Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, and a gentle kind attention if we encounter physical or emotional pain. We end with a prayer that includes our own being and all beings.
Happiness and freedom arise as we include all parts of our being in a loving awareness. In this talk we explore how this inner work of inclusion is the grounds of democracy, and how it enables us to participate in our relationships and society in a way that fosters communications, belonging and realization of the greater good.
This talk examines and contrasts various worldly and spiritual ideas of freedom, while Martin points beyond our inherited, internalised and self-imposed contraints, to the authentic free-ness at the heart of the dharma.
This talk offers reflections on the dimensions of mindfulness of breathing that are explored in the Guided Meditation entitled: A Few Dimensions of Mindfulness of Breathing
