The Denver Flag Newsletter- January 2012

January 1, 2012

January 2012

 

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“The next Buddha will be a sangha” —Thich Nhat Hanh

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JANUARY 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Here comes the sun!

–January upcoming programs

–Vision to Action process update and center surveys with link

–Center service needs

–Sangha (potluck) Supper

–JOIN THE NEW SHAMBHALA LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK!

–-Children’s Day Celebrations

–Director Nominations

–Beautiful amazing flowers to uplift us!

–February: A Big Celebration and more programs!

SPECIAL FOCUS THIS MONTH: THE NEW SHAMBHALA NETWORK

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JANUARY PROGRAMS

Shambhala Training Level III- Warrior in the World
with Charley Rosicky
January 6th – January 8th
By cultivating mindfulness and awareness through meditation, the warrior in training leaves the stuffiness of the cocoon to explore the world with true perception. This can be the beginning of a life-long love affair with the phenomenal world. More

Enlightened Society — Walking the Talk
with Martha Hildreth
January 12th
All are welcome to gather and share experiences of carrying our practice of enlightened society off the cushion to our interactions with the world! More

Way of Shambhala I – Joy in Everyday Life http://denver.shambhalatimes.org/files/2011/08/Jump_for_Joy1.jpg
with Shastri Jeffrey Stevens
January 17th – February 14th
This course expands the meditation experience by cultivating the noble-heart of the mahayana teachings, opening the path to the virtue and celebration of compassion. More

Traditional Chinese Qigong Levels I & II
with Acharya Dale Asrael
January 21st – January 22nd
Cultivate strength of body and calmness of mind through the healing Taoist practice of qigong. Qigong (pronounced chee-gong) is a Chinese art of health that has been practiced for over two thousand years. More

Way of Shambhala II- Lineage & Devotion
with Shastri Jeffrey Stevens
January 23rd – February 20th
This course will study the three lineages that are included in Shambhala: the Kagyu lineage, the Nyingma lineage, and the Shambhala lineage. More

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
with Janet Solyntjes
January 26th – March 15th
The foundation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the cultivation of mindfulness — clear, non-judgmental attention to the present moment — with regard to the ongoing experience of body, feelings, emotions, and mind. More

VISION TO ACTION: COMMUNITY MEETING

Vision to Action is an open invitation for all interested community members to participate in creating the Denver Center’s future to 2020 and beyond. The process continues through Shambhala Day February 22, 2012. Please register if you think you would like to attend the January meeting. The day is free and you do not need to have attended any past meetings.

January 28th9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
In Room(s): Main Shrine Room.

Please see our programs page to register here: http://tiny.cc/9c4vh

We are inviting feedback on Communications and Membership from our mailing list.

You can find that survey here: http://tiny.cc/lr6ee.

VISION TO ACTION TEAM REPORTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION IS AT THE V2A SITE ON TEAM PAGES HERE!

See the sidebar at the V2A site for individual team reports.

THE GENERAL UPDATE AND OTHER INFORMATION IS ON OUR NEWS PAGE.

SERVICE TO THE CENTER

Along with our regular schedule for sitting meditation, we have a full slate of Shambhala Trainings in the coming months. As you start filling in your 2012 calendar, please visit Service to the Center to view the openings for program staff, umdze, host and flowers. While you are at the Center, you can also take a look at the openings on the new staffing bulletin board (by the office)

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SANGHA SUPPER

Our next Sangha Supper is January 27th. Join us! Sitting will be from 6:30pm – 7:00pm in the Main Shrine Room, and the potluck supper and community time in the Community Room starts right after sitting. You may sign up at the Center to bring a specific dish (sign up sheet is on the Registration Table in the front Community Room) — or just show up with something to share!

More information here: http://tiny.cc/hswhe

JOIN THE SHAMBHALA NETWORK FOR LOCAL DISCUSSIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONNECTION TO THE WIDER MANDALA!

We are just beginning to use this resource so you may sign up and not hear too much for a while. Sign up anyway. It is the time of beginnings! Now is the time to visit the network, take the various tours on how it all works, and imagine the possibilities! Soon we may not need a separate Vision to Action site, Denver Discuss or Announce Groups on Google, or a Community Directory as we can do it all on the Network!

You can register, then sign into your members page (http://tiny.cc/urncy) to view your profile, manage all your subscriptions, and join the NEW Network!

Creating a Shambhala Account enables you to :

NEW: Your Shambhala Account should now work on the member section of shambhala.org. If that is not the case , please visit the “Username/password” page on the member site and fill the form to synchronize both accounts (You might need to wait 10 minutes for the synchronization to happen) If you have any other problems go to http://support.shambhala.org/

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From Shambhala Times:
CHILDREN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS ACROSS EUROPE

By Liesbeth Scholten and Harald Ronge

At this special time of year – the return of sun at the winter solstice – Children’s Day is an opportunity for us to celebrate the light of our society’s future, our children. In Europe, several local communities celebrated Children’s Day this year, each in their own style and their own language. In the Netherlands, we rediscovered this Shambhala tradition after a gap of multiple years.

We were regular visitors of the local Shambhala center in Amsterdam since 2006. Having never seen any children there (except our own), it appeared to us that Shambhala was a community of adults only. This changed when we participated in Family Camp at Dechen Chöling, France, in the summer of 2010. A rich tradition and culture for families opened to us, with dedicated talks, study and practice materials for parents, playful activities and teachings for children and beautiful ceremonies. More…here

THE NEXT DENVER SHAMBHALA DIRECTOR

Fred Jaben is stepping down as the Denver Shambhala Director and the search has begun for our next director. If you would like to read the qualifications and job description, see the “Gov” documents on the Vision to Action site here and then apply or nominate someone on the Director nominations form here.

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We need FLOWERS arranged for programs and events. All you need is a love for flowers and a brief training from Ryn. Email [email protected] and put “flowers” in the subject line or call the center and ask to leave a message for Ryn! See more flower photographs here:

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FEBRUARY 2012

SHAMBHALA DAY CELEBRATION!
February 22nd
More

Shambhala Training Level IV- Awakened Heart
with Shastri Jeffrey Stevens
February 24th – February 26th
Allowing our heart and intuition to open, we can communicate directly with the world. Connecting with the world, and communicating with it more directly, permits us to experience our heart and the ways we respond to experience. More

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