Tolle Silent Group
craig sheehan
Brisbane Eckhart Tolle Silent Group Meeting
This is most people’s reality: as soon as something is perceived, it is named, interpreted, compared with something else, liked, disliked, or called good or bad by the phantom self, the ego. They are imprisoned in thought forms, in object consciousness.
In this newsletter:
v Next meeting
v Meeting Theme
v Tolle Retreat and Seminar 2009
v Dr Pee Tek Chan website
v Extract from Oneness with all Life
v Information for new members
v Website
v Other Tolle Groups in Brisbane area
v Unsubscribe
A Gentle Reminder - Our next meeting for the year: Thursday 19th Feb, 2009 at 6:45pm
Venue
We meet at St Mary’s Catholic Church in South Brisbane.
This
Week's Meeting's Theme:
This week we will discuss some of the options that have been put forward by the
group to further the work of the group. To see all the comments go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/brisbane-eckhart-tolle-silent-group
Tolle Retreat and Seminar 2009
Tickets will be available for collection tonight. If you are unable to collect them in person before the events, let me know and I will post them to you.
Tickets for the seminar are still available, not sure about the availability of tickets for the retreat. Hay House are doing another deal for other Tolle groups – will keep you informed for those that want more tickets.
Dr Pee Tek Chan
For those that would like more details about Dr Chan’s retreat and book, his website can be found at the following link:
From Oneness With All Life
(Extracts this year will be taken from Oneness With All Life. As Eckhart describes in the introduction to the book, “ For this companion volume to A New Earth, I selected passages from the original book that felt particularly suitable for inspirational or meditative reading’.)
Choose an object close to you – a pen, a chair, a cup, a plant – and explore it visually, that is to say, look at it with great interest, almost curiosity. Avoid any objects with strong personal associations that remind you of the past, such as where you bought it, who gave it to you, and so on.
Also avoid anything that has writing on it such as a book or a bottle. It would stimulate thought.
Without straining, relaxed but alert, give your complete attention to the object, every detail of it. If thoughts arise, don’t get involved in them. It is not the thoughts that you are interested in, but the act of perception itself.
Can you take the thinking out of the perceiving?
Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?
After a couple of minutes or so, let your gaze wander around the room or wherever you are, your alert attention lighting up each thing that it rests upon.
Then, listen to any sounds that may be present. Listen to them in the same way as you looked at the things around you. Some sound may be natural – wind, water, birds – while others are man-made. Some may be pleasant, others unpleasant. However, don’t differentiate between good and bad. Allow each sound to be as it is without interpretation. Here too, relaxed but alert attention is the key.
Information for New Members
Meetings:
We meet each Thursday at St
Mary’s Church, Merivale St, South Brisbane.
Although the meetings are held in a Catholic Church, we are not affiliated with
any religion. The church is open from 6:15 pm to allow silent meditation for
those who would like that, or a cup of coffee for others that arrive
early. We ask everyone to be present from 6:45 with the meeting starting
at 7 pm. The meeting finishes at 9pm, with an open invitation to go from the
church to a local coffee shop to continue the discussion.
How
to get there:
The meeting is in
the church itself, not at
the adjacent Parish Hall. To get there, take the driveway at 20 Merivale Street and park in the
car park. The car park is well flood lit. Knock if the church door is closed
and we have started.
Note: Parking can be difficult as there are other meetings nearby, and the car
park can be full. Make sure you allow plenty of time to find an alternative.
What
we do:
We commence and end with silence and each week watch a part of one of
Tolle’s videos. The 'meditations' are brief usually 5-10 minutes at
beginning and end. Afterwards, we retire for a coffee at The Three Monkeys
coffee shop on Mollison St, West
End to continue any discussions.
Our library:
There is a large a/v library for
lending. There is a one off fee of $5 to borrow from the library. (This covers
the cost of replacement discs, cases, etc).
The cost:
There is no formal cost, but we
request a gold coin donation each week per person. Any donations are
appreciated and go to the church for electricity and costs.
For More Information, contact:
Craig
Sheehan:
email craiga...@hotmail.com
ph:0411 177 031
For more information, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brisbane-eckhart-tolle-silent-group
Other Tolle Groups in Brisbane
Marie Condon will be hosting a weekly meeting at Bellbowrie commencing on Thurs the 17th Feb at 7pm. If you live in the west, or know people who live out that way that have found it difficult to come into South Brisbane on a regular basis, please give them Marie’s details. Marie can be contacted on 32026628 or via e-mail at mar...@pacific.net.
Susan Thiesfield hosts a group in the Wynnum / Manly area. If you live in the east, or know people who do, please let them know about Susan’s group. Susan can be contacted at s.thie...@gmail.com
Roslyn Bates hosts a group at Bridgeman Downs. Meetings are held in her home 10am to 12 noon every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month commencing March 9th. If you know people living on the northside of Brisbane, please let them know about Roslyn’s group. For further details contact Roslyn on 0403 995 000 or at rbat...@bigpond.com
Elaine Berndt hosts a group at Tamborine. Meetings are held on the first and third Wed of each month at 10am. The address is 137 Murray Grey Drive, Tamborine, ph: 5543 6493. Elaine can also be contacted at elaine...@hotmail.com.
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