Friends, Made a short video about the three levels of meditation we teach. As this is for YouTube, it’s targeted for more of a postmodern audience. Traditionally we say, shamatha, vipashyana, and shikantaza (or nonmeditation) We can also look at these methods as practical tools to apply: 1 increase our focus 2 cultivate high EQ/Resilience 3 increase innovation/creativty Here’s the breakdown: https://youtu.be/7-vanlIBehg Have a happy 4th of July weekend ya’ll. Be safe, go shoot some fireworks, and ponder what was here 250 years ago. With warmth, B 🤠

I’m curious, what is y’all’s relationship with self forgiveness? It’s something I’ve been playing with lately. Harder to apply than it seems, at least for me.

Sit. The river does not push the water. It only makes a path and lets the water find it. You do not have to carry this day. Set it down. Let it move through you the way light moves through an open window, asking nothing, staying only as long as it stays. Tonight at 7pm cst we’ll be gathering for meditation and connection. We’d absolutely love to see you there. Join us tonight on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5489790088 See you at 7. With warmth, Brandon

Dharma talk 003 with Brandon Mehrgut In this short talk, I share a childhood poem I grew up with, famously known as: Desiderata A line that always came back to me time and time again, "And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be." I hope this is helpful to some of you.

Sit. The mountain does not wait for spring to be a mountain. Your breath comes in, your breath goes out— the world asks nothing more of you right now. Sometimes when we don’t know what to do - it’s best to just Be. I’ll surely never forget the first time I did “do nothing” meditation. The method was simple: just sit And to my surprise, I became the mountain. The view was beautifully wide, with no center and no edge. The world asked nothing more of me in that moment. Tomorrow evening at 7pm cst we’ll be gathering for meditation and connection. We’d absolutely love to see you there. Join us tomorrow on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5489790088 See you at 7. With warmth, Brandon