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Your Ideas Needed for 2008 Retreat Theme

The Heartland Community of Mindful Living will host Br Chan Huy for a weekend residential mindfulness retreat at Marillac Center (Leavenworth KS) from 3-5 October 2008.  The registration form has already been posted in the "upcoming events" sidebar of this website.

The theme and title for the retreat are in the process of being decided.  Please email your suggestions to us.  We appreciate it!

Holiday Sangha

The Heartland Community of Mindful Living will meet as usual through the Christmas and New Year's holidays.  On Monday, December 31, after the meditation period, we will have a tea circle and burning bowl ceremony.  Please think of what you aspire to and what you would like to transform or release during the next year.  You can even make this the object of your meditation during the next week.  We will write down what we want to let go of and watch it go up in smoke!   We will collect your aspirations and return them to you later this year as inspiration.  You may be surprised to see how they have come to pass.

We look forward to dwelling in community with you this holiday season! 

The Story of Stuff

Look more deeply into the impact of all that stuff you own.  Watch this video, the Story of Stuff.  Thanks to Sangha friend Richard Fagan for telling us about it.  It's already making a big impact, perhaps comparable to the film An Inconvenient Truth.

Day of Mindfulness - January 19, 2008

Do your desires rule you or are they sign-posts along your path?  Our next day of mindfulness "Having It All" will explore the nature of desires and how use them as a tool for greater peace and joy in yourself and in the world.

The day begins at 9:00 am at Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom C, 707 W. 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64112.  Classroom C is at the top of the back stairs.  From the front door, walk straight back past the bulletin board and the art gallery to the back stairs.  Please bring a sack lunch or plan to order carry-out at Eden Alley, in the lower level of Unity.  We will break at 11:00 for anyone wanting to order from Eden Alley.  Also bring a blanket for deep relaxation meditation.  The temperature in Classroom C varies and we have little control over it.  Please dress in layers.  Meditation cushions and chairs are provided.  The day ends at 4:00 pm.

A $35 - $90 dollar donation is suggested.  Please give according to your means and the value you feel you have received. 

Our flyer contains a detailed schedule.  Please RSVP to Bethany.  We look forward to spending the day together.