Talk originally recorded on February 1th, 2004

Stop Running Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh

This retreat dharma talk focuses on how to turn or awareness to the constant activity of life as it arises and passes away and see it is not self. 

The Activity of Life- Arising and Passing in Stillness and Movement

To live with grace means to flow freely with life. In this talk offered to The Guemes Island Community Church, Jonathan Prescott explores how Christianity tells the story of grace while Zen teaches the path to grace. 

Grace

Jonathan Prescott explores the distinction in Zen between the “small self”—our ego and personality—and the “True Self,” the universal, undivided wisdom and goodness inherent in us all. Through personal stories and Zen metaphors, Jonathan illustrates how spiritual practice is not about eradicating the small self, but about allowing it to become a clear conduit for the True Self to act in the world. He emphasizes how integrating faith, diligence, and letting go enables our small self to mirror the qualities of the True Self, continuously shaping how we answer the essential question, “What do I do now?”.

True Self and Small Self in Harmony

Michael Melancon encourages us to embrace each moment as an opportunity to awaken and engage intentionally with life, highlighting the importance of mindful awareness of breath, heartbeat, and our relationships. Through personal stories and practical advice, Michael asks the guiding question, “What do I do now?” as a way to cultivate presence, patience, and connection to one’s True Self. By pausing and reflecting rather than impulsively reacting, individuals can cherish their precious lives, foster deep compassion, and navigate challenges with clarity and love.

What Do I Do Now

Drawing from life stories, Buddhist teachings, and lessons from Plum Village, Karla Johnston explores how to respond skillfully to suffering by first recognizing the unique ingredients of our own lives and then examining the lens—historical or Ultimate—through which we view the world. Karla emphasizes connection, communal support, and mindful self-inquiry as essential practices for both personal growth and engaged, compassionate action.

Cherishing Your Ingredients

Poetry: Please call me by my true names
Poetry by: Thich Nhat Hanh 
Flute by: Lee Miles
Narrated by: Twodogs SeemanHo

Please call me by my true names (Poetry & Flute)

i am a cloud - thich nhat hanh cover

This talk from Thich on how to deal with suffering was a really powerful and helpful thing to hear during the process of grieving my cat and I really hope that it can help anyone with their suffering. Because facing it and understanding how others suffer can give rise to compassion, compassion that is ultimately a very freeing and special thing to cultivate. Because we all want to be free from suffering, all sentient beings do! 

I made a song to package the message so that as many people as possible could receive the message.

Understanding is love, but we should not just wish to be understood by others, but instead wish to understand others so that we can love them. 

The talking is from Thich Nhat Hanh speaking and I recommend you listen to more of his videos. 

https://www.parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/dharma-talk-make-a-true-home-of-your-love/

Understanding Suffering is Love - Thich Nhat Hanh - Dharmacore

1.	Awakening The Corpse - Part 3	- Professor Von Spookenstein
2.	Atm#2	- Dave Ball • Jon Savage
3.	Hypodermic	- Dave Ball • Jon Savage
4.	Luftraum 2	- Ubersprech
5.	Awakening The Corpse - Part 8	- Professor Von Spookenstein
6.	IV	- Pyewacket
7.	Absurd	- Goethes Erben
8.	Hypodermic	- Dave Ball • Jon Savage
9.	The End Of Suffering	- Gary Malkin Thich Nhat Hanh

Musick for Dark Summonings IV

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 🜁
𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑
○ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎
𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𓂀
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐
∞ 𝙸𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏

Transformation Sherpa

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Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday mindfulness as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. She has been meditation for over 30 years and teaches classes and retreats internationally.

Twodogs SeemanHo 
Website: www.seemanho.com 

Twodogs SeemanHo, a London-based Multidisciplinary artist. Her latest publication “An Inner Dialogue For A Loving Self” 2025. 

She is an activist focusing on environmental, ecological and well-being issues. Her practice involves installation art, performance art, generative art, painting, text and sound art.

Twodogs has been combining art and music into her healing projects since 2020. She is also a certified sound therapist after her study in the UK, using handpan, tongue drum, frame drum, singing bowl, harmonium, shrutibox, voice and poetry. 

She has performed handpan and sound journeys in London at The Theatreship, Cinema Museum, Southwark Cathedral, art events, fashion shows, HangoutUK handpan festival 2024 & 2025 and the Latitude festival 2022 & 2023. She created installation art with handpan performance in the forest in 2022, 2023. She also created music for several documentaries and independent films.

Her installation exhibition was awarded a prize in the Hong Kong Art Biennial. This work was subsequently purchased and collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Her book "They are the eyes of equals" was the first book about animal rights and welfare in Hong Kong. She was awarded Bronze Prize in Book Design at The Designers Association Awards. 

Her works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Australia, the UK, the USA. The Artist in Residence: Orkney, New York City, Vermont and France.

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