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“The master doesn’t seek fulfilment.
Not seeking, not expecting,
she is present and can welcome all things”
(from the Tao te Ching)

Mindfulness and the Four Brahma Vihara’s are natural companions. If one is present, the others will spontaneously join in.

So it feels natural that after the series on the foundations of mindfulness in 2011, in 2012 we continue our exploration and meditation with a series of four retreats on the Four Brahma Vihara’s, i.e. Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity.

In our sitting room we have a beautiful calligraphy from Thich Nhat Hanh : “Stand still and Know”.
I would like to use this so simple but profound quote as the theme for my teachings in 2012.
For the Summer Retreat I plan to use the teaching on Dependent Origination as our focus of reference with running through it the thread of “stand still and know”.

The T’ai-Ji retreat in Holy Island will be supported by a weekend in Glasgow and one at The Orchard .
I look forward to continue our sharing and learning together in the coming year.

Sonia and I wish you a year blessed with joy, happiness and good health.

In metta, Ad