Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Placing Ourselves Near (11-03-21)

Dhamma Dena Meditation Center: Online Queer Retreat with Leslie Booker and Ian Challis, November 2021 (Week 1)

Morning instructions by Arinna Weisman, followed by a guided meditation:

"Someone who's studied the texts a lot called Analayo, translated the word mindfulness as 'placing near'. And I love that - that we're placing near this knowing and a knowing that's imbued with caring or friendship. I'm placing myself near myself. I haven't split the scene. And even if I have split the scene, or even if I am dissociated, I'm placing myself near that, in any way that I can."