Wed Nov 5th 7:45 Naked Mind Meditation in NYC Announcement ~*~ Thanks to the 14th Dalai Lama for His Sublime and Generous Teachings this week, in NYC !! Thank you for kindly receiving this practice session information ~*~ Meditation~ We just get better at it and doing it together rubs the sharp corners off the stones of our attachment.. Facilitator John DiLeva Halpern $18 / toward space + time (Please do confirm and if possible, advance book 10 sessions for $150) Important: Space Limited Please Confirm if Planning to Attend this Week’s Session Hosted at: Carolyn Christies, Iyengar Yoga Atelier: atelieryoga.org 11th floor of 22 East 17th Street, Suite 1103 6 doors west of Broadway. (Theres a brass awning with two American flags Its also addressed, 41 Union Square) Please arrive a few minutes earlier to settle in Thank You!! No Previous Meditation Experience Required If You Meditate, Welcome Please If meditation is natural to me Why cant I just naturally experience it? ~*~ Welcome to those exploring meditation or evolving their existing practices. There are many ways to reach into mind, to uproot attachment, discover natural inner space and freedom. In Natural Mind / Naked Mind we learn to subtly concentrate in a safe and quiet, workshop environment, gently watching aspects of our bodies, minds and behavior, in meditative states. ~*~ Once this subtle concentration (Shamantha or Shinay) is sustained, meditative experiences may evolve. Each session is unique, determined by those attending and other factors. Within the confine the sessions conversation may occur about our experiences, providing a wider understanding of meditative experience. Before practice, focusing on the motivation that brings us to meditation can help guide us and inspire us during the sessions. ~*~ Why Meditate? As experts in the lives weve lived, we can observe how the ways we typically see and think produce relatively predictable results. There are many avenues toward discovering a spacious, free mind, natural joy, and to seeing and relating to our former, conditioned minds in “unscripted” ways. NATURAL MIND or Naked Mind In Natural Mind/ Naked Mind we learn to concentrate our attention and gently watch various aspects of bodies, minds and behavior. Doing so helps suspend our conditioned, behavior, addictions, and habits. From the experience of concentration and suspending mental habits we are able to sensitize ourselves to conditioned mind through referencing a broader, more subtle and deeper consciousness (or Naked Mind). • What is aware? • Who is reacting? • What can we change? Whatever arises in our mind while we are concentrating is acceptable. We are letting it appear without manipulating, rejecting, grasping, following or elaborating. When we concentrate we can sustain stable-awareness while remaining alert to our internal, mental displays. We are not making an effort to stop or to slow down our thoughts. We are learning to suspend interacting with thoughts, letting them be and calmly, tenderly observe the activity. NATURAL MIND Weekly Sessionsmay include analyzing the meditative process and experience. Understanding body~mind process of meditative states and practice provides us with a palette of guidelines and references to help navigate our inner experience during meditation. Wednesday Sessions include: • Sitting Postures / Breathing Techniques • Single Pointed Concentration Skills • Alert Naked Watching • Insight Perception & Awareness • Deconstruction and Analysis of the Practice • Healing Meditation (tb. Tonglen) NATURAL MIND is based on a traditional, Tibetan Buddhist practice called Shinay / Lhak Tong or Calm Abiding / Deep Seeing. It is the root of most meditation traditions, is non-theistic, non-sectarian. Similar practices called: Shamantha/Vipassana (Sanskrit), Insight, Mindfulness, Non-Dual Meditation, etc. are widely popular in the West. These ancient, relevant techniques can become the basis for spiritual discipline. MEDITATIVE SKILLS ~SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCEConcentration is essential. We will explore various skills of inner concentration during Natural Mind Practice. As thoughts, subtle or strong emotions and sensations occur, due to our skills of concentration, we may remain peacefully alert, confident and attentive. At first, its an eyes-open practice where we gently learn to concentrate on our breath, on a flower or an orb of glowing light (chakra) inside our skull. Patience and kindness toward ourselves and the learning process are essential and will be nurtured, as we develop these new techniques, “spiritual muscles,” and disciplines. Once this peaceful concentration (Shamantha or Shinay) is stabilized, meditative states may evolve. Eventually, we may watch and experience the unconscious (Vipassana or Lhak Tong) without grasping or rejecting concepts, sensations or emotional patterns, in a state of Shinay ~ calm alert abiding The NATURAL MIND Sessions are an opportunity for some to develop a foundation for meditation, while others with previous training, use it as an opportunity to practice their skills in a focused, disciplined setting. Weekly sessions include instruction, short immersive meditation exercises, group practice and discussion, creating a broad, collective, experiential palette to draw from during practice. To Confirm attendance or for more information, please write:john@mdsfilms John Halpern trained in Iyengar Yoga from 1980-83, with Maestro Radames Silvestri, in Venice, Italy. Hes studied meditation, eastern medicine and healing arts since 1978. In 1982, he began training in Tibetan Buddhist practices with His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, a Nyingma master and His colleagues, Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenchen Tsewang Dongyal. After H.H.s death, he continued his studied with H.H. Shenphen Dawa Rinpoche. Hes been a meditation instructor at Yeshe Nyingpo, the Dudjom Tersar Buddhist temple in New York, since 2009, and leads workshops in the New York region. Johns also an award winning artist and filmmaker. His film REFUGE features the Dalai Lama and other spiritual masters in an examination of Buddhisms legendary migration to the West. He writes in the Religion Section, for Huffington Post and is currently making WAKING BUDDHA, about conscious, social engagement and the meditation movement. Please invite friends. Thank you, John John Dileva Halpern Director, WAKING BUDDHA wakingbuddha/ For the first time in film: WAKING BUDDHA tells the powerful story about altruism in todays urgent advocacy for the future. The story follows the development of a vast, maturing movement, new engaged attitudes, science and its multitudes of cross-generational activists, artists and conscious engagement. Charitable Donations maybe made via BUDDHIST FILM FOUNDATION (follow the WAKING BUDDHA donate button on the site or click the MDS link below. Thank you!) MDS Productions, LLC 41 Union Square / Suite 1104 New York, N.Y. 10003 mdsfilms Mobile +917.991.9279 Swiss +41.78.912.4141 LinkedIn
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