John of God, May-2010

Imagine...
 

Healing and
Spiritual Awakening

 

 

 

What if...

 

  • You could have the possibility of a physical healing
    despite little hope and great uncertainty;
    one which no doctor will attempt, where no hospital will go?

  • You had a safe and painless alternative to dangerous surgery,
    to radiation scars, to months of chemo sickness and baldness?

  • There was a place where you could find clarity in your life like never before,
    discover the steps to take next ― and gain the courage to do it?

  • You if could open your heart like you’ve never dreamed possible
    and learn to
    let go of deep emotional and spiritual wounds
    that cre
    ate fear, anger and unworthiness?

  • You could open to new levels of spiritual awareness overnight,
    experienc
    e a deeper faith and
    a rich, trusting relationship with the Loving Presence within

    and then live in that realization?

What would that be worth to you?
 

 

 

 

John of God
The Miracle Healer of Brazil
 

Perhaps the Most Powerful
Spiritual Healer Living Today

 


A Healing Journey
and Spiritual Retreat

to
Casa Dom Inácio
Abadiânia, Brazil

 

June 12 - 26, 2011

 Trip Leaders: Steve Hooks
and
Ernest D. Chu
In association with The Soul Currency Institute

 

 


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A Spiritually Life Changing and Healing Retreat

This 14-day spiritual adventure is truly the opportunity of a lifetime.  It is your opportunity to visit the Casa de Dom Inácio, located in the central Brazilian plateau southwest of Brasília, to be with the world famous spiritual healer John of God.  On this journey you will be in the company of like-minded people, with experienced guides and metaphysical teachers.

 

 

The Healer João de Deus is John of God

This unconscious medium, who incorporates more than 30 healing entities, has been responsible for astonishing healings of body, mind, spirit and personal-growth for many years.  Virtually unknown in America until several years ago, he was recently the subject of TV specials on the Discovery Channel, ABC’s Primetime and OprahClick here to watch the film clip shown of Oprah in November 2010 (and many other similar clips).

 

This trip will led by Ernest Chu, a best selling author and the founder of The Soul Currency Institute.  Ernie was recently interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show about his experiences with John of God.  He has been a medium at the Casa since 2003 and is recognized by the Entities as a “Beloved Son of the Casa".  Steve Hooks has also experienced a personal healing at the Casa.  He has been leading travel groups for more than 20 years and is the founder of Journey Different where he specializes in "Spiritual Travel and Tours that Celebrate the Fun and Delightful in Life while Exploring the Heritage and Expansion of Conscious Awareness".

  

 

 

Healing Miracles come from the Source of Unconditional Love

Two weeks with Medium João has been described by some as a combination of the unconditional love of Mother Teresa, the healing miracles of Jesus and the deep commitment to service of Albert Schweitzer.  “This is an experience is like no other,” writes Prosperity Coach Edwene Gaines.  

 

Spiritual masters like Ram Dass, Father Ron Roth, and Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith are but a few of the many spiritual teachers who have deepened their relationship with God and are supported by the compassionate spirits of Abadiânia.

 

João Teixeira de Faria has been working with these Entities for more than 55 years.  Affectionately know as João de Deus, this gentle, unassuming man has become one of Brazil’s greatest national treasures working with the poorest of the poor, with millions of farmers and laborers as well as with foreign visitors and dignitaries from virtually every country. 

 

It is estimated that worldwide, he has worked with 8–10 million people, perhaps more.  He was awarded the National Medal of Honor by the President of Peru for his work in ending their devastating cholera epidemic yet he insists that  “It is not I that does the healing,  I am just the instrument of God.”   

 

John of God does not charge for his work; it is made possible by donations from the many people throughout the world whose lives he has changed.

 

For more information go to http://www.FriendsOfTheCasa.info   

 

 

 

 

Casa de Dom Inácio

The Casa de Dom Inácio is in Abadiânia, Brazil.  A largely rustic rural town, it is virtually untouched by the fast-accelerating world.  (While it recently acquired an Internet cafe, travelers checks still mystify the locals and even the local bank!) 
Advice here

 

The Casa rests at the edge of town but is like no other place on earth.  A humble place on first encounter, visitors come to know it as one of the most calming and spiritual places they‘ve ever been.  It’s like a combination of the healing miracle energy of Lourdes and the loving community of a Findhorn. 

