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Listen "Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances Part 1 | Metta Hour Podcast Ep. 269"
Episode Synopsis
For episode 269, we bring you the first of a two-part episode from the archives.
Recorded in the early 2010s in a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, Sharon is teaching on Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances.
In this teaching, Sharon speaks about:
• Her travel adventure to North Carolina
• Her first impressions of Asian philosophy
• Changing our relationship to joy & delight
• Transforming our relationship to suffering
• Awakening to the realm of neutral experiences
• Sharon’s first time meditating
• The three skills of meditation
• Sharon’s mantra of “something will happen”
• The deepening of concentration
• Our tendency to project into the future
• Mindfulness is not passive
• The magic moment in meditation
The episode closes with Sharon leading a guided meditation practice. Stay tuned for the second half of this teaching, which will be released in two weeks' time in Part 2 of Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances.
Recorded in the early 2010s in a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, Sharon is teaching on Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances.
In this teaching, Sharon speaks about:
• Her travel adventure to North Carolina
• Her first impressions of Asian philosophy
• Changing our relationship to joy & delight
• Transforming our relationship to suffering
• Awakening to the realm of neutral experiences
• Sharon’s first time meditating
• The three skills of meditation
• Sharon’s mantra of “something will happen”
• The deepening of concentration
• Our tendency to project into the future
• Mindfulness is not passive
• The magic moment in meditation
The episode closes with Sharon leading a guided meditation practice. Stay tuned for the second half of this teaching, which will be released in two weeks' time in Part 2 of Lovingkindness in Difficult Circumstances.
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