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Blessings of a Patient Heart

Blessings of a Patient Heart

…is. We can ask ourselves “What really matters?” and remember that what we most value—love, compassion, intimacy, creativity—is found in wholehearted presence. We can reaffirm the bodhisattva’s aspiration that this,…

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Blog: The Three Qualities of Awareness

Blog: The Three Qualities of Awareness

…to mind—a person, situation, emotion—the spontaneous response is warmth or tenderness. This is the third quality of awareness: the expression of unconditional love or compassion. Tibetan Buddhists call this the…

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Blog: Emptiness Dancing

Blog: Emptiness Dancing

This entire living world – including these forms we call self – is a creative arising and dissolving of empty awareness. I love the Zen phrase “emptiness dancing,” because it…

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Sure Heart’s Release

Sure Heart’s Release

The pathway to our awakened heart includes deep recognition of our barriers to love, and as we open, the courage to express our love. This talk includes a reflection and…

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Embodying Loving Presence (Retreat Talk)

Embodying Loving Presence (Retreat Talk)

This talk looks at the evolutionary fear-patterning that creates separation in our relationships, and at the practices that open us to giving and receiving love. (from the IMCW long weekend…

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The Joy of Conscious Relationships

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…

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Blog: Creating an Unreal Other

Blog: Creating an Unreal Other

It is easy to be untouched by stories we read in the newspaper, on the Internet or watch on the news about people suffering from unemployment, loss of loved ones,…

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