Cultivating an Open Heart in a Chaotic World
with Acharya Dr. Maureen Hall and John Cunningham
October 5 - 7, 2018
Recent events in our world may give us the sense that things are more chaotic than ever. We are faced with news and events on a weekly basis that awaken our frustration, anger, and fear. If we are not careful, we can easily slip into thought patterns and behaviors rooted in these mind conditions.
Connecting with an open heart can be very challenging in this setting. And yet, this very chaos can help us to connect at a deeper level. We can learn to become rooted in the heart, meeting the world and all its chaos from compassion. The thoughts and actions we take will be much more likely to lead to the kinds of outcomes we ultimately seek. Our retreat will focus on ways to connect with a compassionate and open heart in the midst of chaos.
Facilitators: John Cunningham and Acharya Dr Maureen Hall
Leader
John has been teaching meditation for 17 years. His practice and teaching combines Vipassana, loving-kindness and non-dual teachings from various spiritual traditions. John has studied with several teachers, but his primary teacher is Matthew Flickstein. Work with Matthew includes numerous retreats and several extended study programs, including teacher training programs, a one-year study of the Satipatthana Sutta, and a two-year program on non-duality. John’s personal retreat experience in recent years has focused primarily on self-retreats and on retreats associated with the training programs with Matthew. John recently completed a two-year non-dual teacher training program. John is the primary teacher for…
Learn more about John Cunningham