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Interbeing Sangha of Kingston - Weekly Electronic Bulletin Issue #28 - February 3rd, 2018

Interbeing Sangha
of Kingston

Weekly Meeting

Please join us for our next weekly gathering, taking place this Sunday, February 4th, for meditation and dharma sharing, 6:30pm at Unitarian Place (Kingston Unitarian Fellowship), 206 Concession Street. Keith Gawronski-McNinch will be bell minding.

Be a Home for Yourself

"Once we are home, we no longer feel lonely. We feel at home - warm, comfortable, safe - fulfilled. So, home is a place where loneliness disappears, but where is home? The Buddha said it very clearly: home is in us, that there is an island that we have to go back to. Home is the self, the Island of Self. This is a practice, not a theory."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh, from a dharma talk given at the Winter Retreat in Plum Village, 2012. (Listen to the audio here)

Coming Soon

Sangha-led Service

Interbeing Sangha will be leading the Sunday morning service at Kingston Unitarian Fellowship on Sunday, February 25th at 10:30 am. The service will introduce KUF to the practice of our sangha, and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, with an emphasis on the common ground between our traditions. Sangha members will share reflections on Engaged Buddhism & Social Justice, Thay’s teachings & Humanism, and the Unitarian "7th Principle" & Interbeing. We hope to see you there.

Seeking New Members

Bell Minders's Team

Interbeing Sangha needs more bell minders. As the saying goes, "many hands make light work." Our ability to host a weekly meeting and support our mindfulness practice together depends upon having a good-sized group to rotate responsibilities for leading, once every six weeks or so. Please consider incorporating this into your practice. Even "guest bell minders" are welcome, if you can only sign up for one date.

Bell minder Linda Tucker had the wonderful idea of establishing mentors for new bell minders. By partnering with an experienced bell minder, those new to leading can have guidance and practice before taking on a scheduled date. Contact interbeingkingston@gmail.com to join the team, or sign up for guest bell minding.

Real Happiness

Meditation Challenge

Sangha member Karen Parsons has shared the 2018 "Real Happiness Meditation Challenge" from meditiation teacher, Sharon Salzberg. This free month-long program follows Sharon's practice and covers a wide variety of meditation techniques. It is now underway but registration has been extended to tonight, February 3rd at midnight. For more info, follow this link.

Community Announcement

Tiny House Blog

The following comes from sangha member, Colette Peters...
"Dear Sangha Members,
I am delighted to announce that I have launched my tiny house blog, My Tiny House Adventures (mytinyhouseadventures.blogspot.ca)
If you are interested, you will be able to subscribe using the button at the top right corner. I am starting with three entries and hope to grow the blog through questions and requests for topics from my readers. I encourage you to post on any tiny house topic you'd like to hear more about. Please feel free to share the blog info as widely as possible. The more readers, the merrrier! Thanks very much!
Warm regards,
Colette"

Sunday at KUF

The Call of Interdependence

This Sunday, February 4th at 10:30 am, Rev. Beckett Coppola explores
what comes next as we aspire to deepen personal and interpersonal connections. How does the call of interdependence that is core to our shared free faith inspire us to make light the work of community? What does it look like for each of us to lean in some days, and lean out others?

Interbeing with Mother Earth

"You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. In that kind of relationship you have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change your life."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

Our sangha has two teams helping to share leadership and facilitation of our meetings. Our Bell Minders Team are mindful facilitators for our weekly gatherings, as well as retreats, taking beautiful care of our friends in the practice including the bell. Our Sangha Care Team facilitates sangha care meetings, plans retreats, minds our library and resources, and coordinates outreach. If you are interested in helping with either or both, contact interbeingkingston@gmail.com for more information.

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