Australia : Approximately 25 BKs attended the 2019 International IT Retreat in Australia. The participants came from eight different countries (Canada, Colombia, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand, United States & UK) and various States of Australia.
MELBOURNE
The retreat started in Melbourne at the Peninsula Retreat Centre (Baxter). All the participants were warmly welcomed by BK Sister Jacqui and team Baxter.
BK Chrissy from Melbourne conducted the opening program on the topic on Creativity. Her excellent performance was followed by participants’ introductions.
Br Erik from New York then conducted a session on Karma and four main areas in which to settle your karma – mind, body/health, wealth and relationships. He also spoke about and four ways of settling karma by using gyan(Knowledge), yoga, dharna(inculcuation) and seva(service).
Br Erik presented an interested correlation between the mango with its unique shape, taste and seed, and God Shiva.
SYDNEY
The latter half of the retreat started at Leura Retreat Centre in the Blue Mountains, everyone took the opportunity to visit Five Dock BK Center where all the participants had an interactive conversation with Senior BK Charlie.
An amazing Qi Gong stretch conducted by BK Warren was followed by BK Charlie’s wonderful session on ‘Soul Consciousness and Self-Empowerment’. BK Marcelo conducted a workshop on ‘The Role of the Eight Powers in Strengthening Soul Consciousness’ and their practical use at work.
To conclude the day, a Cultural Program was organised with the theme ‘Ignite the Inner Light’ (the theme of the retreat) which was so much fun and hilarious. BK Sally conducted a workshop on ‘Deepening Relationships with God’.
