This guided meditation explores the third foundation of mindfulness—awareness of mind states. We bring kind, steady attention to thoughts, emotions, and moods, while gently investigating our relationship to them. Seeing how mindfulness can know these experiences without being defined by them, the practice opens space, clarity, and a more compassionate way of relating to the mind.
An introduction to Vedana, guiding awareness of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral experience as a foundation for insight and less reactivity. Includes Guided Meditation.
A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the theme of Radical Understanding and Radical Expression on this path of wisdom and compassion. Are the teachings radical, and do we need to be radical to practice them?
Week Four Homework:
1. Daily meditation: 20-30 minutes.
2. Notice your “top three hits” (the thought patterns that are most recurrent). Do they preoccupy you or distract you from the present moment?
3. What helps you connect or reconnect to the present moment?
