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2023-05-24
Reflections on Non-Clinging
30:02
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Walt Opie
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Walt begins this talk with his experience of the Golden Buddha, and goes on to explore non-clinging as a way of unveiling our own inner treasure. He offers concrete examples of impermanence in daily life which support letting go.
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2023-05-24
Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence
22:58
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Tara Brach
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This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home base, opens the attention to changing experience. We end with a brief loving kindness reflection.
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2023-05-24
Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
52:36
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Tara Brach
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Fear is a natural and universal part of our incarnation, and, when it goes on overdrive, we get imprisoned in the suffering of separation. These two talks explore how the RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear.
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2023-05-26
The No Self Strategy of the Buddha
46:20
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Amita Schmidt
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The no self strategy of the Buddha is a tool for awakening. This talk includes a reflection on the 5 aggregates (5 characteristics that create the illusion of a self), as well as some daily micro practices/reflections to decrease the attachment to a separate self.
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2023-05-31
Meditation: Relaxing with Life
20:53
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Tara Brach
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This meditation begins with a body scan, and then we practice opening to and relaxing with our changing experience. The sitting closes with a beautiful poem by Danna Faulds, “Just for Now.”
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2023-05-31
Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
53:16
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Tara Brach
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Fear is a natural and universal part of our incarnation, and, when it goes on overdrive, we get imprisoned in the suffering of separation. These two talks explore how the RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear. (Part 2)
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