Talk: Identity and Fabrication
61 minutes | The Buddha sees our suffering as an outcome of clinging to a sense of self. As we inquire into who we are at the most...
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- Apr 1
Talk: Allowing
60 minutes | This talk relates to the inquiry process RAIN, (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture/Non-Identification). In service of...
- Mar 4
Talk: Working with Sadness and Grief
14 minutes | Sadness and grief are often difficult emotions to work with. They are natural and embedded in our beings to help us cope...
- Mar 4
Talk: Working with Anger
7 minutes | Anger is a powerful emotion. When used skillfully, it can produce valuable effects. When used unskillfully it can be...
- Dec 22, 2022
Talk: Exploring Joy
17 minutes | This talk explores the value of deliberate cultivation of joy, as well as some of the facets of how joy can be cultivated....
- Dec 11, 2022
Talk: Musings on Emptiness
14 minutes | The experience and contemplation of emptiness can have a profound effect on our sense of who we are. This talk explores some...
- Nov 12, 2022
Talk: Three Gears - Thoughts, Feelings, Behavior
17 minutes | Our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are intimately linked. In this talk we explore ways to bring greater ease in our...
- Sep 11, 2022
Talk/Meditation: Accessing Inner Guidance
59 minutes | Each of us carries within us a knowing that goes beyond what our rational minds can know. This inner guidance can be...
- Sep 11, 2022
Talk/Meditation: The Wisdom Factor - Self-Inquiry - RAIN
57 minutes | As we progress along a spiritual path, or grow as human beings, we encounter stuckness and pain. When we turn our attention...
- Sep 11, 2022
Talk: Tranquility and the Seven Factors of Awakening
59 minutes | The cultivation of tranquility can be a profound experience in and of itself. It is also one of the factors of awakening...
- Aug 3, 2022
Talk: The Three Selves
29 minutes | Many meditation practices serve as a mediation between three different aspects of ourselves: our Conditioned Self, our...
- Jun 1, 2022
Talk: Exploring the 3rd and 4th Noble Truths
58 minutes | Third talk in a series of three. This talk takes a glimpse at the 3rd Noble Truth of the cessation of dukkha and explores...
- Jun 1, 2022
Talk: Embodying the 2nd Noble Truth
55 minutes | Second talk in a series of three. The 2nd Noble Truth relates to the cause of dukkha, namely clinging or grasping. This...
- Jun 1, 2022
Talk: Embodying the 1st Noble Truth
59 minutes | First talk in a series of three. The Four Noble Truths are the Buddha's prescription for the lessening and ultimate release...
- Apr 16, 2022
Talk: The Wisdom of Natural Awareness
16 minutes | We all have access to natural awareness, though it may be hidden from consciousness. This unfabricated awareness, which...
- Feb 2, 2022
Talk: Contemplating Death
39 minutes | The Buddha began his journey to enlightenment as a way to overcome the suffering due to old age, illness, and death. In...
- Jan 21, 2022
Talk and Meditation: Mindful Reflecting on the Past
65 minutes | Mindfulness is more that simply being with present moment experiences. Mindfulness also includes reflecting on the past, as...
- Nov 12, 2021
Talk: Self-Forgiveness
22 minutes | Self-forgiveness is important in order to feel a sense of freedom. However, it can be challenging to forgive ourselves. This...
- Oct 27, 2021
Talk: Interrupting Automatic Reactivity - Mindfulness of Vedana (Feeling Tone)
33 minutes | In this talk we discuss noticing the initial experience of Pleasant, Unpleasant or Neutral that is occurring in every...
- Oct 6, 2021
Talk and Meditation: From Fear to Resilience
21 minutes | This talk and practice helps to move us from embodying aversive or challenging emotions toward embodying emotions of...
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