Archive of Talks

  • Stress

    Stress is at the heart of most suffering, and many teachers today have begun to use “Stress” as the best translation of Dukkha.  Stress is stressful not only because we resist it, but because we actually  participate in its creation as well.  Ironically, we may seek to ‘cure’ it by engaging in other activities that are themselves stressful.… Read more

  • Exploring Our deep connections with the natural world

    All indigenous healing systems highlight the elements we humans share with the physical world we inhabit, and from which we arise—Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Lorilee facilitated our session this week based in a guided Gaia meditation by Jenny Wilks, exploring our true nature and what we are made of. You can listen to the meditation… Read more

  • If language is the hammer, every problem is a nail

    We have each been tasked with a huge project called “my life”. Moment by moment we are steering this project, trying to maximize our happiness. Using feedback from feeling in the body, our thinking mind evaluates our experience and creates strategies. The main tool of the mind is language, our constant self-talk.  In a talk… Read more

  • Faith: Standing Where There is No Ground

    Faith is often translated from the Pali language, as saddhā, which means “to place the heart upon”. However, in these times of great change and crisis, what do we place our heart upon? Buddhism teaches that everything is changing and impermanent. So, how do we cultivate the wisdom and the resolve to act, when there… Read more

  • Magick, Mysticism and Dharma

    Though magick and mysticism have a place in most world religions, their significance is often not appreciated. Yet the prevalence of such practices in spiritual life —even in the Buddhist canon—raises the question of their appropriate place in our models of practice and awakening. This Sunday, Tucker traced the magickal elements (commonly referred to as… Read more

  • Deep connection of body and mind

    What is the experience of gravity on your mind? It’s very common in our culture to separate the mind from the body as though they were separate entities, living their own lives, just coincidentally in the same place some of the time. While there are certain lenses through which this concept seems true, we often… Read more