Remembering Love (retreat talk)
Tara taught at the IMCW spring retreat in Reisterstown, MD this week – below is her Monday evening talk. Apologies for the static in the background – it is constant from an air handler in the meditation hall.
Guided Meditation – In the Body (25:33 min.)
The Blessings of Embodied Awareness
One expression of our suffering is homelessness–feeling cut off from the presence and aliveness that is our source. This talk explores the existential and cultural forces that foster disconnection from our physical and energetic being, the practices that enable us to embrace our unlived life and the gifts of homecoming.
Guided Meditation – Metta Practice (30:53 min.)
Metta (Lovingkindness) practice – embracing ourselves and all beings with a full and tender loving presence.
Part 2: Realizing True Well-Being
Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.”
Metta Meditation – Happiness (26:29 min)
Metta Meditation – Happiness (Lovingkindness Practice) – (same afternoon as Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness (Lovingkindness Practice), but longer – 26 min)
Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness (Lovingkindness Practice) (16:30 min)
Happiness and Loving this Life – Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice
Part 1: Realizing True Well-Being
Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us...
Realizing Truth – The Power of Wise Inquiry
The Buddha considered investigation to be a crucial capacity on the spiritual path. This talk explores how interest and wise inquiry serve emotional healing, intimacy with others and revealing the truth that sets us free.
Part 2: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ourselves and the pathway to freeing our hearts. Music at end is Libby Roderick,...
Guided Meditation (22:24 min.)
Part 2: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ourselves and the pathway to freeing our hearts. Music at end is Libby Roderick, “How Could Anyone?”
Guided Meditation – Saying Yes to Now (24:27 min.)
Part 1: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ourselves and the pathway to freeing our hearts. Music at end is Libby Roderick, “How Could Anyone?”