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Dharma Talks
2009-10-14 Question and Response 58:09
Tara Brach
Tara responds to questions from the sangha.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-21 Behind the Mask 49:00
Tara Brach
The development of a mask or persona based on our activities and roles is a natural way the ego tries to protect and enhance itself. Yet unless we wake up from our identification with the mask, we are unable to discover the truth and wholeness of what we are. This talk investigates how our masks manifest and the process of wise attention that can free us from a limiting sense of separate self. Includes a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-04 Intimacy with Life 1:24:03
Tara Brach
Zen mast Dogen taught that "...to study the Buddhist way is to be Intimate with all Things." This talk reviews the often unconscious ways that we habitually block intimacy and two trainings of attention that foster a natural sense of belonging to this living world and to timeless presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-11 Choosing Presence 1:19:21
Tara Brach
Spiritual awakening is energized by conscious intention. This talk explores how we get waylaid by habitual wants and fears, and the ways we can connect with the power and purity of our deep aspiration for love, truth and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-11 Guided Metta Meditation - Neutral and Difficult Person 45:52
Greg Scharf
A short introduction to working with the neutraland difficult person - Followed by a guided Metta meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-11-11 The Power of Paying Attention 57:22
Larry Yang
How paying attention is the path to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center LGBTQ: Awakening the Heart of Love and Wisdom

2009-11-07 No-Self in the Brain 44:01
Rick Hanson
Insights from Neuroscience about Not Taking Life Personally
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2009-11-11 Emptiness & Compassion III 64:01
Donald Rothberg
We review the teachings on emptiness in the context of the broader teachings on the centrality of developing wisdom and compassion, expanding our examination of these teachings from last time. The last part of the session involving doing several exercises, partly explaining experience as a flowing "stream" (and seeing what obstructs the flow) and partly doing a series of four exercises with "ordinary objects" designed to take us out of our ordinary way of constructing things.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-02 Insight 61:07
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-11-09 Anything Can Happen: Faith & Confidence in Awareness 56:22
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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