Friday Evening Silent Meditation & Prayer, 6 Pm

What you give your time and attention to grows. The Friday Evening Silent Meditation and Prayer is a time and place to give yourself to that which you love, that which you are devoted to. This carved out time spent sitting in quiet with a group is powerful. Connection with the earth, each other, and God on a level deeper than the conceptual is the medicine we need right now. This deep place of presence is the mysterious giver of life and insight, the dissolver of ancient pain, and the medium through which revelation and clarity arise.

This place of depth and vastness and silence is right here, always, never more and never less. We find our way to it, but we do not create it. It is here, waiting.

Structure:

• Please be ready to sit at 6pm and observe silence for the entirety, so arrive around 5:45, 5:50pm and get a spot that feels good. We sit outside or inside, depending on the weather and group consensus

• There are two 25 minute silent sits, and a 15 minute silent break in between (tea, walking, more sitting, journaling)

• Fellowship or quiet on your own following the meditation/prayer.

• There is a bit of guided meditation at the beginning the first sit so that people have a place to start, and to provide some direction to the experience. 

• There are cats here, so if we are inside there is some cat hair (though I do vacuum and clean that day)

• If you have a chair or cushion that you like, please feel free to bring it. There are chairs etc here 

• 3660 Steam Mill Rd, Odessa NY 14869, park in the driveway or along the road. If you park on the road pull well over as it is used by big trucks.

• Sliding Scale $15-$50

• If you use google maps, be aware that it may send you via Dean Rd - don't take that route! It is a bit dicey. Use Newtown Rd or Havens Rd