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Earlier this week, I took out a subscription to Spotify, the Swedish music streaming provider. It is the world’s largest such provider with over 365 million monthly active users. I wanted to listen to more music in the gym.
I am a member of the Church of Gymism for the past decade raising weights to heaven – sometimes called pumping iron. Before cycling off to the modest size gym in Totnes, I downloaded Rock anthems from the 1960s, 1970s, Calm Classical etc.
Lists and bullet points serve a useful function as we can easily neglect to address specific areas we wish to address. Doubts about being effective can easily set in when we become reliant on three or four points to create a change.
I take my inspiration for this approach from the Buddha, who offered literally hundreds of lists to communicate the depth and expanse of his teachings. Continue reading
This critique falls into two primary areas.
1. The government ruling preventing doctors from using their discretion to offer the second vaccination between three and eight weeks for those engaged in supporting physical/mental health of people and others in vulnerable categories. Continue reading
Welcome to our weekend International Zoom Teachings Friday to Sunday 23-25 July, 2021.
You can join just for a single Dharma talk/instructions/guided meditation etc. or for a day or the whole period.
On Donation. Simply send your email address with dates of Zoom teachings to register. I will send you the Zoom link on Thursday 22 July.
Three sessions per full day online and instructions/practices at home and elsewhere.
It is an opportunity to engage in mindfulness/meditation practice at home with the support of teachings, instructions and others practising at home.
Do join.
| INTERNATIONAL TEACHINGS ON ZOOM,
23-25 July 2021 |
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| Theme: Benefits of Mindfulness and Benefits Beyond Mindfulness
Teacher: Christopher Titmuss |
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| To Register:christopher@insightmeditation.org | ||||||
| All are welcome. On Donation (dana) | ||||||
| Mindfulness. Insight Meditation (Vipassana), Reflection, Four Postures. Guided Meditations. Sharing. Practices at home. | ||||||
| Remember to ensure you use right time for your time zone.
There are three Zoom meetings per day. |
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| UK time is 1 hr earlier than before CET
Israel time is one hour later than CET India is 3.5 hours later than CET Australia (NSW) is 8 hours later than CET |
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| Attend as many sessions as you can. Suitable for Beginners and Experienced Meditators. |
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| Friday 23 July 2021 | CET | UK | USA (EST) | India | Australia | |
| Talk. Meditation Instructions. Guided Meditation | 20.00 – 21.00 | 19.00-20.00 | 14.00-15.00 | 23.30-00.30 | 4-5am | |
| Saturday 24 July | CET | UK | USA (EST) | India | Australia | |
| Talk. Instructions. Guided Meditation | 9-10 am | 8-9am | 3-4am | 12.30-13.30 | 17.00-18.00 | |
| Mindful Work Period. Indoors | 10-11 am | 9-10am | 4-5am | 13.30-14.30 | 18.00-19.00 | |
| Walking Meditation. Indoors or Outdoors | 11 – noon | 10-11am | 5-6am | 14.30-15.30 | 19.00-20.00 | |
| Sitting Meditation. Standing Meditation | 12.00 – 13.00 | 11-noon | 6-7am | 15.30-16.30 | 20.00-21.00 | |
| A Mindful Lunch. | 13.00 – 15.00 | 12.00-14.00 | 7-9am | 16.30-18.30 | 21.00-23.00 | |
| Practices. Indoors and Outdoors. | 15.00 – 16.00 | 14.00-15.00 | 9-10am | 18.30-19.30 | 23.00
-midnight |
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| Walking Meditation | 16.00 – 17.00 | 15.00-16.00 | 10-11am | 19.30-20.30 | ||
| Zoom Teachings on Mindfulness and Beyond | 17.00 – 18.00 | 16.00-17.00 | 11-noon | 20.30-21.30 | ||
| Evening food | 18.00 – 19.30 | 17.00-18.30 | 12.00-13.30 | 21.30-23.00 | ||
| Sitting Meditation | 19.30 – 20.00 | 18.30-19.00 | 13.30-14.00 | 23.00-23.30 | ||
| Zoom Teachings. Sharing. Q and A. | 20.00 – 20.30 | 19.00-19.30 | 14.00-14.30 | 23.30-midnight | ||
| End of the day of mindfulness and meditation | ||||||
| Outside these times: Listening meditation, Silent Meditation | ||||||
| Sunday 25 July | CET | UK | USA (EST) | India | Australia | |
| Meditation Instructions. Meditation | 9.00 – 10.00am | 8-9am | 3-4am | 12.30-13.30 | 17.00-18.00 | |
| Mindful Work Period. Indoors | 10-11am | 9-10am | 4-5am | 13.30-14.30 | 18.00-19.00 | |
| Walking Meditation. Indoors or Outdoors. | 11-noon | 10-11am | 5-6am | 14.30-15.30 | 19.00-20.00 | |
| Sitting Meditation. Standing Meditation. | 12.00-13.00 | 11-noon | 6-7am | 15.30-16.30 | 20.00-21.00 | |
| Lunch | 13-14.00 | 12.00-13.00 | 7-8am | 16.30-17.30 | 21.00-22.00 | |
| Teachings/Practices for Daily life. Sharing, Donations. Loving Kindness Meditation | 14.00-15.00 | 13.00-14.00 | 8-9am | 17.30-18.30 | 22.00-21.00 | |
| End of Zoom Retreat | ||||||
| Christopher Titmuss, a senior Dharma teacher in the West, focusses on insight meditation (vipassana), the expansive heart, enquiry into emptiness of ego and liberation. Poet, blogger, photographer and social critic, he is the author of numerous books including The Buddha of Love, Light on Enlightenment and the Spiritual Roots of Mindfulness. More than 1000 of his talks are freely available on www.soundcloud.org. He has lived in Totnes, Devon, England since 1982. |
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| Tick box at very foot of blog to be notified of new posts by email. www.christophertitmuss.net |
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We witness in England increasing levels of nationalism, racism and violence. England’s defeat in last Sunday’s European Cup Final exposed the dark side of the personality among a minority of English men engaged in rage against defeat. Men can descend to a dark hole bringing out the worst and have no idea how to develop a sense of wholeness.
More and more people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland may well wish to distance themselves from association with the unresolved shadows in England of those who advocate prejudice and display forms of xenophobia. Continue reading