Welcome to DuPage Center for Spiritual Living's Meetup Page. You can learn more about us by visiting our website at www.dupagecenter.org. Or, call our office at 630-653-2222. DuPage Center for Spiritual Living is a warm, loving spiritual community, embracing people of all ages, races, cultures and faiths, honoring all paths to God. We offer connection, support, friendship and celebration, providing spiritual tools for personal transformation as we help to create a world that works for everyone. …

We are a nonprofit organization that offers tools and skills for peaceful living. We honor all peace traditions and encourage daily practices that cultivate inner and outer peace in the individual and in the community.

Spirit Rocks! Our group explores various New Thought teachings with the intent of moving from simply understanding spiritual principles to putting those principles into practice. Our regular weekly meeting (Wednesdays) is a discussion and exploration of A Course in Miracles with teacher Christian Lea. The Spirituality Discussion Group in Naperville does not subscribe to any one particular belief system, understanding that there are many paths and we each follow our own as Spirit expresses and ex …

Looking for like-minded folks who dig super-contemporary fiction and are dying to start a book club! If you read newer stuff like Murakami, Junot Diaz, Jonathan Franzen, DFW, Dave Eggers (also the best of non-fiction) let's talk. Meetings will be once a month in the Ukrainian Village / blue line area. Guys and girls 25-40ish who are serious about reading and want awesome book club selections, please join!

"The purpose of this meetup is to provide a venue for individuals who walk the esoteric/inner path but also strive for a balance with their more exoteric & worldly nature. I seek others like myself who walk the inner path and have experienced inner transfigurations and can examine these powerful, spiritual experiences from a scientific & psychological lens, who introspect ruthlessly, who are open to exploring the inner realms of self-identity, and who value knowledge and wisdom above all.  I hav …

Under Construction (but join!) (Note that this page as well as some outgoing links are NSFW.) This group is for people who have an intuition of something better, and who are pursuing it in every direction simultaneously. You have a sense of rightness and wrongness that cuts to the bone, and it doesn't line up with traditional religion or the zeitgeist. You're an information sponge, but you hold it all provisionally and pragmatically. You know that all truths are partial perspectives, i.e. wron …

Had enough of astrologers, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Do you love the scientific method? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Meetup with other local skeptics for some refreshing and sane conversation as well as fun socializing with like-minded folks!

This will be a good opportunity to meet those with similar personalities in the area. Those who can value an INTJ is welcome as well. This is your chance to speak your mind and actually be heard!   About INTJs: INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment) is an abbreviation used in the publications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to refer to one of the sixteen personality types. INTJs are one of the rarest of the sixteen personality types, and account for about 2% of the populati …

The Evanston Writers Group is an eclectic mix of writers, ranging from beginners to long time professionals, and reflect all ages, genders and backgrounds. We have members who publish literary fiction, creative non-fiction, children's literature, romance, hard-boiled crime, memoir, travel, poetry, humor and assorted forms of the unclassifiable. Because we are fearless and a little nuts, we open our minds to anyone and any thing. We'll bend and stretch ourselves like soft licorice to dig your s …

I could not find a group who is interested to discuss about hidden treasure of Indian culture-Gayatri Mantra and Yagna. Purpose of this group is to increase the awarness about science of vedic culture. Anyone who want to know more about Gayatri Mantra, Yagna, Sanskar and the scientific reasoning, would be welcome.

This meditation technique is taught as a science and is practiced by people of many religions, faiths and belief systems. Within you is the "science lab" in which you conduct this "science experiment." The Science of Spirituality (S.O.S.) teaches a meditation process called Jyoti, or Light, Meditation. It's free and anyone can practice it. It should be noted, this is a voluntary meditation program. One stays in their social or religious traditions to practice this meditation. It needs to also be …

The Goal: A community of people dedicated to consciousness elevation in all aspects of life, individual, communal, social, political, scientific, and beyond. We each have the potential to each a unique level of "Human Optimization".  Attention, communication, intelligence, thoughtfulness, balanced emotion and speech and action, empathetic, beautiful, kind. To achieve this peak potential and manifest it into "life as we know it" including the status quo, we effectively change the whole system in …

Welcome curious minds, to the Chicago Alternative Meditation Meetup Group. This group is for those of us interested in alternative methods of meditation. This group offers a variety of of meetups to learn more about the science of meditation and meditative techniques to help you clear your mind. The act of mediation itself is not a spiritual practice. It is a scientifically proven method of deep relaxation with tons of physical and mental benefits. This meetup group explores the realm of Transce …

This meetup provides an opportunity to discuss philosophy in the traditional, reasoned sense. Whether you enjoy thinkers such as Plato, Wittgenstein, or Spinoza, or relish sharp arguments, or simply love the broader horizon, you're in the right place!   "A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring." Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite." Bertrand Russe …

Do you ever desire to become a more elegant communicator? Do you seek to be the #1 champion in your professional field? Or do you finally want to hone your SOFT skills (people skills) and ultimately communicate your hard skills at their best? Have you ever wondered when people say: "Your hard skills will get you the interview and your soft skills will get you the job?" Fortunately we've heart that NLP* has already helped millions of people achieve greater success, increase confidence, enrich rel …

When Western science is combined with ancient wisdom and knowledge from around the world your ability to manifest an incredible life is exponentially increased. This is Dr. White’s unique approach to life, love, health and prosperity coaching. For ex., she teaches natural approaches to improving vision based on western science along with vision medical qigong. Medical qigong is a branch of Chinese medicine that is over 5,000 years old. Her background is in counseling, couple counseling, manifest …