INTERFAITH CENTERING MEDITATION

& BOOK CLUB

We are hosting these meetings on a Love-Offering basis. You can join us anytime! Please do!
 

Interfaith Centering Group (approximately 3-3:30pm) - Centering is an Interfaith Contemplative Meditation practice that focuses on the inner-divine, the God-within. Derived from the teachings of the ancient middle eastern desert monks, it is practiced with profound results by people of all faiths: Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, New-Age believers, Pagans and more.

No matter what spiritual tradition you embrace, if you are looking for a form of meditation that focuses on the presence and action of the God-within and leads to divine-union, Centering Prayer is a wonderful and effective practice to explore!

"Contemplative Prayer is not something that can be achieved through will, but rather is God’s gift. It is the opening of mind and heart – one’s whole being – to God. Contemplative prayer is a process of interior transformation. It is a relationship initiated by God and leading, if one consents, to divine union."  

- Fr. Thomas Keating

Book Club (approximately 2-3pm) - Our book club has an Interfaith focus on Spirituality, Mysticism, Meditation & Contemplative Prayer in various traditions. Contemplative prayer is sometimes referred to as “Resting in God” or simply “Resting in the Presence”.

Our Book Club is discussing a new book:

"TAO TE CHING by Lao Tsu". We will use the 1997edition translated by Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English.

This will be a wonderful opportunity to explore the Tao Te Ching with an Ordained Taoist Priest & Abbott.

Zoom Meeting ID
832 4591 6262

The Zoom Meeting Link (stays the same every week)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83245916262 

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We host these meetings on a Love-Offering basis. If you wish to make a Love-Offering, any amount is appreciated, you can do that in-person at our center or go to https://floweringheart.org/Donations.htm.

Be sure to read the Book Club Guidelines & Centering Guidelines below

If you are interested, email michael@floweringheart.org, so I can add you to the list.

GUIDELINES FOR BOOK CLUB & CENTERING GROUP
We are all working together to create a very special a sacred space. So, whether you attend in-person or via Zoom, we ask you to agree to follow these Guidelines:

1. Unless you are speaking to the group, please, keep your microphone muted, maintain silence and refrain from eating during the Book Club or Centering Prayer (unless you have a medical condition).

2. Turn off your phone ringer, and do not text, email or read incoming messages (unless you are an emergency first-responder).

3. If you are viewing at home via Zoom, be in a quiet room alone, if possible, with no pets or children or people who are not engaged in the meeting. It would be best to close the door.

4. Don't leave the room for kitchen breaks, etc. Of course, a necessary trip to the bathroom is fine.

5. Keep your microphone and camera turned on throughout the meeting, and eliminate music, extraneous noises and distractions that would detract from your experience and that of others.

We ask you to follow these guidelines so that everyone can have a deeply sacred, transforming experience. Imagine you are in a Spiritual Temple personally meeting with God.