Influencing and Being Influenced
/Mysohin Kate McCandless reflects on sesshin by weaving the writing of Dogen, Susan Murphy, and Peter Godfrey-Smith.
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Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Consciousness
/Offering the last talk of sesshin, Mysohin Kate McCandless invites wonder and awe towards the mystery of consciousness.
Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Space/Time
/When thoughts and feelings are less crowded, there can be relief and a sense of safety. However, Shinmon Michael Newton asks: how do we avoid the subtle and dangerous trap of identifying with or clinging to spaciousness??
Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Air
/Myoshin Kate McCandless explores how the emptiness of sky is filled with the energy of air.
Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Fire
/The senses and our experiences are aflame. Shinmon Michael Newton asks that we pay attention to the small changes in temperature felt both inside and outside of our bodies.
Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Water
/Our inter-being with water is intricate and variable. Myoshin Kate McCandless invites us into the expanded enchantment of our water bodies.
Myoshin Kate McCandless offers a second dharma talk on water on the fourth evening of sesshin.
Mountains and Waters - The Elements - Earth
/It is not possible to do the job perfectly, so is it possible to let the job do you? Shinmon Michael Newton offers an exploration of the earth element - where in your body do you feel solidity, and where is there something else?
Wildfire Dharma
/Liz Toohey-Wiese shares insight into how it’s possible that the medicine and the sickness mutually heal.
