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September 15 Sunday Zen: With John Tarrant & Friends
September 21 Daylong: With John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
October 22–27 Fall Sesshin: with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
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WEDNESDAY ZEN: There Is Nothing I Dislike – with Jesse Cardin
May 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free – $10
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Wednesday Zen with Guest Host Jesse Cardin
—There Is Nothing I Dislike
Here I sit at the end of a long day. I didn’t get a chance to meditate early this morning as I usually do, or later this morning, or this afternoon. I was a little worried about that. My wife worked longer than she said she would this morning, and as I entertained our toddler I worried if I was going to get all my work done. That was irritating.
My attempts to connect with the pharmacy to transfer an important prescription were thwarted by some bizarre technological flaw that made my phone think Hawai’i phone numbers are international. That was frustrating. I ordered copies of my son’s birth certificate so he can start Pre-K, but they likely won’t arrive for at least thirty days and we’re way behind the curve on getting him registered for school. That was disappointing. He will probably also need a more recent physical exam than we have, and we don’t yet have health insurance in Hawai’i. That feels overwhelming.
I could go on with my litany of minor misfortunes, but I’m distracted by the rain outside, which is coming in such exquisite swells. The coqui frogs usually wait for nightfall to begin their chorus, but there is a single voice co-co-KEE-ing out of the forest. I wonder if he’s confused, or in love, or just being a contrarian.
Tonight we’ll go to the Cooper Community Center down the street, where there’s going to be a “Cinco in Da Forest” celebration for Cinco de Mayo. I hear there will be margaritas. I’m a little anxious to go, as I almost always am when faced with a group social event full of unknowns, but usually it eases up once I get past my front door.
As I write this—which I didn’t think I was going to be able to because I’m so behind on everything—I notice none of it poses a problem. It’s not that I have to rationalize why things are the way they are or bully myself into looking on the bright side or pretend like I wasn’t bothered—I just don’t find myself in opposition to anything that has happened. I don’t have an explanation for why that is or a five-step plan to help you do that, too. I just notice that it is.
I’m very much looking forward to spending some time with you while David Weinstein is away. Please join me in hanging out with old Linji for a bit. What the hell is he talking about, anyway?
Hope to see you there!
Jesse
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