Lovingkindness toward All Parts of You and Your Experience

A recording of "Midweek Meditation" offered by Christie* to a LIVE practice group via Zoom. Midweek Meditation happens Wednesdays 1130am-12noon Central. Make sure you have your Zoom account and pick up the link to Midweek Meditation at deepsouthdharma.org or at passaticounseling.com

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

Join Christie, Jaya, and the Oxford (MS) Practice community online Saturdays 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE for the time being. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the Oxford Practice Group Online at deepsouthdharma.org

If you're able to be happy, it's a great service to the world.

Join Christie, Jaya, and other members of Deep South Dharma at our Saturday Morning Practice Group at 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE. Christie also offers Midweek Meditation via Zoom on Wednesdays, 1130a-12noon Central time. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the group you want to attend at deepsouthdharma.org

If you are a self-identified white woman willing to do the work of dismantling delusions of white supremacy in your own self-concept, join Christie** and Flowering Lotus Meditation for "Meet the Manager" on Fri evening, Oct 16 - Sun morning, Oct 17. Message Christie if you need to see  a copy of the (quite flexible) schedule before you make the commitment. Register at floweringlotusmeditation.org

For information about other events as they occur, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

**Acharya Christie Bates (Passatininna) is a Dharmacharya/Lay Minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa. She is founder and co-teacher of Deep South Dharma's Practice Group. She teaches occasional retreats in other settings and is a Licensed Professional Counselor for TN and MS. She has previous experience as a trauma specialist and program director in residential trauma treatment, and has worked for many years to help people free themselves from the tyranny of preferences through wise and ethical practice.

"You never know what's going to happen."

A recording of "Midweek Meditation" offered by Christie* to a LIVE practice group via Zoom. Midweek Meditation happens Wednesdays 1130am-12noon Central. Make sure you have your Zoom account and pick up the link to Midweek Meditation at deepsouthdharma.org or at passaticounseling.com

Info and registration on the upcoming retreat "Meet the Manager" via Flowering Lotus Meditation can be accessed on the home page at https://floweringlotusmeditation.org

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

Join Christie, Jaya, and the Oxford (MS) Practice community online Saturdays 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE for the time being. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the Oxford Practice Group Online at deepsouthdharma.org

In this lifelong training of mind and heart, how are we to respond to the sickness of one who has been so careless for the sickness of others?

If you want to know more about Acharya Abhaya Darpana (Rev Dustin Davis) quoted in this episode, visit his website at https://paradoxus46n2.wixsite.com/satigiri

Join Christie, Jaya, and other members of Deep South Dharma at our Saturday Morning Practice Group at 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE. Christie also offers Midweek Meditation via Zoom on Wednesdays, 1130a-12noon Central time. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the group you want to attend at deepsouthdharma.org

If you are a self-identified white woman willing to do the work of dismantling delusions of white supremacy in your own self-concept, join Christie** and Flowering Lotus Meditation for "Meet the Manager" on Fri evening, Oct 16 - Sun morning, Oct 17. Message Christie if you need to see  a copy of the (quite flexible) schedule before you make the commitment. Register at floweringlotusmeditation.org

For information about other events as they occur, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

**Acharya Christie Bates (Passatininna) is a Dharmacharya/Lay Minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa. She is founder and co-teacher of Deep South Dharma's Practice Group. She teaches occasional retreats in other settings and is a Licensed Professional Counselor for TN and MS. She has previous experience as a trauma specialist and program director in residential trauma treatment, and has worked for many years to help people free themselves from the tyranny of preferences through wise and ethical practice.

An intentional practice of joy. 

A recording of "Midweek Meditation" offered by Christie* to a LIVE practice group via Zoom. Midweek Meditation happens Wednesdays 1130am-12noon Central. Make sure you have your Zoom account and pick up the link to Midweek Meditation at deepsouthdharma.org or at passaticounseling.com

Info and registration on the upcoming retreat "Meet the Manager" via Flowering Lotus Meditation can be accessed on the home page at https://floweringlotusmeditation.org

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

Join Christie, Jaya, and the Oxford (MS) Practice community online Saturdays 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE for the time being. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the Oxford Practice Group Online at deepsouthdharma.org

*w/apologies to Elvis Costello

Disenchantment and dispassion as clear knowing. Disenchantment in the sense of breaking the spell. Dispassion as not getting "hooked" by craving or aversion, not even craving to "set things right," not even aversion to delusion. The sutta reference in this episode is from AN 10.61

