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Explore mindfulness as a way of living instead of a quick fix

Online Programs

A Beginner's Journey Into Mindfulness

Weekly on Tuesdays, starting November 4, 5pm-6pm

Online via Zoom

FREE


What is mindfulness?


It’s common to see the term tossed around in all sorts of ways. Sometimes it’s a gentle nudge to “pay attention,” other times it’s offered as a tool to calm down when life feels overwhelming. In some spaces, it’s even sold as the secret to instant relaxation. But when we limit mindfulness to breathing exercises or stress relief, we miss so much of the richness the practice has to offer.


This series is about widening that perspective and exploring mindfulness not as a quick fix, but as a way of living.


Over 8 weeks, we’ll dive into the history of mindfulness, play with sense-based practices, explore movement, and—most importantly—learn how to bring mindfulness off the cushion and into daily life. Each week, you’ll take home a simple, playful, thought-provoking practice to experiment with—fueling our conversations for the week ahead.


We’ll draw from the Time, Space, Knowledge (TSK) vision created by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, along with Full Presence Mindfulness, developed by Jack Petranker at the Center for Creative Inquiry.


We invite you to join us on Tuesdays at 5pm pacific time // 8pm eastern time to connect with these practices and bring a little more mindfulness into your own life.



In-Person Programs


Challenging Polarization

How Nondual Awareness Can Transform Our Most Challenging Divides

With Morgan Wells

Sunday, December 7th, 5:00-6:00 pm, one session

Location: 2210 Harold Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

FREE


In an age of seemingly endless tension and stark opposition, it's easy to feel frozen—stuck in patterns of thought that only deepen our divides. This talk introduces the Time, Space Knowledge vision (TSK) and its potential as a path toward letting go of rigid structures, not just in our personal lives, but in our engagement with the world.


TSK suggests that our deepest conflicts are rooted in a habit of dualism: a pattern of labeling our experience into fixed "this or that" categories, which fundamentally limits our intelligence and capacity for change. We will explore how this tendency to freeze or lock knowledge into rigid belief patterns prevent the free flow of understanding. You'll leave with practical insights on how this nondual philosophy can help us ease habitual oppositions and unlock a deeper, more active intelligence—one uniquely suited to skillfully navigate and transform the challenging questions and societal polarization we face right now.


The Center for Creative Inquiry (CCI) explores alternate forms of knowledge and inquiry and their potential to bring about fundamental change at the individual, cultural, and social level.


CCI headquarters is located in downtown Berkeley, California, USA.


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