Name: Nobody Home: Emptiness of Self in Insight Meditation and Contemplative Prayer
Start: 2024-11-23T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-23T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 102 Bridge Rd, Salisbury, MA 01952-2410, United States

Nobody Home: Emptiness of Self in Insight Meditation and Contemplative Prayer

Please join Ted Jones, a meditation teacher with North Shore Insight Meditation Center, for a 2.5-hour program in Salisbury, Mass., focused on insight meditation and contemplative prayer. Emptiness of self has been described as the crown jewel of the Buddha's teaching. In the Christian tradition, the concept of kenosis (self-emptying) is identified by Ted's late uncle, Father Thomas Keating, as a cornerstone of contemplative prayer. This retreat will explore how these two teachings can inform one another and intersect in the depths of interior silence.
This program will be conducted mainly in silence, with guidance provided during the periods of meditation and prayer. It is open to anyone with an established practice in either insight meditation or centering prayer.
Ted Jones has been practicing insight meditation since 1978. He spent his professional career in mental health as a therapist, clinical supervisor, and program manager.