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Addiction to Suffering: Part 1

Jul 15
Wed 6:45 PM
Location
Rissho Kose Kai Buddhist Center

320 East 39th st
1st - 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10016

This is a private home or office

Estimated attendance
 34  people attended.
4.50 4.5011

Who organized?
Ruth Pappas

Price

$5.00 per person
refund policy

Through the centuries countless people from around the world have been coming to India, thirsty in their search for truth. Considered to be the birthplace of spirituality, India has produced more great mystics and spiritual teachers than any country. What more fitting place for Eckhart to speak of the eternal Now? It is here on the banks of the holy Ganga, amidst the snow-capped Himalayas and the tremendous beauty of scarlet sunsets that a group of determined souls from around the globe met to sit together in silence. With Eckhart's guidance, the rigors of living in India served as teachers pointing to the release of attachment to form and to seeing deeper into the inner. Join them in this transformational experience and allow yourself to be guided through words and stillness into the state of presence. This is the surrendered state of consciousness in which the very limitations of form become an opening to the divine.

This meeting follows guidelines set up by Eckhart.
It begins and ends with a 10 minute silent meditation, and there is no formal discussion.

Vidoe time: 1 1/2 hr.

Coffee and casual conversation follow, for those who wish.

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  • Susan Fields
    Posted Jul 16, 2009 10:53 AM
    Susan Fields
    This was an EXCELLENT meetup! The time spent at the coffeeshop afterward was a great opportunity to get to know new people and talk about other topics surrounding spirituality! Thanks Ruth for all your hard work. Susan Fields

Who attended?

  • 34 attendees
    • “ Best thing I could have done. I left the center feeling very powerful.... Thanks Ruth. ”
    • “ Love it!!!! I loved the little sharing before the actual session. ”
    • Harvey Newman (+2 guests)
      “ Eckhart Tolle's talk on why and how our addiction to suffering is so prevalent and, at the same time, madness was wonderful. The hope he engenders for the continuing evolution of consciousness is always refreshing. ”
    • “ great! ”
    • “ It was wonderful, as always, to see and hear a video of one of Eckhart Tolle's talks - filmed in Rishikesh, India, no less! I love the meditations before, and after, as well - and the music (from one of Eckhart's CDs) is always exquisite. I was a little perplexed about one thing, though - Ruth, you had us do a few minutes of "sharing" with another person, and I thought you then were going to follow that up somehow, but never did. Oh well, my mistake, I guess. And I hate to say it, but I do have a small complaint that I think can easily be remedied: I honestly feel that 90 minutes - actually closer to two hours - is just too long to sit still on a not-so-comfortable folding chair. I HIGHLY recommend a 15-minute intermission halfway through the evening's proceedings. I truly believe that that would make a very rewarding evening so much more enjoyable. ”
    • “ This was one of the best videos ever! ”
    • “ Although I had already seen this before it was as if I was hearing and experiencing it for the first time. ”
    • “ I prefer Eckhart's recommendation for the format for a meetup like this: only the videotape and a meditation before and after. ”
    • Ivy
    • Nisha Purohit (+1 guest)

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