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This year, the Northeast Insight Dialogue Sangha is offering mini retreats on the The Three Characteristics: Anicca: impermanence, Dukkha: suffering or stress, and Anatta: no inherent, unchanging self.
January 25, 2026 - Online
9:00 AM – 12 Noon ET
Zoom Meeting ID: 829 3553 9493 Passcode: pause
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Anita Bermont, Manuela O’Connell
From Non-Becoming (Anatta) to True Care is an invitation to soften the boundaries of who we think we are and rest in luminous openness— the natural clarity of awareness itself. When the self loosens its grip, a quiet spaciousness appears: wide, tender, and naturally responsive. In this offering we will explore anatta not as the fading of a person, but as the unveiling of the ground where presence expresses itself as care. Through stillness, contemplation, and Insight Dialogue practice, we will touch the moment where clinging to identity dissolves and compassion arises effortlessly, like warmth from the sun.
Mipham Rinpoche describes the nature of mind in a way that speaks directly to the heart of anatta.
“If you wonder what this is like, it is empty in essence, beyond conceptual reference; it is cognizant by nature, spontaneously present; and it is all-pervasive and unobstructed in its compassionate energy.” — The Essence of Mind
This points to anatta as the absence of any fixed “I,” revealing not a void but a luminous awareness that knows itself without effort. When grasping relaxes, this openness naturally expresses itself as care—not something we perform, but a warmth that emerges when the burden of becoming dissolves.
Our aspiration as facilitators is to explore this terrain with sincerity and to share what we discover in a way that supports each of us on this path. Our time together will include a guided meditation, a short intro, and plenty of space for practice. We will also weave in somatic practices to support this exploration of anatta and true care.
There will be periods of guided meditation, relational practice, and movement practice.
All are welcome, no registration necessary, some meditation experience would be useful, but not required.
Zoom Meeting ID: 829 3553 9493 Passcode: pause
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2025-2026 Schedule
Dear Friends,
February Practice - February 15 - 9am - noon
Welcome to our 2025-2026 schedule of Art & Soul of Insight Dialogue, a monthly series that continues with online mini retreats and occasional in person offerings.
This year’s dharma theme will be the Three Characteristics, also known as the "Three Marks of Existence": impermanence or inconsistency (anicca), suffering or dissatisfaction (dukkha), and not-self or selflessness (anatta). We look forward to practicing with you.
Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practiced in direct, face-to-face, heart-to-heart relational contact. We will practice together in dyads and small groups with the six meditation guidelines - pause, relax, open, attune to emergence, listen deeply and speak the truth - and explore the power of relationship in awakening.
We hope you will join us and taste the joyful potential for release and freedom often hidden in our everyday relations. You are invited to attend any and all of these sessions. There will be periods of silent meditation practice, dharma talk, relational meditation practice and mindful movement.
You are welcome to come to any and all of our practice sessions.