True Heart/True Mind Enlightenment Intensive Retreat in San Diego Area (April 23-27, 2026)
The Intensive will be held in the high desert at the beautiful Manzanita Village Retreat Center in Warner Springs, CA. 92086
Offered by: Joseph Rubano with Kate Feeley, Kamakshi Eller, and Christy Li-Fo-Sjoe as his trusty and indispensable monitors. Thomas Pangrazio and Monica Maghiar have also joined the team. Since 1985 I have been involved in over 70 Intensives and have mastered 35 in the last 16 years.
Where else do people meet like this — directly, simply, whispering secrets, looking behind the mask, willing to come out of hiding, willing to see and be seen, to be fully and completely who and how you are? Who are you really? What are you anyway?
In this wild time that we live in, where the ground beneath us is always shifting, by meeting like this we are creating a new ground in the field of our hearts — the heart of connecting, the heart of relationship
Come be part of this ever new, never finished, ground-making work.
The True Heart True Mind Enlightenment Intensive Retreat — is a modern day Initiation process; intended to awaken in the participant an unobstructed view into the way things are; to somehow come to sense/know, beyond our common way of thinking and perceiving, the vast field of awareness and love that is our home and true nature. In this Initiation, the Mystery Center is not a building or a place; it is continually being created within the space of meeting, by the very substance of meeting of one human being with another. It is a journey of self-discovery that a group of people goes on together. Tell me Who you are.Tell me What you are.
Come be with us on this holy ground where …
We meet in the Church of True Meeting
The Holy Shrine of Eye Contact
The Sacred Grove of Silent Contemplation
The Temple of Speaking the Truth
The Mosque of Deep Listening
The Dome of Full Acceptance
And we chant the endless chant of I AM.
Cost: Sliding Scale — $675 – $925** Includes meals (delicious vegetarian), lodging, Monday morning integration and tuition. Non-refundable $200 deposit required to hold a space. Space is limited. Register early.
Contact: Joseph Rubano at 760-576-7573, josrubano@hotmail.com
Go to www.josephrubano.com to read more about the Enlightenment Intensive
**If money is not an issue, pay the higher amount; it really helps. If money is an issue, talk to me, we can work something out. Payment plan available.