We have three online meditations a week, on Wednesday morning, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. The Zoom links for those meetings can be found on the Events Calendar and you will also find more detailed information below. You’re welcome to join us online for any of the 3 meetings each week. In addition to our… Continue reading Meeting News 2/7/22
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Exploring Our Racial Conditioning Program
Insight Meditation of the Mid-Columbia (IMMC) is currently organizing an eight-month program for members of the meditation group (sangha) interested in beginning or continuing anti-racism work in a meditative framework. The program will follow an updated (2020) version of a curriculum developed by practitioners from the 2016 Community Dharma Leaders (CDL) 5 training program at Spirit… Continue reading Exploring Our Racial Conditioning Program
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
As many of you know, Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, known affectionately as Thay, passed away a couple of weeks ago. He was the originator of the term, Engaged Buddhism, and focused on the practice of mindfulness and on the ways that our practice of mindfulness and compassion can support us as we work… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote For The Week
“Think about one of your wholesome character traits. Perhaps you are concerned with and active in racial or economic justice… Caring about racial justice has roots in compassion and non-harming. Fully tracing the origins of this wholesome quality will not be possible, but as you sit here now, can you locate any specific people, jobs,… Continue reading Quote For The Week
Meeting News 1/24/22
Our Beginning Meditation class has begun. The next class will be this Sunday (Jan 30). Registration is still open and you are welcome to attend, even if you did not attend previous classes. All classes will be on Sunday afternoons from 1:30-3:00. The dates for the remaining classes are Jan 30, Feb 6, and Feb 13.… Continue reading Meeting News 1/24/22
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Chapter 7 of Gil Fronsdal’s book The Issue at Hand has a short but very clear discussion of intention and the role it plays in our lives, and the value of mindfulness of our intentions in each moment. You can find that chapter here: The Issue at Hand: Chapter 7: Karma The selection by Gil Fronsdal cited above… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote For The Week
“Right intention is also the aim of the heart. It has to do with purpose and motivation, and it flows from an unspoken sense of direction that connects our life perspective with how we act. It is the emotional element that flows from right view and gives impetus to right speech, right action, and right livelihood.” Gregory Kramer, A… Continue reading Quote For The Week
Meeting News 1/10/22
We have three online meditations a week, on Wednesday morning, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. The Zoom links for those meetings can be found on the Events Calendar and you will also find more detailed information below. You’re welcome to join us online for any of the 3 meetings each week. Change in Format for… Continue reading Meeting News 1/10/22
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Here’s a discussion of impermanence by Gil Fronsdal which does a good job of identifying different ways of understanding and realizing impermanence. This can allow us to begin to let go of some of the clinging that can lead to dissatisfaction in life. You can find that article here: Impermanence. A monk and a lay follower of the… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote For The Week
“Throughout life, we may notice both slow and abrupt changes in the body. With ever-changing experiences of gain and loss, pleasure and pain, we are given opportunities to confront the knot of grasping and experience its release. Such insights into impermanence, suffering, and not-self correspond to traditional definitions of right view.” Gregory Kramer – A Whole-Life Path