Dharma Online Auction
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-21 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
Back by popular demand: Kagyu Sukha Choling hosts an online auction with many new and gently-used dharma items to bid on, including meditation cushions, Buddhas, statues, fine art, ritual objects, jewelry, Tibetan treasures, instruments, prayer flags and more.
The auction will open on April 9th, and bids can be made until 1pm on April 21st.

Wednesday Open Meditation
2024-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
Each Wednesday from noon to 1:00 pm, the KSC Sanctuary will be open to all for meditation.
We invite you to come and meditate quietly in your own way.

Windows in Time: Railroading in Southern Oregon
2024-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Railroads have played a pivotal role in the history and development of Southern Oregon. Robert Hirning will examine how the construction of our own Siskiyou Line influenced the present-day economies of Jackson and Josephine Counties.
Join us for a discussion on the rise of “Robber Barons,” inept train robbers, and the failed attempts to reach the California Coast that kept our region uniquely isolated.
Robert Hirning has been a lifelong “railfan” and has chased his passion for trains since childhood. Robert has traveled widely by train over most of North America, from the arctic to the tropics, and across Asia from the Sea of Japan to the Baltic.
The monthly Windows in Time lunchtime lectures feature well-known writers and historians and bring alive the people, values, and events that shaped our southern Oregon heritage. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Library Services. Programs are presented in Medford (first Wednesdays, in-person and online) and again in Ashland (second Wednesdays, in-person). Recordings of Medford presentations are available on the JCLS Beyond YouTube channel.

"Bridging Divides" Monthly Video Discussion Series: How Our Minds Play Tricks on Us with Marla Estes
2024-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, 97520
To bridge divides, we need to understand how our mental operating systems automatically create biases, blind spots, and shortcuts — all of which stop us from seeing things clearly.
“Confirmation bias is seeing what we expect to see. Desirability bias is seeing what we want to see.” — Adam Grant
Are you feeling concerned about the growing divides occurring in our world? The first step, and one that each one of us can do, is to “depolarize within.” We do this by learning about our human “operating systems,” becoming self-aware and then making different choices about how we behave.
Polarization not only diminishes our capacity for true deliberative dialog and problem solving, but it is dividing society into contentious, conflicted parts. Left unchecked, it is becoming a fundamental threat to social harmony and ultimately the core mechanisms of democratic society.
Join facilitator Marla Estes, MA every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. and learn how to “depolarize within.” Watch fascinating and insightful videos carefully selected to explore ways to depolarize, and then engage in facilitated discussion to help integrate new perspectives.
With a background in Psychology, Marla created Building Bridgers in 2017 to address the growing social and political polarization in our country.
For over 15 years, she has been giving presentations, movie nights, book groups, workshops, and classes helping people learn to develop insights and skills in approaching difficult conversations, deepening and growing healthy, functional, and fulfilling relationships.
Marla is currently the Jackson County Coordinator for Urban Rural Action, which builds relationships through differences.
Presenter’s Website: https://www.BuildingBridgers.com
FREE ADMISSION – 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, OR. One mile west of I-5 Exit 14
