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I find teaching to be a very deep and powerful "no self" practice. When I connect with others during Dharma talks--in the intimacy of small groups, and while holding meditation practice interviews--I am continually reminded to know, and be, in a place of clarity, spaciousness and immediate presence. Being able to offer students such a place of connection is my greatest pleasure and inspiration, as well as the most appreciated challenge in my teaching practice.

For me, the real fruit of the teaching is seeing the beauty of a gradual, and sometimes sudden, unfolding of a heartmind into its true self; seeing the variety of ways a person's essential, creative energy of being flows into the world.

On one end of the teaching, I am excited and inspired by students who are deeply committed to long-term, intensive practice. On the other end (and of course they're connected), I find that working closely with people at the grass roots level--in a co-creative process of developing and sustaining Dharma practice, study and community opportunitiies on a day-to-day basis--is equally exciting and inspiring.

From the immediacy of presence flows a wisdom that naturally connects us to the way of things. This amazing gift of mindfulness provides us with a spaciousness where we can make appropriate, healthy and creative life choices. Rather than being caught up in our old, conditioned habits, mindfulness provides us with the gift of engagement at its best. This is the Gift of the Dharma that we offer to all beings.

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2012-12-19 Morning Meditation Instructions 48:26	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-18 Opening Talk - Welcome 1:16:47	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-10-30 Self, No Self and The Creative Process 46:14	Download Listen
Without a doubt there is an ancient and subconscious urge for creative life and inventiveness in every single one of us from our beginnings. Engaging in the creative process can be a wonderful vehicle towards freeing up honesty and authenticity... all of which helps create the conditions that allow direct revelation of insight into "the way of things"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-23 The Four Great Elements 59:10	Download Listen
How intimately and mindfully connected are you too these most basic and universal experiences?... This body in its elemental nature... A composite of the earth, water, Fire and air elements? This talk is an exploration of the Buddha's primary teaching and a guided meditation in conjunction with this teaching.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-16 The Liberating Embrace Of Anicca/Impermanence 1:18:12	Download Listen
The only thing that we can know for sure is the constancy of chance. It's the most basic fact of our existence. Realization of the truth of impermanence is a gateway out of feeling the separateness - the suffering of self-centered existence. We begin to understand that we are intimately woven into endlessly changing, reflective web of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-09 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:18:42	Download Listen
The Buddha offers us the recipe of cultivating a strong and clear concentration, mindfulness and investigation rooted in kindness that allows us to learn to experience the extremes and the subtleties of difficult emotions without getting caught by them. It's as though we learn to see them so clearly that we see through them and see their nature, just like we see through the colors of a rainbow.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-10-02 Wise Concentration 66:00	Download Listen
Taking a look at the active force of samadhi/concentration... the unperturbed, peaceful and lucid state of mind attained by the practice and process of mental concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-22 Talk: Practice Here, There and Everywhere 60:50	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-22 Reflection: Transforming Afflictive Mind States 25:01	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-21 Reflection: The Power of the Mind 6:26	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

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