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The full range of the heart.

With Martin Aylward recorded on December 18, 2016.

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We call this ‘the season of goodwill’. A reminder to care for one another, and to wish each other well. This year, we find ourselves in more need of understanding and expressing our common humanness than ever. We use this week’s session to honour the human heart; to reflect together on both how we respond to the dukkha of the world, and how we love; how we experience and cultivate the infinite potential of the free heart.

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