Being Okay with Uncertainty and Releasing Turmoil and Fear
Michael Ciborski’s relaxed and light-hearted presence conveys joy and peace to all who have the opportunity to study with him.
His knowledge and practice grew from the rich soil of Plum Village, France, where he spent nearly ten years, both as a lay practitioner and as a monastic. Michael lived and worked intimately with Thich Nhat Hanh and the monastic community to organize, support, and offer meditation retreats around the world. Thich Nhat Hanh named him a Dharma Teacher in 2001. Michael returned to lay life in 2003.
He is married to Fern Dorresteyn, also a Dharma Teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s tradition. They have two children and live in New Hampshire, where they are building a mindfulness practice community for sustainable living called MorningSun.
WHAT TO BRING:
• Sitting cushion or meditation bench if you wish; chairs and extra cushions will also be available.
• A box lunch for yourself. Assorted teas, water and cookies will be supplied.
WHAT TO WEAR: Comfortable, loose fitting clothing; no shorts or tank tops, please!
COST: Donation based on ability to give. Suggested amount: $20
TO REGISTER: Please call or email if you plan to attend: 910-843-2427
johnbowman@nc.rr.com
Showing posts with label Thich Nhat Hanh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thich Nhat Hanh. Show all posts
12/14/2009
Raven's Wing December Schedule
Wednesday, December 16 - Sangha Meditation In the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
9:30 am - 11:30 am. Donations accepted.
(This is a reccuring event each Wednesday morning.)
Friday, December 18 - Documentary Night
Enjoy homemade snacks while watching:
"The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED"
Movie starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to get a seat.
A suggested donation of $5 is greatly appreciated!
Saturday, December 19 - Raven's Wing Open House
Come see what the Healing Center is all about!
Sample Raven's Wing products, see works by Red Spring Artist Emily Whittle. Find last minute gifts and stocking stuffers!
Also, join in or observe making biodynamic preparations next door with Farm Up the Street, approximate hours 10 am - 2:30 pm.
12:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday, December 25 - Raven's Wing Christmas
Join our family for a potluck Christmas dinner and celebration!
Yummy local foods, camaraderie, and door prizes!
4:30 pm until ?
9:30 am - 11:30 am. Donations accepted.
(This is a reccuring event each Wednesday morning.)
Friday, December 18 - Documentary Night
Enjoy homemade snacks while watching:
"The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED"
Movie starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to get a seat.
A suggested donation of $5 is greatly appreciated!
Saturday, December 19 - Raven's Wing Open House
Come see what the Healing Center is all about!
Sample Raven's Wing products, see works by Red Spring Artist Emily Whittle. Find last minute gifts and stocking stuffers!
Also, join in or observe making biodynamic preparations next door with Farm Up the Street, approximate hours 10 am - 2:30 pm.
12:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday, December 25 - Raven's Wing Christmas
Join our family for a potluck Christmas dinner and celebration!
Yummy local foods, camaraderie, and door prizes!
4:30 pm until ?
7/24/2009
Mindfulness Reminders from Thay
http://plumvillage.org/HTML/practice/html/5_mindfulness_trainings-revised.htm
4/12/2008
Day of Mindfulness, May 11
A DAY OF MINDFULNESS IN THE TRADITION OF THICH NHAT HANH
MAY 11, 2008
9:00 AM — 4:00 PM
Sponsored by Healing Springs Community of Mindful Living, Red Springs
With Guest Teacher, Michael Ciborski
At YOGA JOHNS
16741 Old Maxton Rd., Johns Station, Laurinburg, NC 28352
$30 per person (Please bring your own lunch.)
In the spirit of honoring the Mother, please join us in a day of deepening our relationships to our loved ones and our Great Mother, the Earth. We will enjoy the peace of sitting and walking meditations, eating in mindfulness, relaxation and teachings on healing and sustaining our relationships with family, coworkers, society and the Earth.
Michael Ciborski is a Dharma Teacher and former monk who lived for seven years in Plum Village where he served as the English Chant Master. He now lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Fern, and their two children. They are working together to build a mindfulness-based sustainable community, MorningSun.
To register and for additional information:
Email: johnbowman@nc.rr.com Tel: 910-843-2427
Space is limited! Please register by May 7.
MAY 11, 2008
9:00 AM — 4:00 PM
Sponsored by Healing Springs Community of Mindful Living, Red Springs
With Guest Teacher, Michael Ciborski
At YOGA JOHNS
16741 Old Maxton Rd., Johns Station, Laurinburg, NC 28352
$30 per person (Please bring your own lunch.)
