Experience the power of a caring community.
We are all together One.
We need to become the sanctuary we seek. By stopping to listen, we connect with one another and true community is born. - Jack Kornfield
May we be happy and free from suffering
May we be at ease in body and mind
May we be healed from anxiety and worry
May we be at peace with how it is, just as it is
And may all beings benefit from the peace we’ve practiced here today.
- LifeAnon closing
Be grateful to everyone.
Don’t expect applause.
That would've been nice,
but it’s not what happened.
Just Like Me.
I Am That.
Practice beginner’s mind.
Don’t bring things to a painful point.
Identify your triggers.
Don’t bite the hook.
Treat the cause not the symptom.
Be more curious than afraid.
This very moment is the perfect teacher.
You are the sky.
Everything else is just the weather.
Pain is not a punishment;
pleasure is not a reward.
How it is x Resistance to How it is = Suffering
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Words To Live By
Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose. -Jack Kornfield
The lesson that life constantly enforces is 'Look underfoot.' You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world. - John Burroughs
Whenever it occurs to you, pause briefly, touch in with how you're feeling both physically and mentally, and then connect with your heart - even putting your hand on your heart. This is a way of extending warmth and acceptance to whatever is going on for you right now. You might have an aching back, an upset, stomach, panic, rage, impatience, calmness, joy - whatever it is, you can let it be just as it is, without labeling it good or bad or without telling yourself you should or shouldn't be feeling that way. Having connected to "what is" with love and acceptance, you can "take a leap" and go forward with curiosity and courage.
- Pema Chodron
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of one inch,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,
and learn to be at home.
- Wendell Berry -