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Dealing with suffering and stress v v v v Denial Avoidance Escape Fighting Fixing

PRACTICE • Forgiveness for ourselves and others • Loving kindness and compassion for ourselves

Serenity v Faith v Joy v Rapture v Tranquility v Happiness v Stillness

Insight v Knowledge and vision of things as they really are v Disenchantment v

PRACTICAL STEPS v Developing virtue v Doing as much good as you can v

Small group discussion v Where are you in this process? v What has changed

Parting instructions Where do you go from here?

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Awakening The Fourth Messenger

Dealing with suffering and stress v v v v Denial Avoidance Escape Fighting Fixing Freezing Resignation Despair or v Pursuing a path to awakening

PRACTICE • Forgiveness for ourselves and others • Loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and others • Letting go of attachment to possessions, people and who we think we are • Serenity meditation – developing joy, happiness and tranquility • Insight meditation • Aging, sickness and death are natural • Impermanence, inherent discomfort, and not-self • Keeping a journal of kind and generous actions • Developing faith

Serenity v Faith v Joy v Rapture v Tranquility v Happiness v Stillness

Insight v Knowledge and vision of things as they really are v Disenchantment v Dispassion v Liberation v Knowledge of the end of the causes of suffering

PRACTICAL STEPS v Developing virtue v Doing as much good as you can v Practicing serenity meditation v Practicing insight meditation v Paying attention to your suffering Leading to. . . v Awakening

Small group discussion v Where are you in this process? v What has changed for you in these weeks?

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Parting instructions Where do you go from here?