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Gratitude and Living a Life of Openness
Zen, Compassion, Mindfulness, Meditation Robert Althouse Zen, Compassion, Mindfulness, Meditation Robert Althouse

Gratitude and Living a Life of Openness

Our Foundation of Mindfulness classes start soon, offering a comprehensive set of teachings on mindfulness and how to begin living a Zen-inspired life that leads to a deeper love and resilience based on joy and compassion. In these classes you will discover that meditation may not be easy to do. It requires patience. And patience is based on trust. To find the deeper truth and love of who you really are, requires letting go and trusting that life is enough. Your life is a seed that will flower if you take good care of it.

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Meditation from the Inside–Out
Meditation, Mindfulness Robert Althouse Meditation, Mindfulness Robert Althouse

Meditation from the Inside–Out

In our beginning classes at Zen Center, we teach “meditation from the inside out”. When beginners think of meditation they may imagine someone sitting in full-lotus in some exotic place. This externalized, ideal image is not helpful, because meditation takes place where you are, in your domestic situation. It is not a vacation. It is not a luxury.

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