Trudy, Heather, Kim, Louise, Juliet, Jill & Megan. Tea and chocolate cake after our last class. Many thanks to Louise for the beautiful cake!
Since the start of 2011 I have really enjoyed offering ‘Meditation from an Evolutionary Perspective’ classes in my home town of Bairnsdale. The classes have been built around Jeff Carriera’s ‘Discovering Depth’ material and I have presented the material over 3 consecutive weeks in the form of a 2-hour evening class. The response to the 2 small advertisements in the local paper were encouraging… about 30 people responded. About 20 of those people have now completed a 3-part course and many are asking, “what’s next?”
Many people want to meditate to find peace, or relief from stress and this is why they come to classes, however I have been amazed at how open people are to an Evolutionary perspective in which meditation can be so much more than that. A number of participants are already beginning to have an experience of NOT being their thoughts, feelings, perceptions and desires, but ultimately something infinately bigger and more meaningful and discussion reflects a growing interest in what that might mean in our lives.
I really feel like we have just started a journey together and am going to really enjoy lauching into some ’next step’ classes in Bairnsdale.
Mendy Urie
