Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 24 March 2024

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

We try hard to overcome the fact of how quickly pleasure passes. Even though pleasant sense experiences pass, we hope to string enough of them together to make them seem to stay. Yet all this gets very tiring. This is a fragile and illusory security in a world where so much changes so quickly.

Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield   [source: Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation]

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.

BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wednesday, 20 March 2024

No pressure, no diamonds.

~ Thomas Carlyle [attributed]

Wednesday
2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
8:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
11:30 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
1:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360

or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.

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

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 17 March 2024

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

One of the nice benefits of regular meditation is that we train ourselves to find lack of stimulation interesting.
Because of this, we start to experience deep states of stillness that soothe us. We get a taste for peace.
We realize that it is this stillness that we most deeply yearn for and not the tension of being constantly stimulated.

Paul Garrigan    [source: A Buddhist Response to Boredom]

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 host.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 10 March 2024

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

They do not lament over the past,
they yearn not for what is to come,
they maintain themselves in the present,
thus their complexion is serene.

Buddha   [source: Arañña Sutta: The Wilderness (SN 1.10)]

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 host.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thursday, 29 February 2024

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

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

~ Helen Keller   [source: Attributed]

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.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Monday, 26 February 2024

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

The pure always act from love
The damned always act from love
The truth is an act of love

~ Songwriters: Daniel Lopatin / James Jr Osterberg   [source: Soundtrack: Good Time]

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 Noel, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 25 February 2024

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

When we realise the everlasting truth of ‘everything changes’ and find our composure in it, we find ourselves in Nirvana.

Shunryu Suzuki [source: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind]

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 host.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thursday, 22 February 2024

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

In the end these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?

~ Jack Kornfield   [source: Buddha’s Little Instruction Book]

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.


BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

~ Pema Chodron   [source: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times]

Wednesday
3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday
8:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
2:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360

or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.

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

All are welcome.