Wise Action: Understanding it is not a Binary World, with Mimi Moncier
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 22/08/2020

We, as practitioners, can meet this moment by understanding it is not a binary world

Each of us has to find our way in meeting the challenges that we are facing today: a divided nation, an unprecedented pandemic and the continuum of structural racism. The nature of experience is spectral yet we tend to notice extremes in our meditation practice and in the world. How do we meet division with right action without falling into the pattern of binarism? In this class we will explore how this familiar pattern can affect our inner and outer experiences and how widening our contextual lens can help to deconstruct the pattern.

We will discuss aspects of Ruth King’s Mindful of Race, Robin DiAngelo’s exhaustive list of 75 Things White People Can Do, and highlight many other resources to help locate ourselves within the larger social context so that we can contribute in wise ways that are within the foundations of our spiritual path. Emphasis will be placed on the task of educating ourselves because it is key to understanding how we can take right action. We will review mindfulness buttressed by clear comprehension as the primary support system for our individual explorations and discoveries.

You can follow along with Mimi's resources page for this class here: http://www.mimimoncier.net/it-is-not-a-binary-world-mimi-moncier

We're living in unprecedented times, where systemic cruelty is coming into bright light and, along with increased awareness, the potential for change. How do we, as practitioners, meet this moment? What does the dharma tell us? What is the balance between our inner work and outer work? Between speech and action? Between individual and communal response?

Join a cadre of our SF Dharma Collective teachers in a new weekly series that will meet every Tuesday from 7:30 - 9 pm PT. Our teachers come from many paths and traditions and each class will have a different focus and flavor, connected by our collectively asking these questions.

Register for upcoming classes here: http://sfdharmacollective.eventbrite.com/

You can donate to the SF Dharma Collective here (please let us know it's for Mimi's Wise Action class): https://sfdharmacollective.org/donate

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