Events for
July 11 - 13th, 2025
Quote of the Week
"For one whose delight is in the Self alone, who is content in the Self, who rejoices only in the Self, for him there is no action that he need do. Neither has he any profit to gain in this life from the actions he has don or from the actions he has not done; nor is there any living creature on whom he need rely for any purpose."
Bhagavad-Gita 3.17-18
Commentary: These verses express the state of one who has gained enlightenment, who remembers his true identity as one with the Divine. This is not a difficult state to attain when we realize that it is the natural inherent state of everyone and everything in Creation; we are all expressions of the Divine that have forgotten our true identity. The correction therefore is simply the act of remembering one's true identity as a holy child of God, by giving more and more attention to the Divine within us via meditation, prayer, or any process to which we are attracted. The purpose of any action in physical reality is to fulfill some desire or to reduce apparent pain and suffering, but how can a holy child of God be in lack or suffer when he is already one with the Divine. The obvious and unavoidable conclusion is that the apparent state of lack and suffering is but an illusion. When we realize this, we naturally realize our inherent Divinity and thus have no need of action and its fruits.
Yogi Edmond
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Movie Night
Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha
Date: Friday, July 11th, 2025
Time: 7:30pm (optional: bring a dish or snack)
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Kaori Momoi, Fsai Chin, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Suzuka Ohgo, Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe.
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Screenplay by: JRobin Swicord, based on Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Produced by: Luch Fisher, Steven Spielberg, Douglas Wick
Genre: Drama
Length: 145 min
Release Date: 2005
This movie tells the story of a young Japanese girl who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house where she learns to become a geisha. It centers around the determination and commitment to the dream of a little girl, and to the sacrifices and hardships faced by pre-World War II geisha.
Hope to see you there! ☺
Group Meditation