May 8th, 2021

8:30am - 5:00pm CDT

On ZOOM

Meeting Uncertainty With Compassion and Wisdom

With Terry Furstenau and Joe McCormack 

We live in times where there has been continual change and flux. Facing uncertainty is one of the most difficult experiences we encounter as human beings. It also is potentially one of the most fruitful opportunities for practice. The Buddha taught that uncertainty is inherent in the way life is, impermanent, containing unease, and not completely within our control.

In this daylong retreat we will explore how to open to the reality of uncertainty as a condition of life. We will explore the process of meeting our discomfort with compassion and spaciousness, and to use the uncertainty we meet to develop deeper insight into how life unfolds. We will have alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, practice conferences, and question/answer times. Practitioners of all levels of experience--seasoned and beginners--are welcome.

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NOTE: There will be a one hour lunch break from 12 - 1

Retreat cost: No set fee but a suggested Dana (donation to the teachers) of $25 is appreciated. Please go here to donate.

For more information or connection assistance contact Doug Holmes (doug.holmes.42@gmail.com) or 501-376-7056

About the Teachers:

Terry Furstenau has been a member of the Show Me Dharma sangha since 2001 and on the teachers council since 2004. He has led Insight Dialogue and Dharma Contemplation groups for the sangha. His teachings reflect retreat experience and study with Eastern and Western Vipassana teachers, Advaita Vedanta, Dzogchen, Insight Dialogue and the non-dual teachings of Adyashanti, Richard Miller and Matt Flickstein.

Joe McCormack has practice insight meditation since 1995. He has been a member of the Show Me Dharma Teachers Council since 2002. Joe leads an insight meditation group and has taught insight meditation to prison inmate since 1998. His teachers include Ginny Morgan, Phil Jones, and Matthew Flickstein. In his dharma instruction, Joe draws from Theravada Buddhist teachings, Zen and Dzogchen practice, Advaita teachings, and the Diamond Approach.

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