Pilgrim in America

After we talked I rushed off to meditation. PROGRAM GUIDE:

Meditation - Practical Experiments in Centering the Mind/Body/Spirit. Several approaches to meditation will be offered in this class, with the goal of finding what you might be drawn to and what seems to work best for you. Experience and learn a variety of meditation techniques including: The Relaxation Response, Hindu and Buddhist Silent Mantras, Chant, and Kundalini Yoga. Wear comfortable clothes. Reading materials will be provided. Facilitator: Kristina Armetta - is a voice teacher, a UU choir director and a meditation teacher.

Facilitator this time: Katie Raditz. We were 10: 4 men, 6 women. Channing room. Chairs in a circle, table with "altar" in the middle. They tell about the course, the things they used and how everyone used to meditate. Meditation and breathing practice. Katie gave us reading material. We went out to the hall, read a few quotes hanging there, took a slow meditation walk in the old sanctuary. After settling down again we told about our insights. Katie reads a poem: Say I am You. We choose two lines and explain what meaning it carries for us. Another poem, James Wright: A Blessing. This is also analysed.

Dinner: Hungarian sausage, I have it with mustard as usual in Hungary. Don also tries it. "We will be half Hungarians by the time you leave. You should stay forever."