Author Archives: Dave Shanahan

… 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 Tonight’s practice online at the link below and  in person at UUBN The empty mind – the pure mind – is …

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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  It’s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness;  it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.Adrienne Rich …

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Here are some suggestions for practice tomorrow, Wednesday, 07.07. The times are pacific times so you need to adjust 2 hours later ie. 8:15 = 10:15 here. From Dharma Seed:  2019-07-20 16 guided meditation: dyads, exploring fearlessness 25:00 Download Listen Working together in pairs, taking turns to describe a time of feeling ease, calm, confidence, …

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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 If I accept the sunshine and warmth,  then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.Khalil Gibran No in-person practice at …

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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 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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In light of the holiday weekend I’m opting to cancel practice for Sunday night. I hope to see everyone on Thursday night. Be safe, be happy, dave

… 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   ARC is closed today, practice online only When we walk slowly, the world can fully appear.  Not only 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 The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,  move with it, and join the dance. …

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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 We do not “come into” this world;  we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the …

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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 Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.  It is not found in a …

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