Guided Meditation

Die Entwicklung eines grundlegenden Wohlwollens und Mitgefühls gilt als zweiter Flügel in der Praxis. Die Metta-Meditation ist ein Weg diese Haltung zu entwickeln. Es wird auf die Bedeutung hingewiesen und warum die Praxis eine innere Haltung in uns verankern kann

Guided meditation

Post-guided meditation talk and Q&A with group

a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV

a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV

What mindfulness is and why mindfulness of breathing is such a valuable meditation in our tradition.

We review what we’ve explored so far about practicing with conflict, including our conditioning and stereotypes about conflict (typically with views of conflict as negative), ways to bring our meditation practice into working with the “inner” states (emotions, thoughts, bodily states) that arise with conflict, and the “both-and” or “win-win” perspective on approaching conflict. We then bring in a further important resource—empathic understanding of another—outlining a simple way to “practice” empathy. We then work with an exercise bringing empathy to someone with whom one is in conflict. Then we discuss all of this.