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Meditation in the Shoals area, Alabama

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Branch teacher Caroline Lopez

Branch Location - Shoals Area:
Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals

Sundays at Books-a-Million**
Tables to the left and behind the coffee shop.

Wednesdays at Unitarian Universalist Church

Local Facilitator:
Caroline Lopez, practicepatience@gmail.com
256-757-3040

Classes in The Shoals

Upcoming Meditation Retreat in Alabama with Gen Mondrub!

"The Happy Renunciate: The Joyful Path to Personal Liberation"

Second annual country meditation retreat with Gen Mondrub at Joe Wheeler State Park. June 19 - 21. This relatively advanced retreat provides authentic instructions on how to create the joyful mind of Buddhist renunciation, enabling us to transform daily activities into the path of liberation.


Book Discussion Group: Transform Your Life

Every Sunday "Book Club":
12:30 - 1:30pm: Book Study, Meditation and Discussion Class

Due to the retreat, there will be no weekly classes in The Shoals or in Huntsville June 19 - 21.

Books-a-Million in Florence
302 Cox Creek Parkway
Florence, Alabama 35630
Tables to the left and behind the coffee shop.

Every Wednesday at Unitarian Universalist Church**:
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Guided Meditation and Discussion based on the previous Sunday's topic
** Every 3rd Wednesday Puja and Potluck (no class on New Year's Eve)

Unitarian Universalist Church
1332 Pine Street
Florence, Alabama 35630
3.5 blocks West of Wood Avenue
See Map Below.

Suggested Donation: $7 for all classes, no one is turned away due to lack of funds.


Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

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"All living beings have the same basic wish to be happy and avoid suffering, but very few people understand the real causes of happiness and suffering. We generally believe that external conditions such as food, friends, cars, and money are the real causes of happiness, and as a result we devote nearly all our time and energy to acquiring these. Superficially it seems that these things make us happy, but if we look more deeply we shall see that they also bring us a lot of suffering and problems.

"Why is this? Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. The real source of happiness is inner peace. If our mind is peaceful, we shall be happy all the time, regardless of external conditions, but if it is disturbed or troubled in any way, we shall never be happy, no matter how good our external conditions may be. We can understand this through our own experience."

- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in Transform Your Life

Remember to check back for upcoming events and additional classes.

Map to Unitarian Universalist in Florence, AL

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