Christian Zen At Lime Rock Baptist Church
A Spiritual Journey
“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.” -Rumi
At the October meeting of the Lime Rock Meditation Group we adopted a Zen format for the session. This gives us a regular structure for the meetings and allows us to invite “Guiding Teachers” from the Zen tradition. We are fortunate to have an affiliation with the Day Star Zendo, a Christian Zen group at the Trappist Abbey of Mount St. Mary’s in Wrentham, Massachusetts. We are blessed with the bounty of spiritual traditions from the East and the West.
The Zen meeting is structured in three parts after a brief beginning ceremony. There is a sitting meditation, a walking meditation and a teaching moment. Participants are invited to choose the style of sitting that they find comfortable. You may sit Asian style, on a pillow and a cushion, or you may choose to sit European Style, on chair or pew.
We encourage people who may be interested in meditation and may never have done this to join us. We have “Zen for Beginners” orientation sessions on the first session of each month. Skilled or otherwise, we appreciate the blessing of your presence. See schedule below.
January 29 - Zen
February 12 - Zen for Beginners
February 26 - Zen
March 12 - Zen
March 26 - Zen
April 9 - Zen
April 23 - Zen
May 7 - Zen
May 21 - Zen
June 4 - Zen
June 18 - Zen
All are welcome! If you are interested in starting a practice or simply curious about meditation, please join us. If you have an established practice and wish to join us, we would love to have you sit with us. We appreciate the the blessing of your presence.
Lime Rock Baptist Church is located at 1075 Great Road, Lincoln RI. For more information about the program please contact Rev. Gene Dyszlewski at edyszlewski@gmail.com or 401-345-7291.