New Mexico – Participant 4 Reflection
I’m blown away by this…how I've been feeling… Things aren't good and I'm happy and peaceful, and I'm falling in love with people easily, and I’m kind of one of those people that I'm falling in love with.
I’m blown away by this…how I've been feeling… Things aren't good and I'm happy and peaceful, and I'm falling in love with people easily, and I’m kind of one of those people that I'm falling in love with.
I think insight dialogue really is, well, it's a complete package because we do not live in isolation, and if we're going to apply what we learn on the cushion to off the cushion then what better way to do it than through dialogue?
Insight Dialogue was different for me because it brought the experience and the spaciousness that I can experience from time to time… well, it doesn’t even need to be the spaciousness, the hindrances, of being familiar with the hindrances, to bring that awareness into everything, from close relationships to being in the supermarket to work relationships
...It starts with the pause. I just pause and I just feel myself and then I just relax. And that relaxing has freed up so much energy in my mind and my body so I’m not so exhausted anymore. And I’ve learned how to listen...
Life is a journey that takes us from one moment to the next and when we are attentive to the arising and passing of each moment, then there is the possibility of ease. Out of attentiveness and ease, clear seeing arises.
Everything about this sacred life is embodied in spiritual friendship. In this short retreat, we will offer the practice of mindful dialogue as a gateway to exploring the deep relational nature of the Dharma teachings.
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