Loreli, Ch. 2

Springfield Civic Center
Self-Help Meetings and Support Group Schedule:

Broken Hearts Club
When: Thursday, 8:00 pm
Where: Civic Center Room A
Program: "You Think Your Lover Done You Wrong? Listen to THIS!"
Heartbreakers and heartbroken welcome.  
Activities: Participants may share or just listen to each others' personal tales of heartbreak and emotional devastation in a nonjudgemental, understanding and supportive group environment. Kleenex will be provided, or you can bring your own hanky.
Speaker: Discussion will be moderated by the popular Dr. Marcus D. Loveless, practitioner of the highly effective "Touch Therapy" approach to emotional healing. This method employs friendly back rubs and bear hugs delivered by Dr. Loveless, to promote a feeling of security and acceptance, allowing participants to really let go of their pent up pain, anger, regret and remorse. Participants are encouraged to cry their eyes out, wail, console one another, and finish with the traditional group hug.

Zen Again Meditation Group
When: Thursday, 8:00 pm
Where: Civic Center, Room B
Program: "Are You Compassionate Enough?"
Beginners and longtime sitters welcome.
Activities: Participants sit still on the floor for 30 minutes. They are encouraged to concentrate on the cries and lamentations that can be heard across the hall in room A, and use them as a focus for increasing, through intentional practice, their inherent capacity as compassionate beings. After the half hour, participants will walk in a circle to honor the the karmic truth of what goes around comes around, and then bow towards the hallway to show respect for the truth of suffering evidenced there.
Speaker: Meditation will be led by the serene Master Arlo S. Liepyet, teacher and developer of Zen Again Meditation. This method of compassion-building meditation enables people to accidentally become aware of their own illusory, dualistic habits of thought (such as good/bad, asleep/awake, yellow/blue) and experience instead the mind's infinite power and ability to know all, feel all, and be all, if you sit still and wait patiently, with an open heart & mind.

Yellow Pants Anonymous Meeting
Time: 8:00 pm, Thursday
Location: Civic Center, Room C
Program: "Look Around: Is Anyone Else Wearing Yellow Pants?"
Yellow pants wearers and recovered wearers welcome.
Activities: Participants sit still on the floor for 30 minutes. They are encouraged to focus on the fact that the world is a dirty place and that merely sitting will make yellow pants dirty enough to have to pre-treat. After the half-hour, participants walk in a circle where they must confront this truth by seeing how dirty their neighbor's pants have become. Subsequent discussion will highlight the embarrassment YP wearers may be inflicting on loved ones, who just want them to dress 'normal'.
Speaker: Discussion will be led by Ms. Tillie C. Dalite, recovered YP addict turned peer mentor, whose years spent battling the urge to wear yellow pants in public led her to develop the effective, 3-step method used here. Ms. Dalite's struggle with the shame of flagrantly violating fashion norms, as well as jealous condemnation by clowns and children under 6 for trespass into their culture, inspired her to help other socially stigmatized YP wearers realize that khakis are much more suitable and acceptable, and jeans are much easier to clean.

NOTE TO ALL:
Self-help and support group attendees are invited to a Meet-and-Greet in the civic center gym after classes, starting at 9:00 pm. Enjoy alcoholic beverages, music and dancing at this fun event! Teachers will be present, so come mingle and get great informal advice on topics like: how hugging strangers can help heal heartache & loneliness; how to avoid having your legs fall asleep while sitting for long stretches, and how to use yellow underwear as a first step toward recovery.

Hope to see you there!