“Not Knowing is Most Intimate” by Lisa Goddard
Description: “We get lost in our thinking, we believe what we think and we think we’re right. In his book Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, Suzuki Roshi writes, “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind, there are few. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habit of the expert. Ready to accept and open to all the possibilities.”
What this May 10th practice is offering is a really simple and very easy to forget. It is very possible that in the middle of our busy lives we can pause and enter the senses, when we can do that…then who knows what’s true?
Bio: Lisa Goddard is the founding teacher of Roaring Fork Insight offers meditation instruction through online group practice, classes and retreats, in-person and in nature in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. She has been practicing meditation since 1997 and has been facilitating these practices since 2002.
Inspired by the teachings of Suzuki Roshi and Ajahn Chah, Lisa received training through Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Zen Hospice Project, Mindful Schools and the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies. She is a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, trained in Eco-Chaplaincy and is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Lisa’s mentoring teacher is Gil Fronsdal, the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center Redwood City where she is affiliated as a Community Dharma Leader.
