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WESTSIDE MEDITATION GROUP
SITTING PRACTICE
Every Sunday, 4pm - 6pm
Santa Monica Zen Center
1001A Colorado Ave (Northeast corner of 10th & Colorado)
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Directions: Take the Lincoln Blvd. offramp from the 10 freeway, and head north on Lincoln Blvd. for 1 block, turn East on Colorado Ave. and go 2 blocks. The building is on the North side of the street. Enter though the alley on Colorado. The door to the Zen Center is immediately to your left as you enter the alley. There is a small blue and white sign, "Santa Monica Zen Center" to the left of the door.
WEEKDAY EVENING TALKS
THE SECOND THURSDAY EVENING OF THE MONTH@ 7:30pm
CHOOSING A FRESH ALTERNATIVE
A DVD presentation by Pema
Chödrön from May, 2004
Suggested donation $10 per class
For those wishing to explore how we habitually get stuck and how we then unwillingly escalate the very dissatisfaction and pain we long to escape. We can choose to do the same old thing or we can choose the joy of a fresh alternative.
Talk 1 will be presented August 14th at 7:30 PM. All future classes are scheduled to take place on the second Thursday of each month. Please make sure to check our website in case of any possible scheduling changes.
Talk 1-- PRACTICE THE THREE DIFFICULTIES. Acknowledging that you're hooked; doing something different; and making this a way of life. Becoming enthusiastic about not sowing the seeds of suffering.
Talk 2- SEPTEMBER--SHENPA AND THE PAUSE. Emphasis on acknowledging that you're hooked.
Talk 3- OCTOBER-- KARMIC SEEDS. Sowing seeds in the basic ground of alaya. Burning up the seeds of resistance. Connecting with the immediacy of our experience.
Talk 4- NOV. -- LOVING KINDNESS TO OURSELVES. Gentleness. Kindness. Access to the vast blue sky.
Talk 5- Dec.--BRINGING TOGETHER PRACTICE WITH THE TEACHINGS-- The different degrees of shenpa when we're meditating. Burning up hope and fear.
Talk 6- Jan.-- CHOOSING A FRESH ALTERNATIVE-- Do something different. Being curious.
The series will be hosted by Stanley Weiser and Lynda Golan. Stanley Weiser is the screenwriter of W-- the upcoming George W. Bush biography, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Josh Brolin and James Cromwell. The film will be released by Lion's Gate this October 24th. Lynda is a licensed psychotherapist, a trained meditation instructor, and an artist/painter.
SHAMBHALA TRAINING: HEART OF WARRIORSHIP
LEVEL II: Oct 3-5
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