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Dharma Talks
2013-04-16 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 5 of 6 1:30:18
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-04-16 Dependent Origination: Formations of Mind (2) 66:18
Rodney Smith
We continue our exploration of the second link of Dependent Origination, Mental Formations. Mental formations consist of everything "formed" by the mind. We can understand why some spiritual traditions call these displays "dreamlike" and "illusory" when they come from nothing and seem to form into something meaningful, but the meaning is an internal response to the image and not intrinsic to the image itself. We can directly observe their transparency, and yet at the same time be fooled by their presentation. In the same way we become mentally enmeshed in the rapid succession of two dimensional celluloid still pictures (called a movie), likewise we translate our mental formations into our life's story. The reality we give life is derived from these mental images. They form us and the world and establish a hunger (called desire) to reconnect with what is true and lasting. At first we attempt to discover this through our worldly pursuits, but we eventually awaken to the fact that what is true and lasting cannot be found within those images. <br />
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-04-16 Marcia Rose: Reflection on The Power Of Mind 7:13
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage April 2013 Month Long Hermitage

2013-04-16 Marcia Rose: The Beautiful States of Mind 51:21
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage April 2013 Month Long Hermitage

2013-04-16 Meditation On Sustaining attention or awareness. 59:12
Phillip Moffitt
Directed meditation beginning with becoming grounded in the body, then breath, then awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Nature of Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-04-15 Holding Identity Lightly 64:02
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-04-15 The Refuge In Awareness 62:02
Phillip Moffitt
Exploring nature of awareness is necessary because it is subtle. Do so by taking awareness as our object of meditation. What does it mean to "rest" in awareness. Role of faith in exploration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Nature of Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-04-14 The World Of Experience 50:18
Lila Kate Wheeler
Consciousness and it nuances. Not looking outside but through experience - for the end of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Nature of Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-04-14 Opening to Fear 58:19
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-04-14 Marcia Rose: Reflection on The Attachment To Perfection 3:47
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage April 2013 Month Long Hermitage

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