Just a quick reminder that on or before tomorrow, Sunday, you’ll want to print out six copies of the urban retreat practice diary to use for keeping track of your process through the week. A great way to mark your resolutions and reminders while you steer your own little ship…
For any Facebookers out there, I just wanted to fill you in on ways to take part in that space, and tell you about one special event that’s happening there and there only!
If you join our Facebook Group you’ll be able to follow and take part in the daily reflection discussions that we’ll be having there. Much the same as the course materials in this space but with a different crowd (though altogether less follow-up and supporting material).
In case you didn’t know, not only is thebuddhistcentre.com on Twitter, we’re busy retweeting all Urban Retreat related missives and have compiled a list for you to subscribe to should you so wish. The list is Urban Retreat, which you can get to by clicking through here (or by visiting our Twitter page @buddhistcentre and choosing the list from the ‘lists menu’).
In the meantime, we encourage you to include with any Urban Retreat tweets our #hashtag of choice...
Here I’m talking about how I approach the advice ‘don’t take it personally’ in relation to the worldly winds. I give an example of how identifying with a ‘story’ can create a filter for my experience. I’d like to say a big thanks to my colleague Deborah for helping get these videos online - she works with me here at windhorse:evolution.
This is the second of the two main ‘teaching videos’ I’ll be posting during the retreat: another 20-minute talk offering a series of suggestions how we can create effective methods for working with the eight Worldly Winds that blow about us all the time - and even turn them into spiritual opportunities.
Welcome back to the on-line Urban Retreat! Yesterday I was asking you to identify situations in your daily life where the worldly winds were blowing, and to be more aware of your response to them. How have you got on with that? Was it easy or difficult? Was yesterday a calm or stormy day?!
Like yesterday, we’re going to listen to a 20 minute video talk – to get ideas and input – and then reflect on how those teachings apply...
For many years I was able to go on retreat for several weeks each year. Much of that time I was living in residential Triratna communities where I could sit in the shrineroom each morning. More recently my life has changed. I now live with my wife (Kamalagita, who is also an Order member) in Cardiff with Leo, our two year-old son. We share the childcare, which is great in many ways, but it has brought many changes and challenges...
