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Green Island Sangha Announcements
Friday, May 1, 2015
May 3rd Integral Tai Chi Day of Mindfulness with Chau Yoder
Thursday, February 27, 2014
3/29 &30 Two Days of Mindfulness w Michael Ciborski & Fern Dorresteyn & Morning Sun Community
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Friday, January 31, 2014
Friday, December 6, 2013
Tsumani
A soon-to-be-published poem by our own Candie
Tsumani
By: Candace Henshaw-Osias
Dharma Name: Awareness Path of the Heart
By: Candace Henshaw-Osias
Dharma Name: Awareness Path of the Heart
STRONG emotions
old patterns emerge
hurtful words are spoken
old friends appear
FEAR, ANXIETY, PAIN arise
Tears, sobbing tears, racking my body
A Tsumani
I walk the long stairway
Close the door
My cushion and Buddha await me
like an old friend
embracing me, telling me all will be well
Impermanence
Sitting, breathing, crying
breath after breath after breath
relaxation appears
Tears subside,
Emotions calm
Holding my old friends
I look at the causes, the conditions, the patterns
Embracing the suffering, I smile
Insight appears
The storm has calmed
The emotions quelled
Yet they still float in the receding tide
Awaiting to return to the shore
Maybe during the next high tide
Without destruction there is no renewal
Without suffering there is no joy.
Without Tsunamis there is no calm
This is the black and white
The Ying and Yang
The balance of mother nature
My tears have transformed into clouds
My suffering into joy
Transformed, preserved and fleeting
Peace is obtained the way has been shown
Now I must choose
I arise - renewed.
Winter Retreat
Follow the winter retreat -
If you want to follow the winter retreat...see http://www.youtube.com/user/ plumvillageonline?feature= watch
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YT9Ez-Emtgg&feature=c4- overview&list= UUcv7KJIAsiddB2YRegvrF7g
GRATEFUL: A Love Song to the World
Musicians Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod brought together dozens of people from around the world to create this beautiful, heart-opening melody. Inspired by the 21-Day Gratitude Challenge, the song is a celebration of our spirit and all that is a blessing in life. For the 21 Days, over 11,000 participants from 118 countries learned that “gratefulness” is a habit cultivated consciously and a muscle built over time. As a famous Roman, Cicero, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” This soul-stirring music video, created within a week by a team of volunteers, shines the light on all the small things that make up the beautiful fabric of our lives.
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