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Retreat Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness

Awareness is the secret jewel innate in everyone. In Buddhism, awareness is the doorway to clarity, understanding and insight. It is the foundation for wisdom, compassion and awakening.

In this silent meditation retreat we will explore this innate quality of awareness - what it is and how to cultivate and abide in that serene awake presence. We will investigate how mindfulness supports a depth of awareness through various meditation practices, as well as look at what obscures the clarity of awareness both in meditation and in life. As mindfulness grows we discover how this capacity for awareness is available in every moment.

We will also explore the fusion of love and awareness and how developing mindfulness awareness allows a natural opening of the heart, that brings a kind and compassionate awareness to ourselves, to others and to all experience.

2016-10-11 (6 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2016-10-12 Introduction to Mindfulness 1:10:34
Mark Coleman
The meditation instructions begin with an orientation to mindfulness and concentration practice.
2016-10-13 Day 2- Morning Instructions- Embodied Awareness 58:32
Mark Coleman
Mini-talk on the importance of cultivating an embodied mindful attention in meditation.
2016-10-13 Shining the light on the Hindrances 61:19
Mark Coleman
What are the principal obstacles in Meditation and how do we work with them so they become grounds for insight and compassion.
2016-10-14 Day 3- Morning Instructions- Meditation Instructions-Mindfulness of Emotion 61:30
Mark Coleman
Bringing Awareness to emotions and Q & A.
2016-10-14 Living with Loving Awareness 55:00
Mark Coleman
This talk explores the fusion of mindful-awareness and love and how the integrating of these essential qualities is essential in life and practice.
2016-10-15 The Freedom of Awareness 52:41
Mark Coleman
Learning to abide in awareness brings a clarity, and understanding & natural spaciousness in all life. Recognizing this innate awake quality of life is the doorway to freedom.
2016-10-16 Day 4 Morning Instructions 40:50
Mark Coleman
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