Free Monthly Series: Meditating with the Names of God; Adonai and El Shaddai
These are extraordinary times, and Kabbalah offers us incredible strength and justice, providing compassion, calm, and order to situations that might otherwise lead to chaos, destruction, or conflict. Carlos de León invites students and friends of Ontogony to join an online series exploring the Names of God—Adonai and El Shaddai—and their profound spiritual significance.
Free Monthly Meditations
- Instructor: Carlos de León
- 12 Live-Streaming Sessions (1,5 hours each)
- 11:00 hours (Vancouver). Find your local time: Time and Date
- Dates:
Friday, October 25, 2024 - Available Online!
Friday, November 22, 2024 - Available Online!
Friday, December 20, 2024 - Available Online!
Friday, January 24, 2025 - Available Online!
Friday, February 21, 2025 - Available Online!
Monday, March 3, 2025 - Available Online!
Friday, April 25, 2025 - Available Online!
Friday, May 16, 2025 - Available Online!
Friday, June 13, 2025 - Honouring H.E. Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
Friday, September 19, 2025 - Ontogony Anniversary Celebration
Friday, October 17, 2025
Friday, November 21, 2025
Friday, December 19, 2025 - Holiday Christmas Celebration - English Interpretation
- Access: 1 Year
Special Event Invitation: September 19, 2025
You are warmly invited to a special celebration in honour of Ontogony’s Anniversary—an uplifting gathering in our Free Monthly Series: Meditating with the Names of God with Carlos de León. This month, we invoke Adonai and El Shaddai as we honour the Divine Name EL, embodying compassion, strength, and mercy. Join us in a sacred space for Stories of Compassion—a heartfelt sharing of our collective journey, where we raise a toast, reflect on the year’s growth, and invite the grace of Shekinah through story and spiritual practice.
Event Details
- Title: Grace & Compassion of EL – Anniversary Celebration
- Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
- Time: 11:00 AM (Vancouver). Click here to find your local time
- Format: Live-Streaming Online (1.5 hours)
- Language: Spanish with Simultaneous English Translation
Invitation to Share Your Reflections!
As part of this celebration, Carlos warmly invites Ontogony students to share a brief reflection on the Stories of Compassion series. Your entry should include two parts:
- A meaningful moment when you extended or received compassion and how it impacted you.
- A time when offering compassion—toward yourself or another—felt especially difficult.
Please email your reflection to info@ontogony.com for review and selection by August 25, 2025. Three students will be selected to share their stories during the gathering, where a special blessing will be offered in support of healing, grace, and transformation.
This gathering is more than a celebration—it is a sacred moment to honour our shared journey, to reflect on the grace that sustains us, and to renew our commitment to walk in compassion, presence, and unity. We invite you to join us in marking this meaningful occasion in the life of our community.
About the Program
Understanding the Divine Names: In essence, God has no name. Being infinite, God cannot be fully contained by any single title or description. Yet, in choosing an engagement with us—His creatures, and the world, at large— God assumes manifestations that we recognize with various names: Creator, Judge, Merciful One, Master, and more. Each name represents a unique way to experience God's presence. As the Midrash says, "You want to know My name? I am called according to My actions."
Exploring the Names Adonai and EL Shaddai: Kabbalists meditate on hundreds of Divine Names, equally revered as expressions of the one God. Jewish tradition highlights 7 Holy Names, that cannot be erased and must be written with unique concentration, each linked to the 7 inferior spheres of the Tree of Life. Adonai is related to Malchut, and El Shaddai to Yesod: the 2 spheres nearest the spiritual realities to our everyday lives.
In Jewish tradition, "Adonai" is pronounced whenever the Tetragrammaton appears in prayer. In Christian tradition, the name Jesus (Lord) carries similar deep and specific significance. Whenever we invoke the "Lord" or "God Almighty," we evoke a particular Divine action…often without realizing it!
The Power of Hebrew: The Names of God along with The Bible, itself, are traditionally written in Hebrew, whose letters are not merely symbols. They embody spiritual meaning and intention that can be distorted, diluted, or lost altogether, in translation. By revisiting the original version can deepen our learning and enhance our spiritual experience, opening new avenues for insight and growth.
As outlined in the Sefer Yetzirah ("Book of Formation"), the Hebrew alphabet represents divine energy patterns. Kabbalists believe that the correct permutation and pronunciation of the Divine Names can bestow the powers to heal, to perceive distant events, or even to create a golem (a humanoid from clay). Moreover, every element of the Bible holds multiple levels of meaning, according to the Zohar; and we are urged to look beyond the surface!
Program Outline
- Sessions 1-4: Study and meditate on the individual letters of Adonai.
- Session 5: Explore and meditate on the complete Name of Adonai.
- Sessions 6-11: Study and meditate on the individual letters of El Shaddai.
- Sessions 12: Meditate on the complete Name of El Shaddai.
Join Us: Embark on a transformative journey through these eleven live-streamed sessions, available from October 25, 2024, to November 21, 2025. Together, we will deepen our spiritual practice, broaden our consciousness, and cultivate compassion and gratitude through unified meditation on the Names of God.
Register now and experience the transformational power of these ancient sacred practices!
Registration
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- Twelve Meditation Sessions
- Videos & Audios (Access On-Demand), & Downloadable PDFs
- 1 Year Course Access
- After access expires, renew for free and enjoy an additional year!
