Eastside Insight Meditation

01/31/2026

Friends,

For this Tuesday, Feb. 3, Eastside Insight gathering, we'll be exploring the Buddha’s map of inner growth called “Transcendent Dependent Origination.”
This is a multi-step process, essentially the reverse of the 12 links of dependent origination, which explains how we’re locked in suffering. Transcendent dependent origination also is a series of inner arisings, each based on the one before, but this time it’s a roadmap of the journey of awakening.
Here’s a transcript of a talk on this by teacher Gil Fronsdal.
Also several Seattle Insight teachers have recently offered teachings on transcendental arising, available here. We’re offering these teachings this Tuesday in harmony with Seattle Insight.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 3.

Please message Steve for the URL for the evening, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033. (Please note this is the new URL for this year.)

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

We are in discussion with several guest teachers for coming months, and Shawn Holmes will be teaching Feb. 17.

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help, and when can say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Sometimes it can be beneficial for folks to have individual practice meetings about their practice, their journey on the path, and I’m always happy to arrange a time with anyone interested. Here’s a link from the Seattle Insight website about such conversations.
May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of the complexity of 2025. May your hearts be at ease.

With bows and love,
Steve

Eastside Insight Volunteers signup Yes please it would be wonderful if a person, or two, could volunteer to help set up Tuesday, Feb. , in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel. In particular you’ll be putting out cups and tea, and starting the water boiling. All will be in a to...

01/16/2026

Friends,

For this Tuesday, Jan. 20, Eastside Insight gathering, we're happy to welcome Judith Avinger, a local dharma leader for Seattle Insight. Judith will be offering a talk she has entitled “Patience, the mother of all virtues.”
She writes:
“Patience has been a long-time practice for me even before I encountered it as one of the paramis. Lately, I've been contemplating the difference between acting patient and being patient. I've come to the conclusion that actually being patient, which involves being present, is essential for advancing on the path.”
Here’s a link with Judith’s bio, and some of her talks - https://seattleinsight.org/teacher/judith-avinger/

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

This is the first evening for the new 2026 URL, so please email [email protected] for the new URL or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.
Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to Judith, in appreciation for her kind offering of the dharma.
Venmo: -Avinger

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help, and when you can say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Eastside six-week introduction to meditation series, which I’ll be teaching on six Wednesdays, starting Jan. 21.

The series will be in person and online, so your location is not an issue. While billed as an introduction, people often join who want to refresh or restart their practices. We always have fun…please share with your friends!
Also we need one more volunteer to help with the class, so please step up if you can.

https://seattleinsight.org/event/introductory-meditation-class-series-eastside-1/

This series be in parallel with a similar class taught by Keri Pederson on Thursdays in Seattle, starting Jan. 22. Both will end with a joint day of mindfulness in Seattle, Feb. 28.
Last, happy to share that the winter issue of Northwest Dharma News is live. This is a wonderful record of developments and news among dharma communities in the Northwest, with a terrific image of regional monastics.
https://northwestdharma.org/winter-2026-volume-39-1/

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of the complexity of 2025. May your hearts be at ease.

With bows and love,
Steve

NWDA News NWDA Bringing Dharma Brightness Into 2026 As we emerge from a year of global strife and tumult in 2025, with likely more coming in 2026, the collective compassion and wisdom of dharma groups throughout the region can seem like the calm eye of a hurricane. As a collective of individual sang...

01/02/2026

Friends,

For this Tuesday, Jan. 6, Eastside Insight gathering, we'll be exploring the ways in which many aspects of generosity open the inner light.

We'll be exploring the inner meaning of generosity, and how inner and outer generosity brings not-clinging and opening to our hearts and minds. In this case generosity is different than kindness, although closely linked, and we’ll be exploring the nuances of these differences and similarities.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

For the URL for the evening please email Steve Wilhelm at [email protected], or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033. (We are going to be updatting the Zoom URL for 2026 soon, maybe next time, so keep an eye out.)

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

We are in discussion with several guest teachers for coming months, and one of them, Judith Avinger, will be teaching Jan. 20.

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help, and when can say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Eastside six-week introduction to meditation series, which I’ll be teaching on six Wednesdays, starting Jan. 21.

The series will be in person and online, so your location is not an issue. While billed as an introduction, people often join who want to refresh or restart their practices. We always have fun…please share with your friends!
https://seattleinsight.org/event/introductory-meditation-class-series-eastside-1/

This series be in parallel with a similar class taught by Keri Pederson on Thursdays in Seattle, starting Jan. 22. Both will end with a joint day of mindfulness in Seattle, Feb. 28.

