The Wisdom of Death – and Season’s Celebrations @TheLivingRoom

Hello Everyone,

Here, once more, is the timetable for the week.

I’d like to mention again that Fridays@The Living Room is being held on this Friday16th December. This is our third (in a series of four) contemplative conversations, and this month we are contemplating the wisdom of death.

The Wisdom of Death

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The trinity of love, death and life are the mysteries of human existence. We share them with all that exists. Each unfolds the others, and to know all three is our birthright as human beings. In the first part of the evening we welcome Ivor Browne, Dolores Whelan and David Korowocz to allow us an appreciation of death – how it holds life, and how life holds it. In the ensuing meditation, we hope to contemplate on its wisdoms and gifts. Death has much to teach us now – much of what we know is changing, and how we practice letting things die will offer a great deal to our ensuing vision.

All are welcome to come along, and please spread the word!!

And, THEN, afterallofthatwards I would also like to invite people for a warm tasty tipple and nibble as part of our lively Christmas celebrations!!

Our lively Christmas celebrations ALSO include, Allison Slatter and Friends holding a lunchtime concert here in The Living Room on Thursday 22nd of Dec at 1pm – 2pm. Those who were here for Allison’s concert two weeks ago know that high, refined and pure singing and playing is as good a way of ushering in the light as it gets!

Looking forward to seeing you on Friday,

Christine.

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city.

MONDAY

10.00 – 12.30pm THE HOURS with JACQULINE KELLEHER and MARY DOWD

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION with MARIA GALVIN

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. STUDY GROUP
1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

1.00PM- 2.00PM ACCOMPANIED SILENCE

THURSDAY

10.00am – 11.30am CONNECTION’ for MIND BODY AND SPIRIT with URSULA BROWN:

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION WITH JOANNE AND JIM GALLAGHER.

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence.

7.00PM – 9.30PM FRIDAY@ THE LIVING ROOM.
THE WISDOM OF DEATH.


A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.


Notification for Friday, December 2, 2011

Hello there everyone,

I would just like you to know that there are two amendments to our timetable for Friday – good news and bad news if you like!
So, lets go with the bad news first ( always), Cindy Ireland will not be offering her Hatha Yoga class this Friday alas, but will resume the following Friday, and we hope you can all still come along then,
and
the
good
news
, is that

Allison Sleator

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….Allison Sleator (our resident songstress!) is hosting a night of original and traditional music here, at The Living Room @ 7.45pm with Graham Watson and Kathleen McPhail. Admission is €5.00 and all are most welcome.

That’s the end of the newsflash. Wishing you a wonderfully fulfilling Tuesday,

Christine

Fridays@TheLivingroom Discerning Our Desires Occupy Ourselves

Occupy OurselvesGood Morning Everyone,

[for this week's Programme for 14-18 November 2011, please scroll down.]

I’d like to remind you that on Friday, 18 November, 2011, 7-9.30pm, we will host our second Contemplative Conversation entitled Occupy Ourselves. Please click on image to enlarge.

This sharing will offer four perspectives on why it is now economically timely to collectivize on what is most flourishing and life giving for us all. We will focus on how a common desire might take root in an identity which is consciously connected to one another, to our county and to our land.

The evening will take place in two parts; presentations, and meditation and conversation. The invited speakers are:

David Korowicz is a physicist and human systems ecologist. He is working on risk and resilience in financial and economic systems.

Joseph Feely, artist has completed a post graduate certificate in integral studies.

Anne Kenny, writer and ancestral healer.

The meditation will be held by Jim and Joanne Gallagher from Contemplative Outreach.

I hope you might join us and allow your wisdom to work on behalf of the community.

With best wishes,

Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

Programme for 14-18 November 2011

Ursula Browne is beginning a new course called Connection for Mind, Body and Spirit. This is a 6 week course with a suggested donation of €30.00. We hope it might appeal to you or someone you know.

