Open to All Invite Friends
Free for the IMT Sangha
and Dana is Welcome
Online
We are living in perilous times with no easy solutions in sight. The accumulation of so many crises threatens our ability to respond effectively. What does the Dharma have to offer us as we navigate the chaotic existential threats crashing all around us? As a Sangha of like minded people, what role can we play in the evolving drama? What does it take to create and empower a collective wisdom? What is our capacity for finding new ways to respond? Native peoples traditionally hold that meeting together in council is the basis for finding collective wisdom. They say, “Everyone has a piece of the medicine.” When we all contribute we find what is needed. It is imperative that we try.
This evocative poem by Parker Palmer will guide us in our conversation and inquiry:
Everything Falls Away
Sooner or later, everything falls away.
You, the work you’ve done, your successes,
large and small, your failures, too. Those
moments when you were light, alongside
the times you became one with the night.
The friends, the people you loved
who loved you, those who might have wished
you ill, none of this is forever. All of it is
soon to go, or going, or long gone.
Everything falls away, except the thread
you’ve followed, unknowing, all along.
The thread that strings together all you’ve
been and done, the thread you didn’t know
you were tracking until, toward the end,
you see that the thread is what stays
as everything else falls away.
Follow that thread as far as you can and
you’ll find that it does not end, but weaves
into the unimaginable vastness of life. Your
life never was the solo turn it seemed to be.
It was always part of the great weave of
nature and humanity, an immensity we
come to know only as we follow our own
small threads to the place where they
merge with the boundless whole.
Each of our threads runs its course, then
joins in life together. This magnificent tapestry –
this masterpiece in which we live forever.
What is the thread you follow?
This will be our inquiry.
HOW TO JOIN US
Registration is NOT required. The button below will direct you to the Awakening the Collective Heart page where you can join us Sunday, Aug 28 at 9:55 for the 10am (Pacific Time) class by clicking on the ENTER MEDITATION HALL HERE button.
WHEN
Sunday, Oct 9
10am-12:30pm PT
(During Daylight Savings Time Arizona is the same as Pacific Time)
WHERE
Like all our current offerings, this class will take place via Zoom, an online meeting platform.
COST
Freely Offered and Dana is Welcome.
CONTACT
For any questions contact Terry by email at insightmeditationtucson@gmail.com or leave a voice message at 520-477-1897.