"Awakening is waking up from the daytime dream and realizing that who you thought you were is not limited to thought, emotion or form. Beyond the imaginary seeker; beyond concepts and beliefs, there is a field of innocence and purity. We are this deep peace and sacredness, which is absolute and beyond all intellectual understanding. I invite you to recognize this precious Essence of Being and to directly realize the illusion of all psychological suffering due to misidentification, misperception of separation, and attachment to conditioned thought." ~ Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy
About Katie Davis and Spontaneous Awakening
Formerly from Seattle, Washington, Katie Davis offers non-dual events and Advaita satsang wherever invited. In 1986, Katie had a profound, radical and spontaneous awakening, without teachers or spiritual practices. In fact, she had no intellectual reference whatsoever for what had occurred. She spent twelve years integrating that spiritual realization. Subsequently, she studied the works of Advaita Vedanta, ancient scriptures and the works of traditional sages and contemporary spiritual teachers.
She is author of Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment and her husband is Sundance Burke, author of Free Spirit: A Guide to Enlightened Being, who awakened in 1982 before their meeting with his first teachers, Satoshi (Osho) and Sunyata, named the Rare Born Mystic by his friend, Ramana Maharshi. Sundance and Katie travel worldwide offering their message of conscious freedom and causeless joy in the form of Advaita Satsang. They have been offering satsang since 1999.
In 1998, Sundance and Katie became close friends with Eckhart Tolle. When Power of Now published, they were invited to travel with him for two months. Subsequently, Eckhart invited them to share the teachings. They offered six week seminars of Eckhart's teachings and the Self-inquiry teachings of Ramana Maharshi on enlightenment.
In 2004, Eckhart Tolle encouraged them to write their books and they moved from Seattle to the beautiful island of Maui to write. The books were intimately written with their desks side by side and the expanse of the Pacific Ocean before them. Over each Maui sunset, they would share with one another the passages that had been created. Their books, Awake Joy by Katie and Free Spirit by Sundance published in February 2008.
Sundance and Katie have been offering Advaita Satsang since 1999. Their 2008 schedule includes Awake Joy and Free Spirit talks, Advaita Satsang, Advaita Satsang Intensives or retreats in Dallas and Plano Texas; Sedona, Flagstaff, Scottsdale, Tempe and Chandler Arizona; Boulder, Ridgway, Telluride and Ouray Colorado; Toronto and Richmond Hill Ontario; Chicago and Highland Park Illinois; Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond Washington; Vancouver BC; Portland Oregon; Kihei, Wailea, Maui Meadows, Haiku, Wailuku and Lahaina Maui; Carlsbad and Los Angeles California.
The Talks and Advaita Satsang event schedule as well as event testimonials are at Events.
If you are interested in inviting Sundance and Katie to your area, please click Awake.
Katie Davis
