“Meditation On-the-Go" is the title of a talk to be given March 21 to the Emerald Coast Meditation Society. Speaker will be Shantika Emker, an ordained Buddhist nun who studied in the Zen and Tibetan traditions.
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Born and raised in Jackson, MS, Emker earned a B.S. degree in chemistry and mathematics from Jackson State University and began her career in nutritional chemistry. She later went into computer science.
But in the early 1970s, she says she “abandoned a promising career to begin Buddhist studies at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles.” She says she had “too many questions...and I felt the Buddhist perspective could provide some answers.” She was ordained as a nun and teacher in 1974.
After 10 years of practice and teaching in a monastery, Emker left the monastery and reentered the working world “with the intent to learn how Buddhist practices can be used on a moment-to-moment basis to enhance the quality of life for the average person as they go about fulfilling their life’s responsibilities.”
Emker says she thinks that many new practitioners “get lost in the rhetoric of ancient, foreign cultures and are discouraged by the many references to long, arduous practices that lead,” years later, to “various vague Buddhist 'heavens.'” She will discuss ways people can “jump-start your practice and immediately gain experiences that will confirm the claims and benefits of meditation...and then begin to extend the initial experiences into everyday life.”
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James,nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
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The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Born and raised in Jackson, MS, Emker earned a B.S. degree in chemistry and mathematics from Jackson State University and began her career in nutritional chemistry. She later went into computer science.
But in the early 1970s, she says she “abandoned a promising career to begin Buddhist studies at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles.” She says she had “too many questions...and I felt the Buddhist perspective could provide some answers.” She was ordained as a nun and teacher in 1974.
After 10 years of practice and teaching in a monastery, Emker left the monastery and reentered the working world “with the intent to learn how Buddhist practices can be used on a moment-to-moment basis to enhance the quality of life for the average person as they go about fulfilling their life’s responsibilities.”
Emker says she thinks that many new practitioners “get lost in the rhetoric of ancient, foreign cultures and are discouraged by the many references to long, arduous practices that lead,” years later, to “various vague Buddhist 'heavens.'” She will discuss ways people can “jump-start your practice and immediately gain experiences that will confirm the claims and benefits of meditation...and then begin to extend the initial experiences into everyday life.”
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James,nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
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