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Daily Reflection Sit
Join us daily at 10:30 AM (Eastern)
DAILY SIT :: APRIL 2021
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April 01: Mindfulness & Investigation
A distinguishing characteristic of mindfulness meditation is that it investigates what is really happening by learning to SEE and FEEL from a non-judgmental posture of caring attention.
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April 05: Orienting with Skillful View and Skillful Intention
Setting the compass toward non-harm within and without.
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April 06: From Investigation Comes Wisdom
THIS kind of wisdom is born out of understandings gleaned from felt experience, not deductive reasoning.
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April 08: The Wisdom of Pain
Pain may or may not pass but it is not to be ignored. It is to be seen and cared for, as another would minister to us!
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April 12: Overview of Right View
Emphasis upon understanding causes of distress and causes of ease of wellbeing.
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April 13: Right View is the North Star!
Right or Wise View sets the stage at the outset of our mindfulness journey and keeps us on track for not causing more harm, encouraging more ease and well being.
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April 15: Starting Out & Staying the Course
With mindfulness at the wheel navigating, and keeping Right View in sight, our choices are guided toward non-harm & good will.
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April 19: The SELF View & the MINDFUL View
We learn to shift out of our usual way of relating to the world and shift into a posture of mindful caring attention. This is crucial for practice to grow.
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April 20: Right Resolve or Intention
Translating non-greed, non-aggression and harmlessness into meaningful bite-size moments of practice.
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April 22: Nuts & Bolts of Right Intention
Bringing more granular attention to cause and effect in direct experience.
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April 26: Everything Rests on the Tip of Motivation
What is driving our behavior in the moment? We learn to steer away from suffering and harmfulness and towards ease of wellbeing—by LETTING GO of suffering & harm, by BEING WITH whatever is here in a friendly way, and by CARING FOR for the pain that is here.
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April 27: Sila, Samadhi, & Panna
Skillfulness, meditation or developing the heart mind, and understanding through that development - these three groupings, comprise the whole of the practice of mindfulness & bring about ease of wellbeing.
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April 29: The Interactive Nature of the 8-Fold Path
Seeing the many interactive cross pollinations of the path.
April 2021
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