Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 14-02-2021

Painting of tree with roots on whitewashed wall (in Dharamsala, India)

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation.

~ The Dalai Lama

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from:

11:30 am (PST)
2:30 pm (EST)
7:30 pm UK/Ireland
9:30 pm (Botswana)
10:30 pm (Kenya)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Chance, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image: ‘Poster Wall, Bhagsu Road’ – McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala – September 2019

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 11-02-2021

Clouds spoiling the view at Mount St. Helens

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Of course it is understandable that we seek happiness and avoid unlucky and disagreeable chances,… – the more you deliberately seek happiness the more sure you are not to find it. It is therefore far better to take things as they come along, with patience and equanimity.

~ Carl Jung from Collected Works Volume 12 page 452

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from:

11:30 am (PST)
2:30 pm (EST)
7:30 pm (UK/Ireland)
9:30 pm (Botswana)
10:30 pm (Kenya)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Vince, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.


Image – ‘Cloudy Day at Mount St. Helens’ at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington, USA – September 2019

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 08-02-2021

Sacred Tree dressed to coloured scarfs at Wat Thamkrabok Buddhist Temple

Here, Ānanda, a bhikkhu is practicing thus: ‘It might not be, and it might not be mine; it will not be, and it will not be mine. What exists, what has come to be, that I am abandoning.’ Thus he obtains equanimity. He does not delight in that equanimity, welcome it, or remain holding to it. Since he does not do so, his consciousness does not become dependent on it and does not cling to it. A bhikkhu without clinging, Ānanda, attains Nibbāna.

~ ~ MN 106 Āneñjasappāya Sutta – The Way to the Imperturbable ~ translated Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from:

11:30 am (PST)
2:30 pm (EST)
7:30 pm (UK/Ireland)
9:30 pm (Botswana)
10:30 pm (Kenya)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Kenny, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm (UK/Ireland) and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.


Image – ‘Sacred Tree at Wat Thamkrabok’ – Phraputthabat, Saraburi, Thailand –   May 2017

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 07-02-2021

Tibetan monk painting Prayer Wheels in Dharamsala.

“What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now.”

~ Sogyal Rinpoche from his book “Tibetan Book of Living and Dying”.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from:

11:30 am (PST)
2:30 pm (EST)
7:30 pm UK/Ireland
9:30 pm (Botswana)
10:30 pm (Kenya)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Robert, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.


Image: ‘Painting Prayer Wheels in Dharamsala’ – September 2019

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 04-02-2021

Collection of Buddha statues

Meditation is extremely down to earth, irritatingly down to earth. If you practice regularly and follow this discipline your experiences won’t necessarily be dramatic, but you will have a sense of discovering yourself. Through the down to earth practice of meditation we can see the colors of our own existence. The earth begins to speak to you rather than heaven sending you messages.”

~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche from his book Mindfulness in Action

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Eric, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘A Gathering of Buddhas’ at Wroughton, Swindon, England – January 2018

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 01-02-2021

Roman buildings viewed above treeline.

For every challenge, remember the resources you have within you to cope with it. Provoked by the sight of a handsome man or a beautiful woman, you will discover within you the contrary power of self­restraint. Faced with pain, you will discover the power of endurance. If you are insulted, you will discover patience. In time, you will grow to be confident that there is not a single impression that you will not have the moral means to tolerate.

~ Epictetus (c.50 – c.135 AD) – Greek Stoic philosopher from the book Enchiridion (or Handbook of Epictetus)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Patrick, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Rome’ – Italy, May 2006  

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 31-01-2021

Thich Nhat Hanh 'inviting' small bell held in hand

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.” 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh, from his book ‘The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Chance, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 28-01-2021

Books on shelves by fireplace.

“No one needs to be the victim of their own biography.”

~ George Kelly (1905 – 1967) founder of Constructive Alternativism.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Vince, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Library Snug’ at Nalagiri House in Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – October 2016

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 25-01-2021

Epitaph on the grave of Kazantzakis in Heraklion. It reads "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."

“I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.”

~ Nikos Kazantzakis from his book ‘The Saviours of God: Spiritual Exercises’ 

MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

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The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Beth, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image – Epitaph on the grave of Kazantzakis in Heraklion.
It reads “I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”
Hartmut Riehm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons  

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 24-01-2021

Sculpted hands reaching out...

All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.” Remembered line from a long-forgotten poem. 

~ Hunter S. Thompson from his book ‘Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

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

…alternatively, 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 from 7:30 pm ready for a prompt start at 8 pm (UK time). This meeting’s topic was chosen by Chance, and our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host will be Robert.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Reaching Hands’ at the White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand – April 2018