The paramis of patience and persistence play key roles in supporting our capacity to stay with the ups and downs of practice without succumbing to reactivity, judgement, or discouragement. This talk explores the active quality of persistence, the receptive quality of patience, and how they compliment each other in support of untangling the tangles of heart and mind in this gradual path.
A guided meditation utilizing the naturally arising, felt-sense approach to abiding in space. Directly experiencing the fifth element through a gradual process.
A talk on the 3 Group approach to the Paramis from the perspective of wisdom. The first group provides a protective base for meditation practice, the second group encourages a dynamic vigor, the third group enhances mind and heart for meditation practice.
A guided meditation emphasizing deepening, quieting, grounding, letting ourselves be held by nature, and shifting to a deeper and wiser perspective in support of equanimity, a balanced heart-mind. It includes a poem by Mary Oliver, "Swimming, One Day in August."
