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hamid ebadi
Nov 25, 20221 min read
along with the mist
silent retreat october twenty-twenty two monchique * silence to you closer than you morning raindrops on the round black stone in front...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 12, 20222 min read
approaching silence
report from a silent retreat serra de monchique summer twenty twenty-two _____________________________ approaching silence stepping into...
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hamid ebadi
Sep 1, 20223 min read
my death verse
my death verse early to be written too late to be read winds sweep the mountain prairie unfurling waves through wild grass no one came...
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domgoodchildtvm
Aug 17, 20226 min read
reinvention through a return to my essence
Following a lot of great personal disappointments in my life and a general sense that my neurotic, ever-anxious, depressed mind was going...
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Emily Denny
Aug 16, 20223 min read
alone together in silence
Dreading heading straight into autumn and darkness again after what we in Norway call a “skipped summer”, I desperately searched the net...
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Phil
Jul 22, 20222 min read
extraordinary, profound, magical.
The following words can not do justice to what is mostly an experience of the heart for me. I feel like for a week I've vanished from...
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hamid ebadi
Jul 7, 20222 min read
the guest of seasons
Our summer retreat in Monchique begins on Sunday and I'm on my way to Portugal to welcome our guests coming from many different lands....
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hoolsdelosrios
Jun 19, 20227 min read
so you're thinking about joining this silent retreat.........
This review is really aimed at people who are ‘Umming and Ahing’ as to whether a silent retreat is the right thing for them. I first...
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hamid ebadi
May 30, 20223 min read
words of radiance the heart can see
In zen, it is said that a dharma talk is obscure to the mind but radiant to the heart. In Saint-Exupery's 'the Little Prince' we read:...
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Leila Worth.
May 24, 20222 min read
is binn béal ina thost (irish saying) - silence is golden
A note from my diary on the retreat: A homecoming. Silence is a homecoming. The first day on the first sit Tears fell down my face I felt...
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hamid ebadi
May 15, 20221 min read
stepping into not knowing
karuna center, monchique silent retreat, april 2022 ___________________________ seeker path goal merge into silence and disappear...
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hamid ebadi
May 8, 20222 min read
from your heart to my heart
puget-thénier, alpes de haute provence, april 2022 visiting ei-tai ji temple and meeting master ryotan tokuda after a long time. he does...
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carlzimmerling
May 6, 20224 min read
seven-day silent retreat in karuna
I shave my head and pack my suitcase. Tomorrow the retreat in Karuna begins. I hear a pigeon calling: "You see it". There is a saying in...
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jmcdekker
May 3, 20221 min read
concentration
A silent retreat is not an isolated event. There is a string of events, internal and external developments which prompt the call for...
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georgia morley
May 2, 20224 min read
a reflection from the april 2022 sesshin, monchique
I just finished my 5th retreat and what a profound experience it was. It was so healing. My thoughts were, as I had anticipated, quite...
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hamid ebadi
Apr 17, 20221 min read
monchique
sleepless from a mountain hut looking out the window the morning star shimmers alone from the pond ceaseless croaking it is the morning...
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hamid ebadi
Apr 12, 20221 min read
mujo
it was april remember standing side by side on the temple terrace the cherry-tree abloom an easterly breeze unpetalling white flowers as...
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hamid ebadi
Mar 21, 20221 min read
first words then silence
first words then silence let silence ripen said the master said master who ripening of silence as the mind fasts fasts on words in other...
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david217581
Jan 8, 202219 min read
a week of zen & holy silence
Linda & David from Art of Euphoria share an intimate glimpse into their first silent retreat experience, with daily personal input.
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hamid ebadi
Dec 28, 20212 min read
notes from a silent retreat
notes from a silent retreat I early hours waking up in the early hours sitting here with you you unbeknown to me closest though late for...
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