Tag: Sit-and-Share

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.

~ Various [source: The Quote Investigator]

MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2023

No registration is 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:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France)/8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them. If we try to change them, this means we don’t really like them.

~ Don Miguel Ruiz [source: The Four Agreements (pg. 70)]

SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2023

No registration is 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

6:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
9:45 am PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
10:45 am MST (eg Denver)
11:45 am CST (eg Chicago)
12:45 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
5:45 pm GMT (eg Dublin/London)
6:45 pm CEST (eg France)/6:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
7:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
02:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
04:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

~ Yoda [source: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Episode 1 (1999)]

THURSDAY, APRIL 06, 2023

No registration is 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:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France/8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: Freepik.com top-view-broken-glass-heart

All are welcome.

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The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

~ Alan Watts [source: The Culture of Counter-Culture: Edited Transcripts]

MONDAY, APRIL 03, 2023

No registration is 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:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France)/8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
03:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
05:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All welcome.

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The human mind can believe anything, but as disciples of Dhamma we must remember that belief is not the truth, belief is what we cultivate when we don’t know the truth.

~ Michael Kewley [source: Buttons in the Dana Box]

SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2023

No registration is 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

6:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
9:45 am PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
10:45 am MST (eg Denver)
11:45 am CST (eg Chicago)
12:45 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
5:45 pm GMT (eg Dublin/London)
6:45 pm CEST (eg France)/6:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
7:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
02:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
04:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in.

~ Alan Alda [source: 62nd Commencement Address for Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut – 1980]

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023

No registration is 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:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST/CAT (eg France/Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All welcome.

Image – ‘Upstairs Meditation Room – The Hey’ – Wat Thamkrabok Detox and Treatment Centre, Phraputthabat, SaraBuri, Thailand – March 2013

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The greatest teacher, failure is.

~ Yoda [source: The Last Jedi (2017)]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
Sit-and-Share: March 29-30, 2023

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

…alternatively, 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 ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

Wednesday 2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
Wednesday 5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
Wednesday 6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
Wednesday 7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
Wednesday 8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday 07:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
Thursday 10:30 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
Thursday 12:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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Bullying yourself into enlightenment does not work. Befriending yourself is how you transcend yourself.

~  Cory Muscara [source:] Twitter Post November 21, 2022]

MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023

No registration is 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:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST/CAT (eg France)
8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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It’s not men’s acts that disturb us but our reaction to them. Take these away and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you.

~ Marcus Aurelius [source: The Meditations – Book Eleven (Written 167 A.C.E.)]

SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023

No registration is 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 above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

6:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
9:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
10:45 am MDT (eg Denver)
11:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
12:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
5:45 pm GMT (eg Dublin/London)
6:45 pm CET/CAT (eg France/Botswana)
7:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
03:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
05:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All are welcome.

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To realise pure mind in your delusion is practice. If you try to expel the delusion it will only persist the more. Just say, “Oh, this is just delusion,” and do not be bothered by it.

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

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023

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:

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

All are welcome.

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