Taking care of our irritation and anger

Dear Friends,

This Monday (Aug 25) our meditation will have the theme:

How to handle irritation and anger, taking care of my emotions.

Guido has prepared the evening and the language will be Dutch

Doors will be open at 19h30

Help for making tea is welcome.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Recognizing your own stability, The Island of Self

Dear Friends,

Last week we practiced recognizing and taking care of our roots.

Tomorrow we will practice recognizing and taking care of our stability.

Each one of us gets confronted with turmoil or emotional stress.

The practice of going home to "the Island of Self" helps us to recognize the place in us where can find and touch our stability.

When we become still and come home to ourselves we can concentrate on our experiences of feeling free and firm.

When you practice touching those feelings, you can feel free and firm in difficult situations too.

Please find in upcoming events the invitation for the day of mindfulness in Eindhoven on september 21st. guided by Cuong Lu

This day will be in dutch.

Registration is needed via www.aandacht.net

Please share this invitation flyer with those that might be interested

Have a good day!

Hans

Taking care of my roots, taking care of your roots

Dear Friends,

This Monday evening we will practice together with the focus on our roots.

In Buddhism we recognize 3 kind of roots:

Our family roots, parents grand parents

Our environment, neighbors, friends, fellow citizens

our spiritual roots, our teachers and examples

They are alive in us, they have formed who we are.

We can choose where to  live and who to follow, where we dig our roots in the ground.

When you look closely you see that you feed the roots of your friends, family and society..

Meditation starts at 20h00

Doors open 19h30, if you want to help with setting the room and making tea, you are welcome at 19h15

Next to this we can announce that Zen teacher Cuong Lu will come to Eindhoven and lead a day of mindfulness on september 21st. The language will be Dutch. More info will follow.
This fall we are looking if we can organize English speaking evenings with Cuong Lu.

Also please have a look at the day of mindfulness of Wake-Up Netherlands for a day of mindfulness on Sept 6; Topic: The National index of Happiness as is used in Bhutan. Especially for students and young adults. You are invited to join!!  www.aandacht.net/agenda

Have a wonderful weekend

Hans

Interbeing

Dear Friends,

Tomorrow Monday august 4

the theme of our evening of mindfulness and our meditation will be interbeing

We do not lead a separate existence

We are not separated from nature,

We are not separated from humanity

We are not separated from our family and friends.

We can see parts of ourselves around us and our surrounding is part of us.

It is impossible to take one out of the other, we inter-are.

If we look with the eyes mindfulness we realize that my existence does not stop at my skin or when my body falls apart.

If we hurt the other, we hurt ourselves; if we help the other, we help ourselves.

But also if I treat my self with love and dignity, I automatically treat the world with love and dignity.

Doors will be open at 19h30,

meditation starts at 20h

Program will be as usual, guided sitting, silent walking, silent sitting,

followed by Dharma sharing and informal tea.

Help with setting up the Kapel and making tea is welcome as of 19h15

Have a good night and a wonderful day !!

Hans