russell Targ retired from his position as senior staff scientist at Lockheed Martin, where he developed laser technology for peaceful applications. Today, he pursues esp research, including remote viewing, in Palo Alto, California.
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think- ago
Question for further research: Is this left-hand-path sufism?
I always thought Sufis were 'innocent mystics' (lol), until I did a post about a Sufi clergyman that abused girls in Britain, and found that there is a dark left-hand-path in Sufism.
Will try to find more info.
@MolochHunter
letsdothis3 ago
Upvoat for you. I read somewhere that the Omega Institute is the successor to the Esalen Institute. Don't know how come we didn't come across it before.
think- ago
@9217 might know.
9217 ago
Yes they are connected to Esalen and Findhorn via the "Centers Gathering." Wrote about the Omega Institute here:
think- ago
Thanks!
@letsdothis3
letsdothis3 ago
Thanks for the ping. That's quite a write up.