 | | | | | November 2009 Events at Meetingbrook All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open, & informal  Meetingbrook is a Place of Collation and Recollection at Ragged Mountain. Our practice, at source, flows from the Zen, Contemplative, & Engaged Service traditions. Our practice delights in the threefold expressions of meditation, conversation, & hospitality.
Conversations at Meetingbrook Note: All conversations are 1 hour in length. Anyone invited to drop in We practice loving speech, deep listening, and honest inquiry. Format: This is not a 'book study'. It is a weekly conversation sparked by whatever the reading happens to be or where we are in the book. There's a circle reading; brief silence; conversing; final circle comments. You miss nothing -- each week is a distinct conversation -- stop by any week.
TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm Theme - Maybe Zen, Maybe Not. A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhism and its meditative tradition. After a brief silence, we read aloud for 25 mins, then open conversation follows. Currently reading Zen Contemplation: A Bridge of Living Water, by Elaine MacInnis.
WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm. -6:30pm Theme - Laura Soul-Friend Conversation. A conversation focusing on personal practice, experience, and belief. (A “Laura” is the Greek word for “trails” or “ various paths.”) Primary focus is the invitation to reflect and speak aloud where our practice is, what delights and/or difficulties we experience. Each Wednesday the circle, some person, or some aspect of practice, will begin the conversation.
THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm. Theme - Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christianity -- whether traditional, radical, alternative, contemplative, or contemporary. Brief silence, followed by relevant reading, conversation. Currently: A Course in Miracles.
FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm Theme -- Creativity & Peace: the ways of art, spirituality, consciousness,
music, peace-making, poetry, and nature. Currently reading Small, Misty Mountain: The Awanadjo Almanack by Rob McCall. Interspersed some weeks by watching short videos about spirituality and practice.
OTHER EVENTS
SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE 7:00am - 8:30am Involves: silent sitting; reading from different scripture or sacred text Lectio style; speaking to what is heard; collation at table.
SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Involves: silent sitting; walking meditation; chanting; table reading; mindful eating in silence soup, bread, and dessert; conversation.
WEDNESDAY MORNING OPEN HOSPITALITY: 8:00am-10:30am. Come by for breakfast.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OPEN HOSPITALITY:12:30pm to 3:30pm. Come by for brunch or just coffee and tea. Catch up with neighbors, friends, or strangers.
FRIDAY MORNING PRISON CONVERSATIONS -- 7:15am --11:00am. Weekly Meetingbrook Conversations, groups and individual, open to all inmates.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS AT QUARRY HILL (a care facility for the elderly) -- "Poetry, Tea, and Thee," -- 1st & 3rd Fridays, 3:00pm-4:00pm.
HERMITAGE CHAPEL/ZENDO MEDITATION CABIN -- Open Daily for use CHAPEL/ZENDO RESOURCE The Chapel/Zendo Meditation Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Whatever your tradition, let us remember one another whenever we practice.
Directions: Hermitage is 4 miles from Camden or Rockport town centers. Follow signs to Snow Bowl. We’re 3rd driveway on left past Snow Bowl. You’ll see Meetingbrook sign, barn gate (open it), oar, & “M” on post. Let us order your books and music! Thanks! Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME mono@meetingbrook.org (207) 236-6808 ... |
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