Not associated with any organized religion, it encompasses universal metaphysical principles, the miracles of cleansing waterfalls and powerful disincarnate healing spirits.  The mortally sick have the opportunity to find wholeness again and the crippled often discard their crutches, braces and wheelchairs.  The heart-broken and spiritually restless can find peace, life meaning and an experience of a Loving Presence at a depth they have never before imagined.  These subtle, less-than-obvious spiritual healings of a personal nature simply can’t be counted. 

 

From the moment you make up your mind to go, you are answering the call of your own divine restlessness within.  One of our trip leaders, Ernie Chu, who had an inoperable tumor on his spine removed in Nov. 2002, observed after his first trip, “God seeps into you, more deeply than if you went to church every day for 10 years.  You are embraced by compassionate spirits while being immersed in feelings of deep peace and clarity.  You  meet like-minded people from all over the world.  Casa Dom Inácio is a place of the divine manifesting in real-time, of life-changing insights and of deep physical and spiritual healing.”   
Read Ernie’s story here

 

 

 

 

Healing Stories

From another visitor’s perspective (John Gage, who went to the Casa in 2005 on one of Ernie's guided tours), “Looking back, it all seems to make perfect sense, even when illogical.  When I first entered the assembly hall, an irresistible Loving Presence wrapped Itself around me that was, at once, the happiest and saddest I’d ever felt — happy that I’d found the Presence again, sad that I’d forgotten It for so long. 

“I came into a kind of synchronous state with Spirit.  During prayerful meditation, I’d ask questions and was immediately given answers in my ‘knowing intuition’.  I saw dense energies with my eyes closed and could ‘visit’ friends thousands of miles away with healing.  After my spiritual surgery, I ‘knew’ not to walk in sunlight, jump into the frigid pool or do anything strenuous. 

"Friends had taken my picture to the Entities the year before I actually visited the Casa.  Curious events even before I arrived suddenly made sense as preparation for what I was about to experience. 


“I was given the healing of an incredible sense of self-worthiness, loving good-will and gratitude that people noticed when I returned home.  Later, my consciousness was called back to the Casa on several occasions to lend my energy (as it seemed) during a procedure.  Perhaps not everyone has a remarkable or even noticeable physical healing but I suspect each and every visitor to the Casa has a unique and powerful spiritual healing. 



“The mending of my disintegrated vertebrae continued noticeably for another  two years, after which I found I was almost two inches shorter but MRI’s confirmed my spine to be complete and sound.  My brother and neurosurgeon, who’d been insisting I must have another fusion, was completely confounded. 

"Now, 7 years later, I still drink the blessed “holy” water, I still ask for and I’m occasionally still aware of the Entities working in me, healing my mind and body.” 
Read other incredible healing stories here.

 

 

 

 

A Journey of Healing and Adventure

Decide today to embark on this healing journey to at the Casa Dom Inácio.  It will surely be the spiritual adventure of your life time as you flow into your own divine appointment with healing love and connection.  Send you picture or register to join us going to the Casa.  Then drink the blessed water, immerse yourself in the transforming waters of the sacred waterfall, find balance and the deep soul attunement of the crystal beds.  Experience a curiously surprising and resounding peacefulness that you will bring home with you.  

This is an exploration not only in faith, but of boldly stepping out into the newness and promise of Spirit and all you are meant to be amid the richness and diversity of the Brazilian culture.  When you are there, you are reminded of the words: “Welcome home…we have been waiting for you.” 

