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September Morning Meditation Retreat

Morning Meditation Retreat Attendees On Saturday, September 27th the Buddhist Meditation Group @ UUCR held its first morning meditation retreat of the 2014/15 church calendar year.  I was particularly happy, because this was the first chance I’ve had to lead a retreat in over a year.  We were joined by several regulars and a welcome […]

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Summer (Chance Operations – Thank You John Cage)

    mesostic (SUMMER & Viola) John Cage I’ recently finished reading Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists. What a wonderful read and a wonderful source of inspiration for artists. The author makes the connection between Cage’s genius and his immersion into eastern philosophy and religion. He read and followed Sri Ramakrishna […]

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One Minute Meditation – Bass Head Light House

This week’s one minute meditation is a repeat of one of a series of videos taken at Acadia National Park.  Unfortunately, our family was unable to perform our annual pilgrimage. This video was taken at the Bass Head Light House on Southeast coast of Mount Desert Island. Here is where a man made pulse of light […]

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Flint Library Reading Of Western Lights A Success

Last Tuesday’s reading of Western Lights was an intimate and fun evening.   I had the chance to meet several members of the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library including Danielle Masterson and the new Director of the Library, Sharon Kelleher.  The event included a meditation, a reading of Western Lights, a Q&A session, and a book signing. […]

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One Week Until Our Free Meditation Retreat

Register Now Free Meditation Retreat September 27 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM in Reading Massachusetts. The Buddhist Meditation Group @ UUCR invites you to a morning meditation retreat on Saturday September 27th from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalists Church of Reading, 239 Woburn Street, Reading, MA 01867.  The free meditation retreat will be […]

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One Minute Meditation – Being In Between

Watching this week’s video, another shot from my trip to Wilson Falls, much of the view is obscured by a lichen covered rock.  It hides the vista upstream, focusing our attention on the flow of water immediately before us. We always seem to be in a state of being in between. In this case between here and there. […]

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Where did Buddhism originate?

I’ve taken to answering questions on Quora.com.  It is an addicting new site in which you can ask and answer questions.  In this post I am responding to the question: Where did Buddhism originate?   I would answer that it is one particular branch of contemplative tradition that has developed over the life span of our […]

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One Minute Meditation – Stillness in Chaos

Is it possible to find stillness in chaos?  Do I have to meditate a prescribed length of time to find it?  Do I need to open my mind to gain this prize?  Do I need to turn inward? How deeply? Where else is stillness but pouring out of chaos? In turn chaos feeds the all consuming and […]

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Free Morning Meditation Retreat in Reading, MA

Register for the Free September Morning Meditation Retreat September 27 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM in Reading Massachusetts. The Buddhist Meditation Group @ UUCR invites you to a morning meditation retreat on Saturday September 27th from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalists Church of Reading, 239 Woburn Street, Reading, MA 01867.  The retreat […]

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One Minute Meditation – Hometown Reflections

I recently visited my parents in Manchester, CT.  With my iPhone in tow, I took some video of an old natural landmark in my life, the Hockanum River. Visiting Manchester always triggers hometown reflections.  Mine are always bittersweet. The Hockanum River ran through my backyard. I would spend summer days picking blackberries down by the shore.  There is a spring […]

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