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Retreat Dharma Talks at Gaia House

This Body is the Universe

2015-01-23 (5 days) Gaia House

  
2015-01-23 The Body is the Universe - Introduction 1:12:28
Martin Aylward
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
2015-01-24 The Instinctual Body - Sex, Survival and Social Drives 40:14
Martin Aylward
We are bound by our biology, and our health, longevity and death are largely out of our control. This talk explores the way our biology impacts us, including the influences of the sex drive, the survival drive and the social drive. Martin looks at how we can explore and understand our biology in such a way as to inhabit it freely.
2015-01-25 The Psychological Body - Self Image, Self Reinforcement and Self Judgement 51:07
Martin Aylward
Continuing from the previous talk, Martin looks at the ways we imagine, maintain and reinforce our psychological sense of self. The talk explores how we live in images and descriptions of who we think we are, layered by our constant critical self evaluation, and points us beyond our psychology to a fuller and freer embodying of our life.
2015-01-26 The Existential Body - From Thing-ness to Process, Knowing to Loving, Subjective to Inclusive 41:26
Martin Aylward
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
2015-01-27 The Collective Body - Solidarity, Community and Love 47:13
Martin Aylward
In this final talk of the series, Martin looks at the social implications of widening our sense of identification, including not only the world but also other human beings within the field of our experience. The talk explores the suffering born of the us and them mentality and points to how the need to awaken together and take all beings into our heart.
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