Insight Meditation
Retreat with Dori Langevin, 5/13/2023
Registration
is now open for an Insight Meditation retreat with Dori Langevin on May 13,
2023 from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. The topic for the retreat is "Seeing
the Goodness: The Wellspring of Unconditional Friendliness." This
online retreat will consist of a mix of stationary meditation and movement
meditation with instruction and a Dharma talk and will be suitable for
beginners and experienced meditators. It will be our first in-person retreat
since 2019, and will be held at Shalom UCC, 505 McMurray Street in Richland,
WA. To register for the retreat, please send an email to Tim Barbour at tbarbour.mr@gmail.com.
Fee
for the retreat will be $10. Please use the online donation form to pay
the retreat fee (https://donorbox.org/support-insight-meditation-society-mid-columbia) and
leave a comment indicating that the donation is for the retreat on May 13. The
fee will be waived for those who can't afford it, please send an email to Tim
Barbour if that's an issue for you. Those who are registered for the retreat
will receive an email the week of the retreat with additional information.
Dori
will also give a talk and lead meditation on Friday, May 12, from 7:00 pm-8:30
pm PT with the same topic. That event will also be held at Shalom in the
Fellowship Hall. There is no fee for the Friday evening event, and
registration will not be required for it.
Here's
a more complete description from Dori of the theme for the retreat and Friday
evening talk:
Please
join us for a day of illuminating our heart-eyes which are naturally capable of
seeing the intrinsic goodness ~ the gold ~ in ourselves, in each other and yes,
even in the world. This aspect of Wise Effort takes courage and sometimes a
different pair of glasses because we may be more oriented toward seeing what is
wrong and what is missing.
Wake
up wholesome mind states when they are not arising in the mind, and
Keep
wholesome mind states alive in the mind once they've already arisen.
Together
we will play with practices and reflections that both reveal the obstacles and
the pathways to seeing the good, true and beautiful within and around us.
For
more information, contact: Tim Barbour at tbarbour.mr@gmail.com.