Announcing Some Big Changes and Upgrades To “The Dawning Light” Newsletter
A letter from my heart to our friends and readers of “The Dawning Light”
A warm welcome to all of our new subscribers!
Thank you for joining us on this journey to greater love and life!
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This is THE DAWNING LIGHT # 1045 Journal of Inspirational Writing
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
A LETTER FROM THE HEART TO MY FRIENDS
and READERS OF THE DAWNING LIGHT
Dear Friends and Readers of “The Dawning Light”
First, I want to express my heart felt appreciation for every one of you, the subscribers and readers of this newsletter and labor of Love.
Your comments and appreciation of my work has sustained and inspired me since I began publishing here on Substack 19 months ago with over 1000 posts.
Because of your encouragement, I eat, sleep and drink this newsletter and am constantly striving to improve it. I believe that this newsletter is important, not just to me, but to each of you who read it everyday.
I AM MAKING SOME CAREFULLY CONSIDERED UPGRADES
After long and careful consideration, I have decided to make some upgrades that are intended to improve “The Dawning Light” and make it more sustainable.
From today, July 1st, 2024 onwards, I am making these changes....
THE NEW “WEEKDAY DAWNING LIGHT”
I am changing our free version of “The Dawning Light” from being published and sent to you every day to the “Weekday Edition”, which will be sent to all our subscribers every weekday morning.
I will be simplifying the format to short and intense posts that can be read or listened to in one to three minutes. Each post will be like spiritual espresso that is meant to help you jumpstart your weekday.
This Weekday edition will always be free to anyone who subscribes.
It will still consist of one issue of the “Journey Of The Heart” section with a poem by me or a quest poet...like this recent issue:
And one issue of the “Revelations and Pearls Of Wisdom” section with short insightful and enlightening quotes from great men and women from around the world or calligraphies of aphorisms of epiphanies by me. Here is a sample issue:
THE NEW “DAWNING LIGHT WEEKEND EDITION”
This new “Dawning Light Weekend Edition” will be for paid subscribers only with a generous “Preview” of each story sent to all subscribers before hitting the paywall.
This is a big change from offering everything for free because we have reached a point where we can’t sustain this work without some financial support from our readers.
I have been investing 8 to 10 hours every single day to produce this newsletter and now realize I deserve and need to make enough money from my work to sustain us.
We have supported this newsletter by the sweat of our brows and scrimping along to cover our necessary living expenses which is no longer sustainable. This is also a necessary step recommended by every one of my mentors.
The “Weekend Edition” will be long form articles and stories that can be read or listened to in 5 to 10 minutes.
Each post will be packed with actionable information on ways you can improve your life, stories about our life and adventures at our small meditation center or stories about practical tips for applying spiritual principles to daily life.
If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, you have already seen what these stories or like. If you are a new subscriber, here is a sample recent story:
GENEROUS REWARDS for becoming a Paid Subscriber
All our paid subscribers, who I call our “Inner Circle Members”, will receive some generous rewards for their investment in me and this newsletter...such as free tuition to some of our upcoming trainings and events, 50 % discount off tuition to our upcoming “Meditation Training Intensive”, a free half hour “Resourcing Body Mind Integration session” or a free half hour of “Resourcing Life Coaching” session with me either in person or via Zoom...and free copies of our new books as they are published...plus our undying appreciation for your support!
OUR INTRODUCTORY OFFER
For the month of July, 2024, we are offering any existing subscribers or any new subscribers who join us before July 21 a full year’s subscription for just $50 or $5 a month FOR LIFE.
No matter how much we may raise the price in the future, there will never be an increase in the price for “Inner Circle Members” who join us before July 21.
WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH NEW PROGRAMS and SERVICES
We are about to launch new programs and services here at Still Mountain Meditation Center that we have been working on preparing for several months.
When we are ready to launch them, we will send the announcements and invitations to join with us to all subscribers.
This is a very exciting time for us and we believe that the rest of this summer will be a time of great steps towards doing so much that we have long wanted to do on our journey of love and service to the world.
We know and fervently believe that “The best is yet ahead” and that “The future belongs to those who believe in themselves and their divine purpose!”
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY!
If you loved this issue of the free version of “The Dawning Light” we ask that you consider supporting us on our mission to help save the world….
Besides all the goodies we are offering to you, your subscription directly helps us maintain our simple life on Still Mountain so we can keep the lights on, food on the table and stay focused on writing and publishing this labor of Love!
Chinmayan teaching “The Meditation Training Intensive”
“The Dawning Light” is written and edited by Chinmayan and published by:
STILL MOUNTAIN DHARMA CENTER
INNER RESOURCE INSTITUTE
Authentic Meditation Training and Practical Spirituality
Stay Tuned for free upcoming programs and trainings for our subscribers and supporters of “The Dawning Light”…
We are planning to launch our next “Meditation Training Intensive” course in the summer of 2024. When we set the dates and open this course for registration, we will announce the details in this newsletter first so that all of our “Dawning Light” friends will get first choice.
LEARN TO MEDITATE and DEVELOP YOUR OWN INNER SANCTUARY OF EVER GROWING AWARENESS, MINDFULNESS, PEACE and JOY!
Join with us in this very special course that will enthrall and inspire you while giving you absolutely everything you need to develop your own effective and soul satisfying personal meditation practice that you will love and want to do every day because of its blissful benefits….This course was created and is taught by Chinmayan, who was trained by some of the greatest meditation masters of our time…and who has taught authentic meditation and practical spiritual principles for forty years.
—Chinmayan
I stumbled across your posts accidentally byway of Tom Ryan’s substack posts about his Atticus and Will books and have followed you both ever since. I am so pleased to read of your upcoming changes to your substack accnt! Congratulations ! I’ve read your posts daily since discovering your wisdom and finding much joy and solace in your writing. I am an Alzheimer’s patient with many issues and a short timeline. As such, have remained a free reader as I am alone without any sort of backup. However I wanted you to know how much I value your posts and will value each and every one as long as able. They are a true friend and blessing in my declining situation. May you continue all the help and support that many readers like myself treasure each day. Thank you and bless you.