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Joe Clements: Empathy & Compassion: The Path to Forgiveness
October 11 @ 10:00 am - 11:15 am PDT
What if we could look at our past with greater understanding?
In recovery, forgiveness often begins close to home. We may look back and see choices we regret, relationships we hurt, or years spent reaching for relief. Compassion invites us to also recognize the person who was struggling—and doing their best to feel better with the tools they had.
This practice makes room for both compassion and accountability: understanding the conditions behind our actions while taking responsibility for the harm they caused.
Joe offers this invitation:
“Instead of constantly trying to change the way we feel, we can learn to change our relationship to the way we feel.”
Meet Joe
Joe Clements is a mindfulness meditation teacher, emotional awareness coach, and founder of Sit.Feel.Heal. Meditation Center in Santa Cruz, California. Drawing on his own recovery, Buddhist training, and more than a decade of work in recovery communities, Joe brings a practical, compassionate approach to meeting our experiences with curiosity and greater choice.
Learn more at josephclements.com and sitfeelheal.org.
More About the Academy
The Academy has invited some of the leading teachers in the field of Buddhist recovery. On the first Sunday of every month for an hour each teacher will explore the sharp edges of suffering through the lens of the Buddhist Teachings.
The Academy brings together teachers from different Buddhist lineages and approaches. Themes like addiction, alcoholism, depression, stinking thinking and compulsive behaviors will be explored.
During this event we will meditate, listen to the teaching, then have time for a Q & A at the end.
