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Retreat Dharma Talks at Gaia House

The Eye of the Heart

With our bodies as home base and emptiness as our ground, we cultivate the four Brahmaviharas, beautiful qualities of the heart: kindness, joy, compassion and equanimity. Loosening the views and the limiting patterns of mind, and engaging the liberating gifts of our imaginations, we deepen our capacity to rest in the boundless heart. From here, we venture, engaging in contemplative ways of looking to explore a soulful and enchanted cosmos. A cosmos in which our particularities are needed, loved and woven into a sacred and meaningful story.

How does this retreat relate to Soulmaking Dharma teachings?

‘The Eye of the Heart’ commences as a Brahma Viharas retreat. From here, the Soulmaking Dharma approaches and practices will be explored. It is therefore suitable for students who may already be deeply involved with Soulmaking teachings and also for those who may not be deeply involved but who have an informed affinity for this body of work.

2024-06-21 (9 days) Gaia House

  
2024-06-21 Opening Talk 1:10:30
Catherine McGee, Yahel Avigur
2024-06-22 Morning Instructions 55:27
Yahel Avigur
Thei recording also includes Catherine McGee offering walking meditation instructions.
2024-06-22 The Mighty Trumpeters: Reflections on Mettā 55:24
Catherine McGee
2024-06-22 Evening - Guided Practice (title pending) 37:55
Yahel Avigur
2024-06-23 Morning Instructions (title pending) 52:36
Yahel Avigur
This recording also includes Catherine McGee.
2024-06-23 Dharma Reflections (title pending) 54:49
Yahel Avigur
2024-06-24 Morning Instructions - Emotional Sensitivity in Mettā Practice 59:32
Catherine McGee
2024-06-24 Dharma Reflections (title pending) 57:46
Yahel Avigur
2024-06-24 Evening Guided Practice: Two Kinds of Goneness; 'Gate, Gate' - Guided Practice with Chanting for the One; Approaching Two Kinds of Goneness. 45:06
Catherine McGee
2024-06-25 Morning Instructions: Mettā - Abiding, Suffusing; Autonomy of the Loving Figure 52:49
Catherine McGee
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