Am appreciating both the use of the meditation word, and the river of Quaker experience, that your query suggests, Victor.

Was impressed too the other day that I could use Zoom video conferencing software seamlessly - and with texting too - from a parking lot of a collection of stores from my quite old Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone with the Android OS ... where Google group video Hangouts don't work that well on my smartphone, even though Google, Android and Sansung are close. ... I'm much more used to using the otherwise excellent Google Hangouts (and they can record to Youtube, an added bonus) so will suss out whether to use Hangouts or Zoom between now and then, and will plan to send a link to this NtF group email list too. (Expect glitches the first time - but this I.T. is getting better by the day).

Perhaps if we meet at 10:15 am Pacific Time / 1:15 ET on Thursday, 3/7, we could invite David Boulton in the British Isles to join the conversation? David?

Perhaps we can meditate in the manner of non-theistic f/Friends for a minute or two together at the beginning of the call.

One beginning place for me re NtF meditation is the relaxation response - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/relaxation%20response - since its focus was on biological 'limbic' response, a kind of inner body releasing action, I might call this as well.

Friendly regards, Scott
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Queries we might address on Thursday, March 7 at 10:15 am PT in an open NtF group video call:

What is Non-theistically Friendly/Quakerly meditation for you (speaking from one's own experience)?

And what is NtF Quaker meeting, as one might envision this, and with regard to meditation, for you (speaking from one's own experience)?

Barclay and other early Friends described meeting for worship as silent waiting on God, and being ready to be led by God's Spirit. How does this translate in the absence of a belief in God?

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Scott MacLeod helianth@gmail.com

Sun, Feb 24, 9:30 AM (2 days ago)

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Hi Anita, Amanda and NtFs,

We'd schedule a time to meet, and I could send out invitations to a 10 person Google groul video Hangout, which people would then join. These technologies are pretty reliable these days, having seasoned with time. Have you Skyped or used other video conferencing software before by any chance? Shall we schedule a test meeting in a Hangout?

Why not explore a query or two that has been addressed in a Quaker Speak video? Are there any of these in particular that speak to you, Amanda? Or how about talking about how centering down / NtQuaker meeting experiences for us / NtFs might work, perhaps posing a query or two about this?

Here's a great and fascinating video by Jenny Lykken about Meditation and Google (check out online meditation at Google ideas around 5:45 for example):

Jenny Lykken on Returning to Your Senses

- https://youtu.be/SvrYb6uUSp0

(See, too:
Panel — The Inward Journey: Mindfulness in Corporate America
- https://vimeo.com/44071585

Field Report with Jenny Lykken

Wired in the Moment: Mindfulness and Mental Focus in the Tech Sector
- http://live.soundstrue.com/mindfulsociety/on-demand/index.php?file=http://bitcast-g.bitgravity.com/soundstrue/CMS14.mp4
- http://live.soundstrue.com/mindfulsociety/event/event.php)

NtFriendly greetings, Scott

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Great & fascinating - Jenny Lykken talking about Meditation + in the context of the workplace (Google) ~
https://youtu.be/SvrYb6uUSp0 Thank you, Jenny! To https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Meditation , https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Yoga , https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Google (& https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Career_counseling …) & https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love … ~

Great & fascinating - Jenny Lykken talking about Meditation + in the context of the workplace (Google) ~https://t.co/vCJhUK0RlP Thank you, Jenny! To https://t.co/VF9Jvsx3T3, https://t.co/Wg2QQecJB3, https://t.co/PTunJsXfzW (& https://t.co/QzWCOXJDhi) & https://t.co/hzW5gU2YyG ~
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