Orlando Insight Meditation Group

LifeArt Meditation: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Mondays at 6:30pm ET

One hour guided meditation/talk/q&a sesssion 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Mondays 6:30pm (ONLINE ONLY) In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second, third, and fourth Monday of every month online only....

Wednesday Night Meetings

Sangha meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm and can be attended in person or via zoom. The in person meetings are held at Peter Carlson's home at 1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. For those who haven’t been to the site, the house is the...

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.

This Wednesday:

During this talk, Peter will provide an overview of the Brahma Viharas and how they are a part of the Wisdom Aggregate within the Noble Eightfold Path. He will specifically focus on lovingkindness, the primary intention that guides Wisdom’s functioning. The talk will be preceded by a guided meditation that demonstrates the integration of lovingkindness and Wisdom.

June 3 — The Brahamaviharas: Overview of the four qualities and Metta/Lovingkindness talk by Peter Carlson
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

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Meeting ID: 847 1472 3882

Passcode: 620329

We hope you can join us, and we wish you well.

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Joy To Gratitude And Generosity

During this talk on Thanksgiving Eve, Peter describes how the cultivation of mindfulness of breathing meditation frees energy from being bound up by the Hindrances, creating the buoyantly engaged interest characteristic of the Awakening Factor of Joy, which provides the foundation for the experience of gratitude. Gratitude often involves a reciprocal interpersonal manifestation of generosity. He describes how different areas of brain/body interactions create the subjective experience of joy, gratitude and generosity. The explanation is followed by questions and comments from those participating in the meeting.

Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Thoughts On Gratitude

This talk was preceded by a guided meditation: Contemplating Joy, Gratitude, and Generosity, which is posted in the guided meditation archive of the website.