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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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| Regular weekly talks given at the lower Spirit Rock meditation hall |
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2012-06-18
Passion
51:44
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Mark Coleman
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What is the place of passion in the spiritual path in a lay life
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2012-07-11
Self and Not-Self-An Overview
61:17
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Donald Rothberg
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We explore how the topic of self and not-self can be very confusing, for a number of reasons. We then present five perspectives for exploring this theme, a general way of making some sense of self and not-self and two initial practices to study 1. the sense of self, and 2. experience beyond limited senses of self.
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2012-07-18
Self and Not-Self II-Five Varieties of Self
64:23
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Donald Rothberg
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After a review of last week's overview of exploring self and not-self, we look at five aspects of self: 1. a more neutral sense of "mere I" 2. Cultural conditions to be a particular kind of self; 3. the social self related to others 4. the wounded or stuck self; and 5. the subtle aspect of separation from other things are person. We suggest practicing to explore these five varieties.
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2012-07-25
Self and Not-Self III-Three Ways of Practicing
64:16
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Donald Rothberg
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We review briefly the last two talks and explore three ways of practicing: 1. Investigating self when it appears; 2. Opening to experiences of not-self; and 3. doing "heart practice" like lovingkindness and compassion to balance our being as we do more deeply.
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2012-08-20
Meeting Life with Kind Presence
45:23
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Mark Coleman
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This talk explores how the qualities of Mindfulness & Kindness are essential ingredients for meeting experience with wisdom, clarity & love...that allows us to hold ourselves, and difficult times with greater ease and compassion.
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2012-08-22
Self and Not Self VI--Integration and Review
59:21
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Donald Rothberg
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We explore in this integrative sessions, how a "thick" sense of self appears in various ways, and how we open to experience with progressively "thinner" senses of self. We also look at how anxiety and disorientation may arise at each stage, and how to understand what skillful uses of self are.
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2012-08-29
Self and Not-Self VII-Self and Not-Self in the context of Global Crisis.
69:46
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Donald Rothberg
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With the background of the last weeks exploration of our individual practice to see self and open increasingly to not-self, we connect that practice with our responses to global crisis, particularly global climate disruption. We see its roots in part in individualist models of self, and point to the importance of dharma practice in our responses to crisis.
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