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2017-10-04 River of Change – Bringing a Wise Heart to this Impermanent Life – Part 1 54:35
Tara Brach
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These two talks look at how we relate to change – especially the notable changes involving loss of relationships and our own body and mind. We examine our strategies for avoiding uncertainty and fear; the consequences of resisting reality; our refuges of presence and compassion in the face of grief; and the gifts of opening fully to the river of change.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-09-17 06 Staying in Touch with the “I” before the “Am” 52:07
Ajahn Sucitto
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Many of us are susceptible to certain perceptual signals that communicate codes of obligation and pressure. Citta becomes secondary to these signals and we lose our sense of wholeness, balance and presence. The advice is to pause and check in with the subjective sense, the “I” before the “am”. As you come into wholeness its energies can change, and we can stop going back to our “I am” habits.
London Insight Meditation :  "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-07-29 15: The Root Perception of Change 35:31
Ajahn Sucitto
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There are many things one can cultivate in meditation. There is craft, what can be learned. And there is art, what can’t be taught. Follow your nose, where’s your interest? Notice the difference between awareness and consciousness. Place an object in space, experience the object with dispassion.
Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery :  Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2017-07-27 Meeting the Characteristic of Life with Awareness and Compassion (Talk at Spirit Rock) 54:14
Mark Coleman
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This talk explores how to learn to cultivate kindness and presence in relation to the challenging conditions of life, including the reality of change.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation as a Path to Freedom

2017-06-22 "How Liberating to See Clearly-- How Humbling to Still Get Caught." 64:00
James Baraz
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In a moment our understanding of reality can change with new information or new perspective. Anger and ill will can be released and turn to compassion and forgiveness. And it's also true that old patterns can be activated once again in a surprising and humbling way. The process of waking up requires tremendous patience and a kind heart, especially towards ourselves.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2017-06-12 Early Morning Instructions: Coming to Terms with Dukkha – It Just Doesn’t Have to Be That Good 20:02
Ajahn Sucitto
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Rather than following the mental movements of the mind, there’s the possibility to just open to the manifest with no particular engagement. The particular point is meeting dukkha – where we chafe, want, resist – and recognizing it as it is. At the moment the engagement changes, the mind releases. Then the world doesn’t have to be that good.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg :  The Wisdom of Embodiment

2017-06-10 Introduction to Retreat: The Most Important Thing 54:50
Ajahn Sucitto
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Guidance to keep putting things aside, and keep establishing ‘here,’ a bodily feeling that serves as a guide to what’s always here. In the space of open awareness, we can ask ourselves every day: What is the most important thing? And the answer may change each time. For the retreat time, we consider silence and goodwill as the most important things.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg :  The Wisdom of Embodiment

2017-06-05 Change and Impermanence 59:26
Yanai Postelnik
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Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga

2017-06-03 Meeting Change Daylong 5 -- Peace 15:07
Kim Allen
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Insight Santa Cruz

2017-06-03 Meeting Change Daylong 4 -- Fearlessness 27:16
Kim Allen
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Insight Santa Cruz

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