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We can visit an art gallery and appreciate hundreds of paintings by some of the world’s renowned artists. We can meditate on a painting in a gallery or at home. We can meditate on a plant. We can meditate on a photograph in a book, on screen or on our wall. Continue reading
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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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Welcome to our five day International Zoom Teachings/Practices from Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 July 2021.
You can join just for a single Dharma talk/instructions/guided meditation etc. or for a day or the whole period.
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The Buddha extolled the virtues of the homeless wandering seeker. He described householders’ life as crowded and dusty while a life gone forth is wide open.” (Middle Length Discourses Sutta 36). That generalisation may have rung true then in a lifestyle of extended families living in the same building but for many of us today our homes are neither crowded nor dusty (unlike some monasteries!). Continue reading