Volume 4, Issue 7 July 2014 zey Newsletter Title INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Daily Sits 4 Back Page Story 4 Tuesday evening classes are on vacation for the month of July. Will return in August. MORE INFO Jack Kornfield in Tucson Nov 15-16 More SPOTLIGHT: A SUMMER INQUIRY with Hayward M. Fox, Ph.D. Two half-day workshops: July 26 and August 23 8:30 am-12:30 pm at TOMF We seek to find secure footing in the shifting landscape of our lives. We attempt to establish a strong, stable self that can deal with what we anticipate to be next in our lives. However, time has shown us that the future we anticipate is not the future that arrives and that the stance we prepare leaves us off balance. Perhaps we are making some basic assumptions that limit our knowledge. Can we learn a new way of knowing that increases our freedom? Can we learn to live with less resistance, less friction and more ease? Each meeting will allow new perspectives on our self and the circumstances of our lives. Hope to see you soon. Hayward Fox. Click HERE for Recent video clips at www.HaywardFox.com more info info Registration is Now Open: Mindfulness Meditation Intensive Retreat Yard CleanUp Day Sunday July 18 6:30 PM More info with Shinzen Young, September 13-19, 2014. 7-day residential retreat at the COD Ranch in Oracle. Contact Blake Barton at 520-514-2262 or by email at [email protected] CLICK HERE for MORE information. Upasaka Culadasa will be starting a new class series on July 31st entitled: Adverse Effects Attributed to Meditation: Emotional Purifications, Piti, and Dark Nights. He will typically be teaching on the second and fourth Thursdays after the initial class. Other Dharma Treasure teachers will be teaching on the first and third Thursdays of the month. The topics and teachers are to be determined. TCMC New sletter Page 2 New Classes Beginning: Compassion Cultivation Training from Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Time: Eight Sundays, 4-6pm Dates: August 17 - October 5 at TCMC Course Instructor: Aly Waibel, PhD(c), Certified Instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training Cultivating compassion goes beyond feeling concern for others. It develops the strength to be with suffering, the courage to take compassionate action, and the resilience to prevent empathy fatigue. Compassion cultivation can also support one’s own health, happiness, and well-being. Preliminary research suggests that CCT and similar programs can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, and enhance connection with others. No previous meditation experience is required. Tuition: $295 / $325 with CE’s (includes course materials) Contact: [email protected] for more information To register: go to compassioneducation.com/events Classes Continuing: Mindfulness of Money A Six Week Class with Dharma Treasure Teacher Blake Barton Thursday Evenings - June 19 – July 24, 2014 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm CLICK HERE for more info Do you have debt or financial issues? Do you want to integrate your finances and consumption into your dharma practice? If so, this is the class for you. This class will explore a systematic practice for being mindful of the way that you earn and spend money. It will help you better align your spending with your values, and transform your relationship with money. This is not about following a strict budget. As you apply more mindfulness to your spending patterns, you will find that they tend to align more closely with your values and life purpose. TEACHER: Blake Barton has been practicing mindfulness of money and simple living for 17 years. He followed the steps presented in this course which allowed him to retire from his primary career at 47 years of age. He now has more time for spiritual practice and service to the community. Page 3 TCMC New sletter Weekly Sit Schedule TCMC 1231 E. Edison Street PO Box 40007 Tucson, AZ 85717 Phone 520 622-0089 E-mail [email protected] Directions to 1231 E Edison: One block S of Grant, 2 houses W of Mountain, on the N side of Edison It is important to the future of TCMC to observe mindful parking… We’re on the Web! TucsonMeditation.org MONDAY EVENINGS: 6:30-7:30pm All levels. Mindfulness Meditation Practice: a guided meditation suitable for beginners, followed by a brief, optional discussion. TUESDAY EVENINGS: 6:30-8:30pm Path of Insight Meditation with Community Dharma leader Lhasha Tizer. These classes are designed to be taken as a series, each class building upon the previous class. The classes consist of meditation instruction, a dharma talk, Q&A and personal inquiry. WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: 5:30-6:30pm Making a Difference: Cultivating Our True Nature ON HIATUS 6:45-7:30pm or sometimes 8pm. All levels. 1st Wed: Mindful Music. The theme is music & love, and the meditation will be facilitated by a group who love music & have trained with Bonnie Colby . Everyone is welcome. Please bring CD player or iPod with your favorite music and earphones. 2nd Wed: Loving Kindness 3rd Wed: Loving Kindness through emotional state 4th Wed: Buddy Group Practice (active way of compassion) THURSDAY EVENINGS & FRIDAY MORNINGS: Blake will be teaching Jul 3, 10, 17 and 24. Culadasa will teach on Jul 31. 5:00 – 6:00pm – Private meditation interviews 2nd and 4th Thursdays (call 520-508-2368) 6:00 – 6:30pm – Doors open and orientation for newcomers on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays 6:30 – 7:15pm – Seated meditation followed by a short break. Please arrive on time. 7:30 – 8:30pm – Class taught by Culadasa, or another Dharma Treasure teacher. FRIDAY MORNINGS: 7:30-8:15am–ONE 45-minute sit SATURDAY MORNINGS: 8:30, 9:00 AND 9:30. You may join at the beginning of any half hour. The sits are silent (please maintain silence between Saturday sits). SUNDAY MORNINGS: 8:30, 9:00 & 9:30. You may join at the beginning of any half hour. The sits are silent. Volunteer Voucher System… TCMC is pleased to announce a new volunteer voucher system. In order to operate effectively and to continue to provide meditation classes, retreats, and silent sits, TCMC needs a group of committed volunteers. In order to provide an incentive to volunteer, TCMC is now offering $10 in volunteer vouchers for each hour of volunteer service. These vouchers can be used in lieu of payment at any TCMC sponsored event. This program officially began on June 1st, 2014, so any volunteer hours completed since then will be eligible for vouchers. Please contact Blake Barton at [email protected] with any questions or to receive your vouchers. They will typically be distributed on a monthly basis. For more information, please click here. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to us as it is, infinite. … William Blake ∞Please send submissions for this Enewsletter to Martha ([email protected]) by the 15th of the month.∞