Relating Wisely to Desire
Without desire, this world would not exist. While this universal energy is entirely natural, if we are not mindful of it, desire can become a narrowed fixation or addiction that creates deep suffering. This talk explores the ways we can pay attention that honor this energy without allowing it to cut us off from presence and possess us. (See “Relating Wisely to Desire” in video here)
Learning to Respond, Not React
When life doesn’t go our way, we often launch into a chain reaction of obsessive thinking, blaming and unpleasant emotions. This talk explores how we can use meditative practices to step out of reactive patterns and respond to life’s challenges from our naturally wise heart.
Blog: Riding the Waves
We can’t stop the waves, but we can learn to surf. We can’t CONTROL what life throws at us; the fact that other people don’t like our ideas all the time; or that we get sick or that our emotions get the best of us. But, we can learn to go with the...
Part 2: The Mystery of Who We Are
Everything we cherish–love, creativity, wisdom, aliveness– arises out of our capacity to arrive in Beingness. This talk explores the stress that leads us to cut off from our natural state of being, and two key pathways home. Included are guided meditations that explore the nature of our awareness, the essence of who we are. (See “Part 2: The Mystery of Who We Are” in Video)
Guided Meditation–The Space of Awareness-2 (24:08 min.)
Part 1: The Mystery of Who We Are
The Buddha taught that we suffer because we don’t realize who we are. This talk explores two pathways of awakening from the insecurity and reactivity that arises from a narrow sense of self. Listeners are invited to investigate the nature of awareness through several guided reflections
The Joy of Conscious Relationships
We live in a relational field, and as we develop the capacity for presence with others, we discover the truth of our connectedness. This discovery is experienced as love, and gives rise to genuine happiness and inner freedom. This talk explores the teachings and practices that nourish conscious relationships.
Guided Meditation–The Space of Presence
Flow and Presence
In the moments when we are truly happy, there is a sense of both aliveness and presence. This talk reflects on three key ways we remove ourselves from living presence; and offers guided reflections that can re-open us into the flow.
Meditation: Living Presence – with Body Scan (12:00 min.)
A key pathway to full presence is awakening through the body. This meditation guides us through a body scan, relaxing and receiving the play of sensations. We then deepen attention to the breath, and rest with the rhythmic waves of breathing, experiencing the...Meditation: Mindful Body Scan (9:31 min.)
Guided Meditation – Mindful Body Scan (9:31) This practice systematically moves attention through the body, awakening a direct experience of sensation from the inside out. The benefits are a dramatic increase in vitality, sensitivity, presence and ease.Click to...Reflection: The Three Refuges
• View or download the print-friendly PDF version The three facets of true refuge – awareness, truth, and love – come alive as we dedicate our presence to them. As we open to these three gateways, they reveal the one taste of freedom inherent to all paths of...