The Mindfulness, Recovery, and the Twelve Steps: Hybrid meeting: in-person and via Zoom WHEN: Fridays 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Access the Zoom link on our calendar page Beginning Friday June 3 to Friday, July 29, the Mindfulness, Recovery, and …
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Hi Friends, Here are a few resources Mark mentioned in his talk for your reference: Study Resource for this week’s reflection Refuge: Natural Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal The Refuge of Sitting by Narayan Liebenson Suffusion of Divine Abidings (Four Quarters …
“Laypeople live in the realm of sensuality. They have families, money, and possessions, and are deeply involved in all sorts of activities. Yet sometimes they will gain insight and see Dhamma before monks and nuns do. Why is this? It’s …
A couple of weeks ago during a weekly practice group, a woman shared that she is having a difficult time meditating recently. “I keep looking at my watch,” she said. Her comment resonated with me. Except that I don’t just …
Dear Common Ground Friends, One of the greatest challenges to mindfulness practice is the mind’s attachment to complexity. It is as if the mind has learned to equate simplicity with danger, and mental proliferation as some form of safety. When …
Some days my practice seems perfect, just right. I’m filled with love and compassion, patience for life’s inanities and generosity towards pretty much everything. My life makes sense, I make sense, I observe and accept and everything is beautiful. Even …
How was it possible to feel such immense joy while hiking 24 miles of mountainous terrain carrying 40 pounds on the back of my 105 pound body? But that is exactly what happened. Joy happened. Gratitude. Love. Peace. Clarity. The …
To speak is only human, so we all have our problems with Right Speech. For some, the challenge is resisting the urge to gossip. Other people shade the truth all day long, dramatizing every memory in the retelling, or padding …
To cultivate mindfulness, I’ve heard teachers give the following advice: “Short moments, many times.” To help me on that path, I bought a watch with a vibrating alarm. I set it to go off every 30 minutes. (No one else …
When I signed up for the June retreat with Steve and Kamala, my overriding concerns were whether I’d be physically comfortable and whether I’d make it through ten days. I was pretty much uncomfortable the whole time … and the …
