A team have been working hard, week after week, to create a major online gathering/festival for all of us who recognise that personal and global transformation go together. Continue reading
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A team have been working hard, week after week, to create a major online gathering/festival for all of us who recognise that personal and global transformation go together. 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 | |
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| 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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GERMANY (Residential and Zoom)
An Insight Meditation Retreat (Pandemic, Germany/UK travel regulations permitting). One hour drive from Munich.
All are welcome. Beginners and Experienced Meditators
With Christopher and Ulla Koenig.
Saturday 26 June – Friday 2 July 2021
This classical Vipassana (Insight Meditation retreat, via Zoom, will include comprehensive meditation instructions in Insight Meditation, guided meditation, a daily talk and small group meetings on the practice.
The retreat offers the opportunity to go deeply into ourselves. It points to inner renewal, a deep sense of presence and pointing to fresh perceptions and insights to recognise freedom of being.
Text for the Talk
The definition of a successful life often revolves around a career, a significant income, property ownership, and a family. Are we bold enough to ask ourselves a fundamental question? What I am doing with my life? If we do not ask the question from the depths of our being, we will escape into fantasy to escape our unfulfilled life. We have the potential to live a fulfilled life. What will enable us to act? Christopher Titmuss will address these issues. Continue reading