At the end of the GFR Metta as a Path to Insight retreat, a summary of the retreat. Approaching insight though metta can warmer, more connected and perhaps more durable. It allows deeper aspects of our being into play.
A led metta with a focus on allowing all of our experience, giving it space. Metta as a way of relating to experience and of relaxing clinging. Followed by suggestions for walking meditation as a metta practice
What we connect with we naturally care for. Noticing moments of opening and responsiveness as a basis of metta. Metta as the spaciousness to breathe, to give all the time that's needed for love. An imaginative exercise exploring activity and relaxation followed by an exploration of other ways to work in the metta bhavana.
Exploring the watery qualities of the heart. Longing as heart's response to it's own vastness. The movement from the depths to the surface.
A preamble to a Tara Puja given on the GFR Metta as a Path to Insight retreat held at Taraloka February 2016
Beginning to look at Metta with Dharma as reference. Shifting focus from content to nature of our experience - a natural movement in meditation.
Understanding that the labels we put onto our experience are not the same as our actual experience.
Followed by a led meditation exploring these areas.
Looking into Metta with Dharma as reference. Dayajoti investigates the nature of the conditions giving rise to our experience - exploring resistance, dukkha and impermanence and the way we fix our experience with labels.
A 5 stage practice - beginning with our heart wish and resonating with where freedom actually lies.
From a GFR retreat - Metta as a Path to Insight held at Taraloka in February 2016
