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No Such Thing As a Person
September 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A Writing and Poetry Workshop
in Conversation with Hindu Teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Work
Facilitated by Ben Bagocious on Zoom
What would it mean to drop identity like a towel and plunge into life wearing only True Self, our real birthday suit? We’ll splash around in writing both by Hindu spiritual explorer Nisargadatta Maharaj and our own writing in response.
No pre-reading required. Just bring a notebook, writing utensil, and an openness to be surprised and inspired by what you and your fellow participants write in response to open-ended prompts.
We’ll emerge from this sea soaking wet with each other’s ideas about Great Mystery. We’ll jot down what that’s like by writing our own poems, and our hearts will splash us back.
$15
Benjamin Bagocius, PhD, is the author of the forthcoming book of poems The Canaanite Woman and regularly publishes poetry, essays, and academic articles in a wide variety of venues. Ben teaches literature and writing at Bard Early College in Cleveland, and he is founder and director of the Institute for Spiritual Poetry, which offers bi-weekly writing workshops, publishes a literary journal of participants’ writing, and hosts a guest poet workshop series. Learn more and reach out at BenjaminBagocius.com and InstituteForSpiritualPoetry.com.