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Tag Archives: retreat
Primitive Hut Retreat
primitive hut retreat on a breezy hillside of scrub forest in winter little hooves scuff by at 1:00 am one morning two owls duel hooting in the predawn dark immersed in natural quiet alive, vital, spacious, free animal, vegetable and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged free verse, poem, poetry, Religion and Spirituality, retreat, secular spirituality, silence, silent retreat, solitude
Hafiz !
Hafiz ! Can it really be as simple as that ? Just love everyone in every direction always. When do you ever get a break from God ? 8 8 88 888 88888 88888888 8888888888888 … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Poetry & Free Verse, Retreat, Simple Living, Spirituality
Tagged God, Hafez, Hafiz, love, lovingkindness, Metta, poem, poetry, retreat, spirituality
White
prayer flags flap wildly five colors fade into an ocean of fog enveloped by clouds adrift from long lost mooring juniper forest, cactus and rock enshrouded in white the temple engulfed by opaque blanket of cloud White Tara laughs through … Continue reading
Posted in Human Experience, Poetry & Free Verse, Retreat, Simple Living
Tagged Garchen, Garchen Buddhist Institute, nature, outdoors, poem, poetry, retreat, White Tara
Silent Retreat at Garchen
Time for some mental health time-outs. This year’s choice: Garchen Buddhist Institute in Chino Valley, AZ; altitude of 4692 ft. (1) in the mountainous North Central region of the state. The Garchen Buddhist Institute stands on a group of rocky … Continue reading
Posted in Retreat
Tagged Garchen, Garchen Buddhist Institute, noble silence, retreat, retreat center, silence, silent retreat
Silent Retreat 2014
Why retreat ? Only don’t know. No reason. Just have to. Just doing. Just. Silence calls, but not from elsewhere. Not doing beckons, but not from distance. It’s no-time to do nothing, to suffer the misery of the kleshas, to … Continue reading
Silent Retreat III : Why Retreat into Silence ?
In a word, love. Love of silence, of mere being, of thusness – the completeness of things as they are. Anything else ? Freedom from doing, from the sense of doer-ship. Yes, freedom from the role of the doer, freedom from … Continue reading
Posted in Retreat
Tagged advaita, love, Ramana Maharshi, Religion and Spirituality, retreat, Robert Adams, silence, silent, silent retreat
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Silent Retreat at Spirit Falls
The silence calls. It has called for years. Since 2005, I have answered by immersion in silence at least once each year, sometimes more if possible. This year, visited a retreat center for the first time: Spirit Falls in Pine, … Continue reading
Posted in Human Experience, Retreat
Tagged Awakening Spirit, Bodhi Heart, noble silence, Ramana Maharshi, retreat, Robert Adams, silence, silent retreat, spiritual retreat
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Silent Retreat at the Merritt Center, Payson AZ
Have long felt any time spent in silence was spent best. Over Memorial Day weekend, spent part of 4 days silently serving 16 others as we walked in silence together on retreat. Our hostess, Betty Merritt, did an amazing job … Continue reading
Just this Cushion, this Breath, this Moment
Deep resonant reverb Fanning out in all directions Summoned sleepers while silence embraced To practice in the early morning dark Dull gong-like strike Of crystal quartz bell Ebbing and flowing First hour, every hour Calling out to those pacing slowly … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhist Practice, Poetry & Free Verse, Retreat
Tagged Buddhist, mindfulness, poem, poetry, practice, retreat, silence, silent retreat, spirituality
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