 | | | | | September 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 chapters from The Dhammapada, (words of the Buddha)
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. Also a night for films and performances. Reading, presentation, or film/audio considering topics on themes from all traditions. Films and videos interspersed. Currently reading from Practicing the Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, 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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