Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-01-12 Evolving Consciousness--Beyond limiting Identities 1:19:36

Tara Brach

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The flag of trance is identifying as a separate, deficient self. This talk explores how developmentally we can get fixated on fears and unmet needs and cut off from the wholeness of Being that is our true nature. We explore the power of mindfulness --seeking not to change but to understand--and the expression of that understanding as love. The talk includes guided reflections that can help us recognize and awaken from the confines of trance.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-12-13 The 1906 Earth Quake 50:57
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to work with suffering & fear - How people in the Earthquake experienced it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-03 Inspiration and Ardency 34:52
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Connecting with whatever inspires us is an essential part of practice and supports a sense of heartfelt purpose and energy in meditation, expressed as ardency. Rather than 'effort-ing' in practice, born of a sense of obligation or fear, the quality of ardency through which we are moved to engage with our spiritual journey wholeheartedly, is born out of energised love and a clear commitment to what we value and hold as most important in life.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-10-27 Part 3 - Mindfulness of Thoughts - Introductory Series 1:14:00
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The primary element in meditation is training to awaken from the trance of thoughts. This class explores two key ways that mindfulness supports this awakening. The first is using wise reflection to discern if thoughts are imprisoning us in fear or serving healing and freedom. The second is recognizing when we are in the virtual reality of thinking, and learning to "come back" to living presence. It is by inhabiting this non-conceptual presence that we have access to the love, wisdom and freedom that we cherish.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-10-12 Touching our Fear 46:19
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-09-30 Metta 63:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Metta, or loving kindness can develop to a powerful force in out hearts and minds. We only need to start where we are, feeding non-hatred in our minds rather than putting our trust in the habits of fear and ill will.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-23 Working with Difficult Emotions 60:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
There are four primal difficult emotions that come often in meditation and daily life: grief, anger, desire and fear. When we learn to relate skillfully to these emotions as they appear, there can be a great increase in the sense of freedom and ease in our life and practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-19 Navigating the Inner Sea 18:59
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We are on a miraculous voyage in the fragile vessel of a body that ultimately dies. This is the Noble Truth of our suffering. To unravel its mystery and rescue ourselves, we must navigate the inner sea of the heart. We explore how in the world of objects, devices, ideas and experiences – whether exotic or excruciating, we are bound up with joy, fear or any point between. But there is a freedom from this cycle and it comes when we brave the great quiet of that vast interior universe. Blessed is the silence that opens our eyes to the Deathless, the Truth of what we are.
Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)

2010-09-05 Trusting Your Buddha Knowing 59:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
Working with thoughts including the Buddha's methods for dealing with distracting thoughts. How to discern the voice of wisdom from the voices of confusion and fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2010-08-26 Fear and Anxiety 44:49
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz