COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2024:

FROM WISE-HUMAN TO MINDFUL-HUMAN

The 18th century biologist Carl Linnaeus named our species Homo Sapiens, or Wise Human. However, each day’s news is full of accounts of many so-called Wise Humans acting in cruel and not-so-wise ways. Closer to our time, Thich Nhat Hanh revised that notion, and in his talks, his books, as well as in his way of life, promoted Mindful Human as the appropriate description for us.

“I define mindfulness as the practice of being fully present and alive, body and mind united. Mindfulness is the energy that helps us to know what is going on in the present moment,” said Thich Nhat Hanh. He wrote about mindful eating, mindful driving, and mindful living.

Indeed, we need mindfulness as well as wisdom, as the two go together in building a happy life and a happy world.

During these 4 sessions, we will practice mindfulness meditation, and undertake the journey from Wise Human to Mindful Human in everyday life. The sessions are on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 at 43 ave De Breslay in Pointe-Claire.
Novelty: A part of each session consisting of a talk and a guided meditation will be posted on YouTube each week. Please write to Joseph at josephemet @ gmail.com in order to join. (Please remove the spaces around the @ sign)

BILINGUAL, WITH APPROPRIATE DONATION

PAST PROGRAM

6 ELEMENTS OF A MINDFUL LIFE

Mindful eating

Mindfulness at sleep time

Mindful driving

Mindful shopping

Mindful relationships

Mindful communication

Mindfulness in these areas is good for us as well as for those around us and for the Earth; it is beneficial all around. This is because the Buddhist tradition that created the notion of mindfulness defined it as awareness of the present moment uncoloured by emotions, ideas, memories, beliefs, and habits.

Thus, without mindfulness in this sense, we would have Emotional eating. Emotional driving, and Emotional shopping. We would have relationships based on beliefs about sex, and we would be prey to memories interfering with sleep at bedtime.

with Joseph Emet

4 -Week Session