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Margaret and Allan Lokos were friends for years and when he invited her to a series of meditation classes he was starting, it was at a time when she was looking for a way to live in the world that filled the gaps and rounded out the corners. It has been very satisfying to pursue a practice that is applicable to all situations, all issues, all challenges. Margaret is grateful to be part of this sangha. |
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 Elizabeth Harper found the Community Meditation Center through a flyer placed at her local optician’s shop. Having lived in five different cities over the course of the previous thirty years, she found the possibility of a sincere connection to humanity, as offered through the Community Meditation Center, to be a kind of welcoming home. Elizabeth works for a major international transportation engineering consulting firm, which, while providing much needed design services to the communities of our planet, also offers many opportunities to become estranged from one’s true self. Still a novice at meditation, she has already found that the ‘sitting practice’ leads her to reconnecting the intentions in her mind with the actions of her body. She dabbles in writing, fantasizes about singing and dancing, and could think of no better way to pass the time than with honest, open conversation about the challenging topics of our times. |
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 Gregory Lopez first started meditating in 2007 during a crash course in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. After learning more about Buddhism, he decided to extend his practice in the Theravada/Vipassana tradition, in which he has been practicing for about a year. Greg holds a master's degree in molecular biophysics and a doctorate in pharmacy. When not attending Dhamma talks in his free time, Greg can often be found discussing philosophy or swing or salsa dancing, sometimes at the same time and much to his dance partners' dismay. Greg has been involved with the CMC since late 2008. |
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 Brian Morgan joined the Community of Peace and Spirituality, the parent organization of the Community Meditation Center, as a member of the chorale, and is happy to continue his involvement with the family as a manager and student at the CMC. In addition to a career in technical and fiction writing, Brian continues to sing; he is currently a voice leader with the New York City chapter of the Mendelssohn Glee Club. Brian appreciates your visiting the CMC website and hopes to see you at an upcoming meditation session. |
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 Andy Myhrum has lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and now New York City. He is grateful for everything that the Community Meditation Center has taught him. Each morning, he wakes and meditates for a few minutes before proceeding with the rest of his day, and has found a marked improvement in the balance he feels on a given day. He works in administrative support at the accounting firm of KPMG. In his spare time, he plays drums, reads anything from drugstore paperbacks to philosophy to comics, and tries his best to live the motto "Life is Good". Andy wishes happiness to all, and hopes that everyone can find three things each day for which to be grateful. |
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 Lynne Wilson was born in Michigan, raised in Ohio and Iowa, and after living for various amounts of time in Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Scotland, Spain, and England, Lynne has settled (at least for now) in New York. Raised Presbyterian, she has also had a varied journey through, and interest in, diverse spiritual practices before settling (at least for now) into the Community Meditation Center. She finds both NYC and CMC to be intellectually stimulating and welcoming places that encourage growth.
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Margaret Burnham moved to New York from northeast Ohio to pursue an acting career, which she did for nearly twenty years. After much creative fulfillment on stage and in film, she began to search for the next phase. Her various "support" jobs had not brought satisfaction as a full-time pursuit, so she went back to school and became a massage therapist. It is the only thing that feels like it uses both sides of her brain the way acting did: analyzing problems and solving them creatively.