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Love Needs to be Constantly Cleansed, by Ajahn Jayasaro![]() ![]() Often we block the flow of our real nature and expression through love, peace and compassion as we generate impurities in our mind. Impurities manifest in the form of different emotions. One easy way to avoid this blockage is to be in the present moment and accepting the reality as it is. | |||
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Nature and Nonviolence, by Thich Nhat Hanh![]() ![]() Last night, we had the delightful honor to host the inspiring Nimo and many coordinators of the Ekatva tour. The heartwarming stories of the 16 children and more is shared in some of these audio clips ... | |||
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An Ego Strategy to Avoid Surrender, by Eckhart Tolle![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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Living Lessons of Biomimicry, by Janine Benyus![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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Nothing Left to Fight Against, by Zenkei Blanche Hartman![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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Making Friends with the Present Moment, by Alan Zulch![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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The Secret Of Work, by Swami Vivekananda![]() ![]() Yuka Saionji joined us this week to share her personal journey, learnings from her remarkable work around the power of prayer, and offer some uplifting stories in response to 3/11's tsunami in Japan. Below are the audio clips from the gathering ...
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Yuka Saionji joined us this week to share her personal journey, learnings from her remarkable work around the power of prayer, and offer some uplifting stories in response to 3/11's tsunami in Japan. Below are the audio clips from the gathering ... | |||
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What I Learned In Africa, by Henning Mankell![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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The Power of Here, by Bill Plotkin![]() ![]() Audio clips from this week's circle of sharing ... | |||
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Seeing is an Act, by Jeanne de Salzmann![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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Why Do Social Work?, by J. Krishnamurti![]() ![]() "Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ..." | |||
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Dignity of Restraint, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ...
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Seekers of Ultimate Mystery, by Fr. Thomas Keating![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ...
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How Randomness Rules Our Lives, by Leonard Mlodinow![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ...
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Make Your Life Into a Giving, by Jaggi Vasudeva![]() ![]() Rev. Heng Sure, a beloved Buddhist monk, spoke this last Wednesday. Below are some audio clips from his talk: Some excerpts ... How do you determine a lie? Check your intention; words are neutral. What did your teacher advice George W. Bush when he was a US president? Be to be a full-time volunteer. :) Has capitalism failed us? Its hard to say if a system fails us or if its the greed in our minds. How do we steady our practice? Practice is second; practioner is first. How can you not hate the policy makers who make harmful decisions? Remember that policy is different from the policy maker. See full.
Rev. Heng Sure, a beloved Buddhist monk, spoke this last Wednesday. Below are some audio clips from his talk: Some excerpts ... How do you determine a lie? Check your intention; words are neutral. What did your teacher advice George W. Bush when he was a US president? Be to be a full-time volunteer. :) Has capitalism failed us? Its hard to say if a system fails us or if its the greed in our minds. How do we steady our practice? Practice is second; practioner is first. How can you not hate the policy makers who make harmful decisions? Remember that policy is different from the policy maker. | |||
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We Are Between Stories, by Judith Thompson![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ...
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The Difference Between Natural and Unnatural, by Masanobu Fukuoka![]() ![]() Audio clips from this week's circle of sharing... | |||
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Stand In the Tragic Gap, by Parker Palmer![]() ![]() We had the privilege of hosting Dr. Dan Siegel, who presented his remarkable work at the intersection of neuroscience and meditation. The audio clips from the talk ... | |||
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Finding the Deepest Joy in Relationships, by Ezra Bayda![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ... | |||
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That Which is Looking, by Adyashanti![]() ![]() Audio clip from this week's circle of sharing ... | |||
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Giving Somebody Your Heart, by Anonymous![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our circle of sharing this week ... | |||
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Fool Realization, by Steve Bhaerman![]() ![]() Below are audio excerpts from this week's talk by BJ Miller who has walked a remarkable journey with elegant grace ... | |||
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Living With a Rebel Within, by Dzogchen Ponlop![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our circle of sharing on this passage ... | |||
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Three Universal Human Processes, by Angeles Arrien![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our local circle of sharing this week ... | |||
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Difference Between Eah and Oh!, by Jerry Wennstrom![]() ![]() Joanna Macy, the celebrated peace activist who has spent decades writing a dozen books and inspiring tens of thousands around the globe, joined us this week. Below is the audio and a few other clips from her inspired talk ... | |||
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You Are Not a Prisoner, by Andrew Cohen![]() ![]() Few audio clips for our limitless circle :) ... | |||
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Evolution's Gold Standard, by Diane Ackerman![]() ![]() Audio reflections from our circle on marketing and its effect on our senses ... | |||
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How Generosity Blossoms Into Meditation, by Sharon Salzberg![]() ![]() Some audio clips from this week's circle on generosity: | |||
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Unlocking a New Sphere of Reality, by Jacques Lusseyran![]() ![]() This Wednesday, we had the privilege of hearing two remarkable guest speakers. One was Jacques Verduin, founder of Insight Prison Project, who shared some of his beautiful stories after 15 years of work in bringing mindfulness practice to the toughest prisons in the US. With Jacques was Rusty, who spent 30 years in prison for taking a life, and whose life was transformed by daily practice of meditation. A very moving evening.