MONDAY

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION WITH MARIA GALVIN

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. STUDY GROUP

1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

Closed

THURSDAY

10.00am – 11.30am CONNECTION for MIND BODY AND SPIRIT with URSULA BROWN:
A new 6 week course.
€30.00

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION WITH JOANNE AND JIM GALLAGHER.

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence.

FRIDAY@THE LIVING ROOM.

OCCUPY OURSELVES

“WHEN THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE IS MET BY OUR OWN SACRED SPIRIT,
WHAT WE LONG FOR BECOMES POLITICAL”


A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.


Contemplation and Capitalism: Flipping the Fear

Hi there Everyone,

Here is this week’s events.

Let me mention again our contemplative conversation this Friday which we are holding in response to the fear of financial collapse.
“It’s not the economy, stupid” is a forum for processing the uncertainty we face individually and as a country.

The first conversation in a series of four, these conversations explore our national economic and social cohesion from a spiritual perspective.

Now in it’s second year, Contemplative Conversations is a reflective forum responding to social/national issues. That the wisdom of transformation is the basis for peaceful change is borrowed from many contemplative traditions. Indeed, the truism that the ‘personal is political’ can be extended to the spiritual which can inform our national reconnaissance on where we are and what we can do.

I invite you to participate in this evening which will offer two short presentations on the system failures and Celtic wisdom followed by a meditation and conversation on how capitalism and contemplation interact and are influenced by each other.

I look forward to seeing you here.

With best wishes,

Christine

Ps. Here’s this weeks listing for your consideration.
PPs. Here’s the outline for Friday@The Living Room: A Contemplative Conversation on Capitalism and Contemplation:Flipping the Fear.

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city.

MONDAY

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION WITH MARIA GALVIN

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. STUDY GROUP

1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

CLOSED

THURSDAY

9.30am – 11.30am CONNECT COURSE with URSULA BROWN

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION WITH JOANNE AND JIM GALLAGHER.

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence.

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.

FRIDAYS@THE LIVING ROOM PRESENTS

A Contemplative Conversation

IT’S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID!

Contemplating the financial collapse
and flipping the fear

Profound economic, social and environmental risk point to a ‘radically uncertain’ future.

This series of meetings is about how we experience radical uncertainty.

About learning how we and our financial system works.

About how by referring to a contemplative attitude we are enabled to remain strong, resourceful,
collective.

This series of meetings is about witnessing how the great spiritual traditions overcome fear.

How apprehension can be counterbalanced through meditation.

How Love encourages community.

How conversation in contemplation creates vision.

Financial relations show that our collective vulnerability is what mysteriously binds us all.

How we come together and prepare for peace is a reflective practice.

All are welcome.


David Korowicz is a physicist and human systems ecologist. He is a specialist on systemic risk and risk management in the global economy. He runs Risk-Resilience a risk management consultancy; is a member of Feasta, The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability; and is on the board of Comhar, Ireland’s sustainable development commission

Dolores Whelan is an educator and spiritual guide working in the area of human and spiritual development in Ireland, Scotland, England and US for the past twenty years. She is the author of Ever Ancient Ever New which explores the importance of recovering the many gifts present in the rich spiritual heritage of this country.

Dr. Francis J Valloor (Padinjarekara) is a clinical psychologist with more than 22 years of professional experience in psycho-training and supervision, assessment, and spirituality.

The evening will be accompanied by Songstress Alison Slater.

Friday 21st October 7.00pm – 9.30pm


THE LIVING ROOM, CORNER OF COPPINGER ROW AND CLARENDON ST. D2


FRIDAYS@THE LIVING ROOM for Oct.21st, 2011, 7-9pm

FRIDAYS@THE LIVING ROOM PRESENTS
A Contemplative Conversation

IT’S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID!

Contemplating the financial collapse
– and flipping the fear

Friday 21st October 7.00pm-9.30pm

Profound economic, social and environmental risk point to a ‘radically uncertain’ future.

