Does right livelihood mean having a noble profession? Is right action determined by intention or outcome? These teachings explore walking the eightfold path. Recorded during a 2010 class in Los Angeles. Ideology and Wisdom 1 - 4 IAW 1 IAW 2 IAW 3 IAW 4 Direct Experience DownloadSufi teaching story: “The Story of Fire”; examples of ways … [Read more...] about Ideology and Wisdom
Life
Learning from the Lives of Lineage Holders 2
A series of talks on Khyungpo Naljor, Niguma, and Sukhasiddhi. Niguma DownloadA talk on the life of the great Tibetan yogini, Niguma, an important figure in the Shangpa Lineage. TRANSCRIPT Section 1 All that, oh yeah now we’re in business. Okay, the biographies of the Shangpa masters, a number of them anyway, have been translated and … [Read more...] about Learning from the Lives of Lineage Holders 2
Making Things Happen
Identifying what you want to do and what prevents you from doing it. Recording in Los Angeles in February, 2008. Understanding the problem DownloadIdentifying what you want to do and what prevents you from doing it; how attention causes one to focus and create results; lack of willingness, know-how, and capacity as a framework for understanding … [Read more...] about Making Things Happen
Surviving Stressful Times
Stressful situations present a basic challenge: How can I experience what is occurring and be clear and at peace at the same time. How can I experience this and be at peace at the same time? DownloadParticipant’s concerns; how can I experience fear and be at peace at the same time?; how can I have all these stories going on and be at peace at … [Read more...] about Surviving Stressful Times
Money and Value 1
For many people money defines the way they perceive and understand themselves and their lives. Yet that is only one way to approach life and it may not be the best. Recorded in Los Angeles, December, 2007. Part 1DownloadThe problem: money drives the way we understand ourselves. Aim of financial model is to see experience through projection … [Read more...] about Money and Value 1
The Warrior's Solution
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom is not a state; it is a process. It is something you are, not something you have. In freedom, there is a continual releasing of reactive material as it arises in each moment of experience. The … [Read more...] about The Warrior's Solution