Free Weekly Zoom Silent Sitting and Small Group Dialogue
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Free Weekly Zoom Silent Sitting and Small Group Dialogue
Up to 15 in group
Open Dates
Retreat Highlights
- 40 minutes of silent sitting (on Zoom)
- 5 minute break
- 45 minutes of group dialogue/inquiry
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Jay has been involved in meditative work since 1970. He attended the Rocherster NY Zen Center with Roshi Philip Kapleau for about eight years and then attended the Springwater NY Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreat, founded by Toni Packer, since then and up to the present. He is the director of Rain Tree - The New Mexico Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreat.
Jay's interest is in uncovering the wholeness and simplicity of Life. By learning to listen quietly, honestly, without agenda, we can begin to discover the patterns through which we live and how they color our experience. In this way, Wholeness begins to function in us more deeply, shining light into the "unfinished business" of our lives, bringing healing, simple being, and a deep appreciation and affection.
Jay feels that meditative work can deepen best when we work together, in small group dialogue and in one-on-one meeting. Many people study the writings and talks of teachers but never have the opportunity to meet face-to-face. We all have so many blind spots and working together personally may be essential for coming in touch with our unexamined assumptions about ourselves and about meditative work.
Jay is available to meet with people individually. He doesn't earn any money from any of the activities of the Rain Tree Center.
Details of this retreat
Free on Zoom 1st, 3rd, 5th Thursday evenings. 40 minute sitting followed by an opportunity to look carefully into the issues of our lives and to clarify what meditative work is. For people in any location.
This is a free event on Zoom, held on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays of the month. We sit quietly for 40 minutes and then have an opportunity to work together in small group dialogue/inquiry. This inquiry work is a chance to bring up and shed light on any of the many issues and concers of our lives.
The group does NOT involve giving advice or therapy but rather is focused on listening carefully to both oneself and others and speaking from what is directly seen or felt.It is a chance to raise questions about our lives and about meditative work, not for the purpose of getting an answer but rather to help us feel more deeply into these questions and to begin to explore for ourselves.
The dialogue is lightly facilitated by Jay Cutts, who has been involved in meditative work through the Springwater (NY) Center for over 50 years.
This is a free event on Zoom, held on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays of the month. We sit quietly for 40 minutes and then have an opportunity to work together in small group dialogue/inquiry. This inquiry work is a chance to bring up and shed light on any of the many issues and concers of our lives.
The group does NOT involve giving advice or therapy but rather is focused on listening carefully to both oneself and others and speaking from what is directly seen or felt.It is a chance to raise questions about our lives and about meditative work, not for the purpose of getting an answer but rather to help us feel more deeply into these questions and to begin to explore for ourselves.
The dialogue is lightly facilitated by Jay Cutts, who has been involved in meditative work through the Springwater (NY) Center for over 50 years.
Schedule
6:45 pm MT - Sign into Zoom meeting
7:00 pm MT - Quiet sitting begins
7:40 pm MT - Sitting ends. 5 minute break
7:45 pm MT - Reconvene, Dialogue begins
8:30 pm MT - Session ends
7:00 pm MT - Quiet sitting begins
7:40 pm MT - Sitting ends. 5 minute break
7:45 pm MT - Reconvene, Dialogue begins
8:30 pm MT - Session ends
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
What's Included
- Sitting
- Group Dialogue
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