Human life has always been fragile and reliant on interconnection, but this is a time when more people are suddenly more aware.  Christie* offers some well-tested reflections that can help us develop the capacity to live at peace with the increased awareness.

The Flowering Lotus Meditation Retreat planned for this month has been re-worked to allow for physical distancing. There are a few basic misperceptions baked into the experience of being human, but awareness and practice can allow us to see them and see through them, so that we meet this moment in the best way possible. Join our mini-retreat "In Harmony with Reality" on Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 10am - 1pm CENTRAL time. Donation-based. Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/848350545

If you have a loved one in treatment for mental health or addictive disorders, you may want to attend one or more of Christie's weekly webinars called Time to Breathe: When Your Loved One is in Treatment. Follow the link for details and registration.

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.

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.

*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