Christie* reflects on a discussion introduced at the Oxford Practice Group via Robert Bly's translation and commentary on Rainer Maria Rilke. The book referred to - Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke - can be ordered at your independent bookstore or HERE.

For information and registration for the LIVE-then-on-demand webinar, "Time to Breathe: When Your Loved One is in Treatment" GO HERE.

Registration for the March 20-22, 2020 retreat hosted by Flowering Lotus Meditation is OPEN! See details and REGISTER HERE for just $50. One of several special things about Flowering Lotus is that it offers retreats on a donation basis beyond the initial registration/commitment fee.

Registration for the September 17-20, 2020 retreat at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, "Devotion to the Deathless," is also OPEN. Registration covers room and board, including private bathrooms and wonderful vegetarian/vegan meals. More about that HERE.

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, OR if you live in Tennessee and Mississippi and are in need of counseling, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website.

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*Christie Bates is a minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order (ordained "Acharya Passatininna") and is co-founder and teacher of Deep South Dharma. Deep South Dharma has a weekly practice group in Oxford MS and stays connected with our extended sangha through this podcast and occasional online offerings