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In the midst of all this, many, many encounters, mostly with the contours of my own heart mind, but also briefly, with others\u2026 Here in Southern New Hampshire, our facility is hard on a pond inhabited by very spoiled ducks.<\/p>\n

Quack!<\/p>\n

The Dharma<\/a> calls\u2026<\/p>\n

Knowing such sadness down the hill\u2026<\/p>\n

Knowing such joy in the midst of such painful knees\u2026<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve only peeked at emails twice since coming to sesshin. The tragic event in Knoxville haunts as I follow the ancient rhythms of retreat life\u2026 Getting up in the dark\u2026 Walking to the meditation hall\u2026 Sitting\u2026 Teacher meeting student\u2026 A meal\u2026 More sitting\u2026 More meeting\u2026 A meal\u2026 Liturgy\u2026 A talk from the center of things\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nBriefest from Sesshin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I've only peeked at emails twice since coming to sesshin.The tragic event in Knoxville haunts as I follow the ancient rhythms of retreat life...Getting up\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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