Intimacy with Life – Awakening Love – Part 1A – The Buddha taught about four divine abodes–dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our...
Intimacy with Life – Awakening Love – Part 1B – The Buddha taught about four divine abodes–dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our...
Without desire, this world would not exist. Yet if we become possessed by our need to have life a certain way, we lose our capacity for presence and joy. Listen and watch the full talk: Relating Wisely to Desire
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. As this short presentation shows, this requires intention and courage. Watch and listen to the full talk: Divine Abodes: Compassion
We are sometimes described as “human doings” versus “human beings.” In this short presentation we look at how our drive to keep busy and to over-achieve is a way of avoiding facing the inevitability of loss. Listen and watch the full talk: The...
Unless we recognize it, fear thinking can take over our lives. This brief talk points to the power of these thoughts, and the importance of cultivating mindfulness of them. Listen and watch the full talk: Part 1: Do You Pay Regular Visits.
Much of our life we have the sense that we are on our way to something else. In this short talk we hear an ancient myth with a timeless reminder: What we are seeking is here, now, within our very being. Listen and watch the full talk: The Backward Step.
Rick Hanson was diagnosed with a melanoma after his brother-in-law died from a tumor. Thanks to many years of meditation, he was able to feel a deep sense of peace underneath the feeling of distress that emerges with such disconcerting news....
Eric came to meditation because he was on a “death trajectory.” Suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder and depression, there had been hospitalizations, electric shock treatment, medications, but nothing seemed to work, until he found...
Tsoknyi Rinpoche began chanting when he was just 5 years old. In this short interview, Rinpoche shares a story about trying to cross a glass bridge in a skyscraper and terrified, how meditation helped him. Rinpoche has a new book out called Open Heart, Open Mind, to...
Jonathan tells a compelling story of being on a month long silent retreat, getting horrible pain in his back that no yoga, deep relaxation or visualizations would resolve. Only after surrendering to the pain and as it turns out a deep seeded betrayal from years...
Tara Brach shares an emotional story how meditation helps her find peace and refuge every day as she learns to live with a genetic disease that affects her mobility. She tells a touching story of her whole family going to the beach without her and the realization that...
Congressman Tim Ryan, guest speaker for IMCW, thinks he’s a little bit “nicer” since he started meditating. He found the courage to “come out” and share with the world how important meditating is to him since he started meditating. He...
Jesse had a heart transplant last year and learned the real meaning of true refuge lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life. After a night of soul searching, he asked his then girlfriend to marry him and today he calls his new heart, the Buddha in his...
