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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2012-09-26
Part 2: Embodied Spirit
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Tara Brach
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Our body--this changing field of sensation--is a portal into pure Being. These talks explore the resistance we have to embodied presence, the pathways that enable us to awaken through our bodies, and the blessings of realization that arise as we let go over and over into the aliveness of our senses.
NOTE: Part 2 specifically addresses the challenge of arriving in embodied presence when we are facing traumatic fear, and other intense and difficult emotions.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2012-09-20
In Praise of Loving Kindness
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Kirsten Kratz
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This talks explores how the cultivation of qualities like Loving Kindness, Compassion, Generosity can support, nurture and bring about transformation, ease and healing on a personal level, and how, extending beyond the purely personal, these qualities can support us in responding skilfully to the issues of our times
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Gaia House
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Cultivating Loving Kindness
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2012-09-17
“Am I OK?”
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Sally Armstrong
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Though we receive lots of instructions for our meditation practice on retreats, let’s face it – we spend a lot of time thinking. What do we think about? At the heart of these movements of the mind is answering the questions, “Am I OK?”, “Was I OK?”, and “Will I be OK?” Our obsession with these questions is the cause of a huge amount of restlessness. Restlessness is one of the major hindrances to calming the mind and deepening our meditation, and can be seen as both the cause and the effect of all the other hindrances. The Buddha also talked about this kind of thinking, and called it unwise attention that leads to all kinds of suffering. We need to look at the core issues that lead us to dwell on these questions if we are to create a more skilful relationship to our thoughts.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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2012-09-13
Titrating our Dukkha.
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James Baraz
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Though mindfulness meditation instructions generally suggest paying attention to what is predominant, focusing on overwhelming emotions especially those rooted in trauma is often not beneficial. This talk, which includes the Buddha's teachings on working with difficult emotions as well as theory from Somatic Experiencing (SE)—an approach to working with trauma—explores how to work with intense emotions by touching them a little at a time.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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