Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore several mental and emotional habits that can interfere with meditation and mindfulness in daily life. They include greed, aversion, sloth, anxiousness and worry, and doubt. These hindrances can make life and meditation difficult. We’ll take a look at ways to work with… Continue reading
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Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Phillip Moffitt describes several different forms of doubt and suggests ways in which we can practice with it, both in meditation and daily life. You can find his article here: Lost in Doubt? Gil Fronsdal also has a good discussion of doubt. He mostly focuses on the differences between skeptical or investigative doubt and doubt… Continue reading
Quote for the Week
It is crucial that you not believe stories your mind tells. Use doubt to doubt your own doubt. Adopt the mantra: “This doubt is neither me nor mine; it is impersonal. It arises from causes and conditions, and it will pass with the passing of those causes and conditions.” Treat doubt as a messenger, a… Continue reading
Tri-Cities Cancer Center Meditation Support Group Meets June 18th
We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in May. The Cancer Center is located at 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick and the next meeting will be Thursday,6/18/2026. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session will begin at 12:00 pm at… Continue reading
Invitation for All Saints Pavilion Dedication
All Saints Church would like to extend an invitation to all the wonderful community groups who share space with us to the dedication of the All Saints’ Memorial Pavilion on Saturday, June 13th, at 1pm. There will be a short dedication and blessing service, followed by light refreshments out on the pavilion. We… Continue reading
Sangha News 6/3/26
Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore several mental and emotional habits that can interfere with meditation and mindfulness in daily life. They include greed, aversion, sloth, anxiousness and worry, and doubt. These hindrances can make life and meditation difficult. We’ll take a look at ways to work with… Continue reading
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Dr. Jud Brewer is a researcher and professor at Brown University who specializes in neuroscience, psychiatry, and mindfulness, especially around the area of habit formation and letting go of unhelpful habits. He has a well-regarded book on anxiety, Unwinding Anxiety, and has developed apps and teaching programs to help people deal with anxiety and other… Continue reading
Quote for the Week
Planning has an endpoint: you consider options, make a decision, and act. “What if” thinking has no endpoint, because the goal isn’t solving a problem. The goal is avoiding uncertainty. You can plan your way out of “what should I pack for the trip?” You cannot plan your way out of “what if something terrible… Continue reading
Sangha News 5/20/26
Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore several mental and emotional habits that can interfere with meditation and mindfulness in daily life. They include greed, aversion, sloth, anxiousness and worry, and doubt. These hindrances can make life and meditation difficult. We’ll take a look at ways to work with… Continue reading
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Matthew Sockolov describes restlessness and worry and their relationship to getting lost in the thinking mind. Those thoughts often focus on things we have no control over. The post describes several ways of relating to restlessness and worry, including the practice of mindfulness of our thoughts. You can find his article here: Letting go of… Continue reading