Monday, May 6 – Our Human Tendencies

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Please join Brenda, Gordon, Jim, and Sharon for 20 minutes of silent meditation followed by the beginning of a new book--Bhante Henepola Gunaratana's Mindfulness in Plain English. Tonight we'll begin to discuss how meditation and mindfulness, while challenging, help us connect–not only with our human tendencies towards dissatisfaction but also with our awareness and contentment. All are welcome, no need to have the book!

We can make the unconscious conscious, slowly, one piece at a time.
— Bhante Gunaratana

Tuesday, May 7 – Mental States

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Join Debbie after meditation for more of Jack Kornfield's book, The Wise Heart. This week, we'll continue to read and discuss "Healthy and Unhealthy Mental States". Everyone is welcome and there's no need to be familiar with the book.

Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle, or harm.
― Majjhima Nikaya

Wednesday, May 8 – The Power of Deep Listening

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What happens when we listen deeply? Join Adam, Lauren, Sandi, and Jessica after meditation to read and discuss a section from Mark Nepo's book, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen. There's no need to be familiar with the book, and everyone is welcome.

So much depends on whether we are everything we see as alive or inert. When we meet things, looking for the life they hold, we tend to listen and receive.
― Mark Nepo

Thursday, May 9 – Seeking

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Join Ken this Thursday for sitting and walking meditation, followed by a practice called VOICE (Voice Of Innate Clarity Exercise). We'll use the practice to examine the role seeking plays in our lives. Why do we seek? What are we seeking? What happens when we get what we were looking for?

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
— Rumi (translation by Coleman Barks)

Friday, May 10 – The Strong Feelings of Other People

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This week, join Tammy for meditation, followed by a reading and discussion of a Diana Bird article. Other peoples' feelings can sometimes trigger us into fixing, withdrawing, getting irritated or angry, helping, and soothing. Together, we'll look at how we can bring more awareness to that dynamic.

How do we learn how to not get intertwined with other people and their emotions? How do we stop having such intense reactions to people having feelings, regardless of what they are about?
― Diana Bird

Sunday, May 12 – Offering into Awareness

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Join Bob on Sunday for meditation, and then to read and discuss a section from the book The Unbelievable Happiness of What Is. Drawing on the chapter "Offering into Awareness", we'll explore a practice for deepening our sense of what is happening within us at any given moment.

When the veil of the knower falls away the creative force of discovery guides your way - each moment is revealed as new. 
— Jon Bernie