Service Leader Denise Stevenson writes: During my year of taking heavy doses of steroids to treat a rare autoimmune disorder, I learned about equanimity, the impermanence of suffering, and Buddha’s teaching about the “Second Arrow” of suffering. It has transformed my attitude towards both suffering and joy in all aspects of my life. To join … Continue reading “The Second Arrow: How to Suffer Less through Buddhism”
Therapeutic benefits of laughter can impact your mental, social, and physical health. Embrace laughter. Get out of your head. Let laughter bring your love to the surface. Clinton Hebard is our Service Leader. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click here. (You can also use this link to view … Continue reading “Meeting the Moment with Laughter”
These are hard times, and despair is heavy in many of us. How to respond? Service Leader Deb Little will talk with us about a community-based organization that she helped create. This organization is meeting the moment by being allies to our immigrant communities. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., … Continue reading “Free to Do What? A Meditation on Responding to Despair”
This service explores the question of how we keep ourselves separate and insular when our present moment is so in need of finding ways that would help to repair our common wounds of isolation and discrimination. We will look at ways to travel across different borders into the lived experience of a more expansive and … Continue reading “Traveling Across Borders: Meeting the ‘Other’”
Stony Brook medical students Juli Macerno, Rohini Guin, and Raisa Karim share reflections about their Cuba trip, the current health crisis, and the current needs of the Cuban people. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click here. (You can also use this link to view the service later in the … Continue reading “Health Care in Crisis – Meeting the Moment in Cuba”
