First of all, I am so grateful for the opportunity to participate in the series of spiritual teachings that make up this course. Having completed the course once, I decided to sit through it again - this added up to more than 2 years of weekly meetings and spiritual growth.

Let me tell you how this journey has benefited me. I grew up in a traditional Catholic family, but from early on, I decide to embrace only the elements of love, not fear, that were taught to me. Religion that speaks of punishment never sat right with me! I continued my life speaking of myself as Catholic but more from a spiritual point of view.

In my late 50’s, I started reading books and listening to video clips by Eckhart Tolle. That vision of spiritually spoke closer to my heart. 2½ years ago, at the request of my wife, we decided to join your series of spiritual talks about Aloha. All I knew at the moment was that we would be learning about meditation; a practice I was never really able to do or understand. These 2½ years with you and the rest of the participants, our Sangha, has taken me through a spiritual journey I would have not been able to walk just by myself.

Going through the different levels and their associated meditation forms gave the language and the springboard to grow spiritually in directions I didn’t think possible. Your Buddhist teachings about Samsara, the middle path, the four noble truths, the Skandhas, the noble eight fold path, etc. have become part of my daily way of living life.

One very important component of the course was the videos that you presented to us. They opened up a world of teachers that helped me see more of the spiritual path I was seeking. Thank you in particular for introducing Mooji and Rupert Spira. I spend a lot of my free time listening to audio clips or watching videos of these enlightened people. Rupert Spirra in particular has given me the practices and understanding relating to non-dualism. This particular form of spiritual practice, where there is no attachment to any established religious tradition really makes sense to me, and it is where I have chosen to spend my spiritual time.

Once again, I thank you profusely, for your dedication and your generosity, Kit, and will forever be in debt to you! 

Several years ago I was attracted to this meditation course with a little trepidation. But there was more of an excited anticipation of what it could be to “live ALOHA” as a 70+ year-old retired widow with life-long experience in Hawaiʻi.

Looking back I see - and more importantly feel - a subtle but profound shift in many areas of my life:

• More confident in who I am
• More caring & compassion for my Self-in-development
• More compassion & patience for others in their own process and struggles through life
• Much more open to new connections that feel like friendships with potential for deeper relationship, or deep relationships that feel like friendship
• Cherish the connectedness of us all and all creation
• Expanded joy and enjoyment of life
• More aware of various feelings, reactions, emotions within self
• More sensing and visceral experience of levels and layers of love
• More conscious of the solidity of ALOHA even when I cannot describe it

This is a secular course that leads one to live with an awakened mind (living ALOHA) through the vehicle of mindfulness-awareness meditation. I highly encourage checking out this amazing program.

It’s difficult to put into words how life-changing it has been for me. Each week in class, we deal with different philosophical or self-awareness subjects then discuss each topic among our like-minded circle.

I am learning how to eliminate my suffering. You can, too, if you apply yourself – everyone can. Imagine moving through this world without experiencing struggle or anxiety or depression or emotional reactivity or suffering. This does not happen overnight, of course, but at some point all of a sudden, if you are doing the work, you will notice that you are living your life free of those experiences.

What’s Left? Peace, compassion, love, and wisdom. Then you can go about your normal everyday tasks grounded in those experiences – instead of struggle, anxiety, depression or emotional reactivity – and still access the conceptual/ego mind (your thinking mind) when needed.

For me, this course has been a golden nugget. Learning to live my life with compassion and love enables me to live in balance & peace. That brings me into a space of alignment with my True Nature: ALOHA (Consciousness). Join me in this journey. Together, we can make the world a better place – simply by living our lives from ALOHA.

When I first started Kit’s course, all I was looking for was a meditation class. I thought I had already reached whatever pinnacle life had in store for me in the way of the Metaphysics. I was reading tarot cards occasionally and simply wanted to have more spiritually, meaningful conversations, with like-minded people.

I had no idea that the course I would take with Kit, would address much deeper meaningful aspects of my life. I did what Kit asked, I did “The Work”! I meditated everyday and every Friday, in class, I listened carefully, seeing if the teachings aligned with my experiences.

I was looking for a peaceful antidote to the 3:00 AM witching hour, as I like to call it, whereby one stares at the ceiling with every thought, deed and misdeed ever done. What I found was not what I was expecting. Six months into the course I found myself lovingly reaching out to my sister whom I had not spoken to in 15 years. And during Level 5 I finally understood the meaning of being awake. My consciousness blew wide open and I finally felt at
peace and no longer felt the urge to seek anything or anywhere else, I was content.

I owe much to Kit for putting together this course and will always call him my teacher.