Upekka Meets Karuna
Ofosu will conclude his weekend of events with CEC by guiding this Monday meditation session exploring the interplay of equanimity and compassion.
Guided Audio
Disarming Hypervigilance
Kevin: One way to understand Equanimity is as the allowing of experience to flow freely, without resistance or clinging. This is a crucial skill that we can learn to develop through practice. But as we go deeper, we may begin to discover more deeply rooted tensions and holdings — bound to fundamental beliefs and ways of objectifying experience — that are trying to give us the impression of safety, but actually only serve to keep us from fully participating in the effortless ease of nature itself.
Tonight we’ll endeavour to find and release those tensions, and cultivate a sense of trust and safety so we might disarm our hyper vigilance with a radical willingness to let experience be exactly as it is. I look forward to exploring this together.
Using the Force
“Yoda: [M]y ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us, binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force flow around you.”
Erin: It’s Star Wars day, and practicing equanimity is the best jedi mind training there is. May the 4th be with all y’all!
Soundscape of Elements
Warren: Join myself and Luisa as we take you on a soundscape journey of the 4 elements. We will weave in aspects of non guided and guided meditations. Hope to see you there :)
Fire Kasina
Avi: Meditation techniques are often built upon quirks of our neurobiology. In the case of the fire kasina practice, staring at a flame illicits an afterimage, which is then used as a focus of concentration. Over time, this practice bridges our outer visual perception and our inner world of dream-like images. I encourage you to set up your own candle at eye level where you can meditate on it during the sit.