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Five-Step Practice from Ken McLeod
One of the foundational practices for working with emotional reactions is featured here.
As he writes:
In teaching people, I give
them this meditation whenever people are encountering something that
prevents them from resting. If one can rest, then one rests and
lets the resting deepen on its own. When one encounters something
difficult, then more specific effort and attention, as in this practice,
can help.
Layout of the Five-Step
Mindfulness Practice:1.
Breathing in I feel this
emotion/pain/problem
Breathing out I feel this emotion
2.
Breathing
in I feel the reactions to this emotion
Breathing out I feel the
reactions to this emotion
3.
Breathing in I feel calm in this
emotion
Breathing out I feel calm in this emotion
4.
Breathing
in I feel at ease in this emotion
Breathing out I feel at ease in
this emotion
5.
Breathing in I understand/know how this
emotion arises
Breathing out I understand how this arises
Ken
gives detailed guidance for each of these steps in audio form with separate clips available at the site.
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Buddhist Service and Classes at
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville
 A Sunday service and a series of six classes are coming up which related to the Bodhisattva path of Mahayana Buddhism:
Sunday, September 26: Sunday service focusing on Radical Interdependence and the Bodhisattva Path, with talks by Rita Frizzell, minister Gail Seavey, and Cathy Chang and Buddhist-themed music from the FUUN choir (including the Heart Sutra).
The Six Perfections: The Bodhisattva Path of Awakening
Six weeks: Wednesday nights, September 29-November 3
Fireside Room (in the main building)
According to Mahayana Buddhism, awakened mind naturally manifests in our experience as the Six Perfections: generosity, ethics, patience, effort, meditation and wisdom. Practicing the perfections as path puts us in touch with our own humanity, which gives us compassion for others, allowing wisdom to arise naturally.
Join Rita Frizzell as we explore one of the perfections each week: Generosity (Sept. 29), Ethics (Oct. 6), Patience ((Oct. 13), Joyful effort (Oct. 20), Meditation (Oct. 27), Wisdom (Nov. 3).
If you want to come for dinner, join us at 6:00. $7 for dinner, no cost for class.
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville
Located at 1808 Woodmont Blvd near the intersection of Woodmont and Hillsboro in the Green Hills area of Nashville, not far from Rita's house. The entrance to the building can be surprisingly challenging for visitors to find. It is on the rear side of the church, near the top of the hill (on the northwest side). To get to the Fireside Room, enter the door on the left and continue down the hall and to the right. For questions, call Rita at 615-463-2374
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Upcoming Events in Nashville
I am happy to pass on news of events as announced by our friends at One Dharma:
Dharma Wisdom: An Evening With Phillip Moffitt
This public talk is scheduled for October 7. You can find more information here.
Grief, Walking: The Soul of a Well Lived Life
There are several Nashville events, including a documentary screening and a workshop, starting October 21, with Stephen Jenkinson, also known as the "Griefwalker." More information is available here.
Transmission of the Dharma Lamp Ceremony
Trudy Goodman, Lisa Ernst's long time dharma teacher, will be in Nashville October 28 for a talk and to formally give her dharma teaching transmission. Time and location TBA. Read more about Trudy here.
PLUS...
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Quote of the Week
What the world needs more than anything is bodhisattvas, active servants of peace, "clothed," as Longchenpa said, "in the armor of perseverance," dedicated to their bodhisattva vision and to the spreading of wisdom into all reaches of our experience. We need bodhisattva lawyers, bodhisattva artists and politicians, bodhisattva doctors and economists, bodhisattva teachers and scientists, bodhisattva technicians and engineers, bodhisattvas everywhere, working consciously as channels of compassion and wisdom at every level and in every situation of society; working to transform their minds and actions and those of others, working tirelessly in the certain knowledge of the support of the buddhas and enlightened beings for the preservation of our world and for a more merciful future.
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