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Embodying The Four Noble Truths

A Daylong Retreat with Tim Geil

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Saturday, May 10
9 am – 4 pm

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► HELD IN PERSON AND ONLINE VIA ZOOM ◀︎
Zoom link to attend class will be sent upon registration

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For more info, email office@portlandinsight.org

The Four Noble Truths offer the fundamental roadmap for our practice. Through our direct experience, we can recognize dukkha, understand its origin, and realize its cessation. During this daylong, we will explore each of the Noble Truths in an embodied way through Insight Meditation, dharma talks and questions. All levels of experience are welcome.

About Tim Geil

Tim Geil began practicing Insight Meditation in 1996 and has taught meditation since 2006 under the guidance of Rodney Smith. In 2016, Tim completed the four-year Residential Retreat Teacher Training through Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and Insight Retreat Center. The core teachers of this intensive program were Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Carol Wilson, Gil Fronsdal, Guy Armstrong, Andrea Fella, Trudy Goodman, and Phillip Moffitt.

Tim emphasizes three expressions of the Dharma: investigation, non-resistance, and compassion. Our daily lives prove a tailor-made spiritual path for each person when we are willing to investigate areas of constriction and resistance. This reveals our personal suffering created by the illusion of a separate self. A deep sense of non-resistance and compassion brings balance to investigation. Relaxing fully into this moment is the essence of non-resistance. Compassion brings sensitivity and kindness as we meet all aspects of ourselves. This allows the heart’s release into stillness.

A Co-Guiding Teacher of Seattle Insight Meditation Society, Tim offers talks, classes, interviews, and retreats. He also works closely with leadership and volunteers at SIMS as a member of the board of directors. Tim has inhabited many roles: husband, father, wilderness ranger, martial artist, hospice volunteer, massage therapist. His relationship with his wife and daughter are a joyful and fundamental part of his dharma practice.

Dana

Suggested donation $95
No one turned away for lack of funds
Full scholarships available*
Drop-in donation at the door is also accepted

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All ages, ethnicities, socio-economic groups, religious backgrounds, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome.