I've learned so much about people in the years that I have volunteered. Spending all day this past Monday volunteering at The Ascension Catholic Church in Bastrop, Texas were lessons in Compassion I had never really seen this up close. Yes, the fires were up close (see my photos of early Monday morning over the shelter) but what amazed me about what was occurring was that the people I was volunteering with at THAT moment were others who had already lost everything. To watch how they…
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Appamada is not just the occasional mindful thought or attentive state of mind, it’s actually a commitment to being attentive. It’s more than just a meditative state of mind, it’s more than just being mindful. It has to do with that primary ethical or moral orientation we have in life, with which we bring into being whatever activity we’re engaged in. Whether in formal meditation, in our interactions with other people, in our social concerns, or in our political choices, it’s the energetic cherishing of what we regard as good.
—Stephen Batchelor
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January 22, 2012 at 7pm to June 10, 2012 at 7pm – Appamada
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Hello, I hope you are okay, I haven't seen you and you have not been at the Depth in PRactice Monday nights. Take care,
Joan Mueller
Dear Marisue, I like being at the Depth In Practice class with you and find your openness and curiosity refreshing. Can I add you as a friend?
Joan Mueller
You are so sweet... I usually feel like I go numb
in the chair & can't speak or think straight!
It is a comfort to think someone relates ... Even
a little!
Thank you sweet sistah! Ox
Thank you, sweet sistah!
I will see you tomorrow at the ceremony, sweet pea.
Oxox, liz