With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : October 17, 2022
This week's topic is "A Peaceful Mind". Thoughts are our continuous companions. While some are harmless, others have a deep impact on us: not only do they shape perceptions, but they also influence our...
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With
Vince Cullen
Recorded : October 16, 2022
During a recent retreat, the teachers’ instruction was to hold the question ‘What is this?’ in mind. While sitting on the cushion, the thought struck me that my life is futile! I am genetically...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : October 10, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Recorded : October 9, 2022
The Diamond Sutra, possibly the oldest text on deep ecology, teaches that there are four notions that separate us from life that we must throw away: the concepts of self, lifespan, humans, and living...
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With
Jaya Rudgard
Recorded : October 3, 2022
This week's theme is "The Practice of Courage in Everyday Life"
Courage is an essential quality in life and on the spiritual path and it comes in many guises. Anything that challenges our unhelpful habits requires...
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With
Deborah Eden Tull
Recorded : October 2, 2022
One of the gifts of global uncertainty is that it requires us to recognize and release unconscious biases that have been passed down for generations. These include the perception that splits into opposites and...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : September 26, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : September 25, 2022
Power matters when free from any corruption of mind, gross or subtle. We need to develop our power rather than feel powerless, indecisive or exploitive. Power emerges from unification of our whole being, focussing...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : September 19, 2022
This week's topic is "Compose Yourself". Dharma teachings appear to pull 'us' in two directions: on the one hand we pacify, renouncing and let go of everything, even of ourselves; on the other we...
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With
Nirmala Werner
Recorded : September 18, 2022
This session is an embodied, compassionate exploration through our body-mind-heart into life. The door is open. What we long for is already there. This practise invites you to undo and deeply rest into the...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : September 12, 2022
This week's topic is (Be)Come As You Are. Our driven-ness, our ruminating thoughts, and our feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety never allow us to simply 'be'. They evolve around a sense of identity...
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With
Caverly Morgan
Recorded : September 11, 2022
As spiritual practitioners faced with the enormity of our world’s problems, we are often left wondering how our individual practice might make a tangible difference in our world. In this gathering, we will explore...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : September 5, 2022
This week's topic is "Awakening into Experience Here and Now". "You shouldn’t chase after the past
or place expectations on the future.
What is past
is left behind.
The future
is as yet unreached.
Whatever quality is present
you clearly see...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : September 4, 2022
After a summer of extreme heat, drought and fire, we may well enter the autumn wondering how to manage the grief at our fragile and collapsing ecology. Taking the title An Open Heart in Hell from...
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With
Dave Smith
Recorded : July 31, 2022
Dharma practice encourages us to transform our thoughts, words and actions. The primary mechanism for how this is accomplished is vague. What often goes unnoticed is that the use of the term mind has undergone a...
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With
Miles Kessler
Recorded : July 25, 2022
This week's topic is "The 4 Noble Practices". The 4 noble practices are practical instructions given by the Buddha in relation to the 4 noble truths. Namely, 1) The Noble Practice Of Acceptance, 2)...
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With
Vimalasara Mason-John
Recorded : July 24, 2022
Pride celebrations are dedicated to celebrating the freedoms we have as LGBTQIA2S+ people and for campaigning for the human rights of Queer and Trans people around the world. 50 years ago the Gay Liberation...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : July 18, 2022
This week's topic is Perfectly Imperfect. "True perfection seems imperfect, yet is perfectly itself." - Lao Tzu. Expecting life to be perfect is stressful: a beautiful goal like "getting it right" prevents us from developing when it...
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With
Lisa Ernst
Recorded : July 17, 2022
Not all stress is bad. Yet without mindful awareness, anticipatory stress may spiral into reactivity, paralyzing fear and suffering. How do we meet this stress mindfully, use it skilfully, then let go?
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : July 11, 2022
This week's topic is Mindfulness in Daily Life. Trying to practice mindfulness in the busyness of our daily lives can leave us confused or frustrated. We know the potential benefits of such a practice,...
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With
Willa Blythe Baker
Recorded : July 10, 2022
Behavioral scientists have long known that human beings are wired for connection. But recent studies show that in the wake of the social isolation imposed by the Covid crisis, the world is experiencing a...
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With
Sophie Boyer
Recorded : July 4, 2022
This week's topic is "Generosity at the Heart of One of Life's Greatest Mysteries". What meaning does generosity embody when we open our minds to accepting one of life’s greatest realities - that in...
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With
Ronya Banks
Recorded : July 3, 2022
The Buddha often described our practice in terms of untangling the tangles we find ourselves caught in. Together, let us uncover the primary tangles we get tangled in and how we can use our...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : June 27, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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