THE BEGINNING OF MEDITATION (Victoria)
Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:00 – 5:30 pm PT
Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Road, Victoria, BC
“The flowering of meditation is goodness, and the generosity of the heart is the beginning of meditation.” The Book of Life, Dec.30.
Do you find at times when your heart opens, your mind becomes quiet and spacious? I invite you to observe this for yourself – place your hands over your heart, breathe, soften into your body. What do you notice? Is this the beginning of meditation?
If you are deeply interested in self-exploration for transformative insight, inner peace and wellbeing, you are welcome to join our dialogue meetings, guided by experienced facilitators passionate about self-inquiry and a shift in consciousness.
Our Facilitator: James Tousignant
I have long been fascinated by the questions “What am I?” and its companion “Why am I here?” In the dialogues and writings of J. Krishnamurti I have found a traveling companion, someone to walk alongside me and guide my exploration into the “extraordinary phenomena of human existence.”
Asking questions, deeply listening, finding out for myself, all the while refining my understanding based on my experiences has been a defining feature of my approach to living. Whether I am facilitating a class or self-inquiry meditation retreat, leading a wilderness kayaking trip off Canada’s west coast, or working co-creatively with my garden I am passionate about showing up as fully as I can in the moment to what is. For me, this is an ongoing act of awareness, presence, blessing and partnership.
As resource we will be using The Book of Life, a collection of daily meditations by J. Krishnamurti. It is available online and from us at cost for $20.
The Book of Life e-book is also freely available here and looking it over for questions to further explore in our meetings is highly recommended.
We recommend reading for this meeting the section on Meditation in The Book of Life: pages December 22-31.
Meetings are held on a donation basis. Your donation can be made here .
They will be held in the Boardroom of the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion. The Pavilion is located in this beautiful park, next to a Japanese Garden.
Enter from Tillicum Road. There is ample parking next to the Pavilion.
Or take #26 bus to Tillicum at Gorge Bridge stop, with a 5 minute walk from there to the Pavilion.
One-time registration for this series is requested!
