Heading to an Adyashanti Retreat

Written on April 20, 2008 by Tom Stine


Greetings everyone!

Beginning this evening (Sunday), I’m doing a 5 day silent retreat with Adyashanti and 300 other people near Monterey, CA. So, I will be out of touch for 5 days. I will fire-up my MacBook on Friday evening and start getting back into things. I plan to do another write-up of my retreat experience.

I have a couple of posts prepared, so you will get a little something over the next week.

Until Friday, be well!….. Tom


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ShadowduckNo Gravatar  said
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Hope you find what you’re looking for in the retreat, Tom. Enjoy your break!

MarkNo Gravatar  said
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:16 am

Welcome back. Holding my breath waiting for that great stuff you experienced.

Mark’s last blog post..Justa wondering where your allegiances lie! Or why are you a Dumocrat!!

Takuin MinamotoNo Gravatar  said
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 am

I am really looking forward to how everything went. When you get back home in the flow be sure to give the details.

This might go over quite well as a video post. I think we’d all like to see how colorful and bright you’ll be after the past week’s contemplations.

That kind of excitement is just nice to see.

Takuin Minamoto’s last blog post..Sitting #1

Tom StineNo Gravatar  said
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

Thanks Shadowduck! I’m back, and I will have a report posted in a few days. I will say, it was a fantastic retreat.


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