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Which mountain are you climbing?
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Today I am sharing with you a powerful essay by columnist David Brooks of The New Your Times. I believe that what this essay suggests is what needs to happen for us to make the paradigm shift into a better world for us all. OZS represents and fosters the second mountain.
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"On the first mountain, personal freedom is celebrated — keeping your options open, absence of restraint. But the perfectly free life is the unattached and unremembered life. Freedom is not an ocean you want to swim in; it is a river you want to cross so that you can plant yourself on the other side."
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Our individualistic culture inflames the ego and numbs the spirit. Failure teaches us who we are.
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Please note: Next Sunday Evening, April 14th, Meditation Practice has been canceled.
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Wednesday Evening Meditation Practice
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The doors open at 6:30 pm and the practice session begins promptly at 7:00 pm with the chanting of the Heart Sutra. We sit in meditation (zazen) for twenty-five minutes, do walking meditation for five minutes, and another twenty-five minutes of sitting. After the last sitting, we serve tea, have a brief Dharma talk and discussion related to our practice. We usually finish up by 8:30 pm.
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Sunday Evening
Meditation Practice
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The doors open at 5:30 pm and the practice session begins promptly at 6:00 pm with the chanting of the Heart Sutra. We sit in meditation (zazen) for twenty-five minutes, do walking meditation for five minutes, and another twenty-five minutes of sitting. After the last sitting, we serve tea, have a brief Dharma talk and discussion related to our practice. We usually finish up by 7:30 pm.
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Please check the website calendar for any scheduling changes.
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