Chai Chat is an interactive gathering where we explore current social concerns and other issues that affect our spiritual and communal cultivation.
We invite you to read ahead of time, join us with your favourite tea or coffee, and engage in critical and constructive conversation.
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On Monday July 26th at 7:30 pm CDT we will gather to discuss the article “Voluntary Simplicity and the New Global Challenge” by Duane Elgin.
A snippet from the article:
With sustainability we can expand our experiential riches of culture, compassion, community, and self-determination. With a growing abundance of experiential riches the entire process of living will be encouraged, and a self-reinforcing spiral of development will unfold. Therefore, reinforcing the powerful push of necessity is the pull of opportunity—the potential of the simple life to yield a more satisfying and soulful existence."
Join us to talk about:
the challenge of defining multiple approaches to “simplicity”
the benefits and challenges of simplifying life as a minority community
Islamic conceptions of a good life and how “simplicity” is expressed from an Islamic point of view (if at all)
your insights
We look forward to seeing you then.