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Tuesday 31 August 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Fwd: Doug McGill Information & Resources

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From: St. Mark's Meditation Center <stmarksmeditation@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 7:57 PM
Subject: Doug McGill Information & Resources
To: <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com>

Doug McGill Information & Resources

Dear Friends,

On the heels of Doug McGill's gentle, inspiring, and wisdom-filled guidance of our sangha last night, please find the following related information and resources for your reference and benefit:

Doug's Dhamma talks, which are streamable and downloadable from his website

Doug's direct PayPal link, in case anyone wants to offer Dana so that Doug can continue to spread the Dhamma as far and widely as possible

Doug's mailing address, in case you would like to support his efforts, but prefer to send a check over electronic transfer:

Doug McGill

PO Box 6513

Rochester, MN 55903

And finally, the electronic flyer for Doug's upcoming Sep 10-12 weekend retreat, which will be based on the teachings of a very wise and contemporary non-dual teacher named Rupert Spira.

You Are Invited to "Mindfulness as a Path of Love,'" Sept. 10-12

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"Mindfulness as a Path of Love," Sept. 10-12 >>> Click here for your personal invitation <<<

Dear Spiritual Friends,

I'm excited to invite you to a very special online weekend retreat I'm offering with the Christine Center on Sept. 10-12.

It's a truly special retreat because our practice theme is the profoundest of all human experiences—love.

With love all goes well in this life; while in its absence, only suffering.

Why would this be so?

Because quite simply, love is the very nature of reality.

If we know the nature of reality as love, we're thus totally in synch with reality in every moment.

In other words, reality is exactly opposite how we usually understand it.

Reality isn't cold, cruel and unforgiving. It's actually pure love, the ultimate refuge, and indeed the only thing we ever truly experience—if we only knew it!

Which we can, in meditation.

In meditation we can instantly, directly, and unforgettably experience love as the one abiding reality—and forever be transformed.

To know reality as love is the aim of this retreat, nothing less.

I do hope you'll watch the short video above as my personal invitation to you to attend this retreat.

It would be wonderful to practice with you.

For full details on registration, the daily schedule, suggested readings and more, click here or anywhere on the graphic below.

With love

Doug

For full details and to register,

click here or just above.

With love,

Brian :)

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Please disregard!

Hi friends,

For some reason google had e emails that Travis sent this weekend on hold and I needed to approve them to prevent it from happening again. Please disregard.

The email about this weekend's class will be coming later in the week.

Thanks,

Devin

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Downtown Dharma Reading Group -- Next Meeting -- Saturday, Sep. 18

Hi all,

The next meeting of the Downtown Dharma reading group will be on Saturday, September 18th at 6-7:30pm. We will be reading The Book of Joy, a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. The book is split into three sections, and we will be reading the first section, "The Nature of True Joy" (p. 1-67). We plan on having a free-flowing discussion after a few opening thoughts/questions.

We will be doing a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting. We ask that participants only join in person if they have been fully vaccinated. The meeting will be held at my intentional community, Maitri House.

Meeting info:
Date/Time: Saturday, 9/18, 6-7:30pm
Address: 251 Manor Circle, Takoma Park, MD 20912. You are welcome to read more about Maitri House here, including the note about accessibility.
People are welcome to stick around for an optional group dinner afterwards.

If you can make it, please RSVP to me by replying to this email so that I can set up the space and inform my housemates. No pressure to have completed the reading in order to join.

Zoom link to follow in an email closer to the date.

Looking forward to reading this book with you all!

Warmly,
Karen (Kaz)

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Saturday 28 August 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Fwd: "The Open Secret" With Doug McGill

Dear Friends,

I'm forwarding this as a special invitation for you all to join us this Monday evening @ 7:30PM for a guided meditation, Dhamma talk, and Q&A session w/ one of my favorite teachers, Doug McGill. You can read about Doug below, or take my word for it that he is a wise one. We are indeed, very lucky to have him. So feel free to join us, either in person at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Cap Hill, or virtually using the Zoom link below.

