May 2002 Events

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

Note:Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” for any changes in schedule.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am
Monthly Retreat 7 hrs, 18May. 6am-1pm, (Buddhist  focus this month)

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE Each Sunday evening, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Practice Silent Sitting, Walking, Listening, Eating, Conversing, Chanting. .
(5,19 May Christian focus; 12, 26May Buddhist focus)
All welcome. Bring nothing but willingness to practice with others.

 MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE. (6:05am-6:35am) Silent Sitting - 30 minutes, daily; then, (6:40am-7:00am) Chanting & Mindfulness Walking (MWF Christian; TTh Buddhist). Whatever your tradition or practice come sit together in silence. Simply enter, sit, and leave in silence.

TUESDAY EVENING BUDDHIST MEDITATION STUDIES
    (facilitated by Susan Smith-Hudson.)

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATIONS: 5:30pm. -6:30pm                          These conversations are free, open, informal. We are reading Lex Hixon’s book, Coming Home – The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions (c.1978). We’ll read then converse a chapter per week. Each Wednesday is a distinct conversation.

	Wed. 1May02- The Way of Natural Enlightenment, Ramana Maharshi
	Wed.  8May02- Ten Seasons of Enlightenment, Zen Ox-herding
	Wed. 15May02- There Is Only The One, Plotinus and the Metaphysics of Spiritual Quest
	Wed. 22May02- The Landscape That Laughs, Jewish Soul Masters of the Hasidic Way
	Wed. 29May02- The New Aeon Has Dawned, Letters of Saint Paul

THURSDAY EVENING CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATION STUDIES:
5:30pm-6:30pm. We read aloud for 25 minutes, and then converse. Reading (the final weeks of) Putting On the Mind of Christ – The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality by Jim Marion. We pick up wherever we left off. No need to read outside the hour.

FRIDAY EVENING OPEN POETRY READING,
4:30pm - 5:30pm Open reading gathering invites anyone to bring poetry to read, whether your own or others’. Invited under “poetry” are Poems, Letters & Pieces of Journals. We read around the circle at least twice, followed by a brief silence, then discussion. . In addition, we read from David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea, Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.

FRIDAY EVENING LOVINGKINDNESS PRACTIC STUDY:
5:45-7:15pm (Sitting, Reading, Conversing, Sitting.) An hour and half of practice & study. Currently reading Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg. (Facilitated by Susan Smith-Hudson.)

MUSIC REHEARSAL,
An opportunity to rehearse individually in ease in a public place, anytime, call or just show up. Also, each Wednesday & Sunday afternoon 1-3:30pm, group playing, join in.

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