Meditation + Dharma Talk Every Wednesday Night, 7pm-9pm ET
Upcoming Schedule at a glance:
We begin at 7pm with a 45 minute silent meditation (sometimes there will be a guided one) and at around 7:50pm we will begin a dharma talk. Usually there is time for Q&A at the end.
All levels of practitioners, including absolute beginners, are welcome to attend. Support is available if you have questions. This weekly sangha gathering is hybrid with both online and in-person attendance available. Please see the logistics info below the schedule.
- June 10 — Compassion talk by Allie Vaknin
- June 17 — Sympathetic Joy talk by Susan Baxter
- June 24 — Equanimity talk by Lezlie Laws
- July 1 — Ask Me Anything Meditation Q&A with Peter Carlson
- July 8 — Satipatthana Culmination (Moving from the Eightfold to the Tenfold Path) by Peter Carlson
- July 15 — Anapanasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) by Peter Carlson
- July 22 — Anapanasati (Continued) by Peter Carlson
- July 29 — Self-Compassion (Referencing Kristin Neff’s work) by Susan Baxter
- August 5 — Ask Me Anything Meditation Q&A by Peter Carlson
- August 12 — TBD by Susan Baxter
- August 19 — Is Mindfulness Enough? by Susan Baxter
- August 26 — The Fullness of Emptiness by April Koester
- September 2 — “One Woman’s Problem with No Self” (Exploring Anatta and resistance, referencing Ezra Bayda) by Lezlie Laws
In-person Location: In the meditation hall behind Peter Carlson’s house.
1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park FL 32789
For more information call Peter at 407-339-5444
Click here to join Zoom Meeting.
Meeting ID: 847 1472 3882
Passcode: 620329
We hope you can join us, and we wish you well.
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Integrating Mindfulness With Compassion
During this talk Peter describes his practice of combining mindfulness of breathing meditation with a lovingkindness mantra and then developing compassion from this process. He also suggests focusing attention on the center of the chest during the practice to enhance effective functioning of the vagus nerve, which integrates what happens in the torso with what the mind creates as a personality. This integrative process increases introspective sensitivity and supports the manifestation of compassion for oneself and others.
Prior to this talk, Peter provides a recording entitled “Contemplation Integrating Mindfulness With Compassion”, which can be accessed through the Audio page of this site.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Working With Compassion
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:10 — 53.2MB)