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2021-10-06 Realizing Your Deepest Desires 51:26
Tara Brach
This talk differentiates between egoic intentions (driven by wants and fears), and our true aspiration (deepest desires) to manifest our full potential for awake awareness and love. We explore ways to realize and open to our deepest desires when we are stuck in self-promotion, grasping and conflict, so that our aspiration becomes a compass of the heart that can guide us in living with wisdom and compassion.
2021-10-06 Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go 22:00
Tara Brach
This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we are lost in a thought cloud, our practice is to relax open, listening to and feeling the life of the present moment. We are training to become increasingly aware of the gap between thoughts, the space where the light of awareness shines through.
2021-10-07 Emptiness and the Big Perspective 50:29
James Baraz
The Heart Sutra teaching famously states: "Form is Emptiness Emptiness is Form." This liberating perspective is the gateway to understanding the inter-connectedness of all phenomena and the spaciousness and freedom that comes from seeing our place in the bigger scheme of things. The talk includes a recording of Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweikart's moving account of the profound shift he experienced upon seeing the Earth from outer space.
2021-10-08 Dharma and Recovery 41:56
Kevin Griffin
2021-10-08 Meditation on generosity, Dhamma talk on translation of the Sutta Nipata 1:27:55
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
Meditation on generosity, guided by Bhante Akāliko. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on his translation of the Sutta Nipata. Story of Bāvari from the Pārāyanavagga (Snp 5): The Way to the Beyond.
2021-10-12 Waking Up Where We Are 1:30:00
Howard Cohn
Recorded Zoom Session
2021-10-13 Die Klimakatastrophe & der Edle achtfach Pfad = Win/Win Praxis 63:18
Ayya Santacitta
Vortrag & Geführte Meditation | Klimakrise & Sinnstiftung 4/5
2021-10-13 Grieving and Timeless Love 57:49
Tara Brach
How we relate to change and loss is directly connected to how fully we live and love. This talk looks at the classic ways we avoid opening to the realness of loss, and how our sorrows and grief can become a portal to awakening our heart and spirit.
2021-10-13 Meditation: A Practice of RAIN (20:00 min.) 20:06
Tara Brach
The acronym RAIN – Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture – guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to difficult emotions. With practice, we can find our way home to open-hearted presence in the midst of whatever arises.
2021-10-14 Mindfulness with Breathing: Observing the Long & Short Breaths 0:00
Shaila Catherine
(Recording not available) 
In this guided meditation, Shaila Catherine leads you through the first step of Anapanasati, also known as mindfulness with breathing. This first step is a great way to settle yourself during a meditation session, or out in the world.
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