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DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a gentle weekend retreat in lovely Warburton\, at
  the Sancta Sophia Interfaith Meditation Centre on: Compassionate Communic
 ation\nDate: Friday May 24\, 8:00pm to Sunday 26\, 3:30pmLocation: Sancta 
 Sophia Meditation Community\, 50 Riverturn Lane\, Warburton 3799\nCompassi
 on is the practice of seeing ourselves in others and others in ourselves\,
  especially when people do things we find terribly offensive\, harmful or 
 destructive. This is the practice of giving love when it is the hardest to
  do\, and when people need it the most.\nThere’s a Talmudic story about a 
 man who asked Hillel\, one of the famous rabbis\, to teach him the Torah s
 tanding on one foot. Hillel stood on one foot and said\, 'Love thy neighbo
 ur as thyself and the rest is commentary.'\nEvery great religion has the s
 ame message. Gandhi continues to inspire each generation with his example 
 to “love those that hate us.' Jesus said 'Love thy enemy.' The Buddha too\
 , said\, 'Hatred is never appeased by hatred\, only by Love.' Each speaks 
 to the vision of a heart that is fully open. This kind of love requires a 
 commitment to act in ways that uphold everyone's humanity. It means caring
  for the wellbeing of the other person even when we are in opposing positi
 ons\; even when all that we value is at stake. Everything else follows fro
 m this principle.\nThe practice of compassionate communication gives form 
 to this commitment. We search our heart\, focus our consciousness\, and br
 ing active attention to transcending and transforming fear and judgment. B
 y excavating underneath our habits we understand how our needs\, our longi
 ngs\, dreams\, and values inform our reactions to others. Having compassio
 n for ourself nurtures a heart that is open to the needs of another. When 
 we hear others with full empathic presence\, their core\, irreducible huma
 nity shines forth.________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________Retreat facilitator is Bom Hyon
  Sunim\, an Australian Buddhist nun in the Korean Zen tradition. Sunim is 
 also an educator\, counsellor and mediator\; she manages the Healthcare Ch
 aplaincy Program for the Buddhist Council of Victoria and is a current boa
 rd member of HCCV.________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________Friday May 24\, 8:00pm to Sunda
 y 26\, 3:30pmFull Cost $175.00 (live in) Live out $135.00Saturday only $75
 .00For enquiries or to make a booking contact:Sancta Sophia (Karith) : (03
 ) 5966 2120info@sanctasophia.org.au  / www.sanctasophia.org.au\nSancta Sop
 hia Meditation Community\, 50 Riverturn Lane\, Warburton 3799Promoting pea
 ce through meditation and interreligious dialogue.Contact DetailsSancta So
 phia (Karith) : (03) 5966 2120 https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-e
 vents/event/381-retreat-on-compassionate-communication-sancta-sophia-inter
 faith-meditation-centre
DTSTART:20130524T200000Z
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LOCATION:Sancta Sophia Meditation Community\, 50 Riverturn Lane\, Warburton
  3799 (Sancta Sophia Meditation Community\, 50 Riverturn Lane\, Warburton 
 3799)
SUMMARY:Retreat on Compassionate Communication: Sancta Sophia Interfaith Me
 ditation Centre
URL:https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/381-retreat-on-c
 ompassionate-communication-sancta-sophia-interfaith-meditation-centre
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