eternity this interplay
candi dasa, bali, november twenty-three " as one side is illumined, the other is darkened. - master dogen" sunday you are vast and...
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hamid ebadi
- Nov 10, 2023
- 2 min
what you leave behind is what you take with you
What you see on this image is a view over the valley and the rolling hills on the last day of our silent at Karuna Center in Monchique a...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
misty heights
silent retreat october twenty twenty-three monchique * no entry no exit point to silence enter or leave it you cannot * in the midst of...
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Eva StorytellingCoach
- Oct 16, 2023
- 1 min
gorgeous
This silent retreat was GORGEOUS. And I mean gorgeous, luxurious, and delightful to the senses. Hosted in an incredible location, there...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 15, 2023
- 1 min
sesshin ends
curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in cicadas screeching pouring in inside no one outside no one the dweller left his:...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 14, 2023
- 4 min
letting go of what we know
In Mysteries, Yes, a poem by Mary Oliver from her book Evidence we read: ' Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 2, 2023
- 3 min
some thoughts on meditation
It's something to look forward to whenever I get the chance to sit with others an intensive silent meditation retreat as this allows me...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 25, 2023
- 3 min
what for a silent retreat
Our one week silent Zen retreat at Karuna Center in Monchique, Portugal, is four weeks away. Is a silent retreat an event? The word event...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 19, 2023
- 3 min
closing words on a september silent retreat
Awareness has more to do with the quality of attention we bring to something rather than what we give our attention to. It’s not so much...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 13, 2023
- 1 min
jisei (death poem)
orange moon sailed-off before i came to the river to watch the boats light begins to turn time to prepare for fall love of summer your...
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hamid ebadi
- Sep 1, 2023
- 2 min
silence is your home
a report from a week of silent sitting ____________________________________ the deeper silence reaches within, the lesser your...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 19, 2023
- 2 min
carnet de voyage
I rainy season sheets of water freely traveling illusion of you are going anywhere accompanying you wherever you go adds embellishment to...
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Matthew Skinta
- Aug 16, 2023
- 2 min
returning to this moment
The 8-day silent retreat in July 2023 was my second through Maitri Retreats – I also attended in July 2022 with Hamid. This time, I had...
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 15, 2023
- 4 min
the art of making mistake after mistake
There is a Zen expression: shoshaku jushaku that is rendered in English as; to succeed wrong with wrong or, one continuous mistake. In...
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ccoutrot
- Aug 13, 2023
- 2 min
a unique and profound experience
I have attended Hamid's retreats twice : last year for an 8d retreat in Portugal and this year for a 4d retreat in Bali. Trying to...
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Yessica RodrÃguez
- Jul 24, 2023
- 2 min
what arises from silence
What arises from silence is GRATITUDE. I feel blessed and privileged to have experienced such an expansive feeling throughout the...
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hamid ebadi
- Jul 6, 2023
- 1 min
vastness anywhere
hua hin, july 2023 carnet de voyage _____________________ seasons of rain sheets of water freely traveling anywhere the illusion of...
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hamid ebadi
- Jun 15, 2023
- 2 min
turning the light inward
" learn to take the backward step that turns the light and shines it inwards. " it's with these words that master dogen speaks about the...
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sharongesthalter
- May 10, 2023
- 4 min
keep on Walking
This was to be my second meditation retreat with Hamid, and my first time ever in Bali. The excitement that comes with discovering a new...
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amferruzzi
- Apr 13, 2023
- 2 min
exactly what it needed to be
For a period of time, the March 2023 silent retreat in Bali was not going to happen for me. Due to passport issues, my partner and I got...
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