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Sunday Explorations |
There are many places one can go to learn exercises and techniques for relaxation, concentration, impartiality, or emotional bliss, and they can be wonderful. However, the intense experiences that accompany these situations and techniques are always fleeting and the attempt to find any lasting happiness in them is impossible. Like any party, they always end.
The great spiritual traditions that gave rise to these techniques always claimed there was something more important to our lives, and that was not a technique or a passing experience, but a realization, an awakening, the simple recognition of a few facts that most of us ignore in our busy, stomach-churning attempts to control existence.
Oddly enough, the only possible way to this realization is to rest – to let life present itself – in its natural fullness and vibrancy, its complete range of textures and shades. This “resting with the moment” is considered the deepest meditation of all the great meditation traditions.
Only then can we acknowledge life in any clear way. In waking up to a few simple facts, we’re not left with a never-ending bliss, but we find an even deeper resting, no longer living in a mass of delusions, or the confusions, conflicts, and anxieties they create.
If you’re interested in this kind of investigation, you might be interested in these Sunday explorations. No previous experience is required – no cross-legged postures, no rituals, no particular belief system – and all information is offered in everyday, commonsense terms.
If you ever wondered what ancient meditation traditions truly offered, this is your opportunity to discover.
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the second Sunday and last Sunday of each month, September through June. |
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1 pm to 3 pm – doors close at 1 pm sharp |
Where: |
Prana Yoga Studio |
Gathering size is limited.
To reserve a space, please call 943-1393 and leave your name and number.
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Spontaneously drawn to meditation at age fourteen, Darryl spent the next seventeen years exploring the teachings of many traditions – Christian, Hindu, Taoist, and Buddhist, as well as Western psychology. He then spent nine years apprenticed to mindfulness teacher, Ruth Denison, and another six years as a Buddhist meditation monk in the Thai forest tradition, under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho. In both situations he was asked to start teaching. Along the way, he had recurring contact with the independent teacher, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and a significant connection with the Advaita sage, Robert Adams. books location
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