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Continuation Body
"Throughout our life we produce energy. We say things and do things, and every thought, every word, and every act carries our signature. What we produce as thoughts, as speech, as action, continues to influence the world, and that is our continuation body. Our actions carry us into the future. We are like stars whose light energy continues to radiate across the cosmos millions of years after they become extinct. . . We don’t need to wait for the complete disintegration of this body in order to begin to see our continuation body, just as a cloud doesn’t need to have been entirely transformed into rain in order to see her continuation body. Can you see your rain, your river, your ocean? Each one of us should train ourselves to see our continuation body in the present moment."
--Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Living
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Walking in Freedom
To celebrate Thay's 94th Continuation Day, the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation invites us to join as a global community to practice walking meditation on Sunday, October 11th.
Choose a time and a place to practice Walking In Freedom and if you feel moved, take a picture of your mindful walking as a Continuation Day gift to Thay, and share on social media using the hashtags #WalkingInFreedom and #HappyContinuationDayThay, or by emailing WalkingInFreedom@tnhf.org.
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Interbeing Sangha
Four Years
Since October 2nd, 2016, we have been holding space to practice together nearly every week, first at Kingston Unitarian Fellowship, then Salti Yoga, and over the past 6 months via Zoom. We have hosted a 3-day residential retreat and several memorable Days of Mindfulness, helped bring the film Walk with Me to Kingston, and widened our circle over the years to welcome many new siblings. Happy Continuation, Sangha!
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Happy Continuation Day
"The day you call your birthday is really a day to remember your continuation. Every day you are alive is a continuation day. Within your body, birth and death are always taking place. We are coming into existence and going out of existence at every moment of our life. When you scratch or scrub yourself, dry skin is flaked off and new skin cells are born. In the time it takes you to read this paragraph, thousands of cells will have died. But there are so many, you do not have time to organize funerals for them. At the same time, thousands of new cells have been born, but it would be impossible to organize birth certifications. Every day you transform. Some part of you is been born and some part is dying."
--Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Living
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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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