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07-07-2006, 01:18 PM
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Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look
By: Albuquerque Reporter
© 2006 SONewMex.com - Reprint Permission Granted
A workshop, “Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look”, will be held
on Saturday, July 8, 2 to 5 pm at the Wat Center, 320 Louisiana SE, in
Albuquerque. The workshop will bring together people interested in
meditation from any tradition - including Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana,
Hindu and Western – as well as people meditating without any
traditional context. The spirit of the day should appeal to people who
enjoy the writings of Pema Chodron, Toni Packer, Thich Nhat Hanh and
Krishnamurti, among others.
Both experienced sitters and those newly interested in meditation will
have a chance to explore directly what meditative work is and how it
sheds light on the concerns of our lives. The workshop will not focus
on the learning of either techniques or spiritual theory, although it
will be fine if these topics come up for discussion. Instead
participants can share issues and concerns in their lives or issues
from or about their meditation. The group will explore the possibility
of shedding fresh light on these issues, not theoretically, but from a
quiet, meditative listening to each other and to oneself.
The day will include quiet sitting, group discussion, a short talk and
some time to visit with each other. The facilitator is Jay Cutts, who
has attended retreats with Toni Packer for over 30 years. Jay meets
from time to time with people from diverse backgrounds to clarify
meditative work together.
Jay says, “Meditative work is, in its deepest sense, not theoretical,
not goal oriented, not a matter of time or progress. It is the direct
opening, fully complete in this moment now, to a simple,
compassionate, open awareness that allows the myriad fears, clingings,
confusions of the mind that we all suffer from to be revealed in a new
way and at the same time brings us intimately, undividedly and
lovingly in touch with the wide universe in all its profound
stillness. I feel that, in our deepest hearts, it is the possibility
of this openness that we come together to clarify.”
The workshop will run from 2 to 5 pm. There is a $5 donation. For
reservations or more info, or to be on the mailing list for future
workshops, please call Jay at 281-0684. This workshop will also take
place on July 8. http://www.cuttsreviews.com/jcutts/meditation/
Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look
By: Albuquerque Reporter
© 2006 SONewMex.com - Reprint Permission Granted
A workshop, “Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look”, will be held
on Saturday, July 8, 2 to 5 pm at the Wat Center, 320 Louisiana SE, in
Albuquerque. The workshop will bring together people interested in
meditation from any tradition - including Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana,
Hindu and Western – as well as people meditating without any
traditional context. The spirit of the day should appeal to people who
enjoy the writings of Pema Chodron, Toni Packer, Thich Nhat Hanh and
Krishnamurti, among others.
Both experienced sitters and those newly interested in meditation will
have a chance to explore directly what meditative work is and how it
sheds light on the concerns of our lives. The workshop will not focus
on the learning of either techniques or spiritual theory, although it
will be fine if these topics come up for discussion. Instead
participants can share issues and concerns in their lives or issues
from or about their meditation. The group will explore the possibility
of shedding fresh light on these issues, not theoretically, but from a
quiet, meditative listening to each other and to oneself.
The day will include quiet sitting, group discussion, a short talk and
some time to visit with each other. The facilitator is Jay Cutts, who
has attended retreats with Toni Packer for over 30 years. Jay meets
from time to time with people from diverse backgrounds to clarify
meditative work together.
Jay says, “Meditative work is, in its deepest sense, not theoretical,
not goal oriented, not a matter of time or progress. It is the direct
opening, fully complete in this moment now, to a simple,
compassionate, open awareness that allows the myriad fears, clingings,
confusions of the mind that we all suffer from to be revealed in a new
way and at the same time brings us intimately, undividedly and
lovingly in touch with the wide universe in all its profound
stillness. I feel that, in our deepest hearts, it is the possibility
of this openness that we come together to clarify.”
The workshop will run from 2 to 5 pm. There is a $5 donation. For
reservations or more info, or to be on the mailing list for future
workshops, please call Jay at 281-0684. This workshop will also take
place on July 8. http://www.cuttsreviews.com/jcutts/meditation/