 

 

 

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Itinerary (typical, each journey varies) 

 

Sunday, 12-June-2011

3:00 PM

Depart Miami

Monday

6:00 AM

Arrive Sao Paulo, clear Customs, fly to Brasília

 

10:00 AM

Arrive in Brasília, Motor Coach to Abadiânia

 

1.00 PM

Check in at the Amazonas pousada (hotel)

 

 

Lunch (all meals at the pousada)

 

Afternoon

Orientation, Review Casa Customs, Q&A

 

6:30

Dinner

 

Evening

Presentation, Consultation, Q&A

Tuesday

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30 

Breakfast

 

8:30

Orientation at the Casa and free time

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch

 

Afternoon

Consultation and free time

 

6:30

Dinner

 

Evening

Review personal requests and intentions

Wednesday

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30 

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Opening morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00 PM

Afternoon session at the Casa

 

6:30

Dinner

 

Evening

Answers to questions

 

 

 

Thursday

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–8:00  

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00 PM

Afternoon session at the Casa

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening presentation with local author or guide

 

 

 

Friday

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–8:00

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00 PM

Afternoon session at the Casa

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30 

Evening presentation with local author or guide

 

 

 

Saturday

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

7–9:00

Breakfast

 

10:00

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds,
Local Sightseeing or Free time

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch

 

1:00 PM

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds,
Local Sightseeing or Free time

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Sunday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–9:00 

Breakfast

 

10:00

Sunday Celebration service TBA

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and

 

2–5:00 PM

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds,
Local Sightseeing or Free time

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Monday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30

Breakfast

 

6:30–9:00

Help cut vegetables for Blessed Soup at Casa

 

10:00

Optional Trip to Anápolis

 

10:00

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds or Free time

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00 PM

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds or Free time

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Tuesday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–9

Breakfast

 

10:00

Optional Trip to Anápolis

 

10:00 

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds or Free time

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00 PM

Sacred Waterfall, Crystal Beds or Free time

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Wednesday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–8:00

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00

Afternoon session at the Casa

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Thursday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30–8:00

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00

Afternoon session at the Casa

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Friday, week-2

6:00 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30

Breakfast

 

8:30–11:30

Morning session at the Casa

 

11:30

Blessed soup

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Free time

 

2–5:00

Afternoon session at the Casa
Farewells and pictures with Jo
ão

 

6:30

Dinner

 

8:30

Evening Activity TBA

 

 

 

Saturday, 25-June

6 AM

Sunrise Hilltop Walk, Meditation

 

6:30 AM

Breakfast

 

9:00

Motor Coach to Brasília

 

12:00 Noon

Lunch in Brasília

 

1:00 PM

Tour of Brasília including The Temple of Peace and shopping at Brasília’s Indigenous Market

 

4:00

Motor Coach to Airport

 

7:00

Arrive Sao Paulo

 

10:00

Depart for Miami

 Sunday, 26-June-2011

 Mid-morning

Arrive Miami International, clear US Customs

 

 

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General Terms & Conditions

 

Trip Costs

Land portion:  $1675.00 per person.  $1825.00 after January 31, 2011.  Please add 3% for Credit Card payments.

 

Schedule of Payments

A deposit of $150 is required to hold your reservation.  $450 deposit required after January 31, 2011.

 

Deposit includes a non-refundable $75 administration fee.

Trip insurance is available on an individual basis.

 

Trip includes:  All airport and transportation and hotel transfers, One night at Melia Hotel in Brasília (or another Four Star Hotel), orientation and departure lunches, assistance in changing money, motor coach to and from Brasília and Abadiânia, 11 nights of lodging and meals, two gallons of blessed water energized by the Entity, special Casa orientation and personalized consultation on recommended actions, special educational or entertainment events, spiritual services and meditation, sunrise service, support of special requests, facilitation of waterfall and crystal bed visits, special individual attention and spiritual facilitation with guides, donations to Casa Dom Inácio, admission to the Temple of Peace and tour of Brasília.

 

Trip does not include:  Visa costs, transport to/from Miami point of departure and return, airline tickets to Brasília and return, dinner in Brasília, optional trips to Anápolis, optional weekend trips, additional donations to the Casa Dom Inácio and tips/gratuities.

 

 

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Why journey with us to see John of God?  What we offer that's special

  • Our guides are Metaphysical teachers and trainers.  Our focus is purely on facilitating your healing experience and spiritual awakening.  Rev. Ernie is also a “Beloved Son” of the Casa, recognized by the Entities with special access to the functions and staff of the Casa and Medium João himself.  He and has returned with groups many times. 
     

