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2023-05-29 | Depth In Practice | Bring Me the Rhinoceros | John Tarrant by Appamada

2023-06-06 I Inquiry I Stop Waiting To Live Your Life I Laurie Winnette by Appamada

00:04:48 - Joel Invites People to sit for 5 Minutes and offers a Prompt

00:05:52 - Please Pause the Video Here to Sit for 5 Minutes

00:06:10 - Joel Introduces the Precept - ‘I Take Up the Way of Cultivating a Clear Mind' and Talks About Attachments, Delusions, and the Brain

00:19:03 - Joel Invites Questions

00:25:42 - Becky's Song - ‘How Simple Can I Make This'

00:28:43 - Joel goes through the Instructions for the connection Rooms

00:35:01 - Connection Rooms - 1.Take 3 Minutes Each 2. Share reflections on How you might use Substances, Media, Social Interactions, even Meditation as Ways of Distraction. 3. Offer Recognition to the Part that is Seeking Relief/Withdrawal

00:35:13 - The Qualities of Self

00:36:27 - 8 Qualities the Big S-Self possesses - Compassionate, Creative, Curious, Confident, Courageous, Calm, Connected, Clarity

00:36:45 - The 5 'P's - Presence, Persistence, Perspective, Playfulness, Patience

00:36:59 - Joel Invites People to Share their Reflections

00:42:12 - Joel Reflects on Right Use of Power --Up Power Role 150% Responsibility/Down Power Role 100% Responsibility/(Taking Care of Impact)

00:48:36 - Coming to the End, Joel reads a Quote from: 'For A Future to Be Possible:A Guide to the Five Mindfulness Trainings' by Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)

00:52:20 - sitting with Asoka for a Little While - Sending Metta and Love

00:53:48 - Thank you’s and Farewells

2023-04-04 | Class 3 | Precepts | speaking with Openess and Possibility | Joel Barna

2023-05-28 Jizo Ceremony by Appamada

2023-05-21 Dharma Talk | Rupesh Chhagan by Appamada

2023-05-30 I Inquiry I The Generosity of True Practice I Flint Sparks by Appamada

To paint a bird's portrait

~ Jacques Prevert

First of all, paint a cage

with an open door.

Then paint something attractive

something simple

something beautiful

something of benefit for the bird.

Put the picture on a tree

in a garden, in a wood, or in a forest.

Hide behind the tree

without speaking, without moving…

Sometimes the bird arrives quickly

but sometimes it may take long years

before deciding.

Don't be discouraged. Wait.

Wait for years if necessary.

The rapidity or the slowness of the arrival

of the bird doesn't have any relationship

with the result of the picture.

When the bird comes, if it comes,

observe the most profound silence

Wait until the bird enters the cage

and when it has entered

close the door softly with the brush.

Then erase all the bars one by the one

taking care not to touch any of the bird’s

feathers.

Then paint the portrait of the tree

choosing the most beautiful of the

branches

for the bird.

Paint also the green foliage

and the fresh wind, the sun’s dust

and the noise of the beasts of the grass

in the summer's heat

and then, wait for the bird to start to sing.

If the bird doesn't sing

it's a bad sign,

a sign that the painting is not quite right.

But if it sings it's a good sign

a sign that you can sign.

So, very gently, you pull out

one of the bird’s feathers

and you write your name in a corner of

the painting.

2023-05-15 | Depth In Practice | Bring Me the Rhinoceros | John Tarrant by Appamada

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