tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79091952467660250282024-02-07T15:42:37.291-05:00Bancroft meditatesThis blog chronicles the activities of a meditation group in Bancroft, Ontario and provides instruction in insight meditation. Meditation concepts are explained in terms of Western psychology and in terms of the Buddhist concepts from which this style of meditation derives. Dr. Alan McAllister, a psychologist practicing in Bancroft, is the author of the blog and the facilitator of the group which meets periodically for 8-10 sessions twice a year.Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-55104241484370771312017-11-11T08:54:00.001-05:002017-11-11T09:36:13.172-05:00Fall workshops 2017: Developing skills in meditation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This series of workshops is sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and led by Dr. Alan McAllister, Psychologist. In these workshops we will explore key meditation [not medication] practices and their impact on wellness and brain health. Methods will include instruction, demonstrations, guided exercises, discussion and daily home <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">practice. The skills to be developed include:<br />*Watching the mind and body<br />*Focusing on the breath<br />*Monitoring the senses<br />*Opening the mind and heart.<br />These workshops are suitable for beginners as well as those wishing to extend their meditation skills and are open to all residents of North Hastings at no charge.<br />Each session will be held at the Place for the Arts (23 Bridge Street West) on Monday afternoons from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM on the following dates: October 30, November 20 and December 4.<br />For information contact Dr. McAllister at 613-334-0109.</span></div>
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-50566165250739652832017-04-23T11:17:00.001-04:002017-11-11T08:54:30.950-05:00Beginner's mind meditation workshop in Gatineau, QC, May 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The beginner’s mind is an open mind, unbiased and alive to discoveries. It is not to be outgrown in time but cultivated moment-to- moment. In this workshop, discussions and exercises will guide you from an open mind that reacts and wanders, to a focused mind that sustains and monitors attention, and then to an open mind that is at peace with whatever appears before it. Everyone is welcome. Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, you will benefit from cultivating a beginner’s mind. Dr. Alan McAllister, Psychologist, will facilitate the workshop.<br />
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Monday, May 29th from 9am to 1pm at St. George's Anglican Church, 111 rue Broadway Est, Gatineau, QC.<br />
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Bring a bagged lunch. Admission free, donations to the church accepted. Register by phone or email, 819-893-2917, vivmcallister@gmail.com.<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-64748169625107362292017-04-23T09:33:00.003-04:002017-05-21T10:58:34.678-04:00An open meditation group meeting regularly in Bancroft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A meditation group open to all meets at 6:15 PM on Tuesdays in the foyer of the United Church, 1 Hastings Street South, in Bancroft . We begin with introductions all around and then have a short reading by a volunteer who is free to chose the reading from a variety of meditation traditions. We then meditate together in silence for 30 minutes. Afterwards, there is time for discussion and demonstrations of meditation techniques. </div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-85824279275578056222016-10-13T13:07:00.005-04:002017-04-23T11:09:07.674-04:00Free all-day mindfulness workshop in Bancroft (concluded)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Mindfulness has become associated with all things positive for our health and well-being. In this one-day workshop, led by Dr. Alan McAllister, we will explore the concept of mindfulness and the practices used for its cultivation.Through meditation exercises guided by step-by-step instructions, slide show presentations and discussion, you will learn how to focus your attention, to open up to what is occurring in your present experience and to apply mindfulness insights to everyday activities. The workshop is suitable for beginners and for those wishing to renew their meditation practice. </span></div>
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This workshop is free and will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the offices of the Bancroft Family Health Team, 19 Oak Street, Bancroft, Ontario. Participants should bring their lunch and a light snack. For further information call <a href="tel:613-334-0109" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+16133340109">613-334-0109</a>.</div>
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-15429206224039115202016-04-04T15:29:00.003-04:002017-04-23T11:08:44.862-04:00Spring meditation workshop: Integrating meditation into your life (concluded)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The workshop is sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and is open to residents of North Hastings without charge. The workshop will be held at 19 Oak Street each Tuesday evening 5:00 to 6:30, starting April 26th and running for eight weeks until June 14th. </div>
