On Friday I helped my partner Cathy with a course that she was leading in Clacton entitled 'Gaining Confidence through Yoga'. I went along with her and lead a small meditation section using Mindfullness of Breathing and Visualisation. I had a really great time, the participants were very receptive and enthusiastic.
Sunday evening, at the men's group at the Colchester Buddhist Centre, we studied the first few verses of the Dhammapada, the Pairs. The very first line can be said to sum up the whole of Buddhism. "Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made.....". It's a very powerful set of verses.
Today was the last of the University classes of this academic year. The summer term finishes this Friday. It was great, seven of the regular group arrived. I wasn't sure whether we would have loads or none at all. I had promised the group something different so we had a mindfullness meditation but substituted ten minutes of a slow walking meditation for the third stage. This was new for most if not all of the group so it gave us an opportunity to discuss mindfullness as a concept and how it is possible to apply it to various other areas of our lives. It was great to hear some of the group discussing travelling into Colchester together to attend the Friday lunchtime class. It seems we started the year as strangers and have become a Group.
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