Surrender - What does it really mean to surrender your preferences? - Clear Sky Meditation Centre

 I have been studying and retreating with Doug and Catherine Sensei for 17 years. And for as long as Clear Sky has existed, I have been going there to do retreats pretty much every year. To surrender to the moment, watching my breath for days on end: heaven!

This year, back in late March and despite the COVID situation, I managed to get a flight to Clear Sky to start a month-long solitary retreat. Given the pandemic situation, you can imagine that Clear Sky felt like an oasis in the middle of a desert. Read more @ https://www.clearskycenter.org/surrender-is-there-always-one-hand-on-the-controls/


 

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