Each Time You Carry Me This Way – Open Mind Retreat with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
THUR-SUN AUGUST 18-21
Commonweal in Bolinas, CA
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A Pacific Zen Open Mind Retreat
with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
Each Time You Carry Me This Way
—Koans & Dreams
August 18th – 21st, 2022
Thursday Eve through Sunday Noon
at the magical Commonweal Center in Bolinas, CA
IN PERSON
Dreams and koans are our intimate friends, they open gates we had not seen, and we stroll into splendid, unfamiliar gardens.
Everyone has their own light, it gives us life;
it is handed along in the dark, mind to mind, heart to heart.
Dreams too appear in mysterious ways,
and we are in those dreams,
and all the time the world is dreaming us,
and bearing us in its arms.
Songs come from dreams, koans appear in dreams, and dreams in koans. Ancient teachers turn up and bless us or argue with us, monsters chase us and befriend us, and in every case we can turn toward the is-ness, beauty and strangeness.
Dreams and koans can indicate lineage or a direction in life, or ways to address great questions. We can’t explain them but even a fragment of an image of a yellow vase colors the day.
They show us a new path to the marvelous.
The woman on the white horse
ambles among the trees just ahead of us
and no matter how much we hurry,
we can’t catch up.
A white horse appears in pale red flowers.
We watch the tracks of flying birds
Yangshan went to the Buddha’s place in a dream and was asked to teach. A teacher was asked, “What about the ones who neither come nor go?” He said, “The stone woman calls them back from their dream of the world.”
Join us, we’re looking forward to it, and there are limited numbers, so sign up early.
—John Tarrant and Tess Beasley
About PZI Open Mind Retreats
Pacific Zen Institute’s Open Mind retreats come out of our impulse to make a Zen meditation retreat that is native to American culture. When we take away the barriers to understanding, things just naturally shine.
This is a residential retreat held in a beautiful place on the ocean with a simple feel, and wonderful food.
There will be sitting together, koans, teaching, walking on the beach, poetry, conversation, writing and time to find out what our lives might be like without our usual stories. We will do exercises that help our attention to deepen. We will make discoveries and our lives will open.
This is a retreat that people find has a powerful effect on their lives and their understanding, both of the practice of the inner life and of the world of work and personal interaction. It has the deep strength of an intensive meditation retreat inside a form that works for people with all different levels of meditation experience. It has a flexible schedule that makes it work well for those who would like to bring a partner or a friend.
No particular background in spiritual practice is required.
Bring a notebook. Also, if you want to paint or draw or play an instrument you can bring your gear.
Cost:
Members Shared Room (double): $825
Non-members Shared Room (double): $875
Members Single Room: $1025
Non-members Single Room: $1075
Location:
Commonweal Center, 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas, CA 94924
Dates and Times:
Begins Thursday, August 18th at 5:30 p.m. PDT
Ends Sunday, August 21st at 12:00 p.m. PDT
Our registrar is sachakawa@gmail.com
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