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Level One Programs
Winter 2010
 

 

Level 1 Class:

     Self-Knowledge as
     the Doorway to
     Freedom

Level 1 Intensive:

     Practicing
     Insight
     Meditation

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Level I Intermediate programs are designed for those who have one or more of the following

  • Have maintained a regular meditation practice ( i.e. 3 or more times a week) for the last 6 months

  • Completed 2 ClearLight Public classes, or the equivalent in another setting

  • Completed a Mindfulness-based Stress Management Program and one ClearLight Public class

If you have any questions about eligibility, please click on ‘Contact Us’ on any page and send us an email with your meditation history and experience.  We will be happy to advise you.

Self-Knowledge as the Doorway to Freedom:

The Practice of Insight Meditation

Weekly Class
Two Registration Options:  Live Classroom or Audio via the Internet

January 19th - March 23rd

10 Tuesday evenings     7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Doorways - thequantumawakening.com.jpg Once we establish a firm foundation in mindfulness meditation practice, there develops a sense of familiarity and clarity with how the mind works.  This is the dawning of insight, the start of a deeper journey to understanding ourselves and what we experience. 

Insight meditation is a path of discovery.  It exposes how unexamined mental patterns distort our experience resulting in suffering and dissatisfaction.  As we begin to see more clearly the actual nature of the way things are, we open the doorway to freedom, greater relaxation and joy. 

In this class we will explore deepening levels of meditation and central teachings on the practice.  There will be guided meditations and exercises as well as opportunities for discussions.  Topics will include:

  • Understanding Insight Meditation

  • How to practice:  Effort,  surrender, and the paradox of progress

  • Relating with thoughts: Concepts and reality

  • Freeing the emotions

  • Hindrances and how to overcome them

  • The factors of enlightenment

This class is intended for those with an existing mindfulness meditation practice who are interested in deepening their meditation experience.  Readings for the class will be assigned from Insight Meditation - The Practice of Freedom by Joseph Goldstein.  Students are responsible for acquiring their own copies of the book.

All participants have access to recordings of each class and are encouraged to use the guided meditations and talks as a support for daily practice.

Instructor:  Nancy McBride

Registration Options:

  1. On-site classroom
         10 Tuesday evenings, 7 - 9 PM
    January 19th - March 23rd
    Location:   The Center for Oneness, 124 Sibley Avenue, Ardmore, PA  19003
    Cost:   $    125/ $150

                 $125 for early registration postmarked by January 12.

                   After that date do NOT mail registration but register at the first class.

                 $150 at the first class.
     Click here to link to registration information.  

  2. Internet classroom
    You can take this class remotely and on your own timetable by accessing audio recordings at our website (requires computer and internet access.)
    A new set of recordings will be made available each week.
    Cost:   $100, register anytime up until March 10th
    A link to the recordings will be provided after registration.
    Click here to link to registration information.  

Audio recordings for the Level 1 class are posted here.

Intensives

“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn’t anything that isn’t made easier through constant familiarity and training.  Through training, we can change, we can transform ourselves.”                    -The Dalai Lama

One Day Intensives are an opportunity to deepen and revitalize your meditation practice.  There is no substitute for intensive practice.  For the mind that thirsts for peace and contentment, intensive practice is like drinking deeply from a mountain stream.

Practicing Insight Meditation

A One-day Intensive Practice Program

Sunday February 21st 

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Buddha Over Mist Insight Meditation is the simple practice of observing one’s direct experience in this very moment, with a gently relaxed, open-hearted and careful awareness.  By cultivating our innate capacity to be present and aware in each moment, our heart and mind can awaken to a depth of peace and clarity that enables us to see truly how mind-body experience occurs.  Seeing clearly frees us from the dead end of wishful thinking and liberates us from the tyranny of habitual mind states and limiting beliefs that cause us suffering.

The practice begins with training our attention on the sensations of breathing and the body.  From there, we open to include more and more of our experience within the field of present-moment awareness.  This enables insight into the true nature of what causes suffering and the path to its ending.  Such clear-seeing fosters both wisdom and compassion. 

In this one-day intensive we will combine periods of sitting and walking meditation with talks to guide our investigation into the nature of experience.  There will be opportunities for discussion and questions also.  The program is especially designed to complement the weekly class on Insight Meditation allowing students to deepen their practice.  But it is open to anyone with an existing mindfulness meditation practice who would like to join us for the day.  There is nothing more helpful to our practice than practicing intensively with the support of a group.   Welcome!

Location:  The Center for Oneness, 124 Sibley Avenue in Ardmore
Cost:   $85/ $100

             $85 for early registration postmarked by February 12.

               After that date do NOT mail registration but register at the retreat.

             $100 at the retreat.
Click here to link to registration information.

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