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Empathy
Oscar talked about empathy. With the current state of the world and our country, I find myself feeling angry at myself and feeling useless and powerless for nothing being able to make any changes. Through meditation I found out that the difference I can do is to reduce hate in the world. But how do…
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Desire
Talk by Chris What is the source of desire? How are we to act on our feelings of desire – how we want ourselves or others to behave? Chris shared a story about a neighbor who, many years ago, hosted a loud party. They informed Chris the day of the event that they would be…
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breathe in – still alive, breathe out – let it go
Peter had sciatica nerve pain due to Herniated Discin in March 2020 when the COVID lockdown started. This was extremely painful for Peter. He wanted to get treatment, but physical therapy and doctors were not immediately available due to the lockdown. He was frustrated and angry as nothing was helping his pain. His mind was…
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Shujinko 主人公 : True Self
In zen teaching, shujinko means “true self.” So how can we find our “true self”? 無想 Muso: Don’t think anything, get rid of all thoughts 無念 Munen: Let go of desires, don’t get distracted by the stimulus from the outside world 無住 Muju: Let go of your attachment to material things What remains is the “true self.” Zazen…
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Two Approaches to Happiness
Talk by Lakshmi There are, we could say, two basic approaches to manifesting a happier, more fulfilled life. The first and most familiar to us is to try to maximize the quality of our day-to-day experiences and circumstances as best we can. However, one of the inherent challenges of trying to engineer or control our…
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Be with the desire
We had a discussion on desire led by Chris. Have you watched the groundhog day movie? You wake up and
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