This site is for the Berkeley Dharma and Recovery Group led by Walt Opie. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 - 9 pm at the Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA) in Room #1 upstairs. Walt is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders program and the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy program. He has been mentored by Kevin Griffin (author of "One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps").
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Why Meditate?
The effort and commitment needed to pursue meditation is so demanding that it is appropriate to ask what value it has and where it is leading. Meditation has to do with opening what is closed in us, balancing what is reactive, and exploring and investigating what is hidden. We practice to open, to balance, and to explore.
~Joseph Goldstein, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
Photos by Walt Opie (Burma/Myanmar 2015) |
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