New Affinity Groups by Telephone

For groups and Training in Germany, contact Philippa Campling  Campling@t-online.de

For Groups and Training in the Netherlands, contact Margriet Geerts margrietgeerts@hotmail.com

For groups in Italian, contact Philippa Campling Campling@t-online.de

A Message from Paul

     The Affinity Process is simple to understand and I have written a book entitled Living in the Heart that describes the process step by step.  If you read this book, you will be prepared to facilitate a group. It is also a good idea to have other potential group members read the book so that they understand clearly what they would be committing to.
   If you want to list your group on my website, please email your contact and meeting information to us and we will put it up under the new Affinity Group section below.
   To help you find other people in your area who might be interested in joining your group, I am willing to share my mailing list with you.  Just send me the zip code range for communities within a 30 square mile area around you.
     Each year offer we two or more Spiritual Mastery Retreats. These retreats are intimate and offer an in-depth experience of the Affinity Process. During the retreat, some participants commit to the Affinity Group practice and related practices in the Spiritual Mastery Work.  For more information about the Mastery Process, click here.
   We thank you for your interest in the Affinities Process.  You are about to embark on an experience that will help you open to the presence of unconditional love and learn to extend that love to  others. Progress in this area requires patience and commitment, but I assure you that if you are faithful to the process, it will bear fruit.

Love & Blessings,
Paul Ferrini

What is an Affinity Group?

     The purpose of the Affinity Group Process is: to give and receive unconditional love, acceptance and support. To create a safe, loving, non-judgmental space in which we can open our hearts and move through our fears. Better understanding, more compassion, increased respect, better communication are all natural outcomes of the Affinity Process. Individual members learn how to take more responsibility for their thoughts, feelings and experiences; they also learn to refrain from taking inappropriate responsibility for the thoughts, feelings and experiences of others. The Affinity Process helps people develop a healthy sense of boundaries.
     The Affinity Group Process is not outcome-oriented. The group does not try to solve problems or reach consensus. It may lead to clarity and consensus, but this is not its purpose. Its purpose is to provide each person with an experience of giving and receiving unconditional love and support.
     The Affinity Process is also an At-one-ment Process. It provides us with a safe place to express our confusion, our pain, our remorse and our judgments so that they are not buried inside us. Because nobody tries to fix us, we learn to hold our own sharing with acceptance and compassion.
     The greatest gift of the Affinity Process is self-acceptance. As we learn to accept all the dichotomous aspects of self, we experience greater wholeness, greater confidence, greater creative freedom. With self-acceptance also comes the capacity to accept others as they are, to respect their experience, and to encourage them to be honest and authentic.
     The affinity process is very simple, there is a set of guidelines, which are reviewed before each meeting. You can read these guidelines by clicking here. Anyone is welcome who agrees to follow the guidelines.

You will also find it helpful to read  the book Living In The Heart. It describes the process in depth. To read about this book click here. To purchase the book, click the following order button

    

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