Strengthening awareness of what we're aware of and what we're not aware of.

DEADLINE 9/11/2020 for the upcoming Zoom retreat with Christie and Jaya. Information and registration for "Devotion to the Deathless" - Sept 17-20, 2020 - can be found at heartwoodrefuge.org

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 the last episode of this series on the Noble 8-fold Path, Christie* speaks about the role of Concentration as integrated into the Path.

Info and registration (DEADLINE 9/11/20) for Christie's upcoming ONLINE retreat "Devotion to the Deathless" can be found at heartwoodrefuge.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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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

*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 Oxford 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.

Bringing kind awareness to experience.

DEADLINE 9/11/2020 for the upcoming Zoom retreat with Christie and Jaya. Information and registration for "Devotion to the Deathless" - Sept 17-20, 2020 - can be found at heartwoodrefuge.org

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

HAPPY ONE-YEAR BIRTHDAY TO DEEP SOUTH DHARMA!

As part of our ongoing study of the Noble 8-fold Path, Christie* focused on the 4 Hallucinations of Perception that we become able to see through due to practice of Right Mindfulness. The reading in the pre-intro is from Ajahn Sucitto's Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching called "Turning the Wheel of Truth."

Info and registration (DEADLINE 9/11/20) for Christie's upcoming ONLINE retreat "Devotion to the Deathless" can be found at heartwoodrefuge.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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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

*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 Oxford 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.

Christie offers a form of metta practice meant to offer support for the ongoing fuel needed to address harms being done in our culture. Anger and outrage may light a fire in us, but it cannot sustain us over the long term. Metta can.

Self-Compassion in Forgiveness.

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, SCHOLARSHIP info and application, and registration for Christie's upcoming Zoom retreat - Sept 17-20, 2020 -

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

Christie* continues study of the Noble 8-Fold Path with Sutta study and contemplation of Right Effort. The reading at the beginning of the talk is from the Buddha's "Analysis of the Eightfold Path" in the Samyutta Nikāya (SN 45:8).

Another resource mentioned in this talk was "The Grief Recovery Handbook," which is easy to find via online search.

Info, scholarship application, and registration for Christie's upcoming ONLINE retreat "Devotion to the Deathless" can be found at heartwoodrefuge.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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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

*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 Oxford 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.

A 20-minute inquiry practice based on the "Set Aside" prayer.

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, scholarship application, and registration for Christie's upcoming retreat (currently scheduled as in-person or Zoom option)

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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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

Christie* returns to a more structured mode of discussing aspects of the Noble 8-fold Path with this week's consideration of Right Livelihood.

Info, scholarship application, and registration for Christie's upcoming retreat (currently scheduled as in-person w Zoom option)

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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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

*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 Oxford 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.

Letting go the illusion of control, finding gratitude that we are not in control.

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, scholarship application, and registration for Christie's upcoming retreat (currently scheduled as in-person or Zoom option)

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 rest of the Oxford (MS) Practice Group in meeting 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