We will continue our exploration of Racial Justice and White Privilege with Deb Kerr. who led us in a rich discussion last week.
Deb is a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center where she is a co-founder of EBMC and has served on the EBMC Board.
Deb will offer teachings on how educating ourselves about race relates to and is an extension of dharma practice and how it connects the dots to the larger picture of systemic change.
This discourse is how to develop concentration in order to achieve the Absorptions (jhanna), but some of the earlier exercises are beneficial if the mind is very busy to quieten it.
With respect to all those who suffer, struggle, or have far to go, this talk explores the beneficial power of finding well-being through how we live, relate, and conceive. May it serve us to serve others, and help make a more beautiful and equitable world for all beings.
Beginning by orienting to pleasant feeling-tones in the body as a way in to the experience of appreciation, then opening to other aspects of one's life that are going well, and noticing the effect of mudita on the body, heart and mind
How mudita, appreciative joy, can be an antidote to "mana" or comparing mind, and in the context of Insight Dialogue practice, can help reduce self-consciousness in dyad (pairs) practice