I hope to see some of you there :). Have a great weekend!

With love,

brian

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From: St. Mark's Meditation Center <stmarksmeditation@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 3:55 PM
Subject: "The Open Secret" With Doug McGill
To: <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com>

Realizing Our True Nature

Join us on Monday, August 30, from 7:30-9:00 p.m., for meditation and discussion. We are honored to be joined this week by veteran meditation teacher Doug McGill, who will lead us in meditation and give a talk on what he calls "The Open Secret." Doug writes:

A stubborn paradox of meditation is that the very effort we put towards liberation, often becomes the biggest obstacle to achieving it. Meanwhile the happiness we seek is already fully present and available, because happiness is the very essence of our being.

In this session, we'll look at common ways we miss the open secret of our true nature as complete ease and contentment; and we'll practice how to see that essence effortlessly, to nourish it, and to live from it fully.

Doug McGill founded and for 16 years was the Guiding Teacher of the Rochester Meditation Center in Rochester, MN. In 2019, he edited "Relax and Be Aware: Mindfulness Meditations for Clarity, Confidence and Wisdom," a concise guide to the meditation of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. Since 2013 he has published "The Daily Tejaniya," a daily email practice reminder from Sayadaw. Since 2013 he has taught a six-week "Introduction to Awareness Meditation" class several times a year. He learned insight meditation from Steve Armstrong, Kamala Masters and S.N. Goenka; and the Direct Path from Rupert Spira. From 1979 to 1999 he was a reporter at The New York Times and a bureau chief for Bloomberg News based in Tokyo, London and Hong Kong.

As in the past few weeks, the sangha will be conducted both in-person at St. Mark's and online via Zoom. Join us:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88451653431

Password: SMMC1

Digital Dana

As a reminder, we are now able to accept donations to the sangha electronically at SMMC Online Donation, using the Realm platform. Donations to the St. Mark's Meditation Center are largely used to support service causes and organizations in the spirit of loving-kindness, as in the recent holiday contribution to So Others Might Eat.

Questions on this payment process or our use of dana? Contact Michele Rivard at MMRivard@hotmail.com.

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] From Travis: An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha: What’s Your Dharma?

Hi all- we're having some technical issues with the listserv. Please see the below from Travis regarding Sunday's class.

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From: Travis Spencer <tspencer@iaam-dc.org>
Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 3:19 PM
Subject: An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha: What's Your Dharma?
To: Devin Maroney <devinmaroney@gmail.com>

What's Your Dharma?

Downtown Dharma Sangha

DATE: 8/29/2021 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location: Online Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer

Mindful Helper- Elicia Wright

According to Salisha of Yoga Approved.com, dharma means your purpose in life; additionally, Salisha states that your dharma is your true calling or what you were put on earth to do.

During our time together we will participate in a heart-centered practice of listening and sharing with one another. We will discuss embracing our dharma to guide our spiritual awakening, healing, and wellness.

"We can easily get lost in the chaos of all these voices, but once we can access and become attuned to it, our dharma acts as a guiding light. And once we become aware of our true purpose, we can step into our full power and potential."

- Saiisha

with METTA (loving-kindness),

Travis M. Spencer MA.
Executive Director, and Lead Teacher
Institute of African American Mindfulness IAAM

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] An Evening With Downtown Dharma Sangha: What’s Your Dharma?

What's Your Dharma?

Downtown Dharma Sangha

DATE: 8/29/2021 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location: Online Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer

Mindful Helper- Elicia Wright

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- Saiisha

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha: What is your Dharma?

Downtown Dharma Sangha

DATE: 8/29/2021 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location: Online Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer

Mindful Helper- Elicia Wright

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- Saiisha

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha:

Downtown Dharma Sangha

DATE: 8/29/2021 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location: Online Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer

Mindful Helper- Elicia Wright

According to Salisha of Yoga Approved.com, dharma means your purpose in life; additionally, Salisha states that your dharma is your true calling or what you were put on earth to do.
During our time together we will participate in a heart-centered practice of listening and sharing with one another. We will discuss embracing our dharma to guide our spiritual awakening, healing, and wellness.

