Lay Led GroupsMindfulness Meditation Group
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MMG is intended to be a mindfulness group, welcoming teaching from any source that resonates awareness & mindfulness of the moment. MMG is not intended to be a specifically Buddhist, Taoist, or attached to any religious belief system - even UU.
No affiliation is required to sit with MMG. You just need to show up on Tuesday night.
The impression that MMG is a Buddhist organization – most likely comes from the fact that the readings done by the volunteers most often come from sources that are identified as Buddhist. And the fact that the original members had their initial meditation experiences in Buddhist settings. The reason for the former is simply the sheer volume and ready availability of readings from these sources. But all readings are done by volunteers, so any mindfulness reading is certainly encouraged. And some of the readings are tinkered with by some of the readers to remove specific ‘ism’ references. Remember that anyone can do a reading – just sign up to do one.
And although much of the language used and concepts discussed – using words like dharma, sangha, true-self, etc. – are the same as those commonly used in Buddhism – it has more to do with the fact that Buddhism is the richest available source of mindfulness & awareness teaching than any intention to promote Buddhism.
MMG tries to encourage everyone to find there own ‘true self’ in their own meditation practice and the mindfulness of the moment.
MMG tries to provide guidelines rather than rules. Hopefully, each individual comes into their own mindfulness practice and establishes their own behaviors – with respect to posture, mudra, bowing, readings, discussion, setup, cleanup, and other levels of participation.
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Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship
The Mindfulness Meditation Group (MMG) of the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg meets each Tuesday at 7:00 pm for meditation, readings, and discussions. The MMG promotes mindfulness in life through the practice of meditation. Full mindfulness consists of living each moment aware, awake, and alive, staying in the present, and fully embracing the now. The concepts of awareness and mindfulness are often associated with Eastern philosophical thought and teaching, but almost all spiritual traditions include some aspect of these ideas in their philosophical inventory.
The MMG strives to be a mutually supportive organization with ties to other groups in the Central PA area. The MMG emails a monthly schedule of events that includes meditations, teaching, special events, and meetings.
The format for MMG sessions consists of a short reading, a 25-minute meditation period, a second longer reading, discussion and break. The evening ends with a 25-minute meditation period. One Silent Meditation without readings or discussion is held each month on the third Tuesday and if a month has five Tuesdays, we listen to a tape or watch a video that night. MMG meditators strive together as beginners and we encourage UCH members, friends, and members of the Central PA community to join us any Tuesday evening. MMG meditators are not required to be members of UCH.
Contact MMG at MMG_of_UCH@comcast.net for more information, details, and locations.