Below are the audio clips ...
You can also download the clips individually. See full.
This Wednesday, we had the privilege of hearing two remarkable guest speakers. One was Jacques Verduin, founder of Insight Prison Project, who shared some of his beautiful stories after 15 years of work in bringing mindfulness practice to the toughest prisons in the US. With Jacques was Rusty, who spent 30 years in prison for taking a life, and whose life was transformed by daily practice of meditation. A very moving evening. Below are the audio clips ... You can also download the clips individually. | |||
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Two Ways of Learning Relaxation, by Shinzen Young![]() ![]() Some audio clips from last week's circle of sharing (and a special thanks to Bhikhsu Samata and Ajahn Ghun for joining us!) ... | |||
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Make Death Your Ally, by Duane Elgin![]() ![]() Every week, we usually do a circle of sharing around the thought of the week. But this week, we had the privilege of hosting the well known meditation teacher, Gil Fronsdal of Insight Meditation Center, share his personal (and inspiring!) life journey and then engage with some dynamic Q&A. The audio clips from the gathering are online ...
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Every week, we usually do a circle of sharing around the thought of the week. But this week, we had the privilege of hosting the well known meditation teacher, Gil Fronsdal of Insight Meditation Center, share his personal (and inspiring!) life journey and then engage with some dynamic Q&A. The audio clips from the gathering are online ...
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The Mystery of Love, by Kent Nerburn![]() ![]() A few audio clips from our circle of sharing last week ... | |||
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Rest and Be Taken, by Adyashanti![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our circle of sharing last Wednesday ... | |||
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Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts., by Jonathan Franzen![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our circle of sharing yesterday ... | |||
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Flow of Money, by David Korten![]() ![]() Some clips from our engaging conversation around relationship to money ... | |||
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Live the Questions Now, by Rainer Maria Rilke![]() ![]() Some audio recordings from our circle of sharing y'day ... | |||
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Paradox of Noise, by Gunilla Norris![]() ![]() Some audio clips from our circle of sharing on Paradox of Noise ... | |||
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New Atoms Doing the Same Dance, by Richard Feynman![]() ![]() Last Wednesday, we had the honor of having Professor Ron Howard join us for an evening filled with insights and humor. Below is the audio recording ... | |||
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Full Effort is Full Victory, by Eknath Easwaran![]() ![]() Below are some of the audio clips from the bay-area circle of sharing: | |||
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Giving Within For-Give-Ness, by Michael Bernard Beckwith![]() ![]() Some of the audio clips from the powerful circle of sharing around this reading ... | |||
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A 9-Year-Old's Hidden Self, by Jacob Needleman![]() ![]() Few audio clips from our circle of sharing last Wednesday ... | |||
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Is Meditation Boring?, by Andrew Cohen![]() ![]() Last night, in place of the circle of sharing, we had a surprise guest speaker -- Cynthia Jurs.
Audio of Cynthia's talk (mp3), with stories from her journey: | |||
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Building a Creative Temple, by Martin Luther King, Jr.![]() ![]() This article was excerpted from MLK's talk titled 'Unfulfilled Dreams. The full audio of the speech is 22 minutes and can be heard here: | |||
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Where Skillfullness and Clarity Meet, by J. Krishnamurti![]() ![]() Here is the essence of the Kabir song I offered last night:
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Natural Unfolding, by Gil Fronsdal![]() ![]()
Henry David Thoreau: Nature is full of genius, full of divinity that no snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
Nature as probability: it is the nature of 101 highway to have accidents. But having your car totalled was a struggle because it had not come to it's natural end. It seemed violent. But that forced me to take the train everyday. Maybe I have to unnaturally lose the car, so I can let other lessons unfold.
What is natural? Is anger natural too? Or should we not let that unfold?
Nature helps me but it's hard to remember that. It's like exercise ... I often forget its value.
There's a big oak tree in Henry Coe Park -- it seems alive to me.
Bright river: 'Waking Life' on stage and you're a participant.
Before anything, there was light; it was light only because it was contained in darkness.
At a certain spot in the woods, there hasn't been much imposition of ideas on it.
Don't let personal thoughts or feelings encumber your experience of nature.
Quote by George Bernard Shaw: "Person who cannot accept self change, cannot change anything else."
Hiking is a form of meditation -- trees have been silent for so long and I can feel it.
Personal goal: try to be more in nature, no buses grinding or people rambling.
Nature is an incredibly important teacher for me.
In Australia, once, I honestly felt the presence of rocks ... what they had been through and experienced.
Listening to the wind helps me a lot.
What happens if the natural unfolding is disillusionment?
"If you choose to sit it out or dance, I hope you do dance."
Any choice you make will be your nature too. And you don't know it till you get there.
Sun God's prayer: consort of shadow.
Sometimes half poetry is more true than full poetry.
When I see dead nature (like broken concrete), I feel nature calling me to ask me -- can you do something with this?
Beauty of nature vs. beauty of city: what's the difference? I don't know but I get more drawn to nature.
Natural folding -- foldin See full.
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