MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE GROUP
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6:30-8:00 PM every Thursday except Thanksgiving The Mindfulness Practice Group meets in person in real time & space, in the sanctuary on Thursday evenings and in the UU Sisterhood Room (formerly called the Young Room) on the lower level on Sunday mornings. Thursdays begin with 40 minutes of silent meditation, followed by various topics, check-in, and discussion. Sundays feature 20 minutes of meditation guided by gathas, check-in, and discussion. Masks are optional (if the Church's policy changes, masks will be provided). 
☸ Sun. Dec. 8: Rohatsu: The Zen holiday acknowledging the legendary date of Siddhartha Gautama's Awakening & his teaching to others.
What does it mean for us now?☸ Thurs. Dec. 12: UUCA's monthly, for Dec., theme of Presence. Who or what is it whose presence we evoke, according to Thich Nhat Hanh? ☸ Sun. Dec. 15: The mindful practice of presence. ☸ Thurs. Dec. 19: Our annual reading in multiple parts of the "Crazy Zen" poem by Kwan Um's Seung Sahn, "The New Year Comes & Finds His Seat." ☸ Sun. Dec. 22: 9 AM meditation TBD. Sangha friends are all invited to the 10 AM UUCA service on the winter Solstice to chant the short Vajrayana chant for the solstice, New Year, & earthquakes we continue to practice. ☸ Thurs. Dec. 26: 1st full day of Hanukkah. Nonduality of light & dark. ☸ Sun. Dec. 29: 4th day of Kwanzaa. The theme of Day 4 of Kwanzaa is "cooperative economics," or community economics. ☸ Thurs. Jan. 2: Beginning Anew Ceremony (incorporates meditation.) ☸ Sun. Jan. 5: Cross cultural Epiphany. The appearance, or showing forth, of great value within humanity. Photo "THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER" by Deborah Beach Giordano. |
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