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Balance And Being Gentle With Ourselves
One of the conversations that came up in the last class, Self-Care, Balance and Deep Community Connection was how do we bring balance into areas of our life where we’re stuck? We have many different domains or areas; mental, physical, spiritual, etherical, relational, financial and probably many more. In some domains we have much expertise,…
Tonglen
Tonglen practice reverses our usual logic of avoiding suffering and seeking pleasure. In tonglen practice, we visualize taking in our own pain or other people challenges, with every in-breath and sending out whatever will benefit us/them on the out-breath. In the process, we become liberated from age- old patterns of selfishness. We begin to feel…
Palestine and Israel
“I think one helpful angle is to emphasize who belongs to the Land – *not* who the Land supposedly ‘belongs’ to. From this perspective, Jews quite obviously belong in/to the Land, having originated there over 3,000 years ago. But so too do Palestinian Arabs; as well as Bedouin Arabs, Druze, Arameans, Assyrians, longtime refugees from…
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Balance And Being Gentle With Ourselves
One of the conversations that came up in the last class, Self-Care, Balance and Deep Community Connection was how do we bring balance into areas of our life where we’re … Balance And Being Gentle With Ourselves Read More »
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Tonglen
Tonglen practice reverses our usual logic of avoiding suffering and seeking pleasure. In tonglen practice, we visualize taking in our own pain or other people challenges, with every in-breath and … Tonglen Read More »
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Palestine and Israel
“I think one helpful angle is to emphasize who belongs to the Land – *not* who the Land supposedly ‘belongs’ to. From this perspective, Jews quite obviously belong in/to the … Palestine and Israel Read More »
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Communing With the Divine
Noticing when we’re attached to a point of view, old pattern from the past, or a disempowering paradigm can be a powerful door into the transformational process of surrender. Our … Communing With the Divine Read More »
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Spiritual Bypassing vs Authentic Healing
“Spiritual Bypass is based in hierarchy, duality or “right/wrong thinking” from the ego. This is another cut at it. ”And then we tend to use absolute truth to disparage or … Spiritual Bypassing vs Authentic Healing Read More »