Awakening Our Hearts:
Exploring Authentic Relationships
across Differences
Arinna Weisman
Sarah Stearns
| Saturday, September 25, 2010 - Sunday, September 26, 2010 | Fee by donation |
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous, and free. As we practice the eight fold path we find ourselves called to explore our unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to ourselves and others. One of the areas we can investigate is how we as white people are unaware of the ways we build identities of whiteness that cover our hearts.The exploration we are proposing grows from the premise that this work awakens our capacity for freedom, unconditional love, and wisdom and grows as a shared journey of community.
By being accountable to the privilege we experience as white people we are able to transform ourselves and our ability to be in authentic multicultural communities. Through this process we will gain the skills and practices to create structures and cultural norms that honor everyone in our sangha.
Arinna Weisman has studied insight meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1989. Her root teacher is Ruth Denison who was empowered by the great master U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley and is co-author of the book,
Sarah Stearns, a clinical psychologist, has worked for 25 years with VISIONS, Inc., a non-profit that specializes in multicultural training and organizational development. In addition to teaching courses on Racism, Gender, and Family Theory at the Smith College School of Social Work, she contributes a multicultural component to their Certificate Program on Contemplative Clinical Practice. Sarah is engaged in her own journey to incorporate social justice and spiritual reflection into all her endeavors.
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