Inquiry Groups and the Power of Community

Dear Friends, It has been clear to me for a long time that whenever any of us come together to sit in meditation, study, share our questions, or play, that something happens which opens a space in which amazing things can happen. This was highlighted this past Tuesday evening as we sat in silence, reflected on the story I read about a very ordinary woman (the embodiment of spirit herself, denying that she had ever had a spiritual experience), and then opened the space for people to come forward to meet in the intimacy which invites awakening. An immense and loving presence unfolded. This is not something that I do or that any one person in the group makes happen. These things move between us and among the group memmbers, born out of our most heart-felt intention and supported through our naked willingness to care for each other in the most direct and simple ways - to be open, and still, and willing for each person to be fully themselves. In that space, the contractions of conditioning begin to relax and the brillance of the Truth of who and what we are shines through. the complete truth is always there, of course, and is never tainted nor destroyed, but is is not always seen or appreciated fully. We become the mirrors which reflect this perfection and wholeness which is beyond and prior to our personal feelings or thoughts. The natural freedom we see in simple looking and listening is the freedom most of us think we have to work hard to achieve or create. It can't be created and there is nothing to achieve. It is who you are! Please join us as we awaken to this truth. Flint