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Online Meditation 🧘 Contemplative Essays 🐌 Solarpunk Optimism ☀️

    Join us tonight (Monday Oct 26) for online meditation at 7:00 p.m. EDT.

    Posted on October 26, 2026October 26, 2026

    Week 5 of 8

    “… as we return to the seated meditation of zazen as a regular ingredient of our lives, we continue to develop our power of concentration. In Zen training, we call the capacity to focus our attention on one activity wholeheartedly, joriki, the power of concentration. … Joriki taps into our physical, mental, and emotional reserves, and opens our spiritual capacities.”
    ~ John Daido Loori, Riding the Ox Home, pgs 15-16

    Join us for Week 5 of 8 of online meditation at 7 pm EDT. Find the meeting link on the Meditation Community webpage:

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    Last Updated on October 26, 2026 | Published: October 26, 2026

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