I think it is a good idea not to have the sitting group tonight. We are under a flash flood warning tonight, tropical storm warnings and hurricane watch for...
Realizing that we weren't going to have much trouble with Edouard, I began to appreciate our Mayor suggesting everyone stay home on Tuesday. Though I'm sure...
We are going to continue the optional sutta study before the sitting this month. Last month we found it helpful preparation for the sitting. This makes sense...
I just added two features to the website: The first is a Google page for Practice Interviews offered on a Dana basis (You may need a google account to...
Our sitting starts tonight at 7. You are welcome to come early if you wish to participate in the sutta study, but the sutta work is purely optional. Our...
The sitting meets in the Spectrum Center at the 4100 Westheimer, Sutie 233, 77027. This is an office building near the Galleria - but a couple blocks inside...
Dear Friends, We will have our regular on Monday night, Labor Day, at 7 - unless we are under a hurricane warning. You are welcome to come early if you wish -...
Dear Friends, This coming Monday there will be no sutta study before the sitting. We will meet between 7 and 8:30 and do a final reading of the Sutta on ...
Dear friends, We will be sitting this Monday from 7-8:30 (4100 Westheimer, suite 233). I'm looking forward to seeing you and hearing how everyone is doing. We...
Dear friends, We will be sitting Monday night for 7-8:30, but please give yourself plenty of time to arrive...and don't feel bad if you are late. Travel ...
First Retreat: I am offering a residential retreat the weekend of October 17-19. This retreat is open to both new and experienced students and includes periods...
For a taste of our current theme of ending suffering see recent blog posts. http://www.citta101.org/blogger.htm <http://www.citta101.org/blogger.htm> ...
When it becomes all too clear that things are not as substantial as they seem. When the gift of change feels dangerous instead of hopeful. When the world feels...
On Monday nights we have been exploring expanded definitions of mindfulness and working with the third noble truth of freedom from suffering. We will continue...
It's a new day in the USA. A new day on the planet! Were you touched deeply by the candidates speeches last night? I am acutely aware of healing, my own...
The Insight Meditation Community of Houston will be offering a six week introductory course beginning Monday, November 10th and ending Monday December 15th....
A couple weeks ago I offered a practice suggestion around the hunger for interpersonal pleasure (addressed in the interpersonal practice blog for work with...
During a hard time in my early twenties I ran across Alan Watts, Wisdom of Insecurity. The reading was a great relief for me. Freeing. This passage carries...
The holidays are here! I hope they are filled with peace and happiness! Before the holidays begin, I hope you will give yourself the gift of registering for...
Dear Friends, We have been doing a beginning course on Monday nights. The past three weeks we reviewed the basics of breath and body and, skipping this week,...
Dear Friends, Please join us Monday night at the Spectrum Center from 7-8:30 for our last Monday night sitting of the year. We will sit, walk, and talk a ...
February 1, 2009 Change Your Mind, Change Your Life: Combining Cognitive Therapy with Mindfulness Meditation to Manage Stress, Depression & Anxiety Taught by...
Thank you for asking about this. The course begins Sunday, February 1 at 1 PM It is the newest and last listing at www.citta101.org/meditationcourses.htm ...
The past two weeks we have been talking about our coming year and about community or sangha. Each week the conversation has been with completely different...
I am inspired by Barack Obama's call to service. It reminds me of JFK's challenge, a challenge that inspired my father in the late sixties to leave his job as...