- Saiisha

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Sunday 22 August 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] This Sunday: Silvia Garcia Pereira

Hey folks, have others been able to get into this^ Zoom? I joined a couple minutes late and I've been stuck in the waiting room 🙁

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 6:11 PM Devin Maroney <devinmaroney@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear friends,

I'm happy to say we have a wonderful guest teacher this week. Please see the email below from Silvia Garcia Pereira.

****

Hi friends,

I'm honored to be the guest teacher for your regular class this Sunday.
We will meet on Zoom (information below) from 7 to 8:30 pm to meditate, explore the dharma, and connect with each other. This will be a virtual class.

This week we'll explore what does it mean to take refuge in oneself.

As the Buddha told Ananda:
"Therefore, Ananda, be islands unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves, seeking no other refuge; with the Dharma as your island, the Dharma as your refuge, seeking no other refuge."
We will explore this teaching together.

I'm looking forward to being with you.

in sangha,
Silvia

Start time: Sunday, 7:00 PM US Eastern Time - Click here to join the zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 466 237 117
Passcode: 546447
Join by phone: (646) 876 9923 US (New York) or find your local number

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Friday 20 August 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] This Sunday: Silvia Garcia Pereira

Dear friends,

I'm happy to say we have a wonderful guest teacher this week. Please see the email below from Silvia Garcia Pereira.

****

Hi friends,

I'm honored to be the guest teacher for your regular class this Sunday.

We will meet on Zoom (information below) from 7 to 8:30 pm to meditate, explore the dharma, and connect with each other. This will be a virtual class.

This week we'll explore what does it mean to take refuge in oneself.

As the Buddha told Ananda:

"Therefore, Ananda, be islands unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves, seeking no other refuge; with the Dharma as your island, the Dharma as your refuge, seeking no other refuge."

We will explore this teaching together.

I'm looking forward to being with you.

in sangha,

Silvia

Start time: Sunday, 7:00 PM US Eastern Time - Click here to join the zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 466 237 117

Passcode: 546447

Join by phone: (646) 876 9923 US (New York) or find your local number

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Monday 16 August 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Re: Saturday August 21 -- Reading Group -- Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

Hi everyone,

This is a reminder that the downtown dharma book club will be meeting this Saturday at 6pm to discuss the third component of Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators by Guy Armstrong. It'll be a free-flowing and lively discussion I'm sure. If you haven't already, send me a note to let me know that you're coming. My address is in the previous email.

If you can't make the in person meeting but would still like to participate, here is the Zoom link courtesy of Brandel.

Topic: Downtown Dharma Book Group
Time: Aug 21, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 828 2471 3931
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On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 10:20 PM Luke Horvath <lukehorvathnd@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

We'll be meeting for the third and final time to discuss Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators by Guy Armstrong on Saturday, August 21 at 6pm. We'll be discussing Part II (Phenomena) and Part III (Awareness). Personally, I've deeply enjoyed reading this book and have felt it have a fruitful impact on my practice. The discussions at the first two meetings have been free-ranging and (in my opinion) some of the most insightful since we started this book club almost 2 years ago. I'm really looking forward to finishing it out! There is no pressure to have read the book or have attended the previous two sessions in order to participate.

Please email me at lukehorvathnd@gmail.com if you'd like to RSVP so that I know how many chairs to arrange.

Meeting Information:
We will be doing a combined in-person/Zoom meeting this time. We ask that participants only come in person if they have been fully vaccinated.

August, 21 6:00-7:30 pm
Address: Luke Horvath's house. 1039 Quebec Pl NW, Washington, DC 20010

With love! I hope you all have good weeks!

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Luke Horvath
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