Day to Night Balance

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Field Temple - Every Sunday at 10 am for the past few years, a group of people meditate in this field with ordained Buddhist teacher Sarah Addae. In snow and heat, spring, summer, fall and winter, they are sitting together.  Until there is a building, there is this..... sitting together in nature...... understanding inner nature through sitting quietly....sharing and studying together....

The field of consciousness is vast, as vast as the outer universe.  Meditation helps us to pay attention to our own mind. In this act of paying attention we are also able to recognize and shape patterns of thought.   With meditation we have a tool for traveling within, finding the field of compassion and cultivating it more fully. Field Temple invites you to walk through the land at any time.  The "Red Thread of Desire" is one path running through the grounds, it asks one to stay attentive and balanced. The other path, the Nkenge Zola Forest-gazing path, invites people to soak in the energy of the forest. It invites close noticing and stillness. This path is wheelchair accessible.

Arboretum Detroit - A small group of Detroiters started this non-profit that is dedicated to building and maintaining an Arboretum for Detroit. Arboretums are specially designed tree gardens. They may have themes such as native trees, or they may be designed to give the feel of a grove in a forest. Among their goals are educating us about the role of trees in our world, and providing visitors with shade, lungfuls of fresh air, relief from the concrete of the city, and a balm for the spirit. Arboretum Detroit is looking to plant trees as well as find already grown stands of trees and secure their place in the landscape of the city, to connect green spaces throughout Detroit neighborhoods, and connect people through the stewardship of trees. This celebration is marking the completion of the first “tree garden” project: Treetroit 1. It is four city lots across the street from Field Temple. We need trees. So help us help trees help us.