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of the complexity of 2025. May your hearts be at ease.

With bows and love,
Steve

Insight Meditation, also known as mindfulness or vipassana meditation, comes from the early Buddhist tradition. Through learning to bring a steady and spacious awareness to direct experience, moment by moment, […]

12/13/2025

Friends,

For this Tuesday, Dec. 16 Eastside Insight gathering, we'll explore the life of the Buddha through photos and maps. Our thought is that as Christmas is a sacred time in our culture honoring Jesus Christ, it’s appropriate to also take this time to honor this great being of Asia, the Buddha.

Many of the photos were taken during my own pilgrimages to India and Nepal. These images bring the Buddha’s life and journey alive, in ways that may be inspiring to you on your own inner journey, as they have been to myself.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, continuing our new schedule of 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.

Please email [email protected] for the URL for the evening, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help before, and say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Eastside six-week introduction to meditation series, which I’ll be teaching on six Wednesdays, starting Jan. 21.

The series will be in person and online, so your location is not an issue. While billed as an introduction, people often join who want to refresh or restart their practices. We always have fun…please share with your friends!
https://seattleinsight.org/event/introductory-meditation-class-series-eastside-1/

This series be in parallel with a similar class taught by Keri Pederson on Thursdays in Seattle, starting Jan. 22. Both will end with a joint day of mindfulness in Seattle, Feb. 28.

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of the complexity of 2025. May your hearts be at ease.

With bows and love,
Steve

Insight Meditation, also known as mindfulness or vipassana meditation, comes from the early Buddhist tradition. Through learning to bring a steady and spacious awareness to direct experience, moment by moment, […]

11/29/2025

Friends, For this Tuesday, Dec. 2 Eastside Insight gathering, out of respect for the inner values of the holiday season, we’ll be exploring parallels between the Sermon on the Mount and what the Buddha taught.

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is often considered his most eloquent and powerful sermon, with deep guidance about ethical choices and sacred values. The parallels with the Buddha's teachings are uplifting and inspiring, showing us key commonalties between these two traditions.

We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, continuing our new schedule of 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. The URL for the evening will be available by email to Steve at [email protected], or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033. Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation. https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022 Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way. paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48 Steve Wilhelm 17623 184th Ave. NE Woodinville, WA 98072 Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help before, and say you’ll be helping. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Eastside six-week introduction to meditation series, which I’ll be teaching on six Wednesdays, starting Jan. 21.

The series will be in person and online, so your location is not an issue. While billed as an introduction, people often join who want to refresh or restart their practices. We always have fun…please share with your friends!

https://seattleinsight.org/event/introductory-meditation-class-series-eastside-1/

This will be in parallel with a similar class taught by Keri Pederson on Thursdays in Seattle, starting Jan. 22.

Both will end with a joint day of mindfulness in Seattle, Feb. 28,

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of complexity. May your hearts be at ease. With bows and love, Steve

Insight Meditation, also known as mindfulness or vipassana meditation, comes from the early Buddhist tradition. Through learning to bring a steady and spacious awareness to direct experience, moment by moment, […]

11/13/2025

Friends,

For this Tuesday, Nov. 18 Eastside Insight gathering we’ll be exploring one of the most nuanced aspects of living in the world while on the path: Navigating the needs of self and others in the dharma.
A significant part of cultivating loving-kindness is to embrace everyone in our sphere with kindness, including those we like and dislike, and including ourselves. It's easy to forget the last two, and essential to remember that each sentient being, including the disliked and ourselves, deserve kindness as much as any other.
This can be a subtle and complex balance, and we’ll be exploring how to navigate these human intricacies, with good heart, goodwill, and compassion.
We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18, continuing our new schedule of 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.

Please email Steve Wilhelm for the URL for the evening, at [email protected], or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps pay for retreat and teachings, and helps others on the way.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for these evenings, now Tuesdays. It’s hugely helpful when you can help before, and say you’ll be helping. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Looking ahead, you’re warmly invited to the Nov. 18 Seattle Insight day of mindfulness on anatta, not-self.
Anatta is the third of the three characteristics of life (Dukkha, Anicca and Anatta), and during this daylong we’ll be exploring our inherent view that self is solid and continuous. We’ll look at practices that help us gain a deep understanding that self is without inherent existence, and impermanent.
We’ll also explore the differences between the navigational or conventional self, which we use to navigate daily life, and the ultimate not-self that lacks inherent existence. I’ll be part of the team teaching.
The daylong will be in-person at the Seattle Insight center in Seattle, and online. Below is a link to sign up. https://seattleinsight.org/event/understanding-self-and-not-self-leads-to-freedom/

May you find happiness and balance, in the midst of complexity. May your hearts be at ease.

