Describes 10 principles of spiritually-based action, including: Effective action tends to the relationships involved, universal love is the most secure foundation for lasting change towards social justice, people are not their actions, and views are best held lightly because they are always biased. In other words, acceptance underlies wise action, be it getting the kids to school or protesting injustice. Principles for Spiritually-Based Activismĭaylong Retreat, Boulder, August 27th, 2016 1:15:57 AUDIOĮffective action is based on clear seeing and clear seeing is based on acceptance. An important part of accessing self-love is opening to your vulnerability and uncovering the strength, passion, playfulness, and joy that live inside it. Thus, you are the best person to ensure the love light is on in your home. ![]() This is your true home, the place you always are, no matter where else you are. Only you know what it is like to live in your body, mind and heart. Self-love, Vulnerability and Joyĭedicated Practitioner Group Retreat, Ecodharma Center, Oct. It also ignites our care, motivating us to act on behalf of the planet with love, courage and wisdom. This reduces anxiety and fosters deeps joy. ![]() Meditation practice dissolves this illusion and helps us feel that we belong to all of creation. Our greatest difficulty is that we feel separate. Meditation, Nature, Awakening retreat, Vallecitos Mountain Ranch, S54:58 AUDIO This leads to a radical inner shift, dropping us out of separateness and stress and into belonging and peace. We normally direct our curiosity towards our thoughts, but in meditation we emphasize interest in the five physical senses. Interest and curiosity are the key ingredients of mindfulness meditation practice, leading directly to wisdom and letting go. Interest and Investigation: Gateways to Wisdomĭedicated Practitioner Group Retreat, Ecodharma Center, Nov. Mental strength plays an important role in dealing with difficult emotions and aligning us with our priorities. Tibetan Buddhists summarize wise effort with the phrase, “short moments, many times.” When concentration dips, we can play mindfulness games to focus the mind. Meditation practice employs effort to rewire our brains and create new habits of mind. Energy, Effort, Concentration, Strengthĭedicated Practitioner Group Retreat, Ecodharma Center, Nov. In particular, it takes the difficult concept of not-self and makes it easy to experience through simple practice instructions. The talk reviews ways to direct practice to reveal these three truths. Insight meditation is mindfulness directed at the three key insights that lead to deep letting go and the end of suffering – change, unreliability and not-self. Three Insights that Free the Heartĭaylong Retreat, Longmont, December 14th, 2019 1:01:23 AUDIO Everything we love about nature becomes heightened with meditative presence and we take pleasure in the simplest of experiences – clouds pregnant with the ground’s moisture, a vibratn butterfly resting on a vibrant flower – and we revel in the miraculousness of all existence. When we mediate outdoors and inhabit our five physical senses nature becomes a people whisperer, quieting our minds and gladdening our hearts. The Wonders of Natureĭedicated Group Ecodharma Retreat, Longmont, 40:48 AUDIO This leads to sensory clarity, which is the key to abiding happiness. Practicing mindfulness in nature helps with the process by inspiring us to be in our senses. ![]() Mindfulness takes care of this moment with interest, attention and kindness, which trains us how to be in every moment of our life. Our life transpires only in the present, therefore our most important reality need is knowing how to relate to this moment. The Power of Mindfulness in Natureĭaylong Nature Retreat, Longmont, September 26th, 2020 27:18 AUDIO We look around and can be so grateful that we are here at all and then everything, even difficulty, becomes something we can appreciate. When we meditate outside and our mind gets quiet it is easy to feel a heart connection with nature. Heartfulness is the practice of merging heart qualities such as joy, gratitude, and kindness with mindfulness practice. Heartfulnessĭaylong Nature Retreat, Longmont, September 26th, 2020 22:25 AUDIO This is the essence of spiritual freedom. Meditation shows us a radical alternative – by being mindful we can learn to be at ease no matter what kind of experience we are having. These reactions are an argument with reality and cause a subtle, yet pervasive, restlessness in our hearts. We hate the unpleasant, cling to the pleasant, and completely ignore the neutral. The chief difficulty of life is the fluctuation among pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral experiences. Daylong Retreat, Boulder, February 26th, 2022 52:10 AUDIO
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