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Sunday Reflection — March 1, 2026

Come connect in person this Sunday morning (March 1) – 10:00-11:00 at the Cohasset Lightkeeper’s – for Sunday Reflection!  

Going forward, this weekly post will speak to both Friday Practice and Sunday Reflectoin.  On Friday, the invitation will be to come and practice, in our 3-part way .  On Sunday, the invitation is to come and connect – with some mindfulness practice, yes – and also with live music, upon the book we’re reading, and a chance to linger a little longer as we name aloud people, places, and happenings we wish to hold in loving kindness.  Different ways of enjoying and experiencing mindfulness, two opportunities to explore from different angles.  Sunday mornings also give us the opportunity to invite friends and family to join in and to grow our community multigenerationally.  Consider inviting a friend!

This week we move on to Chapter Eight (What Goes Through the Bardos?) in Pema Chodron’s How We Live is How We Die. Pema uses what sounds like some technical (Tibetan Buddhist) vocabulary to get to the nub of what makes up human consciousness and what happens to “me” after “I” die.  Most (all?) of us might agree “I” no longer have “my body” after I die.  But what else do “I” not have, and what is this “I”, anyway, that can have or not have a body?  We non-Buddhist westerners are steeped in the power of the “I.”  Think Freud’s Ego or Descartes’s “I think therefore I am.”  

Yet the “I” we think of as our stable self is not as stable as we think it might be, so Pema invites us to consider.  If Pema’s language seems confusing or unhelpful, we might simply test this notion out for ourselves by simply sitting quiet and noticing what comes up.  Tomorrow, we’ll have some fun and not take ourselves so seriously.  Our practice will invite us to sit with an experience when we’ve felt silly or strange and not our “usual” (yet not in distress or out-of-sorts - we’ll keep it light).  Who have we been in moments when we’re out on a limb yet feeling open?  Perhaps traveling to a place we’ve never been before, talking with people we do know, or singing bass in a huge gospel choir called “Ebony Expressions” (that’s me back there, pasty-pale)? Come sit gently with yourself and others.  Hold these questions with openhearted curiosity.  You do not have to be reading along to join in, though reading along might enhance your experience.

I look forward to seeing you soon. 

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    – Karen from Cohasset

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    – Claire from Quincy

  • “I have found some comfort attending the Living with Loss group. It is nice being surrounded by others that are also suffering loss and sharing our thoughts and emotions. It is a gentle, non-pressured atmosphere and I have always left feeling just a little bit better after attending. I hope in time to not need the group support but right now I do and it’s a safe, easy, supportive, comfortable place to share some of the tough emotions around significant loss.”

    – Rebecca from Hull

  • “Friday Reflection offers the opportunity to sit with a group of friends, silently review my past week, and if I choose, speak in confidence and without judgemental feedback about what it is like to live in my body, mind and soul. And more than that, I'm offered the enlightening and fascinating opportunity to listen to other members of the group do the same. I find it centering, peaceful and harmonious.”

    - Bill from Weymouth

  • “It is an honor to be a volunteer interviewer in the M+ Recollections program. It is a privilege to enable community members to tell stories of their lives that hold special meaning for them that they can choose to share with others. Through being part of this process, I also learn about, and gain new perspectives about the diversity of our community members, as well as deepening my connections to our community.”

    - Paula from Hull

  • "Loss and grief equals pain. The healing process from this pain is hard work and is exhausting. Whether your loss is deeply personal or on a bigger societal level, the Tuesday Living with Loss group provides a safe space to share your loss with others in a non-judgmental, pressure-free environment. You can share many words or sit quietly the entire time. Knowing that there are others who support you and collectively embrace your soul has helped my own healing process continue after the sudden death of my husband last year."

    Gail from Scituate

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