OLLI0116 - Meditation and Grace

Course Description

This is a meditation class, open to both beginning and experienced meditators. In this course we will explore the intersection of Meditation and Grace. We often think of meditation as something we do, some practice we undertake. While this is likely how we understand meditation in the beginning, over time we may come to see meditation less as an activity and more as a shift from doing to being. Less as effort and more as experiencing “being surrendered” into something larger than our ordinary, familiar consciousness. Being surrendered is not something we can make happen by will. Being surrendered into this larger consciousness is something that happens by grace. Optional reading includes two fine books by the American meditation teacher Adyashanti to structure the class. The two books are True Meditation and Falling Into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering. This course will be recorded.