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-68441144563616409732015-12-05T09:23:00.002-05:002015-12-05T09:23:26.773-05:00Facebook for North Hastings Meditation Community<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have setup a Facebook page for those in the area who are interested in connecting with others who meditate or would like to. Just send me an email or a message on Facebook if you want to join. My email is drampsych@gmail.com.<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-52280957114284302722015-12-05T09:20:00.003-05:002017-04-23T11:21:12.801-04:00Conclusion of fall 2015 workshop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">We finished the eight week meditation workshop on "the practice of appreciation" under the auspices of the Bancroft Family Health Team. It was well attended throughout. It was a great group of people who seemed to appreciate the Powerpoint presentations. I plan to do another workshop in the spring. It may be a repeat of the appreciation theme, although the treatment will be different enough that I hope that those who previously attended my workshops won't get bored.</span></div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-33816925237945835482015-10-22T21:34:00.000-04:002015-10-22T21:34:06.112-04:00Mindful attentiveness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-90710562088308692892015-10-17T01:30:00.000-04:002015-10-17T01:30:08.782-04:00presence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are inescapably present here and now.<br />
But we are so very often absent, some other time, some other place,<br />
Dreaming forward, dreaming backward, only momentarily present.<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-25767772535303121052015-09-15T16:01:00.002-04:002017-04-23T11:09:51.722-04:00Fall workshop 2015 (concluded)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fall Meditation Workshop Theme: Appreciation</div>
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Appreciation perceives the value in our experience, understands our situation and recognizes its full implications. It unites the everyday and the transcendent, and it is the foundation for our relating to others. In this workshop, we will explore meditation practices that foster appreciation and the quality of appreciative joy. </div>
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The workshop is sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and open without charge to all residents of North Hastings at any level of experience with meditation. The workshop will be held at 19 Oak Street. There will be eight sessions 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon on Tuesdays. The workshop will begin on October 13 and end on December 1. For further information call <a href="tel:613-334-0109" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+16133340109">613-334-0109</a>.</div>
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-29708093197274755682015-07-28T14:25:00.001-04:002015-10-26T20:51:08.480-04:00What is this now?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">From the vantage point of experience, the present alone is real. The past has happened and is just a memory, the future is yet to happen and can only be imagined. However, if this now is the boundary between the past and future, is it a boundary with width or is it infinitely thin? If it has width, then there must be a past, present and future within it and hence another now in this now. There must be a limit to this division of the now or there will be nothing left of it. But even with a limit, this division must end in a very tiny moment, one that arises and passes away so quickly as to be effectively indiscernible. On the other hand, if the now is an infinitely thin boundary between the past and the future, in essence a moment without duration, in what sense can it be said to exist at all? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Whether this now exists or not, this moment is very elusive for sure, constantly shifting as it does. Can we only "grasp" it as a fleeting memory and pretend that a "now" that constantly eludes us is "present" when it is actually gone? How can we be "in" the present when it never is "there" long enough? Yet, it is inescapable: we are always in the present moment for, after all, that is all there is.</span></div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-49324910440916001542015-07-04T14:39:00.000-04:002015-07-04T14:39:27.461-04:00Impermanence <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When we meditate we cannot help but notice that whatever we experience comes and goes. This is an insight into one of the fundamental characteristics of our experience--nothing is permanent except impermanence itself. We can bewail the fact that nothing that presents itself to us "sticks around" or be happy about the fact that "this too will pass," but this characteristic of our experience--impermanence--is here to stay.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-90048823807826066452015-06-21T13:38:00.003-04:002015-06-21T13:38:36.199-04:00Conclusion of spring workshop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We finished the eight week meditation workshop on "purposeful attention" under the auspices of the Bancroft Family Health Team. It was well attended throughout. It was a great group of people who seemed to enjoy the Powerpoint presentations that I did for the first time for the workshop. There was much laughter, and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as I did. I plan to do anther workshop in the fall. It will have a different theme, but we will cover the basics of mediation as we always do.</div>
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-40873562605606580572015-04-01T15:58:00.000-04:002015-04-01T15:58:48.686-04:00Spring Meditation Workshop Theme: Purposeful attention<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Meditation is about paying attention on purpose and with purpose, guided by values and directed at revealing our experience as it is. In this workshop we will explore this orientation to meditation and do exercises designed to bring purposeful attention to our everyday lives and promote emotional health.<br />
