The Art of Acceptance

Apr 14: "The Art of Acceptance"

Like most modern people, our experience of acceptance often comes only at the very end-stage of long, painful and excruciating suffering, and usually arrives as the only possible step left for us to finally salve the pain. Note the time spent suffering prior to healing in our lives can seem endless.

In this class, we will walk through the Buddha's teachings on "Patient Acceptance", which is the "Art of Acceptance". We will learn how to practice meditation "on the cushion" with these teachings, so that we can begin to more fully integrate the art of acceptance, and therefore, reduce our suffering "off the cushion"!

Tuesdays · 7:00-8:30pm with teacher Charlie Stuart
$10 per person
Come to any or all classes, Everyone is Welcome!

A bit more about this series (from meditateinsaratoga.org):
Our lives can be full of situations we would rather avoid, and it is easy to get into habits of irritation and annoyance. We cannot avoid all the challenging experiences of life, but we can all DEFINITELY change the way we think about them. Learning to stand up to habits of frustration and non-acceptance give us the space to live a happy, peaceful life even if things do not go according to plan.

In each class, we will look at some facet of understanding the source of our anger and irritation and how to move towards a happier way of living. There will be plenty of time to meditate and quiet our busy mind down so we can look at the situations of our life more clearly, and practical tools that we can immediately utilize day-to-day. We will leave this series understanding how to have a flexible, happy mind even in an often troubling world. Everyone welcome!