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SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Opening The Door To Not Knowing
DESCRIPTION:This is an introductory session for the upcoming daylong online retreat May 22nd.\nYou are welcome to attend either one\, or both events.   \nCan we actually know who or what anything is by thinking about it\, labeling it\, having an opinion about it? Does the word rose deliver its fragrance\, or the thought of water quench our thirst? Are we expecting Truth to deliver an intellectual answer to our seeking? What might we discover when we open the door to not knowing? Conception is not perception. We experience life more intimately\, lovingly\, and profoundly when we cease imagining our thoughts –even the most “spiritual” or “righteous” ones—are truth. \nConventional knowledge is needed to function\, of course\, but we can so easily be trapped by our conditioned thoughts\, opinions\, beliefs.  We live in a virtual world of our own creation depending on our interpretations of reality. We do not need to be at war with thought to begin to see that thinking that we “know” continually shuts the door on open perception and deep listening. This is as true in relationships as in the spiritual search. What if we approached more moments with “don’t know” mind\, “beginners mind\,” realizing that thinking does not See? \nIn this Sunday satsang and daylong retreat the following Saturday\, we will explore experientially and meditatively what it feels like to approach life\, emotions\, and particularly our deepest spiritual longings\, from present moment awareness. This Presence moves as openness in the mind\, heart\, and body. The Truth we seek reveals Itself to itself and not to the idea of a separate “me.” A mind open to not knowing is an awakened mind\, open to a spontaneous\, authentic and compassionate response to the moment. \nDorothy Hunt serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request of Adyashanti.  She is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 to 2020. She is the author of Leaves from Moon Mountain\, Only This!\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. \nDorothy has a long and deep connection to the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and the path of Self-Inquiry\, as well as the nondual teachings of Zen\, Advaita and the Christian mystics.  In meeting Adyashanti\, she was invited beyond identification with either the absolute or relative\, finding freedom in what is awake in each of us regardless of the changing faces of experience. Dorothy offers satsang\, retreats\, and private meetings in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere by invitation. \nwww.dorothyhunt.org \nSuggested donation: $15 to $25\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week.\nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/dorothy-hunt-may-16-2021/
LOCATION:Online Video Meeting (phone access also available)
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