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Retreat Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-19 (6 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
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2011-04-20 World as Lover, World as Self 37:52
Joanna Macy
Four ways the world has been seen: as a battlefield, a trap, a lover, as self. Honoring indigenous peoples' capacity for gratitude.
2011-04-20 The Story of the Elm Dance 40:28
Joanna Macy
A story about Chernobyl.
2011-04-21 Practice-Reconnecting and Identity 25:04
Wes Nisker
2011-04-21 Honoring our Pain for the World 31:19
Joanna Macy
Tibetan prophecy, Shambala warriors, etc.
2011-04-22 Thoughts about Thinking 1:31:07
Wes Nisker
Also Big Sky Meditation; Q&A-including reflections on Ancestor Walk and Truth Mandala from day before
2011-04-22 The Great Turning Stories and Exercise 56:10
Joanna Macy
The Three Stories of: 1) business as usual, 2) the great unraveling, and 3) the great turning. Exercise-7 generation present meeting future with questions and mike passed for reactions.
2011-04-22 World as Lover, continued 42:04
Joanna Macy
2011-04-22 Readings and Group Haiku 1:22:37
Wes Nisker
Includes group break-up, sharing haiku and reading of haiku. Periods of silence.
2011-04-23 2 Forms of Power 55:06
Joanna Macy
Since the Greeks, Heraclitus-flow and change but Parmenides' view won out: THINGS, matter, stuff, leads to power OVER. But systems view more modern-energy/mind flows, information flows more important view.
2011-04-23 The Elements; Q&A 63:46
Wes Nisker
Our Bones=earth; Blood, tears, sweat, fluids=water; warmth=fire/sun; breath=air; space=where we are/where it happens
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