Dear Friends, Continuing with the talk by Kamala Masters titled, “The Power of Patience.” Kamala says [Patience] gives us this gentle effort of endurance, to not only remember to stay open to the ever present changing moments in retreat, but also to remain with that quiet faith inside of us that we can do it. To keep our… Read More »
Dear Friends, Turning now to Sally Armstrong’s talk, “Facets of Equanimity,” which looks at some ways to categorize the many ways equanimity is part of our meditation practices. Sally again mentions her list of lists. I don’t have her handout, but it likely incorporates items similar to those listed here:https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/dhamma-lists/ I appreciate her invitation that each of us… Read More »
Dear Friends, Continuing with the talk from Kamala Masters, “Equanimity-Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes” and adding another “good news Monday” segment… In the talk, Kamala shares a quote from Don Juan to Carlos Castaneda and then relates that to equanimity: This is what Don Juan said to Carlos Castaneda, “The art of being a spiritual warrior is… Read More »
Dear Friends, Continuing with Sally Armstrong’s talk, “The roles of mindfulness, metta and equanimity in our practice” – about the practice of metta – and also to balance out the negativity in the news… Sally says, We can be very overwhelmed by the dukkha, the suffering, in the world, the negativity. … where we know every disaster that’s… Read More »
