A Socratic Email Class with Cheri
Schedule/
January 31 – February 18
DESCRIPTION
Most of us do not take difficult situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape—all addictions stem from this moment when we meet our edge and we just can’t stand it. We feel we have to soften it, pad it with something, and we become addicted to whatever it is that seems to ease the pain.
- Pema Chodron
A Socratic email class is a specific form of guidance. Participants ask the Guide for help with their particular content or process. The ensuing dialogue assists to clarify the conditioned orientation that is holding in place the “problem/suffering.”
As we kick of another practice year, EVERYONE in practice is invited to write in about a place where they feel “stuck.” The Guide will respond to each person over the course of three weeks. All responses will be posted so that everyone gets to benefit from both the questions being posed and the answers from the Guide.
And since we are people of Zen, we will see how it goes. Based on how many people participate, a second round of submissions and responses may be possible!