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THIS WEEK Jul. 17th REGULAR RMC SITTINGS
WEDNESDAY, July 19th 7-9pm, What Was Lost is Found with Illana Berger The Koan: “Coin lost in the river is found in the river.” The essential element of living a human life is that each of us, at some point(s) in our life, feel, believe, KNOW- that we have lost something. It might be your marriage, it might be your heart, your love, your job, your health, a loved one, your security, your home or yourself. Our practice provides us the opportunity to enter into this mind of loss, pain, suffering or joy, celebration and awe. You get to notice the way in which you navigate your world and discover how to be with your life and experience just as it is. That noticing can open a door or gateway into the Great Mystery - the river of life. Right at that threshold, as you walk through it, a world might just open up and what you thought was lost, is suddenly found. Let’s enter into the vastness together as if on a treasure hunt for freedom and see what we find there. Illana Creating a Culture at PZI
NEW ISSUE • WINTER 2017 DOUBLE ISSUE - 'More Everything: Having & Wanting' A magazine of Zen and the arts from the Pacific Zen Institute Fresh from the Pacific Zen Institute’s long-running project on Zen, koans, consciousness, and the arts, comes the second issue of our online magazine: Uncertainty Club. 
Mysterious Paths: A Summer Weeklong Retreat With John Tarrant & Friends July 16-23, 2017 Mt. Madonna Center Watsonville, CA This is a meditation retreat for discovering how to navigate in a world with few familiar landmarks; it is seven days along the deepest path. Zen is a mystery school—we enter the mystery to be transformed. The transformation is through the life we already have, toast and heartbreak. We notice our kitchen loves us. The gate is not knowing. We don’t try to explain life, or defend against it, we enter it deeply, we don’t make ourselves certain. For more information contact: Jan Black, Registrar MORE PZI RETREATS COMING UP HERE 
A Wonderful Gift- Support PZI Pacific Zen Institute presents an exclusive DVD offer Scenes from an extraordinary retreat with two Zen masters, and a chance to support our ongoing work. In Autumn 2012, Zen koan masters John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland came together to converse about The Blue Cliff Record, the first great collection of koans, now almost 1,000 years old. It’s a text filled with stories that change you.We are thrilled to be able to offer this DVD record of the event—a chance to witness their collaboration in a set of live conversations about Zen, koans, and enlightenment. 
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SUNDAY July 23rd - 9:30am - 12pm Dark Way, Bird Path & Open Hand with Illana Berger The Koan: A teacher asked a pilgrim, “Where have you come from?” “From Dongshan’s,” replied the pilgrim. “What does Dongshan teach?” “He usually teaches in three ways.” “What are they?” “The dark way, the bird path, and the open hand.” This is the Koan from PZI’s meditation retreat this week. I thought it might be fun to join them on the last day of the retreat and enter into the field they have created together. What is the dark way, the bird path and the open hand as a way of teaching and learning? Let’s find out together. Illana NEW RMC URBAN RETREAT!
GOING TO WILD PLACES An Urban Retreat @ RMC with David Weinstein Friday eve & Saturday Aug. 11-12 5463 College Ave. Oakland, CA 94618 For more information or to register contact Registrar: John Williamson We go to wild places of abandoned grasses looking for our true nature. Where is your true nature as you search for your true nature? Where are the 'wild places' in your life? What if those places which feel 'wild' are opportunities to be free? The Chinese character for 'chaos' is a compound character. The two elements of the character mean 'dangerous' and 'opportunity'. Wild places feel dangerous, out of our control and very alive. Learn more. ______________________________________________________
A GREAT READ from PZI NEW ISSUE WINTER 2017 Uncertainty.club DOUBLE ISSUE; More Everything: Wanting & Having PZI's online Zen, koan consciousness & the arts 
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