Dec 16
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December Awakening
Contemplating presence in the moment, while preparing for retreat
by Susan Firer
This past week I was preparing for a week-long silent retreat sending out emails, cooking, cleaning and the like. I had one of those moments where a feeling arises spontaneously and it has weight to it, so you sort of stop and notice it briefly. The feeling came about while I was vacuuming and dusting the meditation room. I had a sensory memory of when I was younger and getting the house ready for the holidays, anticipating my siblings, who were already on their own, coming home. It was a very ordinary yet extra-ordinary experience all at once. I realized that I was doing the work without complaint, and without wishing I were doing something else; I was doing it joyfully. I was just perfectly there in the moment! Continue…
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The Boulder Flood: Notes from High Ground – HIGHLIGHT
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The Lineage Room
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Shambhala Times is Looking for an Advertising Sales Agent
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Is it true that the Director of Centre and Group Support is ALSO the Dorje Kasung Sergeant-Major?
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Update on closed captioned Shambhala YouTube channels, translations and translators
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Basic Goodness and Creating Enlightened Society videos
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Where are Shambhala’s financial reports?
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Strategic Directions – Kalapa Council Update April 2012
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Closed captions and translations of videos for the 25th Anniversary of the Parinirvana
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Shambhala 2011 The Year in Review movie closed captioned in eight languages
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Shambhala Day Films
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Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo lead planning for 2020 Vision
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2012 budget for Shambhala Day
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Shambhala Day – Looking Ahead
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