This talk explores how loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity work together to cultivate a heart that is strong, gentle, and resilient.
Understanding the dependent origination of dukkha, we work to open the contraction in the body or energy field of awareness that co-arises with dukkha.
Taṇhā and Dukkha co-arise — Dukkha appears as Contraction.
Exploring the middle way between extremes via the wisdom teachings of the dependent origination of tanha and dukkha.
At one place I couldn't remember the name of Shinzan Palmo (apologies).
Metta - Freundlichkeit ist eine der wichtigsten Qualitäten, die wir entwickeln wollen. Wie können wir mit den Hindernissen umgehen, die während der Praxis auftauchen?
This guided meditation is an invitation to rest in Hereness—the immediacy and aliveness of full presence. We arrive and quiet with a conscious long deep breath, relax our bodies, awaken our senses, and then bring our attention to relaxing with our moment-to-moment experience. The poem ends with a beautiful poem called “Interlude” by poet Danna Faulds.
Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is to our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and then looks at the ways we can directly gladden our minds with gratitude. We end with a guided meditation that includes sharings from the group, and a poem of blessing by John O’Donohue with a brief cut from Robert Gass – Om Namaha Shivaya.
