• Sample Recovery Dharma Format

• Sample Online Format

Read

• Wise Concentration

• Go to Page 48, 1st paragraph.

• Read 3 paragraphs

Discuss

• Mindfulness can also be a concentration practice

• Concentration practice gives us the opportunity to meet our habits of distraction with kindness and compassion

• In concentration, noticing that we have been distracted is a success

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 The Mind: Notice thoughts as they arise and pass.

• Concentration on Equanimity: Repeat to yourself: "May I find Peace exactly where I am."

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.