WEDNESDAY, Apr.18th, 7-9pm New Math with Jonathan Meyers There's a Koan that seems to frame bad math as a virtue. A student asked the teacher, "Where shall I find the Way?" The teacher replied, "9 x 9 = 83. Enter there." There's a meme I found online that reads, "If things don't add up, subtract yourself." I've noticed that I sometimes reach conclusions that aren't supported by the evidence. Sometimes these feel like inspired intuitive leaps. I like these. Other times, my mind spawns negative interpretations despite positive indications to the contrary. Not as fun. Subtract myself? How do you do math? Come hang out and share. You can enter through the front door. Jonathan 
SUNDAY April 22nd. 9:30am-12pm
Entering the Disaster Museum with Rachel Boughton 
What About When It's a Disaster? That's It, too. There's a beautiful story, perhaps true, of what happened to the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad during the 900 day siege during World War II. The paintings all left secretly, on trains to the Urals, but the staff stayed on, cleaning up after the bombings and providing first aid to the wounded, and surviving, when that was possible. They also gave tours to people who came to see the museum, and described what would have been there inside the frames. Blind people came, too, and were able to see the paintings during this time. A disaster isn't always what we imagine. What we do when we are beyond our limits and at our wit's end always comes as a surprise and can be the doorway to a new kind of life, and to resources we wouldn't have imagined. Rachel 
All PZI RETREATS, RETREATS
SAVE THE DATES for 2018 • Summer Sesshin - June 11-17 2018 @ St. Clare’s in Soquel, CA • Fall Sesshin - dates coming soon Open Mind Retreats 2018
@ Commonweal Center, Bolinas, CA • Summer – August 16-19 • Winter – November 29–December 2 
Scenes from an extraordinary retreat with two Zen masters, John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland and a chance to support PZI's ongoing work. 
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The Heart of Wisdom:
PZI's Summer, Long Retreat with John Tarrant & Friends June 11-17, 2018 St. Clare's Retreat Center Soquel, CA The Queen of Heaven, Avalokiteshvara, hears our cries, and with great tenderness leans down into our world, and says, Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness is exactly form. And out of these words Zen begins. They are the Big Bang of our spiritual tradition. Under their power, the distance between our intimate lives, and the vastness of the universe that holds us, disappears. Our koans, awakenings, stories, teachings, wisdom paths, and consolations are all born from her mysterious words. MORE INFO OR REGISTER NOW! _____________________________________________________ Creating a Culture at PZI - Articles, Talks, Blogs & Notes from Our Larger Communit
John Tarrant at the Big Ears Festival last month in Tennessee.
NEW Issue Spring 2018:
With Each Stitch the World Spews Flames PZI's online magazine of zen and the arts. Read the issue and check out our guidines to learn more about Submissions now welcome! Weaving Together the World by Rachel Boughton In ancient times it was the custom when a building was finished to place a charm on the ridgepole for its protection. One day someone asked a teacher, “Our new temple has just been built, won’t you write a charm for the protection of the building, so it will never be destroyed?” The teacher then asked for ink and brush and paper and wrote a single word. What is the one charm? I am one of those people whose job it is to weave together the world. I’m not alone, there are others, I can recognize them without asking. I can also tell that there aren’t many of us doing this particular task, which can lead to misunderstandings. It’s like this: MORE 
New PZI Zendo: Rio Del Mar Meditation Community 2nd & 4th Sundays every month 10:30am -12pm NOTE: Our regular session is cancelled on Apr. 22nd We will resume May 13th at our new Zendo! 640 Hillcrest Dr, Felton, Ca. Please RSVP Illana Berger. More here 
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