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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2019-12-26 Honoring Ram Dass and End of Year Reflections 65:12
James Baraz
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At the end of the year, we reflect on endings and new beginnings. James offers some reflections on Ram Dass, beloved teacher and mentor, who passed away on Sunday, December 22. Then the community shares an end of year ceremony for increasing wholesome states and weakening unwholesome states.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-12-19 Freedom of an "Open Heart" 61:33
Kate Munding
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This talk explores some questions of an "open heart." Can we bring both into our awareness the question, "is it possible to open further?" Where it is a stretch to feel compassionate and unguarded, is forgiveness needed, is self-care and healing needed? Do we always recognize the easy-open freedom of a heart that is fully available and unhindered? Do we take those states and the people connected to those states for granted?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-12-12 Letting Go Of Busyness 54:01
Kate Munding
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An appropriate topic for this time of year. Many subthemes fall under this theme, such as how to be mindful of abundance and scarcity, feeling connected with others, and the nourishment of renunciation.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-12-05 Just Another Ego Trip 46:16
James Baraz
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Sometimes our shyness or concern about what others think keeps us from expressing our gifts and making as meaningful a contribution as we can. In seeing through the constructed sense of self—the understanding of Anatta—those thoughts lose their power and don’t get in the way of expressing our true nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-11-21 Attitudes of the Mind 41:25
Kate Munding
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In past weeks I've been pulling inspiration from the Satipatthana Sutta, the foundational teachings on mindfulness. I've been linking them to some of it's underpinning truths of change, impermanence, suffering, and freedom from it. I'd like to continue on this thread for tomorrow's talk and bring in the third foundation, the foundation of the mind.. We'll explore how, when we aren't lost in it, the mind is a fascinating subject for our attention. When we understand our mind more fully, we can more fully understand who we are. We'll use this theme to understand better the truth of self and not-self.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-11-07 Mindfulness of the Body 54:32
Kate Munding
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mindfulness of the body and how it helps us understand and navigate change
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-10-31 Equanimity 55:18
Eve Decker
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Experience equanimity through song
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2019-10-24 The Story of Angulimala: Forgiveness and Redemption 57:25
Kevin Griffin
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2019-10-17 Holding Grief Through Connection 43:47
James Baraz
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I [recently] spoke about how sharing our pain by connecting with another helps us hold and process our grief. This week I want to look at the importance of "Connection through Community" and how we can create more community in our lives.
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2019-10-10 From Suffering to Peace 54:05
Mark Coleman
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The True Promise of Mindfulness
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