The guided meditation was a freeflowing unplanned affair. After settling into the meditation we practiced Metta, offering love and accpetance to ourselves and others. The walking meditation and silent sitting was accompanied by a rock band playing nearby, great stuff.

The reading was invoking the Bodhisattvas names. The words reminded us of all we are and can be. Stirring stuff. We meet again next week, ready to be fresh, solid and free.

We enjoyed the evening air, sitting and walking in mindfulness. The shared reading was the 5 Mindfulness Trainings. Afterwards we discussed our personal experience of these, focussing on those personal to us.

The Trainings offer a reminder of who we already are. Not to judge ourselves by, but to support us, moment by moment as we navigate through an increasingly complex world. In truth we fail in all the trainings many times a day. If we can experience this with openness and compassion, moment by moment, we can glimpse these experiences as Dharma doors. Equanimity in action, each moment we remember to return to the present moment……..like we ever left it!

A lotus to you.