Courageous Hearts, Luminous Minds-
Finding Grace in the Muck
offered by Insight Meditation Cleveland

In this weekend retreat, held in noble silence, we will tap into our capacity to turn toward what is difficult with grace and courage. Opening to boundless love as personified by the Buddha and Bodhisattvas we can be touched by grace and then offer it to others as a gift of courage. We are all potential Bodhisattvas, and through formal and informal practice including chanting we can unlock this capacity and bring more grace into this world so worthy of rescue.

The Clearing
Martha Postlewaite

Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.