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The workshop is sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and led by Dr. Alan McAllister, Psychologist. It is open without charge to all residents of North Hastings at any level of experience with meditation. The workshop will be held at 19 Oak Street. There will be eight sessions 5:00-6:30 PM on Tuesdays beginning April 21 and ending June 16 (no session on May 19). For further information call 613-334-0109.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-90906748856185932602015-03-28T08:51:00.000-04:002015-06-22T08:53:16.756-04:00Just as it is: the meditative experience<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Truth be told, all that we experience is just what is occurring in the present. Of course, to navigate through life and to make sense of it all, we construct out of these happenings a separation between ourselves and the world and put it all into a frame of past, present and future. This construction is pragmatic; it works for us, but that does not make it ultimately true or real. In meditation, we have an opportunity to connect with our experience just as it is, that is, with these happenings in the present moment. This is not a lofty attainment but the most ordinary. It only requires that we stay present with our experience.</span></div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-3307665921547281152014-11-13T17:18:00.003-05:002016-05-02T19:46:28.316-04:00Experiencing the Dhamma by Bhikkhu Khippapanno<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Experiencing the Dhamma</i> by Bhikkhu Khippapanno is a compilation of lectures he gave at the Forest Refuge in Barre, Massachusetts in 2009 and in 2013. I helped edit the first edition and the most recent edition. It is a free Dhamma book but has been printed in a limited number of copies. It is now available as a pdf file. To obtain a copy, click on the Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Experiencing-the-Dhamma-by-Bhikkhu-Khippapanno/359102370937660">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Experiencing-the-Dhamma-by-Bhikkhu-Khippapanno/359102370937660</a> or email drampsych@gmail.com,</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-39790509754231865382014-09-30T06:49:00.002-04:002014-12-20T16:50:46.870-05:00Fall meditation workshop announcement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Meditation here and now</b><br />
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Meditation is an activity that has proven to be beneficial for health and well-being. It is not only a solitary pursuit of sitting for a specified period of time in a special place. This workshop led by Dr. Alan McAllister will explore through discussion and practice meditation in action, in the present moment, wherever one finds oneself, as well as in the context of a supportive group. <br />
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The workshop is sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and is open to residents of North Hastings without charge. The workshop will be held at 19 Oak Street each Tuesday evening 5:00 to 6:30, starting October 21 and running for eight weeks until December 9.<br />
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Call 613-334-0109 or email drampsych@gmail.com for further information.<br />
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This workshop has concluded. A spring workshop will be scheduled.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-24772452190120833392014-04-29T13:01:00.001-04:002015-03-02T07:49:25.135-05:00What meditation isn't.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This light-hearted video dispels some common misconceptions about meditation.<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-60621527471625461622014-04-24T20:38:00.003-04:002014-04-30T06:55:22.669-04:00The website of Attentive Mind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been revamping my website, <a href="http://attentivemind.ca/">attentivemind.ca</a>, which describes my psychology practice in Bancroft and Peterborough, Ontario. I am branching out with online services, which are available to all residents of Ontario.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-64421630528193713632014-04-03T07:16:00.000-04:002014-04-03T07:16:33.995-04:00Winter 2014 workshop concluded<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The winter 2014 workshop has concluded. The theme of mindfulness in action proved to be very fruitful for reflection. I plan to post some of the topics we covered in the future.<br />
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The next workshop is planned for October 2014 and will be held in the early evening at the medical centre at 19 Oak Street in Bancroft.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-18029690718864425072014-02-05T16:08:00.000-05:002014-02-05T16:08:10.604-05:00Bodily maps of emotions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I recently read a very cool article about a study in which participants mapped emotions in terms of activation and deactivation on the body. The study can be found here: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646.full.pdf<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-88964215118416878172014-01-14T08:06:00.002-05:002014-01-14T08:06:59.343-05:00Opening to insight: the mundane and beyond<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The word mundane has two meanings. According to one, mundane has to do with the secular, the wordly as opposed to the spiritual or otherworldly, the supramundane. Another meaning of mundane has to do with the ordinary, the everyday, and therefore, presumably, lacking interest or being boring. In respect to the practice of meditation, both meanings are relevant and the interplay of those meanings is worth exploring.<br />
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Meditation is associated with spiritual goals such as enlightenment, awakening, liberation, altered states of consciousness, supreme happiness, seeing reality as it really is, uniting with the divine within, or being in the "eternal now moment." These goals take us beyond the mundane. Yet, in the practice of mindfulness meditation, it seems like we are invited to become immersed in the mundane.<br />
