On this episode of Deepening Your Practice, we talk about the fourth stage of the progress of insight, the knowledge of arising and passing. Discussed as a "point of no return" this knowledge changes your perception of the fluidity and continuity and marks a before and after moment in your experience of the self and the world.  Recorded 7/1/2021 Registration for our signature Meditation x Attachment course is now open! Recommended for all students, this intensive offers instruction in Buddhist theory, Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques. It focuses on developing secure relationships, uprooting past attachment conditioning and working through conflict resolution strategies to learn how to be completely yourself in your relationships with others and with your work. In other words, this course helps you learn how to live a meaningful life. Sign up now at https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-one-july-21-register.

In this episode, we continue our discussion on the Path of Enlightenment and, in particular, focus on the third stage, which is development of the knowledge of impermanence and the comprehension of satisfaction.     Recorded 6/24/2021 We have opened registration for our signature Meditation x Attachment course. Open to all students, this intensive offers instruction in Buddhist theory, Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques. It focuses on developing secure relationships, uprooting past attachment conditioning and working through conflict resolution strategies to learn how to be completely yourself in your relationships with others and with your work. In other words, this course helps you learn how to live a meaningful life. Sign up now at https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-one-july-21-register.

On today’s episode we discuss the sensory world and its basis in conditionality, which allows us to infer that patterns of arising and passing rooted in karma will be repeated and therefore allows the world to be recognized.   Recorded 6/10/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

Today we discuss enlightenment as a goal, the desire to end the experience of suffering from both Buddhist and secular perspectives, and the usefulness of different spiritual contexts on meditation and practice.    Recorded 6/3/2021 Registration is now available for our Virtual Summer Retreat! Sign up now here. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

We dive into the difference between mental and physical phenomena and breakdown the raw sensing experience and the ways the mind acts to bring those senses into a comprehendible experience.    Recorded 5/27/2021 Registration is now available for our Virtual Summer Retreat! Sign up now here. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

Today we cover parts of the history of Buddhism and discuss different paths to enlightenment including the old, the new, and the hybrid.   Captured live on 5/20/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

In today’s episode we discuss the process of stabilizing your mind-state and how to identify when your experience of the world is being warped by a filter of self. Captured live on 5/13/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

Continuing our conversation from the previous episode, we discuss how an honest inside practice can create emotional disruption and the practical ways to manage that disruption Captured live on 5/6/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

In this episode, we discuss the purpose of practice, what can get in the way of your practice, and strategies to avoid being pulled out of the present moment.   Captured live on 4/29/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!

Continuing our DYP series, we discuss the Mindfulness movement in the West and weigh its benefits and deficiencies in relation to Attachment Theory.   Captured live on 4/22/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice!