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Retreat Dharma Talks

Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-18 (6 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2012-12-19 Entering the Dark, Entering the Light 58:55
Donald Rothberg
In the context of the winter solstice, we explore how to open up to different aspects of darkness (stopping and stillness, not knowing and mystery, difficulty and creativity) and how we, in doing so, open to light.
2012-12-20 The Five Aggregates of Self. Mindfulness, meditation and compassion practices to open up to no-self. 59:06
Heather Sundberg
Talk explores many doorways of investigating the te4achings on self and no-self including developing a healthy sense of self. the four S's of self 1. simple sense of self 2. solid sense of self 3. self-interested sense of self 4. social sense of self
2012-12-21 Dissolving Storyline 51:47
John Travis
In usual fashion, one of John's poems followed a teaching on dissolving the four types of mental fixations and opening to the radiant mystery.
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