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Dharma Talks
2017-09-01 Day 2 Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:34
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-31 The Great Undoing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:07
Sharda Rogell
Why come on retreat? As we orient to the present moment and reconnect with ourselves, we can begin to know what no longer serves us and let go. We open to a bigger picture of the way things are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-30 Meditation: Present Heartspace 18:00
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes an embodied presence with the gentleness of a smile-down scan, then opens us to the heartspace that includes the changing waves of experience. It ends with a short lovingkindness meditation that offers prayers for relief of the current great suffering from floods in Texas, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 True Resilience – Part 2: Awakening through All Circumstances 48:06
Tara Brach
Spiritual resilience enables us to deepen compassion and wisdom as we navigate life’s difficulties. In this two part series, we will look at the conditions that incline us towards or away from True Resilience, and explore practical and powerful practices that nourish this precious capacity. “The hard times are what move us to become who we really are. We grow through the tough stuff if we are willing to be present. Whatever is arising, without exception, can be a portal to awakening and freedom. If you deepen your attention to the waves, how might it awaken and free you?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 Reflection: Cultivating a Loving Heart 7:10
Tara Brach
Love is an innate capacity, and when we intentionally cultivate it, love shifts from a state to a trait. This meditation offers guidance on how to access love, and open ourselves to it in a way that serves this awakening of our hearts. “Know that you’re rewiring your brain, your heart, your body, your mind – and that the more times you do this, the more you really give it 20 or 30 seconds to feel the loving directly, the more access you have to this very innate capacity in your being.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 Practice Like You're Sitting on the Stoop 59:14
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-30 Three Characteristics of Experience (Drop in program at Spirit Rock) 1:58:14
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-08-29 The Role of Feelings and Emotions in Decision Making 41:22
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine gave the fifth talk in a speaker series titled "Living Wisely in the World: Caring for Mind, Family, Society, and Planet." She pointed out that feelings and emotions can be rather seductive, especially when we are not mindful of them, because they can unconsciously propel us into action. When feelings are pleasant, the response very often moves the mind towards craving and grasping. When feelings are unpleasant, the response is often aversion. Therefore, feelings should be investigated and understood, instead of being the basis upon which impulsive decisions are made.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Living Wisely in the World: Caring for Mind, Family, Society, and Planet

2017-08-29 Chain Of Dependent Origination 42:45
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2017-08-29 Am I OK Right Now? The 7 Factors of Awakening and Finding Peace 61:29
Michele McDonald
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

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