July 2004 Events at Meetingbrook

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE.
 Note: Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Our morning practice is now idiorhythmic. Our Silent Sitting (40 minutes daily) happens at different times. Still, whatever your tradition or practice, come sit together or alone in the cabin at any time. Simply enter, sit, & leave in silence.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am;
Monthly Mindfulness Retreat: 3^rd Saturday of the month, see Hermit’s Corner for details.

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE -- 6:00pm-8:00pm
Each Sunday evening, drop-in. Practice includes:  Sitting (40min), Walking, (10min), Heart Sutra Chanting, Table reading (10min), Silent Eating (10min), Conversing (20min). Bell. Leave in silence.

A Place of Conversation, Collation, and Recollection at Camden Harbor
Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” For any changes in schedule.

Note: All our conversations are just that -- conversations. Books are used as springboards.

TUESDAY EVENING BUDDHIST CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP   5:30pm-6:30pm
 Theme - Maybe Zen, Maybe Not.  A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative Tradition. Currently reading not always so, practicing the true spirit of Zen, by Shunryu Suzuki. Next, Finding Freedom, Writings From Death Row, by Jarvis Jay Masters.

WEDNESDAY EVENING LAURA CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm. -6:30pm
 Theme - Laura Soul-Friend Conversations. Wednesday Evening Conversations focus on Personal Practice & Laura Soul Friend topics. (“Laura,” = various paths.) What, who, & how of one’s spirituality. Topics will reflect an individual’s personal, spiritual, psychological, intellectual practice, interest, or concern.  Each Wednesday some person, or some aspect of practice, will begin the conversation.

THURSDAY EVENING CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm-6:30pm. 
 Theme - Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christian Contemplative Tradition. Currently reading from A Listening Heart, The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness, by Brother David Steindl-Rast,.

FRIDAY EVENING INTERRELIGIOUS CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP 5:30pm - 6:30pm
 Theme- Interreligious Dialogue: Unveiling and Practicing Peace Between Ways. Readings from Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Native Traditions. Reading, The Heart of Islam, Enduring Values for Humanity, by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

SATURDAY MORNING & AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS AT BOOKSHOP
 9:30am-10:30am: Theme - The Many Faces of Death. Currently reading from Who Dies, by Steven Levine.  Come by any week. 
 4:30pm-5:30pm: Theme - Tea, Poetry, and Literature.  For one hour we’ll read and converse about poems, a prose piece, essay, or short story.  Bring with you anything you wish to read.

MUSIC REHEARSAL AT THE BOOKSHOP  
1:00pm-3:00pm (approx) Every Wednesday and Sunday Afternoon. A group gathers. Join in. Also, any other days for individuals. There’s a piano. Come rehearse with ease in a public place, anytime.

Closed Mondays. While times may expand, normal hours are:
Open Tuesday-Friday 10:30am to 7:00pm, Saturday 9:30am to 7:30pm & Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm

Let us order your books and music!      Thanks!     
Bookshop/Bakery, 50 Bayview Street, Camden, ME
Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME mono@meetingbrook.org (207) 236-6808