 Welcome to the Angels' Kingdom The first question about the monastery It's in a canyon in rural Utah So it's about two hours A little bit south and east of Salt Lake City It's this beautiful canyon You can see some of the shots up there But most people like little nature scenes But... And it is open We basically have people that want to come for a visit And we have different ways that people can visit One of the things that came to me was that I have been so generously hosted all over the world For these last 20 years And right now I and my friends are being hosted by Siddharth Not too far from here And it's been such a warm, gracious welcome and hosting That there came a point this past year This past summer where we just decided to make a little campground in the canyon The monastery is right up on the edge of the cliff And then in the canyon below We decided to make a little campground And have a little guest trailer Because I thought, hey, I've been hosted by all these people I want to host some people too I want the thrill of hosting So a lot of people that I've met around the world We're just friends of mine And I just had them come over and we just hosted them for a visit For those that want to come and really kind of practice the mind training Then there's ways to do that as well Coming for like a retreat There's a schedule of a treat We're coming to volunteer to help out And we have on that website That is very percent of our work We have actually volunteer applications So sometimes people volunteer Sometimes they can bring their services They can bring their skills, abilities Help out in collaborative projects That we have going on at the monastery Other people have financial needs So they can come for a period of time And they can't really afford to make financial contributions So they have a benevolent spot When we started to kind of help out with those situations So yeah, it's just really a matter of filling out the forms And then people have so many skills and abilities That were originally developed in the ego framework I know myself, I picked up a few skills In ten years of university And then when we give them to the spirit In more collaborative ways It's like a synergy that occurs You know how they say many hands make for light work Where things, projects can proceed forward In a very flowing, easy way And then we will have like sessions We call them like a miracle moment session in the morning Lunchtime, people talking, we call them expression sessions Because people come from places where they really find That it's not a habit to be so in touch with their emotions Or to speak about their emotions I always remember the family therapist John Bradshaw So you might remember John Bradshaw He made a joke one time about his life Growing up in his family with his parents He used the phrase, grab it There's a feeling loose in the living room There's something about that phrase that I just like You know, it was so kind of like You could talk about the weather You could talk about the news and the sports scores But don't talk about the feelings You know, it's too intimate Because it could lead to friction You know, and that's part of that people place And you were talking about where everyone's trying To smooth things over And never talk about any issues That could be highly charged And with the monastery It's like there's an open welcome for that And so that can't be part of that Breaking the cycle of people pleasing To be able to openly talk about Things that you're feeling Because when you start talking about it Then you get more in touch with it If you're just kind of distracting yourself With other things and kind of pushing them down Then those feelings never get addressed And of course, America of course Deals with the whole psyche It deals with our perceptions, with our emotions With our thoughts, our beliefs And even our desire and our desires It really deals with the whole package To go for emotional healing And to go for spiritual healing as well So people do come For stays anywhere from A couple of days up to Usually up to six months Is usually the maximum time And then we do have residents Who live there, very much Like monasteries have monks And convents have nuns Except we don't really get into all the vows And into the rituals And so far it has continued Like my whole life when I've traveled around the world On divine providence that has worked out So we're able to continue To have programs available And sometimes a weekend retreat Or a week retreat And then other times people just come And say, I'd like to stay a little bit longer So there's all kinds of channels Thank you