With bows and love,
Steve

Description In this daylong, through meditations, talks, interviews and discussions, we will fully explore Anatta. Self and Not-Self. What does it really mean? I’m me! Right? You are you! Right? […]

08/18/2025

Friends,

Eastside Insight will be meeting online only for Thursday, Aug. 21, and we’re happy to welcome back Kate Davies.

As many of you know, Kate leads Whidbey Island Insight, also teaches around the region, and she shares the dharma in a warm and gifted way.

The title of her talk will be “Hope Reconsidered.”

She writes:

“Most commonly, hope is about wanting life to conform with our cravings and expectations. But because we cannot control what happens, this type of hope is a set-up for fear, disappointment, anger, and other unwholesome mind states.

Perhaps there is another type of hope based on seeing things as they truly are. A hope based on wisdom and compassion. A hope based on unshakeable faith. A hope based on intention and possibility. This Dhamma reflection will explore the nature of hope and why it is important in these times.”

About Kate:

Kate Davies has been a student of the Dhamma for about 25 years. She leads online mindfulness meditation groups and teaches at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, as well as other sanghas in the Pacific Northwest.
Kate spent her career working on environmental policy and social change. She is currently board chair and president of the Saranaloka Foundation, professor emerita at Antioch University, and senior fellow at the Whidbey Institute.

She is also the author of two award-winning books – “The Rise of the US Environmental Health Movement” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013), and “Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times” (New Society Publishers, 2018). She is a mother and a grandmother, and lives on Tscha-Kole-Chy, also known as Whidbey Island.

We’ll be gathering, online only, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21.

Please email Steve Wilhelm at [email protected] for the URL for the evening. Please don’t come to the chapel, because nobody will be there.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to Kate as teacher, at this PayPal link. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

And a way to offer light to the world:

For any of you interested, a small but cheerful group of people meets roughly monthly, on a Tuesday at noon for an hour, to volunteer at the Tibetan Nuns Project office in Seattle’s International District. We do some very simple work, usually preparing prayer flags and malas for delivery to Tibetan Nuns Project supporters. This is sacred work.

We are in fact gathering this Tuesday, Aug. 19. Please email me about this Tuesday’s event, or if you wish to be on the email list. It’s fun, satisfying, and a positive step in a less-positive world.

Big bows to all of you for your practice, your goodwill, your kindness.

See you soon!

Steve

08/04/2025

Friends,

Any time we need new inspiration or impetus on the path, a reason to keep going with our practice, the four thoughts that turn the mind are just that. Especially significant in Tibetan tradition, but universal to all, the four are: The preciousness of human life, impermanence, karma (cause and effect), and the suffering inherent in cyclic existence (samsara).
For this Aug. 7 sit we’ll be exploring these four, and how we can apply them to our daily lives. In particular these four can help us refresh our energy and momentum on the path, as it becomes clearer to us there are no good alternatives, and that the path of dharma will carry us forward well.
Here’s a link with teachings on the four by the 17th Karmapa.
We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7

The URL for the evening will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for Thursday evenings. It’s a spiritual practice to do this good work with others, for others. Helping set up is a way to share the dharma for the community. Signing up is a big help, to know if assistance is coming.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

Big bows to all of you for your practice, your goodwill, your kindness.

See you soon!

Steve

astside Insight Volunteers signup Yes please it would be wonderful if a person, or two, could volunteer to help set up Thursday, Aug. 7, in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel. In particular you’ll be putting out cups and tea, and starting the water boiling. All will be in a to...

