Invitation to Freedom: Order of Awarezen Mitras (OAM) Ordination
Fri, 15 Dec
|The OAM Sanctuary. RSVP for Zoom link.
Inaugural ordination of new members of the Order of Awarezen Mitras (OAM), an innovative contemplative order of Dharma-practicing disciples belonging to Jesus Christ. This is an invitation to freedom and new life.
Time & Location
15 Dec 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am SGT
The OAM Sanctuary. RSVP for Zoom link.
About the event
The Order of Awarezen Mitras (OAM) is an innovative contemplative order traversing interspiritual and intercontemplative ground. We are a beloved community of contemplatives with a heart for spiritual awakening and transformation, both personally and collectively. We journey together with wisdom and compassion, emptiness and grace, experiencing the mysteriousness of life and embodying an ethical and meditative way of living for a divinely full present and a mindfully enlightened tomorrow — one that celebrates unity in diversity, plurality, and inclusivity. The word "Mitra" is Sanskrit for spiritual friend, semantically cognate with the heart of loving-kindness (Sanskrit: maitri). The invitation is open for all who feel drawn to this contemplative way of life to be part of our community.
We are simultaneously a Sangha (a Pali-Sanskrit Buddhist term for spiritual community) and an Ekklesia (a Greek Christian term for called-out or consecrated assembly). We are contemplatives belonging to Jesus from different faith…