A Peaceful Abiding
A Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation Retreat
Led by Peter Carlson
Presented by the Orlando Insight Meditation Group
This retreat, offered at a beautiful site on the Hillsborough River in Tampa, is an excellent opportunity to deepen the practice of Buddhist mindfulness meditation, and is suitable for beginning and more advanced meditation students. The retreat begins Friday evening and ends Sunday at lunch. More specific information is provided after registration.
The teacher has been practicing this meditation form intensively since 1982, and teaching meditation classes and retreats in Orlando and around Central Florida since 1986.
Where: The Franciscan Center of Tampa MAP
When: The retreat begins at 7 PM on Friday, June 22 and ends with lunch on Sunday, June 24, 2012
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taught by Peter Carlson
Basic teaching of Buddhist meditation to develop:
- A gentle, open heart
- Compassion and forgiveness
- Support for the happiness of others
- Acceptance of what life has to offer
Peter has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1982 and is the founding teacher of the Orlando Insight Meditation Group. As a psychotherapist, he facilitates integrating meditation practices into life to develop and maintain good mental health as a support for spiritual development.
When: Mondays from 7 PM – 9 PM, June 4 – 25, 2012
Where: The Winter Park Women’s Club, 419 Interlachen, Winter Park
At the intersection of Lyman, Fairbanks and Interlachen; across from the Rollins College campus. MAP
Fee: $40, payable to The Orlando Insight Meditation Group to pay for the space.
The teacher takes no fee; students may make a voluntary offering at the end of the course.
For more information, contact Peter at 407.339.5444, or by email.
Hunger in Central Florida continues to be a daunting reality for our community. Second Harvest’s understanding of this problem is alarming:
- 47% of clients served are children
- 20% of the households have at least one member 65 or older
- 33% of households served have at least one working adult
Source: http://cflhungeraction.org/who-is-hungry-in-central-florida/
If you have free time on Saturday, June 2, we have another opportunity to work with our friends from the First Unitarian Church of Orlando during their upcoming volunteer day at the Second Harvest Food Bank. [click to read more…]
As the OIMG community matures in the understanding and application of Buddhist wisdom, developmental transitions naturally arise. The founding teacher, Peter, is leaving for a 3 month retreat at the Forest Refuge at the Insight Meditation Society in late August, which furthers his understanding and application; here in our community, several members who have experienced at least one one-week retreat and demonstrated a strong interest in deepening their understanding and application have been invited to participate in a teacher’s mentoring group, which has been meeting weekly for several months, so they will be prepared to continue the weekly dhamma dialogues, and to deepen their practice. This week’s discussion is organized around the tradition, passed down through the centuries of individual mastering the dhamma and sharing it with others, currently being manifested in our community in vitalizing ways. Next week the members of the mentoring group will talk of their areas of interest and aspirations for the community.
