Author Archives: Dave Shanahan

… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9 am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave I seek the truth… it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.Marcus Aurelius Topic: Mindfulness MeditationnJoin Zoom …

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We’ve had something come up with our bathroom remodel so I will have to stay home friday am. Practice will be online only. Be safe, dave

… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave It is good to have a reminder of death before us,  for it helps us to understand the impermanence  of life …

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… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 5:30,  If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave Once we see that everything is impermanent and ungraspable  and that we create a huge amount of suffering if we are …

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.. if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward  something or hanging on to something.  It means allowing oneself to be there in …

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… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 5:30. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dav One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen.  For one minute, listen to …

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… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9 am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning  how to respect ourselves, is important.  The reason it’s important is that, …

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… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.Jon Kabat-Zinn Topic: Mindfulness MeditationJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89184250759?pwd=IMobGv7PqjyuH4yamtx6IN4Nbbxb8M.1

… if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 5:30,  If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness.  It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally,  in the present moment, and …

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.. if this is your first visit, please come early. Virtual hall opens at 9am. If you would like to be removed from this email list, reply with REMOVE as the subject line. dave We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.  As the ocean “waves,” …

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