The journey of awakening is a shared journey. This talk
shares some stories of our fellow traveler's going back to the Buddha
sitting at the foot of the bodhi tree to present day teachers. Linking
their lives with ours to help us find the fortitude and support we need
to stay on the path.
Can we look into the clear mirror of the dhamma? Can we face the "looking glass" with a willingness and humility and keep looking into this mirror of our 'self' without interpretation or judgement? It is only then that we begin to see and know the impersonality of presently arisen thoughts, censations,feelings and states of mind. Can we keep looking until we begin to experience and know that it's not all about "me" and teach the heart/the mind of freedom.
An inner wealth of generosity is a powerful medicine. As our heart heals and
opens the wholesome energies of giving and receiving grow and flow within us. We begin to live this seemless circle quite naturally as who we are.
Exploring and recognizing the joy that has no 'self' at the center of it...
the momentary joy of the pure heart for/with another's happiness,
another's success.
Are you looking in the right place and in the right way for the happiness that
you are seeking?
Mindfulness of feelings: pleasant, unpleasant or neutral feeling tone
Mindfulness of the mind: mental factors/the colorations of consciousness
Mindfulness of Dhammas: seeing & knowing experience through the doors of
the truth/the way of things
