• Sample Recovery Dharma Format

• Sample Online Format

Read

• Working With Others

• Go to Page 61, 2nd paragraph.

• Read 2 - 4 paragraphs

Discuss

• When we make a practice of asking for help, we find that it improves all of our relationships

• As we experience relief of sharing our burdens, we find that asking for help becomes easier

• We can look to our community of wise friends on the path for guidance and wisdom

Learning the Concepts

• Choose just one of the readings or the whole chapter to read, underline and study.

• Think about or write about the title of the reading or the discussion topics listed above

Brief Personal Meditation

Pause - at least once a day, for a minute or two - to practice any of the following meditations.

• Mindfulness of Feeling Tone: Notice the sensations in your body.

• Concentration on Appreciative Joy: Repeat to yourself: "I appreciate the joy that I experience."

Renunciation Inquiry

• List five of your most important values in a friend. Write briefly about each one.

Sangha

• Meetings: Notice how your insights from this practice relate to the meetings you attend this week.

Wise Friends and Mentors

• Survey: Every day, practice reaching out to 1-3 Wise Friends you have met at the meeting.

• Ask each one about their experience with this week's meditation practice or topic.

• If you don't reach someone, leave a message with your question, and try with 1-3 other Wise Friends tomorrow.