Friends,

For this June 19 sit we’ll be exploring the phrase "not clinging" in Buddhist practice, and why we care.

This simple phrase – not clinging - reaches far more deeply, with much greater import, than might seem at first. When we don't cling we're free, and in practice we slowly discover how much of our life is dedicated to clinging in ways we don't see.

Over time, we see how profound is this freedom from clinging, both to things outside us, and to our sticky sense of self. In a way not clinging is at the core of what the Buddha taught, at the core of the awakening he directed us toward.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.

The URL for the evening will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48
 
Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for Thursday evenings. It’s a spiritual practice to do this good work with others, for others. Helping set up is a way to share the dharma for the community. Signing up is a big help, to know if assistance is coming.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

In our local gathering and practice, simple though it may seem, we uphold and bring to life the wheel of dharma the Buddha set in motion 2,600 years ago. What we do is precious and brings light to the world.

See you soon!

Steve