  • You will likely have many unusual experiences, especially after spiritual (intervention) or physical surgery (by volunteering) and particularly during Meditation in the Current Room.  Our guides are prepared for the unexpected.  In Current you are holding the highest and best for the hundreds, even thousands, of people slowly moving toward the Entity.  Meanwhile you are being healed — your receive while you give. 
     

  • While sitting in current a lot of the healing occurs, the spirits are working on you and even do some invisible operations.  This is where core beliefs and emotions that cause pain and illness are released and resolved.
     

  • Many other perceptions may happen and your experience will be unique to you alone.  It’s hard to imagine beforehand how important it is to have seasoned veterans with whom to counsel and discuss your experiences on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels in terms of Metaphysical Principles.
     

  • We have an ongoing spiritual educational program and discussion nightly.  This assists in creating a safe and loving community feeling.  It allows you to sink deeply into your spiritual experience which would otherwise be impeded by figuring out the customs and procedures at the Casa. 
     

  • We assist in conducting Sunday morning Metaphysical and interfaith services.
     

  • No other group trip offers the total round-the-clock support that we do.  Ours is a small group with, not just one group leader, but three.  There is a support facilitator and guide for every 6 people. 
     

  • We have carefully chosen the best and most convenient, closest to the Casa, place to stay, The Hotel  Amazonas.  Our meals will be taken in their dining room and they have special group dining and meeting facilities for our use.  You won’t need to pack heavily as laundry is collected twice a week for a very small fee.
     

  • We have arranged all land travel in exclusive air conditioned motor coaches and have special taxis available for those wishing to make individual side trips.  Luggage is handled for you in another truck.
     

  • We offer special and unusual side trips.  Although we cannot confirm this in advance, in the past we have been invited to one of Medium João’s farms for a lunch of traditional local foods.  A swimming lake has been prepared for Casa visitors to visit, and this too may be available.  Our guides have come to know other world-famous healing mediums and authors who live close to the Casa or are in residence frequently.  As trusted friends we can usually arrange some quite unusual presentations with them. 
     

  • In the past we have arranged private meeting time with Medium João , and photo opportunities with he and others at the Casa.  When not incorporating, he is quite charming and friendly.
     

  • Cultural orientation: The culture of all of Brazil, like most of Central and South America can be disconcerting for arriving Americans used to our relatively instant-action timeliness and precise instructions culture.  Time is a fluid thing in Brazil and at the Casa, things tend to get done when it’s appropriate for them to happen.  This works smoothly for the Casa but can be inscrutable and confusing at first.  You’ll be thankful for the experience of so totally letting things happen at the perfect time in the best right way for you! 
     

  • Casa conventions: We spare you the shock of arriving directly to the town of Abadiãnia all ajumble with long travel, finding where to stay, getting settled, trying to get familiar with the locale and then trying to figure out the customs and procedures of the Casa, where all directions are in Portuguese.  Many a visitor gets in the wrong line or at the wrong time.  Some even miss a visit with the Entity or leave after one day or only one week.  All this is handled for you so as not to encroach on the healing experience you are meant to have. 
     

  • Local customs: We introduce you first to Brazil and the International Culture, then take you further inland and provide orientation to the locale customs and particularly the procedures at Casa.  We then go with you as guides and translator, help you understand what’s going on in an experience that may resemble nothing in your previous frame of reference.
     

  • Likewise, on the return trip, we provide a reentry buffer zone, after the Spiritual Community and the calm, peaceful pace of the Casa, before you run headlong into the rush-around world of ticket agents, hard schedules and the details of customs agents and security measures for reentering the US. 
     

  • We provide a relaxed and comfortable guided tour of Brasília including stops at the National Cathedral and participation in programs at The Temple of Peace.  We even include a stop at the indigenous marketplace for Brazilian crafts.  You will truly be thankful for time to recollect your thoughts and emotions before jumping back into everyday life.

 

When you leave the healing energy of the Casa, you bring a little of it back with you,
it is in your heart forever. 
“Welcome home…we have been waiting for you!” 

 

 

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