Training Six: Seek Peace and Reconciliation
Talk Subject: This week we examine training six from the Beloved Community Pledge. REMEMBER always that as we work to create the global beloved community, we seek peace and reconciliation, not dominance and retribution.
For any journey we take, the path we use determines the destination. In the same way, if we seek loving and kind ends, then the means we use to get there must be equally loving and kind. But are love and kindness strong enough to: Overcome tyranny? End injustice? Protect the oppressed? We will explore all of this and more at this week's group meditation. Please come, either in person, or online.
Physical Group Meditation: Tues, May 14 at 6:15 p.m. at the Galaxie Library Meeting Room L114, 14955 Galaxie Ave, Apple Valley, MN, 55124
Virtual Group Meditation: Tues, May 14 starting at 6:20 to 6:30 p.m. (CT) on our Facebook page. You will need to have a Facebook account to watch. There will be a picture on our Facebook page under the "posts" section that you may need to click on to start watching the live-stream. To get the most out of joining us online, read these tips.
Read or listen to previous talks in the Creating the Beloved Community series here.
Our Wellness and Liberation Meditation for Animal Advocates
Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM in Minneapolis.
For details on this event, go here.
Other Upcoming Events
Check out other upcoming events on our events page.
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Recently Added Content on the Web!
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Check out these new videos, talks, and articles!
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Learn who you truly are! Use inquiry to discover your true nature. This group meditation is available in audio, video, and written formats for your convenience. Enjoy!
The Story of Nothing (and Everything!)
The idea that "we are one with everything" is hard to wrap our brains around. This fable, which we have in audio, video, and written formats helps you do just that.
Learn the Ways of Love on a Daily Basis
Learn how meditation and mindfulness help you study love on a daily basis.
See Like a Smart Phone
Understand how non-conceptual seeing helps you connect with your unconditional love.
We Are All One & The Stages of Awakening
Learn the stages of awakening and common pitfalls to avoid as you walk the mindfulness path towards full awakening.
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OWL Retreat for Animal Advocates Now Accepting Applications
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A retreat attendee showing her love at last year's animal advocate retreat.
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We are now accepting applications for the OWL Retreat for animal advocates. Some of our passionate animal advocate volunteers decided to organize and raise funds for this free event, to benefit the animal protection movement.
Details on the event and the application can be found here. Space is limited, so apply today!
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Once again, I leave you with a paraphrased benediction by wisdom teacher Peace Pilgrim:
<<Benevolent love surrounds and protects us. Know your true nature to be love. You are love's beautiful child, always in love's hands. Accept love's protection and there really is nothing to fear.
<<Know that you are not the clay garment of your body. Know that you are not the self-centered egoic nature which needlessly governs your life. Know that you are the life-centered, loving nature. You are unconditional love. You are awareness. You are spacious nothingness. Eternal and indestructible. Identify with the real you.
<<Now, with the knowledge that we are love's perfect children, eternal and indestructible, let us go our separate ways in love, but always remain together in spirit.>>
Wishing you peace and ease,
Freeman
MIndfulness Teacher
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