Sangha SRQ - Buddhist Oriented Recovery Meeting
2023-09-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-09-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-10-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-10-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
Refuge Recovery is a practice, a process, a set of tools, a treatment, and a path to healing addiction and the suffering caused by addiction. The main inspiration and guiding philosophy for the Refuge Recovery program are the teachings of Siddhartha (Sid) Gautama, a man who lived in India twenty-five hundred years ago. Sid was a radical psychologist and a spiritual revolutionary. Through his own efforts and practices he came to understand why human beings experience and cause so much suffering. He referred to the root cause of suffering as “uncontrollable thirst or repetitive craving.” This “thirst” tends to arise in relation to pleasure, but it may also arise as a craving for unpleasant experiences to go away, or as an addiction to people, places, things, or experiences. This is the same thirst of the alcoholic, the same craving as the addict, and the same attachment as the codependent.
Eventually, Sid came to understand and experience a way of living that ended all forms of suffering. He did this through a practice and process that includes meditation, wise actions, and compassion. After freeing himself from the suffering caused by craving, he spent the rest of his life teaching others how to live a life of well-being and freedom, a life free from suffering.
Sid became known as the Buddha, and his teachings became known as Buddhism. The Refuge Recovery program has adapted the core teachings of the Buddha as a treatment of addiction.
For more information on this meeting, email: rr-srq@mail.com

Colleen Cassidy Painting Class
2023-09-19 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-21 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-26 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-28 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-03 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-05 09:00 - 16:00 | Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
Colleen Cassidy teaches an open class to people interested in watercolor painting. She had her own art school in Sarasota for the past 25 years and is a graduate of Ringling School of Art.
Price is $30 per class. Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am – 4:00pm. Rooms A & B at Unity of Sarasota.
Art Class

ACIM with Alarra Lux
2023-09-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-03 18:00 - 19:30

ACIM with Jerry Jordan
2023-09-20 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-09-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-04 10:00 - 11:30

ACIM with Callie Nicholas
2023-09-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:30

Buildings & Grounds Beautification
2023-09-23 09:00 - 11:30

Fall Equinox at Labyrinth with Rev. Zan Benham
2023-09-23 19:00 - 21:00
Fall Equinox at Labyrinth 7 pm with Rev. Zan Benham

Sunday Morning Celebration Service - All Are Welcome Here!
2023-09-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-10-01 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-10-08 10:30 - 11:30 | Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
The Sunday Morning Celebration Service is one of joy and reverence for the divine spark in all of us. We gather together in-person and virtually to pray, sing, listen, and rejoice in the celebration of life. All are welcome here! Unity of Sarasota is a diverse, inclusive, accepting and welcoming safe space for everyone!
Please remember that we need your support more than ever to keep Unity of Sarasota a Beacon of Light and Love. Click here to donate now

The Higher Realm Mediumship Service with Natalie Anne
2023-09-24 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-08 15:00 - 16:00

Birthday Celebration
2023-10-01 10:45 - 12:00
1st Sunday of each month is Birthday Celebration Sunday – come and be celebrated!

Kirtan with Cheryl Chaffee at Unity of Sarasota
2023-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
Kirtan with Cheryl Chaffee will be held once a month at Unity of Sarasota in Fellowship Hall. By donation to benefit Unity of Sarasota – Love Offering

Kirtan is a very different kind of music. Based on ancient chants, it has the ability to quiet the mind if listened to with intention. Everyone experiences kirtan differently, and it doesn’t have to be a religious experience. You can think of it as a sing-along. A kirtan concert is not your typical concert either.
The wallah (leader) sings the mantra, and the audience sings it back. As you sing with each other you experience a deep connection with the musicians, the other audience members and yourself. And when the music stops, your mind is quiet.
Because kirtan has roots in India, many of the songs are sung in Sanskrit. If you’ve ever chanted responses in Latin or Hebrew in your religious tradition, then you know how powerful singing in an ancient, holy language can be. You can be completely immersed in the sound, with no words to distract the mind. The magic of the chants can then carry you within.
Kirtan is non-denominational, the Universal language of Spirit, the song of the Soul.

Mandalas: A Drawing Meditation Workshop with Betty Blitch
2023-10-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
A&B Classrooms
$30
(No One Turned Away)
