Unfettered Mind
264 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Suite 1083
Beverly Hills CA 90211
Phone 310.243.6802
Executive Director:
Ken McLeod
Fall Retreat: There is No Enemy
- When Oct 21-25, 2009
- Where Mount Baldy Zen Center, Mount Baldy CA
- Teachers Ken McLeod
- Number of Places 30
- Levels All levels
- Cost $600 regular, ($700 single, $650 double if available)
- Contact
- Application Click here to apply.
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African proverb
What creates an enemy outside is an internal experience, a feeling or a fact in our lives that we just don't want to face. Enemies always represent or reveal aspects of our lives we are trying to avoid.
Ordinarily, we look at thing in terms of good and bad, right and wrong. These notions are rooted in a childish way of viewing the world through the lens of reward and punishment. The idea that we can pick the "good" and reject "bad" in our experience is an illusion. Any enemy, internal or external, threatens the illusion. When the illusion is shattered, we wake from the dream, and the enemy is gone, and along with it, any notion of good or bad.
In this retreat, we focus on how to meet experience on a new basis, that of balance and relationship, in which experience is experience, and there is no enemy.
Space in this retreat is limited to 30 participants. To apply, click here.
About the Teacher
Ken McLeod — One of the senior Western teachers of Buddhism today, Ken McLeod is also one of the most innovative. Known for his ability to explain difficult and subtle teachings, "he distills the nature and purpose of Buddhism to make it accessible for any newcomer without dumbing it down." (Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal, July 2001). To find out more about Ken, click here.