December 2002 Events

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

Special Events: Video tapes from Eckhart Tolle’s India Talks, February 2002. Shown on Friday Evenings, 6:30-8:00 at Rockland Library. Nov 8 - Dec 20

Note: For the winter, the cabin will be heated only on weekends. Sat/Sun sittings and practices take place at the Cabin just up from the barn. Weekdays held in house front room.

Note: Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” for any changes in schedule.

MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE. (6:05am-6: 35am) Silent Sitting - 30 minutes, daily; then, (6:40am-7:00am) Chanting & Mindfulness Walking (MWF Christian; TTh Buddhist). Whatever your tradition or practice come sit together in silence. Simply enter, sit, and leave in silence.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am;
Monthly Retreat 7 hrs, 21Dec; 6am-1pm, (Christian focus this month)

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE Each Sunday evening, 6:00-8:00pm. Practice Silent Sitting, Walking, Listening, Eating, Conversing, Chanting. (7,21Dec.Buddhist focus; 14, 28Dec Christian focus) All welcome.

A Place of Conversation, Collation, and Recollection at Camden Harbor

Come anytime, each conversation stands alone.

TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm-6:30pm

Maybe Zen, Maybe Not, A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative Tradition. Currently reading Nothing Special, Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm. -6:30pm

	Wed. 4Dec02 Topic: Reading The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image, by Leonard Shlain. A reading circle
	Wed. 11Dec02Topic: Reading Dancing With The Void: The Innerstandings of a Rare-Born Mystic by Shunyata (nee. Emmanuel Sorensen). A circle reading.
	Wed. 18Dec02 Topic: A Circle Conversation about Our Personal Spiritual Journeys, Impromptu
	Wed. 25Dec02-- *Christmas Day* – No Conversation – Enjoy silence

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christian Contemplative Tradition. Currently reading Selected Writings, by Meister Eckhart. (1260-1328)

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP
4:30pm - 5:30pm Poetry. Open gathering invites anyone to bring poetry to read, whether own or others’. “Poetry” for us is Poems, Letters, & Pieces of Journals. In addition, we read from David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea, Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.
6:30-8:00 -- At Rockland Library Eckhart Tolle Videos Talks from India, Feb.2002

SATURDAY MORNING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP: The Many Faces of Death 9:00am-10:00am We begin with the book, The Grace in Dying – How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die, by Kathleen Dowling Singh. Come by.

MUSIC REHEARSAL AT THE BOOKSHOP 1:00pm-3:00pm (approx) Every Wednesday and Sunday Afternoon. A group playing effort. Join in. Also, any other days for individuals. An opportunity to rehearse with ease in a public place, anytime.

Closed Mondays, Open 6 days by 10:30am to 7:00pm (Sunday to 5:00pm).

Let us order your books and music! Thanks!

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