PZI Spring Open Mind Retreat 2023
Commonweal Center, Bolinas CA
The Fleeting Kiss of Beautiful Things
with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
at the magical Commonweal Center in Bolinas, CA
Thursday Eve through Sunday Noon
March 16–19
** Registration is closed and the retreat has a waiting list**
contact Eleanor Silberman to be added there
Spring returns with green shoots, gestures, embraces, optimism, plans, and most of all, desire. These simple things make us human.
There is beauty in incompleteness and imperfection and the not-yet-achieved—inside the longing of becoming. We strive to understand our lives and often disapprove of ourselves, thinking that will help. Spring arrives with its blossoms and rain. It has few opinions.
Dreams also appear without our efforts or interference, the Dao moves and carries us,
love does too.
Inside our own skin, spring steps forward before thought, before words, before knowing.
Join us for an exploration of the great way of Zen—koans, stories, meditation and dreams.
John Tarrant
About PZI Open Mind Retreats
Pacific Zen Institute’s Open Mind retreats come out of our impulse to make a Zen meditation retreat that is native to American culture. When we take away the barriers to understanding, things just naturally shine.
This is a residential retreat held in a beautiful place on the ocean with a simple feel, and wonderful food.
There will be sitting together, koans, teaching, walking on the beach, poetry, conversation, writing and time to find out what our lives might be like without our usual stories. We will do exercises that help our attention to deepen. We will make discoveries and our lives will open.
People find that this retreat has a powerful effect on their lives and their understanding, both of the practice of the inner life and of the world of work and personal interaction. It has the deep strength of an intensive meditation retreat inside a form that works for people with all different levels of meditation experience. It has a flexible schedule that makes it work well for those who would like to bring a partner or a friend.
No particular background in spiritual practice is required.
Bring a notebook.
Also, if you want to paint or draw or play an instrument, you can bring your gear.
Comments from Previous Open Mind Participants
Check-in:
You may check in any time after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16th. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. It would be good to arrive and be set up in time for dinner.
Transportation from the Airport to Bolinas:
For anyone arriving from out of town, let us know if you want help arranging a ride-share from your location or from the airport to Commonweal. Perhaps we can help you arrange the ride before you book your flights so we can coordinate with others coming from the same airport.
REQUIRED: Dragon-Mandated Covid Vaccination & Testing for In-Person Happiness
Please read—these are long-ish but necessary to ensure your happiness and well-being:
First, to ensure we're all as safe as possible and can relax together, we require that everyone be fully vaccinated with current boosters, and do their own rapid (antigen) test before your arrival on site. (Negative result required.)Registration and Checkout Tips:
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** Registration is closed and the retreat has a waiting list**
contact Eleanor Silberman to be added there
