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Eureka! Arica Institute

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
October
Year
1974
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The Arica Institute blows into town this week for an introductory evening Wednesday, and an Open Path Weekend Saturday and Sunday. A non-profit tax-exempt organization, Arica offers concrete non-dogmatic means for resolving conflict in the internal environment. The approach is experiential rather than abstractly theoretical-there is no thing or Guru you have to swallow to get it on, you merely do the exercises and reap the response. In Arica, the only master is the method.

The Introduction and Open Path Weekend consist of exercises coordinating breath and body movement, sound and color meditation, and personal encounter. The body of the Arica methodology combines elements of sufism, alchemy. Tai Chi, various yogas, massage, dance, gestalt, martial arts, encounter, transcendental meditation and other esoteric practices.

The Arica experience can generate a clear, high-energy state of physical non, emotional calmness, and mental clarity, Concrete results can include greater self-esteem and confidence, greater ability to deal with emotions such as envy, greed, anger, anxiety, etc., a more open and loving attitude toward others, and improved communication. The experience of an earlier Open Path Weekend in Ann Arbor was described by one participant as "like peaking on acid, only better." Another called it "clear, calming, strengthening- like reading Zen koans in the wilderness three days from civilization."

The Wednesday evening introduction is free, but if 11 cost you $25 for the Open Path Weekend, $30 if you decide to show up at the door. And if you're truly interested but can't afford the bucks, you can negotiate a scholarship. For further information as to time and place, consult the calendar and/or the Arica ad in this issue. Stop by and get high, if s well worth the time to investigate.