In the spirit of honoring the Mother, please join us in a day of deepening our relationships to our loved ones and our Great Mother, the Earth. We will enjoy the peace of sitting and walking meditations, eating in mindfulness, relaxation and teachings on healing and sustaining our relationships with family, coworkers, society and the Earth.
Michael Ciborski is a Dharma Teacher and former monk who lived for seven years in Plum Village where he served as the English Chant Master. He now lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Fern, and their two children. They are working together to build a mindfulness-based sustainable community, MorningSun.
To register and for additional information:
Email: johnbowman@nc.rr.com Tel: 910-843-2427
Space is limited! Please register by May 7.
11/29/2007
Thich Nhat Hanh on the Environment
"The Buddha taught that all phenomena are impermanent; there is birth, then there is death. Our civilization is also like that.
In the history of the earth, many civilizations have ended. If our modern civilization is destroyed, it also follows the law of impermanence. If our human race continues to live in ignorance and in the bottomless pit of greed as at present, then the destruction of this civilization is not very far away. We have to accept this truth, just like we accept our own death.
Once we can accept it, we will not react with anger, denial, and despair anymore. We will have peace. Once we have peace, we will know how to live so that the earth has a future; so that we can come together in the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood
and apply the modern technology available to us, in order to save our beloved green planet. If not, we will die from mental anguish, before our civilization actually terminates.
Our mother, The Earth, the green planet has suffered from her children's violent and ignorant ways of consuming. We have destroyed our Mother Earth like a type of bacterium or virus destroying the human body, because Mother Earth is also a body. Of course, there are bacteria that are beneficial to the human body. Trillions of these bacteria are present in us, especially in our digestive systems (known as
intestinal normal flora). They protect the body and help generate enzymes necessary to us.
Similarly, the human species can also be a living organism that has the capacity to protect the body of Mother Earth, if the human species wakes up and knows to live with responsibility, compassion and loving kindness. Buddhism came to life, so that we learn to live with responsibility and compassion and loving kindness. We have to see that we inter-are with our Mother Earth, that we live with her and die with her.
Mother Earth has gone through re-birth many times. After the great flood caused by global warming takes place, perhaps only a very small portion of the human race will survive. The earth will need over a million years to recuperate and put on a new whole, beautiful green coat, and another human civilization will begin. That civilization will be the continuation of our civilization. To the human species, one million years is a very long time, but to the earth and in geological time, one million years is nothing at all; it is only a short period of time. Ultimately, all birth and death are only superficial phenomena. No-birth and no-death are the true nature of all things. This is the teaching of the Middle Way in Buddhism."
In the history of the earth, many civilizations have ended. If our modern civilization is destroyed, it also follows the law of impermanence. If our human race continues to live in ignorance and in the bottomless pit of greed as at present, then the destruction of this civilization is not very far away. We have to accept this truth, just like we accept our own death.
Once we can accept it, we will not react with anger, denial, and despair anymore. We will have peace. Once we have peace, we will know how to live so that the earth has a future; so that we can come together in the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood
and apply the modern technology available to us, in order to save our beloved green planet. If not, we will die from mental anguish, before our civilization actually terminates.
Our mother, The Earth, the green planet has suffered from her children's violent and ignorant ways of consuming. We have destroyed our Mother Earth like a type of bacterium or virus destroying the human body, because Mother Earth is also a body. Of course, there are bacteria that are beneficial to the human body. Trillions of these bacteria are present in us, especially in our digestive systems (known as
intestinal normal flora). They protect the body and help generate enzymes necessary to us.
Similarly, the human species can also be a living organism that has the capacity to protect the body of Mother Earth, if the human species wakes up and knows to live with responsibility, compassion and loving kindness. Buddhism came to life, so that we learn to live with responsibility and compassion and loving kindness. We have to see that we inter-are with our Mother Earth, that we live with her and die with her.
Mother Earth has gone through re-birth many times. After the great flood caused by global warming takes place, perhaps only a very small portion of the human race will survive. The earth will need over a million years to recuperate and put on a new whole, beautiful green coat, and another human civilization will begin. That civilization will be the continuation of our civilization. To the human species, one million years is a very long time, but to the earth and in geological time, one million years is nothing at all; it is only a short period of time. Ultimately, all birth and death are only superficial phenomena. No-birth and no-death are the true nature of all things. This is the teaching of the Middle Way in Buddhism."
10/21/2007
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