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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2016-06-20
The Ambiguity of Self and World
37:04
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Martin Aylward
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We rely on a sense of certainty and familiarity with how things are, yet when we look closely our experience is uncertain and always presenting anew. Martin looks at the big reference points for our experience; Life, Death, Self and World, pointing to a liberating way of understanding and relating to them that is free of the narrowness of certainty.
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Gaia House
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Awakening in Stillness and Movement
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2016-06-19
Spaciously & Graciously
43:00
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Martin Aylward
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Martin explores the twin aspects of Wisdom and Love, as they are expressed in relating to our experience. He looks at the compulsions that easily takes up space in our consciousness, and shows how we can soften around them, and at the tendency to be intolerant, both of ourselves and others, and how we can be forgiving and gracious with our own humanness.
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Gaia House
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Awakening in Stillness and Movement
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2016-06-19
Spaciously and Graciously
43:00
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Martin Aylward
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Martin explores the twin aspects of Wisdom and Love, as they are expressed in relating to our experience. He looks at the compulsions that easily takes up space in our consciousness, and shows how we can soften around them, and at the tendency to be intolerant, both of ourselves and others, and how we can be forgiving and gracious with our own humanness.
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Gaia House
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Awakening in Stillness and Movement
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2016-06-17
The Art of Non Doing
66:30
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Martin Aylward
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In this introductory talk to the retreat, Martin invites us to practice by doing nothing, not in terms of the retreat format, but in the midst of all activity. He explores how we can speak, move and direct our attention and intention, from a place of profound rest, allowing and inviting everything to happen naturally.
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Gaia House
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Awakening in Stillness and Movement
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2016-06-16
Mindfulness of the Body
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Shaila Catherine
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Shaila Catherine gave the second talk in a four-week series titled "Cultivating Mindfulness." Shaila explored a number of ways to practice mindfulness of the body according to the Buddhist teachings. These methods include (1) using the body as a way of grounding our attention in the present moment, (2) working with mindfulness of the breath as an aspect of the body, (3) working with sensory experiences, (4) reflecting upon death, (5) seeing the body in terms of the four elements (earth, fire, wind and water) and (6) observing the body as anatomical parts. Methods 5 and 6 allow us to view the body as material constructions. From this perspective we no longer conceive our body as "I" or "mine;" thereby, attachment and ignorance dissolve.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Cultivating Mindfulness
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2016-06-09
Cultivating Mindfulness
3:48:42
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Renee Burgard,
Shaila Catherine,
Sharon Allen
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This series is an introduction to the meditative development of mindfulness through which we refine our ability to focus and bring clear attention to all aspects of experience. We will cultivate mindfulness of breath, sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions. This series includes exercises that enhance mindfulness, support the establishment of a daily meditation practice, and highlight balanced awareness in work and home life.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2016-06-09
Mindfulness with Breathing
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Shaila Catherine
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Shaila Catherine gave the first talk in a four-week series titled "Cultivating Mindfulness." This talk focused on using the breath as the meditation object. When we observe our breath, our mind is free from unwholesome states, such as anger, greed, or doubt, because we are simply connecting with the very ordinary experience of breathing. We are not being pushed or pulled by desire or aversion. In fact, when we connect with the breath, we experience ease and happiness.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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