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Awakening to the Heart Open Sangha
& Group Meditation Practice

Member Page

We meet @ 9:30am
on Sunday mornings

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Upcoing dates:
April 5, 12, 19, 26

May 10, 17, 24, 31

(no group on 5/3)

We offer Group Meditation Practice Year-Round

We meet in BodhiHeart Yurt or in the Sanctuary Cabin, depending on weather conditions.

Signs will be posted. (If there is snow, please park off the road, in the semi-circle driveway.)

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Awakening to the Heart Open Sangha - Group Meditation Practice
is not tied to any lineage or set of teachings. We are an Intentional Heart-Centered Community that welcomes individuals from All Spiritual Backgrounds & Traditions.

Our meditation practice begins with a check-in, sharing of wisdom, a spiritual teaching, poem, or story and sacred music, then sounding of the temple bell and 30-minute silent meditation, followed by group sharing & reflection.

Sessions typically last about 75 minutes ~ Chair and Floor Seating Available

Norman and Cynthia lead the group meditation practice.

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The purpose of this Member Page
is to provide information shared at Sangha

(Our definition of Sangha: those of us who gather together to meditate and support one another in an inclusive and heart-centered spiritual community)

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(to access files below, click on the underlined words)

Spiritual Stories & Teaching / Insights shared in Sangha:

• Kintsugi

Kuan Yin and her Mantra

• Ganesha and his Mantra

• Shiva and his Mantra

Green Tara and her Mantra

Winter Solstice

Love, Serve & Remember

White Tara and her Mantra

Listen to Your Heart

FLOW, wisdom sharing

Samprati Hum / Let it Flow

Spiritual Abundance

Lakshmi - Hindu Goddess of Abundance

Stillness - Silence - Resting in the Moment

Meeting Life with Your Heart

Love and Light

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Spiritual Poetry & Writings

“Meet Me Here” by Adyshanti + “Gate Gate” (the heart sutra mantra)

The Guest House by Rumi

How Does it Feel to be a Heart? by Hafiz

Easter Blessings by John O’Donohue

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Recommended Books from Sangha members:

Books by David Michi

The Dalai Lama’s Cat The Art of Purring

The Power of Meow Four paws of Spiritual Success

Awaken the Kitten Within The Claw of Attraction

• Books by Roland Merullo
The Delight in Being Ordinary

Breakfast with Buddha Lunch with Buddha

Dinner with Buddha Dessert with Buddha

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Meditation Guidance

& Wisdom Teachings

with Norman Scrimshaw

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Saturdays @ 10am

May 9, June 6

(just drop in ~ no need to register)

All are Welcome! ~ This is a free offering

Explore meditation as a journey in the silence of rememberance.

Let go of layers that obscure truth.

Return to the brilliance & beauty of our divine nature & oneness with all that is.

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Meditation:

In my experience, these are the possibilities available
to those who commit to a path of deep meditation:

An exploration into the depths of consciousness.

A letting go of all effort, struggle and ambition in profound trust,
allowing a soft freefall into deep relaxation.

With the perspective of an Eagle soaring high in the sky seeing landscape for miles — floating in stillness of consciousness, viewing the turbulence of thoughts, emotions and stories moving on the surface below.

For those who are called to go deeper:

Touching the heavens of your divine essence in a dance of Joy, Bliss,
Pure Contentment and Peace.

Deep meditation reveals you are the source of ONENESS with all, WISDOM and LOVE.