Not rooted in any one belief system, Nithya Shanti teaches the importance of witnessing and questioning our own thinking, and how this can help us cultivate higher quality thoughts — of wishing well for others, of wanting to share, of bringing out the best in any situation. He quotes Aristotle to illustrate the philosophy he developed after spending seven years as a Buddhist monk: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
The internationally respected spiritual teacher comes to Trinity Church for a two-day mindfulness and meditation retreat on Friday-Saturday, September 4-5. Called Resting in Our Innate Wisdom and Wellbeing, the weekend will focus on ways people can find the wisdom that is already within them.
“We have within us a wellspring of wisdom, a wellspring of wellbeing that’s always accessible if we just turn around and look, if we just learn the art of pausing and reconnecting,” explained Shanti. “This is what I discovered when I was 16 years old, that there was a happiness there which I never even noticed.”