Recognizing the innate wisdom of women. The story of Inanna's Descent reminds us of the possibility of bringing compassionate presence to all the cycles of life.
The path of awakening at times may feel counterintuitive, turning into the pain to find your heart. turning into the pain to find your heart. Let's walk on the eightfold to to grow in greater wisdom and compassion.
We experience compassion as the trembling, the quivering of the heart in response to suffering…ours or that of another being.
The aim of compassion practice is to gently turn the heart/mind towards suffering and then with understanding and courage open to and move
towards the alleviation of suffering…with recognition, acceptance and respect in relationship to our limitations at any given time. This talk
explores compassion through many different stories.
Whenever Mara--the shadow side--appeared during the Buddha's life, his response was simple and liberating: "I see you Mara," and,"Please, come…let's have tea." In that spirit, this talk explores three approaches to relating to fear with a mindful and compassionate presence.
The flute meditation at the end of the talk is given by Akal Dev.
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