2020 Sunday Talks

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IN LIFE Meditation Retreat – May 28-31, 2020

Chas Dicapua
An Online retreat with Chas Dicapua, IMS Through the practice of meditation and the development of the Noble Eightfold Path we begin to experience the world as it actually is, not how we think it is or want it to be. Based on this correct understanding, we resist life less and become more harmonious or congruent with it.Because we are not in a state of resistance, we experience less agitation and stress, and more contentment and ease. To support this unfolding, during the retreat we will pra...
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2020/05 – ONLINE Meditation Retreat – May 28-31, 2020

Through the practice of meditation and the development of the Noble Eightfold Path we begin to experience the world as it actually is, not how we think it is or want it to be. Based on this correct understanding, we resist life less and become more harmonious or congruent with it.Because we are not in a state of resistance, we experience less agitation and stress, and more contentment and ease. To support this unfolding, during the retreat we will practice observing the truth of conditionality. ...
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2020/05 – Sitting at the Edge

It can be useful to ask oneself 'What's at the edge of my practice?' By that is meant looking at one's inner and outer experience, asking oneself what is present in the heart/mind and body in this week, this day, this hour, this moment. There may be pain or pleasure, confusion or ease, joy or sadness. The practice of Mindfulness accepts it all and leads us to look deeply and carefully, without judgment. This is a circle gathering virtually over the next weeks in support of this practice. We wil...
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2020/05 – MOVED ONLINE – Seeing Who You Really Are – FULL

 Due to the corona virus, we will be holding this workshop online using the Zoom meeting platform. This workshop is a refreshingly modern way of discovering who you really are — the boundless, timeless awareness that is everyone’s True Self. In the workshop you will be guided through awareness exercises that invite you to notice the difference between what you are for others, your appearance, and what you are for yourself, your reality. You are not required to believe or imagine anything. As...
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2020/04 – ONLINE FORMAT: Practice Intensive

CORONAVIRUS NOTE: THIS INTENSIVE WILL HAPPEN ONLINE  FOR OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. -  You'll be sent a link each day to sit together online and hear a short talk,  so PLEASE REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE. Commit for one week to a daily 40 minute sitting and mindfulness practice. Practice Intensive has is an evening format. Each evening we sill sit in a silent meditation, followed by a short talk with instructions for bringing in-life awareness focus to the following day. It is understo...
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2020/03 – CANCELLED March 14: Day of Retreat with Mark Nunberg

DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS, MARK HAS CANCELLED HIS TRIP. In this retreat we will use the Buddha's teachings on Mindfulness of the Body as the working ground for our wisdom awareness practice. In the Rohitassa Sutta, the Buddha states that 'it is in this fathom-long body with its perception and mind that I describe the world, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.' Awareness of body provides the appropriate grounding for our insight practice. It is safe to say, ...
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2020/03 – March 13: ONLINE Friday night talk with Mark Nunberg: Common Ground Meditation of Minneapolis

Due to the corona virus, Mark has cancelled his trip this weekend. We will be holding this meeting online at 7pm. An email is being sent to the mailing list with the meeting link. Mindfulness Immersed in the Body - An Embodied AwakeningIn the Rohitassa Sutta, the Buddha states that 'it is in this fathom-long body with its perception and mind that I describe the world, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.' Awareness of body provides the appropriate grounding f...
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