Setting an aspiration to turn up fully for whatever life serves up for me, and being ready to serve however I can.
How do we apply our meditation when life throws us an unexpected challenge? I recently had an unexpected challenge. It put me directly in touch with the Buddha’s teachings on all pervasive suffering, It helped me understand more deeply his teachings on the Four Noble Truths.
Looking to how we can support ourselves to keep our hearts open in a world that is suffering.
Exploring skilful ways to practice meditation with physical pain.
A response to the question of how to be with the grief and anxiety that arises in seeing the suffering in the world, our loved ones, and even in ourselves.
Looking at how suffering can open us up to something bigger than ourselves or close us down and confine us within a limited sense of self.