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In person and online: Taking our Practice Off the Cushion: A Daylong on Engaging with the World with Leslie Booker

  • New York Insight Meditation Center 115 West 29th Street 12th floor New York, NY, 10001 United States (map)

“I know the world is bruised and bleeding. And though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge, even wisdom. That is how civilizations heal.” ~ Toni Morrison

We find ourselves in a moment in time that is calling many of us to respond. But how to do this with care, dignity and without adding to divisiveness? There is a long history of folks using their spiritual practice as a foundation and catalyst for activism, and an equally long history of folks who realize that they need a spiritual practice to sustain their engagement. Marrying these two together is an art and practice that is both skillful and necessary. 

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