Join Christie, Jaya, and other members of Deep South Dharma at our Saturday Morning Practice Group at 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE. Christie also offers Midweek Meditation via Zoom on Wednesdays, 1130a-12noon Central time. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the group you want to attend at deepsouthdharma.org

If you are a self-identified white woman willing to do the work of dismantling delusions of white supremacy in your own self-concept, join Christie** and Flowering Lotus Meditation for "Meet the Manager" on Fri evening, Oct 16 - Sun morning, Oct 17. Message Christie if you need to see  a copy of the (quite flexible) schedule before you make the commitment. Register at floweringlotusmeditation.org

For information about other events as they occur, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

**Acharya Christie Bates (Passatininna) is a Dharmacharya/Lay Minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa. She is founder and co-teacher of Deep South Dharma's Practice Group. She teaches occasional retreats in other settings and is a Licensed Professional Counselor for TN and MS. She has previous experience as a trauma specialist and program director in residential trauma treatment, and has worked for many years to help people free themselves from the tyranny of preferences through wise and ethical practice.

A recording of "Midweek Meditation" offered by Christie* to a LIVE practice group via Zoom. Midweek Meditation happens Wednesdays 1130am-12noon Central. Make sure you have your Zoom account and pick up the link to Midweek Meditation at deepsouthdharma.org or at passaticounseling.com

Info and registration on the upcoming retreat "Meet the Manager" via Flowering Lotus Meditation can be accessed on the home page at https://floweringlotusmeditation.org

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

Join Christie, Jaya, and the Oxford (MS) Practice community online Saturdays 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE for the time being. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the Oxford Practice Group Online at deepsouthdharma.org

With awareness of the deep sense of loss being experienced worldwide at this time, Christie* shares a talk on equanimity originally given at Embracing Simplicity Nashville in June 2018.

Join Christie, Jaya, and other members of Deep South Dharma at our Saturday Morning Practice Group at 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE. Christie also offers Midweek Meditation via Zoom on Wednesdays, 1130a-12noon Central time. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the group you want to attend at deepsouthdharma.org

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

*Acharya Christie Bates (Passatininna) is a Dharmacharya/Lay Minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa. She is founder and co-teacher of Deep South Dharma's Practice Group. She teaches occasional retreats in other settings and is a Licensed Professional Counselor for TN and MS. She has previous experience as trauma specialist and program director in residential trauma treatment, and has worked for many years to help people free themselves from the tyranny of preferences through wise and ethical practice.

The answer to the question, "What's the point of practice?" is practice.

A recording of "Midweek Meditation" offered by Christie* to a LIVE practice group via Zoom. Midweek Meditation happens Wednesdays 1130am-12noon Central. Make sure you have your Zoom account and pick up the link to Midweek Meditation at deepsouthdharma.org or at passaticounseling.com

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

Join Christie, Jaya, and the Oxford (MS) Practice community online Saturdays 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE for the time being. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the Oxford Practice Group Online at deepsouthdharma.org

In this talk on Befriending Uncertainty to Go "Beyond the Reach of All This Pain," Christie* addresses the situation in which anxiety reflects a seed of wisdom.. This talk was originally recorded in 2017 with the Embracing Simplicity Nashville (TN) sangha.

Join Christie, Jaya, and other members of Deep South Dharma at our Saturday Morning Practice Group at 10-11am CENTRAL time ONLINE. Christie also offers Midweek Meditation via Zoom on Wednesdays, 1130a-12noon Central time. After you make sure you have your free Zoom account, pick up the Zoom link specific to the group you want to attend at deepsouthdharma.org

For information about upcoming retreats as it becomes available, as well as our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page..

We are always happy to answer general questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual Contemplative Spiritual Direction with Christie* (15 min sessions currently available at your own rate, as well as the usual hour or half hour), visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

*Acharya Christie Bates (Passatininna) is a Dharmacharya/Lay Minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa. She is founder and co-teacher of Deep South Dharma's Practice Group. She teaches occasional retreats in other settings and is a Licensed Professional Counselor for TN and MS. She has previous experience as trauma specialist and program director in residential trauma treatment, and has worked for many years to help people free themselves from the tyranny of preferences through wise and ethical practice.