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November 6th-9th
Internal Retreat
Retreat Theme: Chop Wood, Carry Water, Becoming a Monk in the World

 

At Urban Healing Temple, we believe deep transformation doesn’t come from escaping your life; it comes from waking up within it.

 

Our upcoming retreat is rooted in the ancient Zen teaching:

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“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”

 

This simple phrase holds profound wisdom: even after great insight, the tasks of daily life remain. But how we meet those tasks, with presence, intention, and humility, is where the real shift happens.

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 What Does It Mean to Be a Monk in the World?

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You don’t need a robe or a monastery to live a spiritual life.

You don’t have to leave the world, but you can learn to move through it differently.

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This retreat will examine ways to practice monastic living within everyday life:
 

  • Rooted in discipline, without rigidity

  • Committed to inner stillness, even in motion

  • Devoted to the present, without needing escape

  • Embracing simplicity, without abandoning your responsibilities
     

Wake up. Chop wood. Carry water. Be the monk in your own life.

 

The Practice includes:

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Throughout the retreat, we’ll guide you through experiences designed to help you:

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  • Develop presence in the mundane

  • Reconnect with daily rhythm and ritual

  • Embrace the discipline of simplicity

  • Carry inner stillness into a busy world

  • Cultivate quiet strength through consistency

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This is not about doing more; it’s about doing less, with more intention.

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One breath. One step. One task at a time.
 

The Bigger Picture
 

This retreat is part of a larger vision.

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Urban Healing Temple is currently engaged in:

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  • Hosting retreats that awaken grounded spiritual practice

  • Producing UHTM (Urban Healing Temple Method) to serve under-resourced communities

  • Preparing research proposals focused on Healing Intergenerational Trauma

 

Through all this work, our intention remains the same:

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To create spaces where people can grow, reconnect, and return to what’s real,  both for themselves and for the collective.

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We’re honored to walk this path with you.

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Let’s wake up together.

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Chop wood. Carry water. Be the monk in the world.

 

With gratitude,

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Urban Healing Temple Team

www.urbanhealingtemple.com

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