Events for
July 24th - 26th 2015
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Movie Night
Date:
Friday July 24th 2015
Time: 8:00pm (optional: bring a dish or snack)
Optional: Yoga and the Movie ... Yoga from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Phenomenon Youtube Trailer
Staring: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robret Duvall, James Cotton, Troy Evans, Michael Milhoan
Director: John Turteltaub
Producer: Barbara Boyle, Michael
Taylor
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Running
Time: 124 min
This
movie is a wonderful, poignant, graphic, serious and humorous look at
what our higher human potential might look like. It explores by example
what we as humans could be and do when we are willing to step past the
mental blocks, accidentally or deliberately, that limits us to just what
we can experience through our five senses, and to what we accept as
"real" or possible in our experience. Getting past these mental blocks
is simply a matter of changing our minds about what we believe, but is
is not an easy trick to accomplish because of our long held beliefs
about the world and our primal attachment to what our senses tell us is
"real." We would rather suffer insult and injury in the defense of our
beliefs rather than calmly and objectively examine and question them
especially when they lead us to false, irrational, and often painful
conclusions, but it is through such honest, objective examinations, that
we can modify our beliefs as necessary to bring them more in accord
with a higher wisdom about ourselves and our environment. This movie
provides the insights we need to begin this glorious journey towards a
higher, "more perfect" experience of ourselves and everything else.
I'll leave you with two quotes from this movie that indicate its depth,
and a reminder that any movie brave enough to meaningfully ponder these
topics is well worth its salt, and well worth seeing, repeatedly:
"...everything is on its way to somewhere."
"...everything that we need is already in us."
....Hope to see you
there.
Sunday July 19th
1:00 - 2:00pm
This is a special meditation to facilitate the release of stress.
Followed by:
Knowledge Cinema
"The Whole of Existence Is Your Sangha" by
Shri Mooji
Anthony Paul Moo-Young, known as Mooji, was born on 29 January 1954
in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Mooji is a direct disciple of Sri Harilal Poonja, the
renowned advaita master, or Papaji. Since 1999, Mooji has been sharing satsang in the form of
spontaneous encounters, retreats, satsang intensives and one-to-one
meetings with the many seekers who visit him, from all parts of the
world, in search of the direct experience of truth. Few amongst the
modern teachers of the advaita tradition expound the 'knowledge of
Self', and the method of self-enquiry, with such dazzling clarity, love
and authority. His style is direct, clear, compassionate
and often humorous.
-----------Other Local
Events---------
Book Release
"Sanskrit was a World Language"
Saturday July 25th from Noon - 1:00pm
at
at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
1595 Route 26, Vestal NY 13850
Hon. Richard David,
Mayor of Binghamton NY
will release Niranjan Shah’s book
Dr. Rajesh Dave (vice president of UHS, and dean of clinical campus SUNY)
will speak on Sanskrit language.
The Mayor will proclaim July 25, as a Sanskrit Day.
Lunch will be served at the end of the program.
Books will be distributed to sponsors.
(minimum sponsorship: $25.00)
Contact information:
DR. RAMESH
BHANDARI 748 9493 rbhandari@stny.rr.com
DR.ARJUN PATEL:
798 0280 arjunpatel2006@yahoo.com
NIRANJAN SHAH
722 1110, nshah32@hotmail.com
The Binghamton Buddhist Meditation Group presents:
Lovingkindness and Joy
A Silent Meditation Retreat
Friday, July 24 (6 p.m.) – Tuesday, July 28 (2 p.m.)
at
Light on the Hill Retreat Center, Van Etten, New York
Lead by: Dr. Charles Goodman
This
residential, silent meditation retreat will focus on the immeasurable
emotions of lovingkindness and joy. These profound and beautiful states
can deeply enrich our practice and our life, even as they strengthen
our commitment to work for the benefit of others.
We will learn
several practical, effective techniques for connecting with the actual
experience of lovingkindness and joy. We will also explore the nature of
these emotions and their role in Buddhist practice through the
teachings of Shantideva and other spiritual masters.
Cost: $400, or $250 for the weekend only.
Lodging at Light on the Hill and all meals are included.
Dr.
Charles Goodman studied Korean Zen and Tibetan Buddhism in the United
States and India. He is an Associate Professor at Binghamton University
and author of Consequences of Compassion: An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics. In 2003, he helped found the Binghamton Buddhist Meditation Group.
Contact Zen zenaidas@gmail.com or
William Spangler spangler@binghamton.edu or call (607) 777-2563
Raja Yoga Class and Satsang
Raja
Yoga is the royal yoga that brings the nature of our True Self to our
awareness. This awareness cannot be gained through perception or
intellectual knowledge, it can only be known through cognition, like the
knowledge that I am, that I exist, it needs no proof, but without this
knowing, experience remains limited and misunderstood. Come join us as
we explore our True Self through:
Silence, Meditation, Breathing, and gentle relaxing Postures.
at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
Unity In the Southern Tier
July 26th at 11:30 am
Speaker: Rev. Ann Marie Acacio .
Topic: "The Wisdom of Solomon"
at
30 Main Street, Binghamton
For
more information, contact:
Theosophical Society Study Group
meetings every alternate
Tuesday at 8:00pm
Next meeting August 421st.
at
Vishnu's Couch Yoga Studio
61 Prospect Ave. 4th floor.
for more info, contact Tom at: tmoberg@frontiernet.net
-----------Upcoming Events----------
India Day 2015
at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
Saturday August 22nd
from 12:00 to 6:00pm
Blue Spirit Wheel band
Members: Ian Boccio (voice, bass guitar)
Stephanie Kohler (voice, harmonium)
Joey Dukes (percussion)
Scott Pridgen (percussion)
Jeffrey Lidke (voice, tabla)
September 2015
More details to come...
