Health (Wholeness) and Buddhist Practice, Part II

Description

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, a deep sense of “wholeness”, interconnection and belonging. Health is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Through considering this proposition we may gain a new perspective on the “world out there”, with its living inhabitants (many are self-declared Homo sapiens), and multifarious other extant creatures and infinite other phenomena, and may gain a deep insight into the “world in here”.

We may gain a greater felt sense of our mutual interdependence with all of life. As Thich Nhat Han says: “We actually experience inter-being with each other and the world.”

Please join Dr Jonathan Page on 12th October 2023, 7.30pm for the second part of the talk on Health (Wholeness) and Buddhist Practice.

Speaker

Dr Jonathan Page has been a medical oncologist for 40 years and whose meditation practice goes back to 1984, but to his chagrin was largely an erratic practitioner until 2004, generally employing meditation as a last resort to manage innumerable life crises (with variable impact).

Over time he has found meditation to be of great personal benefit, particularly in navigating the major challenges of life, notably aging and mortality, the impermanence of relationships and the ravages of burnout. In understanding and largely overcoming burnout it has been possible to treat cancer patients with greater compassion, attending to the vital psycho-spiritual domain, whilst retaining some degree of resilience. Meditation can open the door to clear understanding and vast possibility.

Info

View live on Zoom from 7.25pm on the night. Talks include meditation and generally conclude at 9pm. Download iCal calendar for the Zoom event.

• Meeting ID: 985 1050 0274
• Passcode: 645945