June 2019
Event Details
Dates: June 14 - June 16, 2019; 10:00am - 5:00pm Sliding Scale: $225 - 600. Code DR2M19. Registration is closed for this event, as 100% participation is requested/required for multi-day events. This
Event Details
Dates: June 14 – June 16, 2019; 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sliding Scale: $225 – 600. Code DR2M19. Registration is closed for this event, as 100% participation is requested/required for multi-day events. This event started on Friday, June 14, 2019.
Description:
The central metaphor of our spiritual practice is that of awakening, of “waking up”—from being asleep and often living as if in a dream. The understanding is that we don’t see our lives and experience clearly; things are in reality not as they appear to us. Yet seeing clearly, with wisdom and compassion, is possible, and out of such seeing can come skillful responses!
In this retreat, we explore four ways that we see in a distorted manner, working with understandings and practices to help us see more clearly in these four areas. We investigate how we often see in four problematic ways:
(1) through the lens of the personal self;
(2) through our social conditioning;
(3) by imagining a world of solid, enduring, separate individual beings and objects (as opposed to seeing impermanent, “empty,” interdependent phenomena); and
(4) by seeing a separation between oneself and all else (other selves and objects), where there is ultimately non-separation.
The retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, including some guided practices, as well as talks and discussion.
General Information
Online registration for our programs is available until 12 noon of the last business day prior to the day of the event (e.g. online registration for a Monday program ends at 12 noon on the prior Friday). There is an additional $5 fee for registering at the door. If you can’t attend an event you registered for, please see our Cancellation Policy.
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Volunteer/Work Exchange opportunities, as well as full or partial Scholarships, may be available for this program. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteering@spiritrock.org.
Even if you have been to Spirit Rock before, please review our Non-Residential Programs FAQ for useful information about what to wear, what to bring, how to get here, and more.
Teacher(s)
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Donald Rothberg, PhD
Donald Rothberg, PhD
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