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The usual path in learning mindfulness meditation is to begin most humbly with a focus on the breath and then opening to whatever may show up. We might begin the practice with a daily routine of sitting meditation, perhaps as short as a few minutes, and then increase the time slowly to something approaching 30 minutes to an hour, once, twice, or more times a day. We learn different postures of meditation. In addition to sitting, we learn walking, standing, and lying meditation. And we generalize the mindfulness we develop to everyday activities such as eating and going about our activities of daily living. For this type of everyday meditation, the more mundane the task the better as we discover that these very mundane tasks are especially effective for being mindful and present focused. If we go on retreats that allow us to practice continuously, we have an opportunity to develop a momentum in our mindfulness.<br />
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When we first start meditating, we may alternate between being bored and being excited. We might initially think that just sitting observing our breath would be very boring. What is so interesting about the breath anyway? But most people find that their first deep look at the mind and how it operates is quite interesting. We see that the mind is constantly active, going here and there, not subject to our control, very busy and anarchic. We wander and drift in and out of awareness of that wandering. We might find ourselves momentarily immersed in something that occurred to us years ago or just hours before. We might get caught up in the stories our minds tell us. We might see lights and beautiful moving shapes. Sometimes, we might find ourselves close to panic as strange sensations arise. Emotions that we have long suppressed may come to the surface and, inexperienced as we are, we might find them hard to handle and most distressing. But at other times the mind seems still and empty and we may lapse into blissful drowsiness or even sleep. <br />
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As time goes on, a lot of this excitement dies down. We learn how to let things go and not get caught up in the parade of mind moments. We easily release occurrences that we have repeatedly reviewed in the past and know so well. It takes a lot to perturb us now. This is a kind of equanimity and for many it provides a welcome relief from the drama of their inner lives. But it smacks of complacency and indifference and is not the spiritual equanimity that we may have sought. We are in the meditation doldrums. <br />
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In the secular, clinical form of mindfulness that has become so prevalent, the spiritual side of the practice is neglected, hence the doldurms. To get out of the doldrums, there must be an understanding of the spiritual path. Refocusing on the traditional purposes of meditation and dedication to going beyond the mundane hold the promise of renewed energy for our practice and deepening wisdom.<br />
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Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-54116435095986439342014-01-11T09:54:00.002-05:002014-01-11T09:56:52.853-05:00Winter 2014 workshop: Mindfulness in action<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mindfulness in action<br />
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Mindfulness meditation is increasingly seen by science and by the popular media as beneficial for<br />
health and well-being. Developing mindfulness, not only in meditation, but throughout the day,<br />
will be the focus of this workshop led by Dr. Alan McAllister. The workshop is sponsored by the<br />
Bancroft Family Health Team and is open to residents of North Hastings without charge.<br />
The workshop is to be held at 19 Oak Street each Wednesday morning from 10:00 to 11:30,<br />
beginning January 29, 2014 and will run for eight weeks. If you have any questions about the<br />
workshop, please call 613-334-0109.</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-90421231276150617832013-08-24T20:48:00.003-04:002013-09-20T15:10:38.122-04:00Fall 2013 group: Cultivating emotional balance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I will be facilitating a meditation group over eight weeks beginning on Wednesday, September 25th, from 5PM to 6:30 PM at 16 Billa Street in Bancroft, Ontario. <br />
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The theme for this workshop will be "Cultivating Emotional Balance." We will be examining concepts of equanimity and balanced sensitivity and exploring the role that contemplative practices have in meeting challenging circumstances particularly those we encounter in our emotional lives. The sessions will be experiential with exercises for dealing with emotional imbalances and enhancing positive values and ways of relating to ourselves and others.<br />
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There is no charge for those attending the group. If you want further information contact me by email (drampsych@gmail.com). <br />
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Alan McAllister</div>
Alan P. McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019428846690413579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909195246766025028.post-77149391402323181362013-07-17T18:52:00.001-04:002013-07-17T18:55:39.335-04:00Contemplating non-self in the six sense bases<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
From the Numerical Discources (The Book of the Tens, Sutta 60, p. 1412), translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi:<br />
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And what, Ananda, is the perception of non-self? Here, having gone to the forest, to the foot of a tree, or to an empty hut, a bhikkhu reflects thus:<br />
The eye is non-self, forms are non-self;<br />
The ear is non-self, sounds are non-self;<br />
The nose is non-self, odors are non-self;<br />
The tongue is non-self, tastes are non-self;<br />
The body is non-self, tactile objects are non-self;<br />
The mind is non-self, mental phenomena are non-self.<br />
Thus he dwells contemplating non-self in these six internal and external bases. This is called the perception of non-self.<br />
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Thanks to Jerome Courtemanche for pointing out this passage to me. </div>
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