a buddhist meditation group practicing in Bloomington-Normal Illinios
.. 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 “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” Annie Dillard …
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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 Good Morning on this blustery day. I hope to be able to do the morning practice for the next …
… 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 Hello I start radiation treatment next week thursday. We’ll be going to STL for the month with possible weekend …
… 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 Hello everyone, Andrea has offered to host till I’m in better shape and tonight’s our first run at it. Here’s the …
No online or in person practice tonight and through this next week. I am feeling better, but a bit worn down. I’m hoping this week will be the charm. Meanwhile, I know in my own practice, especially during the first couple of years the thought arose, “Why am I doing …
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Recovering nicely and feeling things get better and easier each day. Sadly I’m still not up to hosting. I’m hopeful to be released by the surgeon this wednesday and maybe return to online practice at least. I will send an exploratory email toward the end of the week. Let me offer these …
Our meetings together give us a chance to learn about various means of deepening mindfulness. We read from a text and engage with the material presented, then we’re free to experiment with awareness, breathing, chanting, and, reflection, the use of external assistants, beads, flames, images. We have conversations around the material …
As many of you know I’m back home and recovering from throat surgery. My speaking voice is pretty compromised and I’m still feeling under the weather. (No irony intended there) So no organized practice at UUBN tonight and tuesday night and no online or in person practice through the ARC through this week. That said, please take …
Here’s some suggestions for practice, some of these links include a 30 minute guided practice and a short talk on the topic or are slightly longer talks on a mindfulness topic Some are from IMC and some from Dharma Seed. Explore these sites and see if there is anything you might find interesting. …
… 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 The winter leeks have been washed white— how cold it is! …