Synopsis for April Meeting

      After the opening meditation Gale took up the resident poet lanyard and came up with a Haiku: 
                                                    Dog pants.
                                                    Clock ticks.
                                                    Welcome silence.
      Constance shared that she was living the "razors edge" while in Arkansas. There was talk about the idea of "razor", and how can sometimes be painful. But staying with the difficult moments is the practice.
      MM shared the two wings of enlightenment as wisdom and compassion and while the paths may seem quite different, the goal is the same.
      Nadine shared that she believes that if we practice we will tap into the flow of each moment and find that we will need to labor less and less over decisions. The practice will have us skillfully reacting to the moment or situation. She suggested that my negative to neutral auto-reaction to all but dogs has morphed into compassion that encompasses even children, as an example.
       Mary Ann said she would be writing a poem on a quote that MM shared at the beginning of the meeting but I was too brain dead at the beginning to have registered it into memory so we will have to wait until next month when Ms. Bookeditor shares her poem.


Next Meeting: May 2oth at Ginny and Claudine's
          **Note - at this meeting we will discuss the next book to be discussed so if you have one that you would like to suggest please bring it along.


Reading for May 2oth Meeting: Chapter VIII