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Ram Dass talks about the promises and the pitfalls of the spiritual path, and the shift of reality that happened in the sixties that was predicated by psychedelics. This shift blew apart the traditional religious systems that were in place at the time, and the psychedelics gave people a connection that they had never experienced before: a feeling that they were interconnected with the universe. When we see how much of our behavior is a defense mechanism to alleviate the pain of separateness, we begin to realize the importance of healthy intuitive and compassionate hearts.

16 - Promises & Pitfalls: Attunement To Other Planes

Using a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva, Pema Chodron shows us how to cultivate compassion. She focuses on the enlightened heart and mind, showing us how this awakened state, which often seems infinitely far out of our grasp, is always available to us right where we are. By nurturing a compassionate attitude in our hearts, we can naturally become more open and present to others and free in our lives, even amidst life’s adversities and fears. And little by little we can become empowered to reach out beyond ourselves and heal the abundant suffering of the world.  The full download is available through BetterListen.com at https://www.betterlisten.com/products/giving-our-best-with-pema-chodron

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No Time To LoseNo Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva with Pema Chodron

No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva with Pema Chodron

Slow, atmospheric music with a "merry-go-round" feel. Remembering the silly thoughts, playful moments, hopes and dreams.  Bring back that same light-heartedness to find a fresh perspective in life. http://www.readsrecordings.com

Relaxing Music for Meditation and Yoga

Dandelion Dream

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Available for digital download: https://marthamooke.bandcamp.com/track/sutras-of-the-heart-meditations-on-gate-gate

"A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." - The Diamond Sutra. 

Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha - The Heart Sutra.
Gone, Gone, Gone beyond Gone utterly beyond

Music by Martha Mooke
Performed by:
Martha Mooke, electric viola
Tenzin Choegyal, vocals
Jesse Paris Smith, glass bowls

Recorded by Shahzad Ismaily, Brooklyn, NY
Edited and Mixed by Cynthia Daniels, MonkMusic, Easthampton, NY

Based on Martha Mooke's Prajnaparamita: the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom premiered as part of Tibet House NY's Mindful Music and Sound Series on September 4, 2014 curated by Jesse Paris Smith.  Dedicated to Christine Zounek Daugherty

MEDITATIONS ON GATE, GATE

Kabat-Zinn makes it clear that the essence of meditative practice lies in how one lives one's life from moment to moment, in all its aspects and relationships, and not merely in formal meditative practices. This program offers an experience of mindfulness that is entirely congruent with our lives in the 21st Century: it is effective, portable, and easily adopted -- a perfect antidote to life in the fast lane. The full download and CE credits are available at https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/continuing-education-credits/products/mindfulness-meditation-in-everyday-life-exercises-and-meditations

Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

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Love Everyone Retreat

Love Everyone Session 3: Uncovering the Potential of a Boundless Heart

A short Yoga Nidra meditation practice to encourage deep rest in the body.

Yoga Nidra

This audiobook by Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n, the renowned American Buddhist nun, offers short, stand-alone sections designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the reader through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path.&#160; Comfortable with Uncertainty does not assume prior knowledge of Buddhist thought or practice, making it a perfect introduction to Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n's teachings on lovingkindness, meditation, mindfulness, "nowness," letting go, and working with fear and other painful emotions. Through the course of this audiobook, listeners will learn practical methods for heightening awareness and overcoming habitual patterns that block compassion.

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön, read by Joanna Rotte

We always have a choice, Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This book teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

The Places that Scare You by Pema Chödrön, read by Joanna Rotte

Become available for healing, forgiveness and a deeper connection with others.

This 15 minute guided meditation asks you to smile! This may seem an unusual practice however it is a rather beautiful way to open a connection to your heart which is the centre for healing and forgiveness. The intention of this meditation is to open your heart which allows you to connect more deeply to your own truth and to open lines of communication with others.

Open Heart Meditation

Following in the footsteps of the 2007 best seller, many of the MG Music artists return to produce this amazing sequel. Each artist submits a track representing "OM" with Medwyn Goodall performing Guitar and now Aroshanti on Flutes.
The previous OM album, with Medwyn Goodall on guitar and Terry Oldfield on flute, was a rare event in the history of new age music where do many artists collaborate with each other. OMII the sequel is set to be another rare event.

OMII - 02 Leaf On The Wind (track by Midori, Flute by Aroshanti, Guitar by Medwyn Goodall)

A conversation with Rebecca Crane.

This episode's guest is Rebecca Crane, a teacher passionate about mindfulness teacher competencies—particularly "who" we need to become in order to offer mindfulness to others. In the episode, David and Rebecca delve into the questions: What makes a mindfulness program a mindfulness program? Where does trauma fit into all this? And where is the field going?

Rebecca Crane PhD directs the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University and has played a leading role in developing its training and research programme since it was founded in 2001. She teaches and trains internationally in both Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Her research and publications focus on how the evidence on mindfulness-based interventions can be implemented with integrity into practice settings. She has written Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Distinctive Features 2017, co-authored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide, 2017 and is a Principle Fellow with the Higher Education Academy.

Episode 8 | What Makes a Mindfulness Program a Mindfulness Program?

A Meditation to Gather Your Energy from Sharon Salzberg

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Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön, read by Joanna Rotte

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