This series of meetings is about how we experience radical uncertainty

About learning how we and our financial system works

About how by referring to a contemplative attitude we are enabled to
remain strong, resourceful,
collective.

This series of meetings is about witnessing how the great spiritual traditions overcome fear.

How apprehension can be counterbalanced through meditation.

How Love encourages community.

How conversation in contemplation creates vision.

Financial relations show that our collective vulnerability is what mysteriously binds us all.

How we come together and prepare for peace is a reflective practice.

All are welcome.


David Korowicz is a physicist and human systems ecologist. He is a specialist on systemic risk and risk management in the global economy. He runs Risk-Resilience a risk management consultancy; is a member of Feasta, The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability; and is on the board of Comhar, Ireland’s sustainable development commission

Dr. Francis J Valloor (Padinjarekara) is a clinical psychologist with more than 22 years of professional experience in psycho-training and supervision, assessment, and spirituality.


Friday 21st October 7.00pm – 9.30pm

THE LIVING ROOM
CORNER OF COPPINGER ROW AND CLARENDON ST.
Dublin 2

Cost €10.00


April Fool’s in The Living Room. Events Mon March 28th -Fri April 1st

Good Monday all!

In saluting this wonderful spring spell, I’d like to offer you the forthcoming weeks time table and resume for Friday@The Living Room to take place this Friday on 1st April. You are of course all welcome to attend for all or part of the evening.

Looking forward to seeing you again – it’s been too long,

Christine

5.30 – 7.00pm. Meditation with Dr. Francis Valloor

7.00 – 9.30pm The Wisdom of the Celtic Calendar with Dolores Wheelan.

The Celtic seasonal calendar with its eight festivals not only marks the different seasons of the year, it also hold within it much of the essential wisdom of the Celtic tradition.The calendar explores how light and darkness, vigor and eclipse, life and death are equally important aspects of the life journey. Following the energies of this calendar,both externally and internally, it offers a way of life that creates harmony beauty, balance and wholeness

Dolores Whelan has worked as an educator and spiritual teacher in Ireland,UK and USA for 25years .Her most recent book Ever Ancient Ever New explores how the wisdom of the Celtic tradition can influence the formation of a value system upon which a new sustainable society might be built . Her book is available on line wwwdoloreswhelan.ie and will be on sale after the talk.

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The Living Room Monday 28th-Friday 1st April, 2011

  • Day
  • Mon
  • Mon
  • Tues.
  • Tues.
  • Wed
  • Thurs
  • Thurs
  • Fri
  • Fri
  •  
  • Fri
  • Fri
  • Event
  • John Maine Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Yoga
  • Meditation
  • Awareness Meditation
  • The Interior Castle St. Teresa of Avila study group
  • Heart-clearing Meditation with Ursula Browne
  • Chi Kung, Tai Chi moving meditations
  • Inspiration Meditation
  • FRIDAYS@THELIVINGROOM
  • Meditation with Dr. Francis Valloor
  • The Wisdom of the Celtic Calendar with Dolores Wheelan
  • Time
  • 1-2pm
  • 5-6pm
  • 10-11.30am
  • 1-2pmpm
  • 1-2pm
  • 10-11.30am
  • 12.30-1pm
  • 10.30-11.30am
  • 1-2pm
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  • 5.30-7pm
  • 7-9.30pm


This week in The Living Room. March 14-18

Hello there Everyone,

Wishing you a very merry St. Patrick’s day – and many more of them, as they say. Here’s this weeks ‘greening’ timetable. Did you know that ‘greening’ was a term Hildegarde de Begin used for praying to Mary, mother of JC? No, thought not. Nor, in fact did I, until I last week. So there’s an esoteric aside for us to add to the festivities.

Enjoy whetting whistles in de wind.

