Meditation tomorrow at City Hall
In Zen it is often said that Truth is unspeakable. The Tao Te Ching says that the Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. Call it what you want: Zen, Tao, God, Kundalini Rising, Christ Consiousness, Synapses in the Mind of the Universe, Buddha-Nature, or just simply Life Unfolding; there is only this one activity and this activity moves in stillness. Everything has its place in reflecting the whole (even the 1%) and is here to bring forth awakening. If you are able, come to City Hall tomorrow to meditate in the midst of wholehearted, 100% being - "not-two". Come as you are, whatever your spiritual practice or tradition may be. Let's celebrate what Thinch Nhat Hahn calls our "inter-being".
"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.””
The meditation will start at 11:11am and we'll sit for 1 hour and 11 minutes. The meditation period will start with the ringing of three chimes on a small bell. There will be a short break half way through for anyone that might need to stretch (indicated by another chime from a small bell). The period will end with two chimes.
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Comment by Eric on November 10, 2011 at 7:34pm -
Apparently, there will be another sitting that starts at 5:11pm and is in line with a world-wide MedMob convergence. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112063308906359
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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