Meditation & Dharma Talk - This talk references a video "The Story of the Weeping Camel: Song" which can be found on Youtube

Reflection followed by Guided Meditation

Guided Meditation on the Five Faculties and Metta

Situation Crafting in the social science of creating conditions that bring out the best in a group and/or an individual. One could see the teachings of the Buddha as elegant situation crafting with the aim of creating conditions that gradually led to awakening. Through meditation, contemplative inquiry, study, and reflection, we’ll explore how the teaching of spiritual friendship is a brilliant form of situation crafting that liberates the heart.

Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning

After getting a sense of those present and a self-introduction, there is a guided meditation. We start with a few words on posture and invite a short period to connect with what is alive in one's practice. Then there are instructions for developing samadhi (concentration), followed by several short periods of guidance to cultivate awareness of the energy of the body, to tap into a sense of happiness and perhaps joy, and then a sense of peace. There is then a short period of mindfulness followed by a few minutes of reflection on (1) what is "calling" now in one's life and practice, and (2) how best one can connect formal meditation and daily life.

Reflection on the Three Refuges followed by a guided meditation on the Five Indriya

A progressive release into emptiness, and a return through the four brahmaviharās

Guided meditation on noticing what isn't here, and thus becoming acquainted with emptiness.