• Sample Recovery Dharma Format

• Sample Online Format

Read

• Wise Effort

• Go to Page 41-43

Discuss

• We put in the effort and energy to understand what circumstances allowed conditions to arise

• As we learn more skillful responses to our triggers, we gain space to have more compassion, generosity, and forgiveness

• We try to remember: whatever the experience is right now - it will pass

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 Breath or Body:. Notice that gravity is both holding you close to the Earth and, if you are in an upright posture, helping you to stand or sit with ease.

• Concentration on Compassion: Repeat to yourself: "May I be kind and gentle with myself."

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.