Vanja Palmers: A Mushroom in the Lotus (Episode 100)
Some people in the spiritual world say we don't need crutches, or that we shouldn't use crutches. This is true, we don't need crutches; we don't need zendos; we don't need sesshins. But still, many se...
15 Joulu 20201h 32min
Tuning the Lute: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 99)
Joseph Goldstein writes, "Effort becomes unskillful when there's some idea of gain and a mind full of expectations, rather than an openness and receptivity to what is already."
8 Joulu 202045min
On Gratitude: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 98)
"As we peer into our experience, we peer into one of the biggest mysteries of all: The fact of our own consciousness peering back at the web of existence that created it."
3 Joulu 202047min
The Wings of Awakening: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 97)
Compassion without wisdom can lead to emotional burnout. Wisdom without compassion can lead to detached apathy. Together they balance and complement each other on the path.
23 Marras 202050min
Lateral Drift: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 96)
If the straight-ahead, conscious approach fails to render a solution, the "lateral drift" approach can be employed by allowing the mind to stop thinking about the problem which allows a solution to su...
16 Marras 202048min
Dr. Judith Blackstone: Healing Within Fundamental Consciousness (Episode 95)
From the safe experience of fundamental consciousness - a consciousness that is awake to, within and beyond the body - we can release and unburden the body's holding of trauma within the fascia.
12 Marras 20201h 30min
The Knowing Ungrasps Tanha: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 94)
As the Buddha said, "The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked." In many ways, the entire path pivots on the skillful relationship to desire.
9 Marras 202059min
The Heavenly Stings: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 93)
The initial experience of awakening is not often one of calm, serenity, and bliss; rather, the initial encounter is one of waking up to confusion, uncertainty, and despair. We can map our own psycholo...
2 Marras 20201h 6min
