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Watching Out for Imitation Mindfulness
Grounding & ObservingCMMarch 6, 2018Mindful Awareness: Clear Seeing & Close Observation of Reality
Constantly Refreshing Our Commitment to What Is Essential
Grounding & ObservingCMMarch 5, 2018Mindful Awareness: Clear Seeing & Close Observation of Reality
The Deepest Longing
Presence & True NatureCMMarch 4, 2018
Awareness is Primary; Mind is an Appearance (with Audio)
Presence & True NatureCMMarch 3, 2018
Looking at What Matters
Presence & True NatureCMMarch 2, 2018
Thinking is Impermanent
Presence & True NatureCMMarch 1, 2018
Stillness is the Way
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 28, 2018
Subtle Defences: Complicating Awareness By Creating Time
Subtle Defences: Complicating Awareness By Creating Time

It’s important to look closely at what’s involved in recognizing the natural state of being aware…. As we work with our various patterns, one of the things that happens is that we gravitate to specific techniques and practices that help us “shepherd our system” toward presence and through states of dysregulation…

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Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 27, 2018
The End of Drama
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 26, 2018
What is in the Way of Being Simple?
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 25, 2018
Authentic Presence is Both Attractive & Threatening
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 24, 2018
Dropping the Thinking Mind
Presence & True NatureMCFebruary 23, 2018
Understanding Impermanence as Cycles of Birth, Death & Transition
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 22, 2018
Practice Instructions: Noticing Where There Is “Toxic” Identification
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 21, 2018
What Remains?
Presence & True NatureCMFebruary 20, 2018
Acceptance
Acceptance & CompassionMCFebruary 19, 2018
Grounding, Conditioning & True Compassion
Acceptance & CompassionCMFebruary 18, 2018
Self-Compassion Does Not Mean Cooperating with Our Delusions
Self-Compassion Does Not Mean Cooperating with Our Delusions

All practices have "near enemies." What does that mean? It means that the ego can co-opt any of the qualities of awakening and subtly construct its own "imitation version" of that quality…

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Acceptance & CompassionCMFebruary 17, 2018
Wanting to Be “Done With It” Opens Us to Faith & Love
Acceptance & CompassionCMFebruary 16, 2018
Practice Instructions: Loving-Kindness
Acceptance & CompassionMCFebruary 15, 2018
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“Your essence is very intelligent, very generous. It has a way of throwing a conflict in front of you so that by looking at that conflict, you’ll find out something you need to know. The situation that you are given is perfect in terms of timing, place, the people involved, your capacities, the capacities of the people around you, every detail.”

- A.H. Almaas

 
 

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