ENDINGS AND CHANGE
So often in the cultivation of our attention, we are encouraged to “let go” of whatever experience is arising in our awareness, so that we may stay focused on the flow of experiences. This may seem more or less difficult, given the allure of familiar, comforting or pleasant experiences and their opposite. We are reminded this week of two larger contexts for our letting go. The most obvious for most of us is the conclusion of 2014, and the conclusion of our training year, here at RMML. This has been one of our most change-intense years, one where conclusions and letting go has been more evident than any other.
On a smaller scale, and one which only a few of us experienced, was the conclusion of the third Change Your Mind program at the Community Health Center in Cobden. Like the other two groups this year, this group has dedicated many long hours of study and practice to complete the requirements of the program. The group held its all-day program this past weekend. Most of the program was in the familiar environment of the Marguerite Center, where we have held these day-long events for eight years. Approximately 20 groups and 200 people have experienced the program and this retreat experience. What it marks is the turning point in the program, a reorientation to continuing life through mindful living without the benefit of a formal weekly training. As with every other group, this one also experienced the bittersweet recognition of its accomplishment and its conclusion.
May all of the members of the Change Your Mind group, and may all of us involved with Red Maple grow in mindful living.
Yours , on purpose,
Ray
The purpose of life is a life of purpose
Robert Byrne
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