SPARTA: Tuesdays 7 - 8:30pm
Learning to Concentrate on Clarity and Peace
November 11 - December 16
Your mind is like a limitless ocean and thoughts are simply waves that arise and disappear back into it. Discovering and tasting this truth in meditation is liberating. Through this course you will learn how to settle the waves of your thoughts back into your ocean-like mind, how to let go of obsessive or repetitive overthinking, and how to touch a sense of real tranquility even amidst an often chaotic world.
The inner calm developed through these meditations, called Mahamudra meditations, is like the deepest depths of an ocean. From this stable and powerfully peaceful state, we can have the confidence to look at the affairs of our life from a place of strength. We can discover novel solutions to challenges and be there to support our friends, family and community. Short-term they are so beneficial and practical, and ultimately, these meditations lead us to profound realizations of liberation and enlightenment. They are perfect for all of us as modern, spiritually-minded people. Everyone welcome!
Weekly Topics
November 11: Creating Inner Space and Peace
November 18: Concentration and Mental Peace
November 25: Letting Go of Mental Pain and Bad Habits
December 2: Upgrading Our Meditation
December 9: Overcoming Distraction
December 16: Our Mind Creates Our Life
Teacher: Sarah Schaffer
Sarah is a Teacher at KMC New York where she studies in the Teacher Training Program. She is the main teacher for the Sparta Meditation class. Her teachings are practical and show how we can easily include meditation and Buddha’s timeless advice into daily life.