Tag: Sit-and-Share

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.

When you know that the other is angry,
you act for the good
of both yourself and the other,
if you’re mindful and stay calm.

~ Buddha [source: The Abuser (Akkosasutta SN 7.2)]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
BRN Sit-and-Share: Wed November 29, 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
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)

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

Image Link: Sculpture of Shakyamuni Buddha/lionsroar

All are welcome.

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We are each on our own life journey. I am not the cause of this person’s suffering, nor is it entirely within my power to make it go away, even though I wish I could.

~ Kristen Neff and Chris Germer [source: Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, p. 142]

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

Image Link: kjpargeter/equanimity/freepik

All are welcome.

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If you feel anxious or unhappy, you know you can wait for this to pass – you do not need to fix the anxiety or the unhappiness immediately by taking drugs or alcohol. When some situation does not go the way you want it to go, do not feel powerless or aggressive and turn to intoxicants, but look at what you can learn from this or how you could understand it in a different way.

~ Martine Batchelor [source: Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits]

Sunday, November 26, 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:

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

Image Link: pxhere.com/lake stones

All are welcome.

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Particularly critical to our spiritual progress is our selection of friends and companions, who can have the most decisive impact upon our personal destiny. It is because he perceived how susceptible our minds can be to the influence of our companions that the Buddha repeatedly stressed the value of good friendship (kalyanamittata) in the spiritual life.

~ Bhikkhu Bodhi [source: Association with the Wise via Access to Insight]

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

Image Link: pxhere.com/buddha peace

All are welcome.

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