developing inner and outer refuges in our lives and on retreat

Exploring doubt, the grace of surrender and emerging faith

There is a certain kind of energy required to actually do the sitting/walking schedule of an intensive retreat, which we learn how to cultivate. We also can learn how to relax our energy around our moment-to-moment experience, which produces a great balance in our practice.

what is freedom from suffering?

Discerning awareness reveals the unique and universal nature of experience.

The stages of evolution of energy in practice - joyful, difficult and going beyond.

totally accepting change: learning to be "neighborly" with all of our experience

opening to understanding rather than judging the experience of suffering

This talk has to do with understanding how metta practice develops concentration. Metta practice also sometimes exposes challenging states of mind that we learn to be more mindful of within the safe and gentle container of LovingKindness.

understanding what spiritual practice means over lifetimes