Author: Vince Cullen

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

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‘The inner tyrant is a nagging voice that demands you achieve perfection, never offers congratulation….it cuts off access to the natural empathy of the heart.’ 

– Ajahn Sucitto [source: Unseating the Inner Tyrant]

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Janet who will be our host.

All welcome.

12 pm (US Pacific)
8 pm (UK/Ireland)

“Maybe we need to break to come alive.”

~ K.Tolboe

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Claudia, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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12 pm (US Pacific)
8 pm (UK/Ireland)

“Addictions […] started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn’t seen, were fun. But came, through some gradual dire alchemy, to make decisions for you. Eventually, they were making your most crucial life-decisions. And they were […] less intelligent than goldfish.” 

~ William Gibson [source: Zero History]

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Jessica who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

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“A person who is beginning to sense the suffering of life is…beginning to
awaken to deeper realities, truer realities smashing the complacency of our normal fictions about reality.

A person who is beginning to sense the suffering of life is, at the same time, beginning to awaken to deeper realities, truer realities. For suffering smashes to pieces the complacency of our normal fictions about reality and forces us to become alive in a special sense – to see carefully, to feel deeply, to touch ourselves and our worlds in ways we have heretofore avoided.”

Ken Wilber [source: No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth p. 77]

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Gary who will be our host.

All welcome.

12 pm (US Pacific)
8 pm (UK/Ireland)

“Right now, it’s like this.”

~ Luang Por Sumedho

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Vince, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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12 pm (US Pacific)
8 pm (UK/Ireland)

“I’m sorry,
Please forgive me,
Thank you,
I love you.”

~ Ho’oponopono, Hawaiian Forgiveness Prayer

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Nicole, and Vince will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

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“Nobody can give you fearlessness. Even if the Buddha were sitting right here next to you,he couldn’t give it to you. You have to practice and realise it yourself. If you make a habit of mindfulness practice, when difficulties arise, you will already know what to do”

Thich Nhat Hanh
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic was chosen by Janet who will be our host.

https://5th-precept.org/virtual-sit-and-share-topic-03-12-2023/

All welcome.

The truth is that our suffering is optional. In life, pain and pleasure are given, but we create suffering for ourselves through our clinging to pleasure and aversion to pain.

~ Noah Levine [source: Against the Stream – A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries]

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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Image Credit:  Noah Levine – Instagram

Gratitude, the simple and profound feeling of being thankful, is the foundation of all generosity.

~ Sallie Jiko Tisdale [source: As If There is Nothing to Lose]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
BRN Sit-and-Share: Wed September 20, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81326534832

You can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 813 2653 4832 and passcode ‘501497‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual BRN ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

Wednesday
2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
11:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
13:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)

This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary who will be our host.

All are welcome.

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Image Credit: Prayer Flag at Hungry Ghost Retreat (Vince Cullen)

No one has ever become poor by giving.

~ Anne Frank [source: The Diary of a Young Girl]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.

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Image Credit:  Amsterdam – April 2023 (Vince Cullen)