Friends,

For this Tuesday, Jan. 6, Eastside Insight gathering, we'll be exploring the ways in which many aspects of generosity open the inner light.

We'll be exploring the inner meaning of generosity, and how inner and outer generosity brings not-clinging and opening to our hearts and minds. In this case generosity is different than kindness, although closely linked, and we’ll be exploring the nuances of these differences and similarities.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Email Steve for the URL for the evening at stevellen95@comcast.net, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033. (We are  going to be updatting the Zoom URL for 2026 soon, maybe next  time, so keep an eye out.)

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 pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way.

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

We are in discussion with several guest teachers for coming months, and one of them, Judith Avinger, will be teaching Jan. 20.

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help, and when can say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

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

Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Eastside six-week introduction to meditation series, which I’ll be teaching on six Wednesdays, starting Jan. 21.

The series will be in person and online, so your location is not an issue. While billed as an introduction, people often join who want to refresh or restart their practices. We always have fun…please share with your friends!
https://seattleinsight.org/event/introductory-meditation-class-series-eastside-1/

This series be in parallel with a similar class taught by Keri Pederson on Thursdays in Seattle, starting Jan. 22. Both will end with a joint day of mindfulness in Seattle, Feb. 28.

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of the complexity of 2025. May your hearts be at ease.
 
With bows and love,
Steve