archive 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 201 Page 1 of 3012345 >Last » 2018/10/10 - Part 1: Rewiring for Happiness and FreedomThe Buddha said, “I would not be teaching this (a path of awakening) if genuine happiness and freedom were...2018/10/05 - The Sacred PauseTranscript now available: The Sacred Pause CC ~ When we are lost in the trance of doing, our lives...2018/09/26 - Part 2: Impermanence – Awakening Through InsecurityFrom the view of the separate self, this existence is inherently uncertain, and we are profoundly vulnerable. Our habitual...2018/09/19 - Part 1: Impermanence – Awakening Through InsecurityFrom the view of the separate self, this existence is inherently uncertain, and we are profoundly vulnerable. Our habitual...2018/09/12 - Part 2: Awakening through Anger – The U-Turn to Freedom (from archives)While we have strong conditioning to react to aggression with more aggression, we have the capacity to pause, and...2018/09/05 - Part 1: Awakening through Anger – The U-Turn to FreedomAnger is naturally triggered when we feel an obstacle to meeting our needs. How do we honor the intelligence...2018/08/29 - Part 2: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual AwakeningWe each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each are conditioned to avoid...2018/08/22 - Part 1: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual AwakeningWe each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each are conditioned to avoid...2018/08/15 - Discovering the Power of PrayerWe all know the pain of separation and have a longing for connection. When we silently listen to and...2018/08/08 - Part 2: Healing Depression with MeditationMost people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of...2018/08/01 - Part 1: Healing Depression with MeditationMost people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of...2018/07/25 - Saying “Yes” – Meeting Your Edge and SofteningOur habitual ways of avoiding unpleasant experience keep us from intimacy with our inner life and with each other....2018/07/18 - What Is It Like Being You?Compassion is hard wired in our organism, and can be cultivated. This talk helps us identify the blocks to...2018/07/11 - From Human Doing to Human Being – Part 2Like Sisyphus eternally pushing the boulder up the hill, we can spend many moments busily trying to manage our...2018/07/04 - Skeleton Woman: Embracing This Living and Dying WorldBased on a wonderful myth told by Clarissa Estes, this talk looks at the way we run from “lady...2018/06/27 - Evolving Beyond “Unreal Othering”What motivates us – as individuals and as a society – to build walls and knowingly hurt others? This...2018/06/20 - Three Domains of Formless Presence – Landlocked in Fur (retreat talk)While we have evolved to experience a defining sense of separate self, our potential is to awaken to the...2018/06/13 - Meditation: Spacious, Loving Awareness (from retreat) (30:03 min.)~ an Open Awareness Meditation ~ When our awareness is awake and open, we naturally respond to this changing...2018/06/13 - Short Talk & Meditation: Forgiving and Freeing Our Hearts (36:53 min)Forgiveness for others becomes possible when we’ve held our own being with great compassion. This short talk and guided...2018/06/06 - Disarming Our Hearts: Letting Go of Blame (retreat talk)Anger, judgment and blame create separation—from our inner life and our world. Only by releasing chronic blame can we... Page 1 of 3012345 >Last »
