While we value gratitude and generosity, our daily life can often have an undercurrent of complaint and an anxious kind of self-centeredness. This Thanksgiving Eve talk explores teachings and practices…
There are three spiritual capacities that are essential for our freedom. The first, forgiveness, is the releasing of stories that this self, or another, is bad. It is an opening…
…life and to defend against loss. This talk explores how we can develop the selfless presence that allows for joy, and nourish that joy so it blossoms in our life….
…identified as a fearful self dissolves. In Part II of this talk we explore a range of pathways for cultivating a healing and freeing presence in the midst of fear….
…identified as a fearful self dissolves. In Part I of this talk, we look at how to recognize the physical, mental, emotional and behavioral facets of the body of fear….
This talk examines how we get stuck in identifying as a separate, deficient self, and the way that a deep attention frees us from trance….
In our everyday life we are conditioned to feel that life is happening to us, or that we are the doer. This meditation deconditions that self-centrality by bringing attention to…
…life and to defend against loss. This talk explores how we can develop the selfless presence that allows for joy, and nourish that joy so it blossoms in our life….
…to bring your presence and heart to truth telling. Listen to the full talk here: Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 3)…
…from that of a separate self to realizing the formless luminous presence that, like a boundless ocean, includes all the waves or expressions of our being. This two-part series includes…
…a receptive presence. We close by identifying a part of our being that is asking for a healing attention, and offering loving presence to ourself and then to others. https://youtu.be/RtNRW5rUxMo…
…self—and how we can call on the light and warmth of awareness to awaken that love. “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know…
…will benefit a separate self, spiritual hope arises from trust in the openhearted awareness (bodhichitta) that is always and already within us. This talk explores how, as individuals and as…
…more realness – more love. We’re blessed when we remember.” “Part of what keeps us from realness – in that small self identity – is the avoiding of what’s here.”…
…the trance of identifying as a limited, separate self. It includes several guided meditations and a period of questions and response. Order your copy of Trusting the Gold now! https://youtu.be/GtgrHPPJRdQ…
…desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are….
…expression of mature spirituality. This talk explores how our conditioning and culture reinforce a swing from ego-inflation (self-importance, feeling special, better than others) to ego-deflation (feeling unworthy). We then look…
…curiosity and cultivating self-care. They shine a light on the genesis of worrying, how it perpetuates anxiety and ways we can become disenchanted with the habit. Judson Brewer’s new book…
When we are caught in self-judgment we forget the truth of who we are – our wholeness, awareness and love. This talk examines how we take the imperfect waves of…
…desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are….