06/30/2025

Friends,

For this July 3 sit we’re happy to be welcoming Sooz Appel, one of the Seattle Insight Meditation assistant teachers, and a very experienced practitioner.
Many of you know her as a warm and friendly teacher, from daylongs we’ve offered on the Eastside, and from times when she’s offered teachings here.
Here’s a bit of bio:
Sooz Appel was introduced to Vipassana meditation in 1983 at a death and dying retreat with Stephen Levine. Later that year, she and two friends established Shanti Seattle, which offered emotional support to people who were dying. She joined SIMS when it formed and served on the Board and as President from 2001-2003.
Over the years, Sooz has filled nearly every volunteer position in SIMS and continues to give of her time and energy to the sangha. In addition to issues of death and dying, Sooz has offered mindfulness opportunities (classes and retreats) to teenagers through both the Seattle Teen Mindfulness Circle and Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme).
The title of her talk will be: “Right View and Right Intention—our foundations for wholesome action.”
She wrote:
“As we walk through our lives, our practice asks us to bring mindfulness and honest attention to each moment. We’ll explore how view and intention are essential for this to happen.”
We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 3.

The URL for the evening will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.
While Sooz will be Zooming in from Seattle, we’ll still be hybrid, thus we’ll be both in person and online.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to Sooz. Through the Venmo link below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

https://account.venmo.com/u/sooz-appel


Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for Thursday evenings. It’s a spiritual practice to do this good work with others, for others. Helping set up is a way to share the dharma for the community. Signing up is a big help, to know if assistance is coming.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

In our local gathering and practice, simple though it may seem, we uphold and bring to life the wheel of dharma the Buddha set in motion 2,600 years ago. What we do is precious and brings light to the world.
See you soon!

Steve

Eastside Insight Volunteers signup Yes please it would be wonderful if a person, or two, could volunteer to help set up Thursday, June 19, in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel. In particular you’ll be putting out cups and tea, and starting the water boiling. All will be in a t...

06/16/2025

Friends,

For this June 19 sit we’ll be exploring the phrase "not clinging" in Buddhist practice, and why we care.
This simple phrase – not clinging - reaches far more deeply, with much greater import, than might seem at first. When we don't cling we're free, and in practice we slowly discover how much of our life is dedicated to clinging in ways we don't see.
Over time, we see how profound is this freedom from clinging, both to things outside us, and to our sticky sense of self. In a way not clinging is at the core of what the Buddha taught, at the core of the awakening he directed us toward.
We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.

The URL for the evening will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for Thursday evenings. It’s a spiritual practice to do this good work with others, for others. Helping set up is a way to share the dharma for the community. Signing up is a big help, to know if assistance is coming.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

In our local gathering and practice, simple though it may seem, we uphold and bring to life the wheel of dharma the Buddha set in motion 2,600 years ago. What we do is precious and brings light to the world.
See you soon!

Steve

Eastside Insight Volunteers signup Yes please it would be wonderful if a person, or two, could volunteer to help set up Thursday, June 19, in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel. In particular you’ll be putting out cups and tea, and starting the water boiling. All will be in a t...

06/02/2025

For this June 5 sit we’ll be exploring a question central to our spiritual journey: How the "story of me" arises, and what to do about it.

As we all discover in our practice, our attachment to “I“ drives our most compulsive behaviors, and complicates our lives when we confuse mental and physical arisings with a sense of ultimate self. Learning to discern between ultimate not-self, and our conventional sense of self-identity, is at the root of how we progress on the path, finding more peace, freedom and lightness on the way.

Hoping that some of you were able to hear Ajahn Jundee when he taught at Clear Mountain Monastery on May 15. His radiant simplicity, his evident happiness, were very much reflections of his seeing through the stickiness of attachment to the “story of me.”
We’ll be gathering at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 5.

The URL for the evening will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, or please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to the teacher, with links and addresses below. Many thanks for your generous dana, which helps turn the wheel of the dharma.

paypal.me/SteveWilhelm48

Steve Wilhelm
17623 184th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072

Deep bows of gratitude for your dana offerings, which helped cover the costs of the 12-day “Nature of Awareness” retreat I just completed at Spirit Rock, plus dana offerings to the kind teachers.
Your generosity in this way helped keep the wheels of dharma rolling, benefitting many beings, so this is a great boon and contribution. Thank you.

Big bows to the kind sangha members who help set up for Thursday evenings. It’s a blessing to do this good work with others, for others. Helping set up is a way to share the dharma for the community, so please sign up below!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

On retreat it was happy to think of Eastside Insight, and the good work we do together. The sparkle of light we share together is a source of uplift for the world, so bows to all of you for your participation.
May all of you find balance and happiness in your hearts,

Steve

Eastside Insight Volunteers signup Yes please it would be wonderful if a person, or two, could volunteer to help set up Thursday, June 5, in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel. In particular you’ll be putting out cups and tea, and starting the water boiling. All will be in a to...