Sunday, 26th July, 8pm AEST
Be In

Dear Friends, please feel welcome to join COS as we gather for another joyous 'Be In' led by Jan, Julie and Adam

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In the spirit of Thích Nhất Hạnh and the Plum Village tradition, a Be-In is a joyful, relaxed communal practice where we gather to share songs, poems, stories, reflections — or simply our quiet presence.

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Although there is not always a theme or particular reflection for a Be-In, in this session we do have one, and it is :

How do you inter be in life?

Over the years, our Be-Ins have bloomed with creativity and warmth: songs that made us sway, bush poetry that made us laugh, skits about interbeing, spontaneous dances, and tender Dharma reflections. Love letters to this life, this practice, this moment - Just being.

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Our theme for July 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Understanding the Sutra: verse 5
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
Which are the six Sense Organs
Six Sense Objects
And six Sense Consciousnesses
Are also not separate self-entities.

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In the sutras we learn that everything is found within the eighteen realms of elements composed of the six sense organs, the six sense objects, and the six sense consciousnesses. … But thanks to modern science, we know that the universe is not just what we perceive with our five senses. We now know that all of our senses are quite limited

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So, biology and physics help us to remove our dualistic view of mind and matter, psyche and soma, so that we are able to see the reciprocal and interbeing connection of body and mind. … Whenever we look up at the sky and see the moon, the stars and the galaxies, we have to practice to see that these things are not independent of consciousness. Everything in the cosmos has consciousness in it