I can’t attend the Buddhist Centre’s Urban Retreat this year, but I’m going to put aside some time each day to do it at home. I enjoyed it very much, last year; it started with a day retreat at the centre, then we found a buddy who we would engage with from home, either by phone or email, and we would spend the week focussing o a particular aspect, before meeting together the following weekend for another retreat, and to think about what we had gained. I wrote last year:”Living the meaning of life – going beyond self in daily life’ it is a week that can be dedicated to improving practice, examining aspects of how one practices, and focusing on specific areas.”
This year the retreat is: “”Blazing Like The Sun…”: how can our hearts be more overflowing with kindness, compassion, confidence, and love of life? How can we find the freedom of heart that is loving-kindness?”. I am using a fellow blogger’s beautiful guide to a meditation on love today:
http://grevilleacorner.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/meditation-on-love/
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts.
Lois Elsden 