About Heart Sessions

Hello all. This blog is intended to honor the group meditations initiated by Tom Sawyer, now carried on by friends of his since his passing. Being physically spread out as we are we have agreed to sit down in our own homes at the same clock time, 9pm EST on Sunday nights. We sit for at least 20 minutes, although sitting for longer periods is no problem if you so choose.


There is no specified technique for these meditations. Precisely prescribed actions sometimes become unauthentic and what is meaningful for one person may not be for another. So if you choose to assist you may use a favored technique or listen within, apply self-honesty, and allow growth. There is no political or economic agenda involved. There are no dues or dogma. The essential point is an honest willingness to help.


Each week there is a suggested focus as posted on this blog. We previously had been using an email list but now, through the kind assistance and generous guidance of Barbara Whitfield and Donald Brennan, we have the pleasure of this blog forum. Loving thanks to you both. Comments may be left by clicking the "Leave Comments Here" link below each post.

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Friday, August 19

For Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Hello all, if we viewed the entire course of human history as though it were a single lifetime, humanity would be in the late teenage years, on the cusp of adulthood. We are young enough to have a ton of energy. We have accumulated enough experience that wisdom can be found. And still, we spend too little time looking at the long-term consequences of our head long rushing into our excesses.

Generally speaking we splurge our resources and give faint regard to all but short-term personal gains, this while living on a finite ball floating in space. We will run out, our garbage will pile up, and there's no place else to go.

The missing pieces needed to balance out this bleak picture are reverence, compassion, awareness of what is sacred, and humility: reverence for the land upon which we depend for life, compassion for others we share life with, awareness that life itself is a sacred experience, and humility to learn deeply from our experiences.

May we sit this Sunday for these things. May we sit for ourselves. May we sit for others. May we sit for all.

Thank you,

Richard
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