Dear friends, These are unusual times. I think it is important for us to have a place to share and communicate. I have opened the listserve so we can talk to...
Fellow "would be" bodhisattvas: I found the notion of Upekka most helpful in this trying time of life (both personally and socially speaking). It is important...
A personal story – a wisdom story – on helping. This is a fascinating, honest, and illuminating article written by a student at Michener Center in Austin,...
I am happy to report that I will be getting a few students from Loyola University into my courses here at UH. We are offering students who have had to flee...
I know that all of us are having difficulty witnessing the destruction brought about by Hurricane Katrina, and seeing the immensity of human suffering. I...
Mary Hendricks
mhendricks@...
Sep 8, 2005 1:40 am
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THANK YOU for this - it was very timely. Today, I was just overcome with my own feelings (that I've tried to avoid/suppress) about the tragedy that has...
Hi I'm Syria and I work odd hours or I would have made it to a sitting by now. But I have been down there and I didn't feel threatened in the least. There...
what time are the transformational workshops on tesday evening? and what is there for a volunteer to do to help with that evening? thanks sandy ... ...
sandy marcello
smarcello_64@...
Sep 9, 2005 4:27 am
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A primary practice we are sharing is listening deeply – both to each other and to ourselves. Every entry we make is part of this practice. We are seeking to...
The steps of the eightfold path can be organized into three general categories: Wisdom, Concentration, and Ethics or Morality. Work in meditation is most often...
Material goods and wealth can provide space to explore the great potentials of human development, but may also create limitless opportunities for distraction,...
Dear friends, How are you doing? Please consider reporting in so we can know how we all fared.* We were all potential victims of this storm. Any experience of...
We are fine. Love, Sandy ... From: "Mary Rees" <marees@...> To: <citta101@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:32 PM Subject: [citta101]...
sjbesig@...
Sep 26, 2005 1:21 pm
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Friends, Sara and myself (Joe) are just fine! We have survived the storm and were spared any great damage or suffering. Of course, we are thinking of all those...
Hi Mary, Goya and I spent 4 hours trying to get to our retreat. We came back to my house to weather the storm. We had no damage just branches and ppine...
Pat Hayward
haywardpat@...
Sep 26, 2005 1:24 pm
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Hi everybody, I wound up in Austin safe and sound. Having fun. See you guys next week. I hope everyone is well. Greg Van Meter...
Hi Mary, I am fine. We were very fortunate here. Thanks for asking. Jennifer Snyder Director of Communications Harris County Medical Society 1515 Hermann...
Jennifer Snyder
jennifer_snyder@...
Sep 26, 2005 4:13 pm
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Hi Mary: Things are fine here. Thanks for asking. I had intended to evacuate Thursday morning, but by then the 3 1/2 hour drive to San Antonio was taking 21...
rwbrelsford@...
Sep 26, 2005 6:16 pm
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I haven't posted practice thoughts since our sitting last Monday. Yet I'm sure we have all been busy looking even more deeply at insubstantiality - first in...
We are fine. ... From: citta101@yahoogroups.com [mailto:citta101@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Mary Rees Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:32 PM To:...
We are fine too. I'm a refugee in Canada, :-) having postponed my 'non-essential' return until Saturday. What a crazy day we had on our anniversary,...
everything is fine, an interesting experience thankful that it landed in one of the least populated areas of this coast. Business very disrupted I miss the...
Mike Shafer
mshafer@...
Sep 27, 2005 7:28 pm
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Hi Mary, Thank you for asking. I tried to go to Austin, then, Dallas - ended up visiting friends in Philadelphia and saw a wonderful play in New York! Metta, ...
Wendy Clarke-Levy
wendy521@...
Sep 28, 2005 2:50 pm
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Now that's the way to weather a storm! Lena Brooks (One of Mary Rees groups) Wendy Clarke-Levy <wendy521@...> wrote:Hi Mary, Thank you for asking. I...
Lena Marie Brooks
thinktreez@...
Sep 28, 2005 6:41 pm
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We're fine. We fled to Dallas and stayed with an old friend from my oil patch days. Smooth sailing for me, but Barbara and Adam left five hours later and it...
We're fine here. The storm turned and missed us this time. Since we live only 15 miles from the coast, our turn will come one day. It was very sad walking...
Hi all, I am safe and sound, thank you for checking. Just trees down and power out at my grandparents' house in Lufkin (where we were at the time) and just...
The practice we have been doing this week is noticing what thoughts come because we choose them? Which just arise on their own? See if you can pay close...
Dear friends, I have been screening most messages to keep them in practice vein. There are some people who may be offended that I stop their messages. Also...
We are continuing this week with right intention and right thought. Earlier I suggested we notice what thoughts we intentionally think and those which arise...
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