( 4 ) The Optional Beginner's "PRACTICE-CLASS-COMMITMENT" - a practice-option that we only 'suggest' to you -- is fully explored + plus some encouraging words

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♦ Very IMPORTANT, folks –
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Please – do not feel intimidated or shudder 
or shut down at the mere mention of 'Commitment' -

or the word 'dedication' or by the reasons & encouragement

about ‘why’ we do a 'practice-commitment'. Music lessons

or Martial Arts are the same way - anything you learn anew.

Some people struggle with the difficulty of ‘commitment’.

Others simply relax and just hang-in there. We do wish

to maintain maximum 'attendee-continuity' –

at it's best optimum-level of learning.

      ( this is all only a suggested option for you -

           1. a steady class commitment

                 or 2. a more casual attendance...) 

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A Misson-Statement
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the more motivated Beginner:

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for a sturdy, steady, strong

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start in Meditation practice.

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A Once Weekly Beginner's

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“Practice Class-Commitment”

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of Six-Weeks ~ an option for a reasonable,

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yet a steady 'CONSISTENCY' of Practice -

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is sincerely recommended to you ~

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and that's not a lot to ask for .. or of yourself.

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But, you've gotta wanna sit your own butt down

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to fairly frequent, regular 'immersions' in meditation -

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IF you really wanna' turn the corner on this...

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Once weekly in Class ~And~

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2 or 3 or 4 times weekly at Home.

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~ You choose how much time you sit ~ 

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15 or 20 minutes or 1/2 hour each time

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to really make this meditation 'practice' 
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begin to work for you !   It's a 'Practice'. 

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. . . and you do want this to work !

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If you have ocassional Life or Work-related problems
with keeping up a steady consistent class attendance,

please speak directly with the teacher openly ~

maybe other arrangements can be made.

We'd like to do all we possibly can to

help you to learn to sit meditation..

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"Good timber does not
....grow with ease.
......The stronger the wind ~
......~ the stronger the trees." ..~ Willard Marriot.

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“Commitment” for some - it’s a Difficult, Big Loaded Word . . . Yet it affects everything we do as human beings – be it commitment

to a satisfying ‘relationship’, or to an art, or to your life’s-work, or

to a skill or sport, or to cello lessons. Deication to a 'Practice'.
In the Sanskrit sacred-language of India – one major word for

the whole 'idea' of "Commitment" is the now well known word 'Yoga' –

Yoke: which means one's 'uniting-with', or 'coming to one with' –

be it Hatha Yoga Asanas (postures) or advanced Jnana Yoga

Realization thru Advaita Non Duality practice – or practicing

Buddha's Anicca Anatta Dharma Teachings of Insight Meditation.

'Commitment' is itself the basis of ALL Yoga 'Sadhana' ( Practice ).

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.:: Yoga ::.
like 'Yoke' in English 

That which Links,

Joins the 'individual-one'

together with the 'Whole One'.

( makes Holy - makes Whole - same word )

Buddhist Yoga ~ is Yoga of the Mind.

Like the 'Yoke' that links the horse to the wagon.

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Join with us in utilizing this natural, expedient, effective,

enlightened 'methodology of inner-practice'. Mind-Yoga.

Certainly it's a stretch, but it's a slow, loving, gradual stretch.

Practice, practice, practice – just doing your reps in stillness.
Without making all this something dauntaing or driven... 
just gentle n' easy practice - yet with Consistency..

* Initially of course,

you are always welcome
to come for a check-it-out Visit..

Attend One Class. Then after a first visit - or second 
– You decide if this ‘growth-setting’ - this challenging,
off-beat, oddly unorthodox Buddhist class is possibly
even for you.
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This Weekly Class is a small, intimate, 'salon'-style,
in-depth Buddhist meditation and study group.
So come to our little Buddhist meditation shrine-room
to begin meditating. Simply, just come one time and 
see if you like it. It's an acquired taste.
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Certainly the teacher is bit 'odd' & so is the setting:
Would you come back ?

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." You don't have to see the whole staircase –...just take the first step in faith "....~ M.L.King.

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Beginners are encouraged to be sincere, very steady attendees –

committed & willing to being present each week for an initial Six-Week

Class-Commitment – that’s really not a lot. It's a highly recommended

option you'll want to give Initial Meditation Practice about 2 months.

For a new, sincere 'Beginner', that's quite reasonable to ask –

AND we understand that you may occasionally, miss your class

due to other important plans. Always a class can be made up.

No hurry. You can't rush Enlightenment..

Beginners ~

AFTER your 'Beginner-Status' is over – after having immersed yourself

in steady weekly attendance doing this ‘Yoga’ of the Mind – then of course

you are most welcome & certainly may want to continue to practice meditation

with us on a regular ongoing-basis AT ANY TIME thereafter – come on your own,

purely on your own terms & schedule –

with NO further class commitment.

The door is simply open to you –

you simply come when you want.

We really do want to make it very easy . . ..

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"Arriving with 'The Gift of Good Intent' toward your own Success"
~ Old Irish Blessing.

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Right along with your Weekly Beginner's Class - you're now cultivating

your own steady 'Home Practice' – frequent Sitting Meditation ‘Practice’

becomes gently integrated into your life - as your own special 'Quiet-times',

along side your weekly Meditation Class Night – as you start to really build-in

your own sense of “Meditation-Practice-Opportunities” that are all around you

& within you. A really motivated Meditation takes a willingness to actually

‘practice’. You need to have the meditation 'experiences' that only a frequent

meditation sitting-practice can bring to you. Maybe now, maybe later..

It is an IMPORTANT sense of deep personal 'satisfaction' for your own

learning-curve efforts, to responsibly attend to your "Meditation Class

Commitment" for a steady 6-weeks - or as you've pre-arranged with the

teacher. A solid 'Consistency' of practice can be a very warm, hearty & hardy,

necessary 'working-virtue' for establishing the steady continuity of insight &

comprehension - that is so necessary for seeing Truth. Along-side a steady

'immersion-practice' there develops a much deeper integrated experience of

Compassionate Insight of one's very own 'self' ~ and of the world itself !
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." Whatever the Question ~ Love and Kindness is the Answer !"~ The Dalai Lama.
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So Please – do not feel intimidated or ‘shudder’

or shut down at the mere mention of 'Commitment' -
or the word 'dedication' or by the reasons & encouragement

about ‘why’ we do a practice-commitment.   Music lessons

or Martial Arts are the same way - anything you learn anew.

Some people struggle with the difficulty of ‘commitment’.

Others simply relax and just hang-in there. We do wish

to maintain maximum 'attendee-continuity' –

at it's best optimum-level of learning..

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"Tradition should be a guide, not a jailer."

~ W. Somerset Maugham “The Razor’s Edge” 1931
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. . . . so please be encouraged !.

." You began as a ‘creation’.
Now become a Creator.
Never, never just wait at a barrier " .

~ Mawlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi Rumi ( 1207–1273 )
13th century Persian poet, mystic, Islamic jurist and theologian
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" Eighty percent of success is just showing up! "
...~ Woody Allen
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"While one person hesitates because
they 'feel' inferior & ‘think’ insecure thoughts –
the other is just busy making mistakes a p l e n t y -
and becoming quite superior" ~ The Tao

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" The Greatest Risk is Not Taking One "

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