Love,

Christine

The Living Room Monday 15th-Friday 18th February, 2011

  • Day
  • Mon
  • Mon
  • Tues.
  • Tues
  • Wed
  • Thurs
  • Fri
  • Event
  • John Main Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Yoga
  • Accompanied Silence
  • Closed
  • Closed
  • Closed
  • Time
  • 1-2pm
  • 5-6pm
  • 10-11.30
  • 1-2pm


Hello from The Living Room 31 Jan-4 Feb 2011

Good Afternoon One and All,

As part of this year’s turning of the Chinese New Year, we’d like to invite you to a celebration of the ancient art, ritual and meditation of a tea ceremony at this week’s Friday@The Living Room. The tea ceremony provides spiritual healing, preparing tea helps drinkers to slow down, and escape routine, while tea itself provides a boost for body and mind. As usual, at 5.30pm we’ll begin the evening with a meditation and then at 7.30pm we’ll flip the evening around and enjoy the extensive ritual of a Chinese Tea Ceremony.

The Living Room Monday 24th-Friday 28th January, 2011

  • Day
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  • Mon
  • Tues.
  • Tues
  • Wed
  • Thurs
  • Thurs
  • Fri
  • Fri
  • Fri
  • Fri
  • Event
  • John Main Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Yoga
  • Accompanied Silence
  • Awareness Meditation
  • St. Teresa of Avila study group (all welcome)
  • Heart-clearing Meditation
  • Embodiment Meditation: Chigung, Taichi, & breath exercises
  • Friday Hush. (Mindful Meditation)
  • Friday@TheLivingroom. Meditation
  • Friday@TheLivingRoom Chinese Tea Cermony
  • Time
  • 1-2pm
  • 5-6pm
  • 10-11.30
  • 1-2pm
  • 1-2
  • 10-11.30
  • 12.30-1pm
  • 10.30-11.30
  • 1-2pm
  • 5.30-7pm
  • 7.30-9pm


The Living Room: Monday 13th-Friday 17th December 2010

Good Morning Everybody!

Wishing you a very, very, very, very, very Merry Monday. I hope you’re warm, and hopeful, and preparing to transcend the heart of darkness with the solstice next week. To help those in those preparations Friday @ The Living Room will focus on the charism of love – the good news to any bad news – which we’ll focus on in the meditation and conversation. Please feel most welcome to come and celebrate the birthright of love we share with the ants, the stars, our neighbours and all the strangers in the world.

FRIDAYS@THE LIVINGROOM WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY 17th DEC AT 5.30PM – 9.30PM.

As usual the evening will take place in two parts, and as in previous weeks, we’re exploring our understanding, reception and experience of love.

5.30pm – 6.45pm Meditation with Dr. Francis Padinjarkara. This is a guided meditation to connect us with the universal truth of love.

7.15pm – 9.20pm Conversation with John Morgan on the Carmelite charism of Love. This is one man’s understanding of Carmelite spirituality. The joy of union with the Beloved gives Carmelite spirituality it’s urgency and intimacy and humility. Love carries charity, community and action, this is an exploration of the contemporary expressions of an ancient tradition.

All are most welcome to come for all or some of these events, at a come and leave at will basis.


This Week’s Events in The Living Room
MON John Main Meditation


Yoga (intermediate)

1.00-2.00pm


4.00-5.00pm
TUES Yoga (beginners)


An Intentional silence for others
10.00-11.30am


1.00-2.00pm
WED Awareness Meditation 1pm-2.00pm
THURS St. Teresa of Avila study group (all welcome)

Heart-clearing Meditation
10.00-11.30pm



12.30pm – 1.00pm

FRI Embodiment Meditation: Chigung, Taichi, and breath exercises


Friday Hush. Mindful Meditation

Meditation with Dr. Francis Padinjarkara


Conversation with John Morgan on the Carmelite charism of Love

10.30 – 11.30am




1.00-2.00pm


5.30pm – 6.45pm



7.15pm – 9.20pm