Mindful Service & Joy: Where is Frank Ostaseski?

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 9, 2010 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, Uncategorized

Frank Ostaseski has much to share on Mindfulness.
If you have an opportunity, be with him at any of the programs listed below. You will have the opportunity to share a moment in time to reflect upon your own life and the living of that life. With Frank and friends you  have a mindful moment [...]

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Taking a Spirituality Survey Mindfully

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 8, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

I thought that some of you might be interested in taking Jonathan Ellerby’s Spirituality Survey.
I share the Kalama Sutra and James Hollis’ perspective on Personal Authority to help you help Jonathan “capture a better unbiased understanding of how people experience spirituality in America, and the world.”
The Kalama Sutra
The Kalama Surta is the Buddha’s reply to [...]

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Mindfulness, St. Benedict, and the Monastic Way

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 25, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

Forty Memorial Days ago, I set out on a 55 mile run to the Benedictine Abbey in Oceanside for a silent retreat. The run and the retreat was my way of reflecting on the 10 years since leaving the monastic life as an Augustinian. Twenty Memorial Days ago, I was with Kip, and my [...]

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Cultivating Presence: Training Retreat In Compassionate End-of Life Care

1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 23, 2009 / Posted in Mindfulness

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It was back in May of 2008 that I first communicated with Frank Ostaseski, the Founder Metta Institute. I was pleased to be able to share his Five Precepts of Service in my blog.
I wanted to share the next program that they will conduct. It will be a 6 day residential training retreat from [...]

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