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In Memoriam: Rick Woudenberg


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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2007-10-03 Instructional Sit with Body Sweep 57:43
Ruth Denison
A guided instructional sit, beginning with Metta meditation and expanding into the purposes of reflection. Instructions continuing the practice of attending, investigation with allowance and deep appreciation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-03 Truth And Duality 61:06
Christopher Titmuss
We believe that the now is more important than past and future, there is an essence behind personality and we have to work through our stuff to get to our Buddha nature. Truth dissolves these dualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation, Inquiry and the Nondual

2007-10-02 Body Sweeping With Annica 65:01
Ruth Denison
Teaching on Annica through a guided body sweep.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-02 Love And Non-Self 64:54
Christopher Titmuss
We are preoccupied with self and other. Love needs to be liberated from self and other, popular culture and religion. Authentic love is a liberating force in the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation, Inquiry and the Nondual

2007-10-01 Vipassana Meditation The Science Of Mindfulness 60:07
Ruth Denison
Instructional overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, focusing on intentional investigation, your attention with an allowing attitude. Vipassana, clear seeing, as outcome to this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-01 Guided Movement Meditation 63:04
Ruth Denison
Cultivating skiils to live closely with this bodily process through sense experience. Practice in lying down, sitting, standing, and moving or walking.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-01 Effort + Ease = What Needs To Be Done 52:55
Shaila Catherine
This talk explores the range of skillful effort, from ardent and zealous practice to spacious relaxation. Shaila points to a nondual realization that reveals our freedom in both action and in ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation, Inquiry and the Nondual

2007-10-01 Facing Aggression 54:03
Norman Fischer
Turning away is so natural to us but we must turn toward the aggression within us if we want to overcome it. Our practice is to do this, be patient with what we find, and learn to let it come and go rather than fix it. Then we will be able to act with kindness, and to change this world inside and out.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-09-30 Eight Worldly Conditions 49:00
Christopher Titmuss
Success and Failure, Gain and Loss, Praise and Blame, Pleasure and Pain can haunt our life. All these wordly conditions weave in and out of each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation, Inquiry and the Nondual

2007-09-21 Creativity Retreat - Flavors of Love 28:26
Anna Douglas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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