Difficult Balance

Schedule for Barre Insight Meditation Center

Schedule: "Sep. 6
(Saturday)
03-JG
$60Joseph GoldsteinFear and Trust
In both meditation practice and our lives, we often come to the edge or boundary of what is comfortable, of what we can easily be with. The limits of our acceptance may reveal themselves in conditions of the body, in difficult emotions, in the imminence of death. At these boundaries, fear may arise as we face what is outside our more usual comfort zone. In this day of talks, discussion and meditation, we will explore the causes and nature of fear and how it might be transformed through our understanding into trust, confidence and wisdom."

Sep 14
(Sunday)
03-LG
$60 Narayan & Michael Liebenson Grady Inner Freedom and Non-Reactivity
In dharma practice we learn to respond with awareness and an open heart rather than habitually reacting with clinging or aversion. During this day-long workshop, we explore ways to cultivate equanimity and liberating wisdom when facing inner difficulties and challenging conditions that we meet in everyday life.

Nov 8
(Saturday)
03-JE
$60 Jack Engler Seeking the Seeker: A Direct Inquiry Into “Who Am ‘I’”
In Buddhist practice, there are three ‘doors’ to liberation: anicca (impermanence), dukkha (anguish), and anatta (non-self). A deep, direct encounter with any one of the three has the potential to end grasping and bring freedom. Anattà is often the most elusive, yet the most intimate and challenging to our normal sense of self. During this workshop, we use vipassana as a method of active investigation rather than passive witnessing to inquire into this self we take ourselves to be. The focus of the day is on learning to practice with this disturbing but ever-present question: Who am I? Who am ‘I’? There will be opportunity for questions and discussions as we work together to probe this question of questions.
Nov 9
(Sunday)
03-SS
$60 Sharon Salzberg Meditation: Tools for Awakening Courage, Faith and Compassion
This day-long program focuses on the practical tools that help us go beyond our constricting habitual patterns, such as fear and denial. Awakening the inner capacities we all have, meditation allows us to transform our worldview from one of isolation and confusion to one of connection, clarity and compassion. Especially in times of uncertainty, meditation opens us to a power of faith and courage based on seeing things just as they are. Suitable for both new and experienced meditators, the course consists of guided meditations, talks and time for questions and answers.

posted by Lucia Knoles @ 7:03 PM