Am appreciating both the use of the meditation word, and the river of Quaker experience, that your query suggests, Victor.

Was impressed too the other day that I could use Zoom video conferencing software seamlessly - and with texting too - from a parking lot of a collection of stores from my quite old Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone with the Android OS ... where Google group video Hangouts don't work that well on my smartphone, even though Google, Android and Sansung are close. ... I'm much more used to using the otherwise excellent Google Hangouts (and they can record to Youtube, an added bonus) so will suss out whether to use Hangouts or Zoom between now and then, and will plan to send a link to this NtF group email list too. (Expect glitches the first time - but this I.T. is getting better by the day).

Perhaps if we meet at 10:15 am Pacific Time / 1:15 ET on Thursday, we could invite David Boulton in the British Isles to join the conversation? David?

Perhaps we can meditate in the manner of non-theistic Friends for a minute or two together at the beginning of the call.

One beginning place for me re NtF meditation is the relaxation response - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/relaxation%20response - since its focus was on biological limbic response, a kind of inner body releasing action, I might call this as well.

Friendly regards, Scott
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Queries we might address on Thursday, March 7 at 10:15 am in an open NtF group video call:

What is Non-theistically Friendly/Quakerly meditation for you (speaking from one's own experience)?

And what is NtF Quaker meeting, as one might envision this, and with regard to meditation, for you (speaking from one's own experience)?

Barclay and other early Friends described meeting for worship as silent waiting on God, and being ready to be led by God's Spirit. How does this translate in the absence of a belief in God?

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