Dear Sangha, Meditation is from 6:30-7:30 with a half-hour optional book discussion afterward until 8pm.It is the 19th Chapter from Best Buddhist Writing of 2013. Chapter is by Pico Iyer and titled: The Long Road to Sitting Still UUBN Walker Room Let me know if you need a copy of the chapter. wickie@pixieblue.net Yours, Karen
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Meditation “snacks”
Here’s some good encouragement for the group from Day 18 of Wildmind’s 28 Day Meditation Challenge. Jeff “(Sometimes) ideals can get in the way of practice. When we have the expectation that we “should” meditate for, say, 30 minutes or 40 minutes, then sometimes, when we find we only have 5, or 10, or 15 minutes …
Meditation Nov 16th at 6:30pm
Dear Sangha, On Sunday we will meet at 6:30 – 8 pm at UUBN in the Walker Room for meditation. The last half-hour we will discuss the 18th chapter in our group read. The chapter is titled: Waking Up to Happiness by Natalie Goldberg. The discussion is optional. Namaste, Bohdi day is Monday December 8th …
Responses (2)
Karen et al… The fourth agreement regarding air time and allowing each participant to speak once before another speaks a second time…seems awkward to enforce unless the moderator assumes that role and I’ve not seen that happen. Perhaps rewording this one to something like, “We share ‘air time” to the best of our ability so …
responses from group
Good idea, Karen. On the 5th item, I would suggest considering adding “unsolicited” between “give” and “advice.” Sometimes questions are asked that could be heard as asking for advice. Of course, we want to preserve avoidance of anyone telling another what they ought to do. The metal part of my personality would like to remove …
Sangha Group Agreements
Dear Sangha,Let’s all look at our Group Agreements to see if they still work for us and discuss any changes to the agreements that may be in order. Please hit “reply all” if you want to add anything to the discussion, (even if it is “no change”) The sangha has it’s 5th anniversary in December and …
Sangha Group Agreements
Dear Sangha,Let’s all look at our Group Agreements to see if they still work for us and discuss any changes to the agreements that may be in order. Please hit “reply all” if you want to add anything to the discussion, (even if it is “no change”) The sangha has it’s 5th anniversary in December and …
Meditation Nov. 9th
Dear Sangha, Today we will meet at 6:30 – 8 pm at UUBN in the Walker Room for meditation. The last half-hour we will discuss the 17th chapter in our group read. The chapter is titled: Open Heart, Open Mind by Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Jeff will facilitate the discussion (thank you Jeff for volunteering) which is …
Train Your Mind: Lojong commentary by Judy Lief | Tricycle
Lojong slogan commentary by the author of last weeks discussion article.Train Your Mind: Lojong commentary by Judy Lief | Tricycle
new
We’re trying something new for our group with a facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/bnmeditation