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Ken Morley
I have found great benefit from Mindfulness Meditation practices and the teachings of the Buddha. My journey of self discovery began around 2003 when I was inspired by the audio book “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, and then taking an Ann Arbor Rec & Ed Insight Meditation class, and teachers Susan Weir and Barbara…
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Elizabeth Cheslak
Mindfulness meditation and Metta form the foundation of Elizabeth’s practice and teaching. She received teacher training at Still Mountain under the guidance of David Lawson.
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Jim Whiteside
Teacher Emeritus Jim Whiteside’s current understanding of and approach to practice are eclectic and secular in orientation. While insight meditation and mindfulness practices are his personal favorites, he believes there is no one “right” practice for everyone, or even for any given person at different times and under different circumstances. He is especially interested in…
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Bilha Birman Rivlin, PhD
Bilha is a long-time practitioner and teacher of insight mindful meditation, who has recently earned her PhD from the Theatre department at Wayne State University where she wrote her dissertation on the creative process and the path of transformation. Bilha has been practicing insight Mindful Meditation and studying Buddhist teachings since 2003. For over ten…
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Karen Mori
Karen began studying vipassana meditation in 2003 with the teachers of Deep Spring Center as a way to gain perspective on the anxiety she was experiencing about her husband???s illness. The practice has been invaluable in helping her be present with the moment-by-moment arising of experience and the ever-present spaciousness inherent in our thoughts and…
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SOCIALLY ENGAGED BUDDHISM: HEROIC PRACTICES FOR DIRE TIMES
What is Engaged Buddhism, and why did it emerge so dramatically in the twentieth century?”
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The Gift of Suffering
OK, before I start I would like to ask you to remember a phrase. There might or might not be a question at the end of this talk and this phrase will be the answer to the question. Here is the phrase: Infinite Potential (a concept developed by David Bohm) We are living in an amazing…
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Why does suffering hurt so deeply?
Dear friends,Today we will be talking about suffering, and especially why it hurts so profoundly and relentlessly and why it isn’t like getting a cold or having a tooth pulled, where this is pain and mental discomfort that may persist for a while but eventually subsides, with the pain having been limited in a way we understand. The…
