Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 07 Sept 2023

Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity we once were?
No I, no We, no one.
No was…No verb…no noun…
only a tiny tiny dot brimming with “is is is is is”

~ Marie Howe [source: Singularity (after Stephen Hawking)]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 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:

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
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8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: Vecstock/Freepik/glowing neuron

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 04 Sept 2023

Your mental powers they cannot admire. Granted! But there is much else you cannot say “that is no gift of mine.” Bring forth then what is wholly in your power: freedom from guile, dignity, endurance of labour, distaste for pleasure, contentment with your portion, need of little, kindness, freedom, plain living, reserve in speech, magnanimity. 

~ Marcus Aurelius translated by A.S.L. Farquharson  [source: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius via Internet Archives]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 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:

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
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8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: britannica.com/Aurelius Rome

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 03 Sept 2023

To live a life pervaded by bitterness and hatred is like being locked in a burning house … and then to remember that you hold the key to the door in your own hand.

~ Christina Feldman [source: Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World, p. 64]

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

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6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by Anna and Elena Balbusso

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 31 August 2023

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

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

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 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:

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8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: https://captionsgram.com/search/?q=chodron

All are welcome.


BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wed 30 Aug 2023

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

~ Pema Chodron [source: The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
Sit-and-Share: Wed August 31, 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)
10:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
12:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Photo by Gary Butterfield on Unsplash

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 28 Aug 2023

By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.

~ translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda [source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1.33, p. 51]

MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 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:

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
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3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: brightestarevents.net/swami-satchidananda

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 27 Aug 2023

It’s always been like this, it’s not just today. They blame you when you’re silent, they blame you when you speak a lot, and even when you speak just right: no-one in the world escapes blame.

~ translated by Bhikkhu Sujato [source: Dhammapada Verse 227]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

7:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
10:00 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
1:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: speakingtree/blame

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 24 August 2023

We may think that the point is to reject the part of us that is mud in favor of the part of us that is lotus. . .This approach will only intensify our struggle with ourselves.

~ Pema Chodron [source: Welcoming the Unwelcome, p. 36]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 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:

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by Lisa Runnels/Pixabay/fingers

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 21 Aug 2023

If we truly aspire to ending our personal ignorance and craving, supporting relationships rooted in metta and compassion, contributing to human flourishing and to a just and humane society, then we need a fully immersive, always-on engagement with the Noble Eightfold Path. We need to engage the Buddha’s Path as a whole-life path.

~ Gregory Kramer [source: A Whole Life Path – a Lay Buddhist’s Guide to Crafting a Dhamma-Infused Life]

MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 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:

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: bsgrossmoor.com/upcoming-events/eightfold-path

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 20 Aug 2023

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

~ attributed to William Morris [source: goodreads/W_Morris]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

7:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
10:00 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
1:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by jcomp/Freepik/enthusiasm

All are welcome.