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Dharma Talks
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2022-06-24
Q&A
48:30
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Ajahn Sucitto
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(précis) 00:00 Q1 You speak of “an energy body”. I feel energy passing through my physical body but what is the difference between the two bodies? How do they interact? 42:16 Q2 During walking meditation I had the feeling that I no longer existed as a person. Everything was concentrated in the present moment and the sound of a bell ringing lasted for an eternity. The experience unsettled me. ((précis) 00:00 Q1 Vous parlez d'« un corps énergétique ». Je sens de l'énergie traverser mon corps physique mais quelle est la différence entre les deux corps ? Comment interagissent-ils ? 42:16 Q2 Pendant la marche méditative, j'ai eu le sentiment que je n'existais plus en tant que personne. Tout était concentré dans l'instant présent et le son d'une cloche durait une éternité. L'expérience m'a déstabilisé.)
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Terre d'Éveil Vipassana
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Energy as a means of liberation and well-being
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2022-06-23
Guided meditation - cultivation of goodwill
45:48
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Using breath we fill a bubble that is almost an aspect of our body, allowing it to diffuse as we exhale. We release the unneeded and bring in what is needed - lightness, warmth or freshness, humour. We allow goodwill to manifest, just this. (En utilisant la respiration, nous remplissons une bulle qui est presque un aspect de notre corps, lui permettant de se diffuser lorsque nous expirons. Nous libérons l'inutile et apportons ce qui est nécessaire - légèreté, chaleur ou fraîcheur, humour. Nous permettons à la bonne volonté de se manifester, juste cela. )
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Terre d'Éveil Vipassana
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Energy as a means of liberation and well-being
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2022-06-22
Meditation: Befriending Your Inner Life
16:07
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Tara Brach
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This meditation establishes a gentle and caring presence through bringing the image and felt sense of a smile to various domains in the body. We then settle with the breath, and practice relaxing with whatever arises, letting life be just as it is. The underlying intention is to regard all experience with a clear, interested and friendly attention. The gift is a homecoming to our naturally loving presence.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-06-21
An approach to Meditation
25:01
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Tuning into the rhythms of the body and its breathing, we are aware of an impression in the heart. Sympathy or empathy is available to meet this. Relax. Let the body breathe undisturbed. (En accord avec les rythmes du corps et de sa respiration, nous sommes conscients d'une impression dans le cœur. La sympathie ou l'empathie est disponible pour répondre à cela. Relaxer. Laissez le corps respirer sans être dérangé.)
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Terre d'Éveil Vipassana
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Energy as a means of liberation and well-being
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2022-06-08
The Power of Rest
55:25
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Oren Jay Sofer
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Nature flows through a cycle of rhythms, but modern life disconnects us from the natural rhythms of our world. When activity (physical or mental) is not balanced with rest, we burn out. Join Oren for an evening of meditation as we learn about what supports and hinders our ability to rest, and how rest can be the hidden key to unlocking your meditation practice.
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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
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2022-05-27
Q&A
28:17
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Ajahn Sucitto,
Laura Bridgman
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Questions are précised and some are read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity. 00:00 Q1 How wide can the space of embracing you spoke of be for people (like prisoners for example) who may not have the present capacity for insight and who seem not ready to face trauma. Perhaps they will never be ready. O1:44 Q2 When and how in meditation and life, should we put boundaries around unhelpful things without a pushing away quality? 06:10 Q3 Could you say more about the relationship between the composed part and the part that’s in disaray as more important than either of the two. 8:52 Q4 Could we hear more about jealousy please and the associated difficult shame reactions. 16:09 Q5 Does any kind of volition disrupt bodily alignment or subtle bodily energies, or can the well instructed person conceive or even act without resultant misalignment?
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Gaia House
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The Indriya: Allies for Liberation
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2022-05-25
Practicing with Fear 3
66:03
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Donald Rothberg
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We start by acknowledging the mass shooting in Texas that occurred yesterday, in the context of our practicing with fear, following up an earlier guided meditation and sharing (not recorded) related to the shooting. We then look generally at the three core ways of practicing with fear, going into some depth on each: (1) cultivating mindfulness and clear seeing (wisdom), (2) working with the heart practices, and (3) acting skillfully. We then focus on how the process of awakening typically involves at each new stage an opening to fear, and also mention some of the dynamics of the "Dark Night of the Soul." Lastly, we look at how to explore and work with fear related to our social world, in terms of the three ways of practicing with fear. There follows a period of discussion.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-05-21
Q&A
35:19
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Ajahn Sucitto,
Laura Bridgman
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(Questions are précised and read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity) 00:12 Q1 One-pointedness; 08:22 Q2 Can you comment on the widely taught practice of one pointed concentration; 16:31 Q3 I struggle with narratives filled with self-limiting beliefs I create in meditation and daily life. Can you help with this please?; 30:31 Q4 When do we choose open curiosity versus directed compassion or loving kindness? What is the relationship between them and their utility?
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Gaia House
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The Indriya: Allies for Liberation
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2022-05-16
The Most Basic Truths: Gateways to Freedom | Monday Night Talk
53:39
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Jack Kornfield
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When I first entered the monasteries in Thailand and Burma, I was taught everything is anicca (impermanent), dukkha (unsatisfactory), and anatta (no-self). The reason these were repeated over and over again is because if you see these, you see with the eyes of wisdom. Because everything is changing, the more you cling and hold on, the more you suffer.
To free ourselves, we need to quiet the mind through some mindfulness in meditation.
Then, instead of identifying with the changing conditions, we learn to release them and turn toward consciousness itself, to rest in the knowing. My teacher Ajahn Chah called this pure awareness, "the original mind," or resting in "the one who knows."
As the Jiddu Krishnamurti said, “It is the truth that liberates, and not your efforts to be free.”
With practice, we discover the selflessness of experience; we shift identity. We can be in the midst of an experience, being upset or angry or caught by some problem, and then step back from it and rest in pure awareness. We let go; we release holding any thought or feeling as "I" or "mine." We release the whole sense of identification, and the conditioned world is just anicca (impermanent), dukkha (unsatisfactory), and anatta (empty of self) -- it has nothing to do with our true nature. We learn to trust pure awareness itself. This is one of the ways Ajahn Chah taught about liberation. Awakening is always here and now. Practicing this way, your life is transformed.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-05-16
Here and Now Meditation | Monday Night
28:20
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Jack Kornfield
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Let yourself be settled. Turn your attention to here and now, and the present experience. You can rest on the Earth with ease and trust in this moment. With this embodied presence, begin to notice the experiences here and now. There will be sensations of the body, sounds, emotions, feelings. A parade of images and thoughts will come and go. You can take your seat just where you are, in the midst of these rising and passing experiences.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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