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,

Lezlie Laws will continue our exploration of the Seven Factors of Awakening. In our last two sessions, Peter and Susan have described the factors of mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, and tranquility.

This week Lezlie takes us to the sixth factor, concentration: What is it? How do we get it? And what about our world is taking it away from us?

May 27 — Mindfulness of the Seven Awakening Factors: Concentration/Equanimity talk by Lezlie Laws
June 3 — The Brahamaviharas: Overview of the four qualities and Metta/Lovingkindness talk by April Koester
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

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.

Latest Dharma Talk:
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Right Speech and AI

During this talk, April provides a review of Right Speech as a basic element of the Noble Eightfold Path, cultivating a clear conscience as the platform from which the process of Awakening develops. An element of Right Speech, truthfulness, is associated with the challenges presented by media disinformation and Artificial Intelligence in contemporary life. This recording includes comments coming from those participating in the meeting.

Here are quotes from the talk; of particular interest is a response ChatGPT created to a question April presented inquiring if ChatGPT has a personality like a human: Quotes for Right Speech Dharma talk