Late last year an anonymous donor offered Wangapeka $10,000 to build a new hut in the Skydancer area. The offer was warmly received and then the head-scratching started. A hut would actually cost more than $10,000. Could/should our reserve funds be used for this? How about the resource consent? Was this a Wangapeka priority? Did we have the skilled labour …
1: A DEEP OR CONSIDERED THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING 2: THE ACTION OF CHEWING THE CUD (OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY) In her first teaching offered as a Kiwi Resident, Bonni will share considered (and occasionally light-hearted) reflections on the relevance of the 2,600 year-old Buddhadharma to 21st Century living. Individuals committed to the path of awakening participate in healthier families, friendships …
Your world is my world And my world is your world Let all of me be present for all of you Let’s forget about the past Let’s forget about the future Let’s stay here for a moment, together – Riding the ever cresting wave of now What would it truly be for all of me To be present for all …
Faith, the caretaker at the centre invited me to write share a few words about the mindfulness training that is taking place at the Wangapeka Education Centre. Here is what emerged… Teaching is heroic. My experience of teaching in general is that it is a noble profession where ordinary people give their all to the development of future generations. The …
Some three years ago our septic tanks were cleaned out by the Richmond based Simply Septic company. Our storehouse of nutritious consumption had reached its absolute. It was a massive relief to call in the professionals with their extraordinary industrial mechanisms to take care of this business. The Simply Septic truck is a heavy duty large technical sort of a …
7 June 2018, 7 – 8.30pm Meditations that encourage wellness, clarity of mind and joy Aphrodite Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote of how important it is ‘to keep the heart awake to love and beauty.’ Love is healing – to feel loved is to feel divine. This very human impulse to love, and be loved, is the honouring of the …
in person, online or watch the recording 11 August 2018, 11am – 12.30pm in person venue: Kingsland, Auckland (this timing is to work in with Canadian participants who will join in live at the same time at 10 August 2018, 7pm Eastern Daylight Time) This standalone workshop also acts as a taster/introduction for the upcoming 7 day retreat at the Wangapeka in June …
A few years ago a small sub-committee (The Programmes Committee) was rejuvenated by the WET Board which in consultation with the Board has the responsibility for co-ordinating aspects of the WET programme. Over the years the programme offered at Wangapeka has developed some regular events – these are outlined below. The main emphasis in the programme is to attempt to …
