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.
- August 12 — Fierce Compassion: Setting Clear Boundaries with Kindness by Susan Baxter
Compassion isn’t just about gentle acceptance—it’s also about fierce protection. Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Kristin Neff, this presentation teaches you how to balance nurturing self-care with the action-oriented power required to stop harm, avoid burnout, and say “no” with confidence. Featuring a short guided meditation and an immediate 7-day action plan, you will leave this talk equipped with clean, practical micro-scripts to protect your peace without the guilt.
- 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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Reviewing Mindfulness of Feelings
During this talk, Allie Vaknin provides a review of the second of the four foundations of mindfulness, vedanupassana, traditionally translated as mindfulness of feelings. Her comments include references to how feelings can be understood not only as emotions, but also as craving pleasant experiences orexperiencing unpleasant feelings with aversion. The goal of practice is to directly know a feeling as just a feeling, not a person, without impulsive reactivity.
Here is the Emotion Wheel illustration she refers to in the talk:Â Feeling Wheel
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