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Dharma Monday

Developing emotional wisdom: opening the heart to reality

Sometimes we pay a high price for caring deeply for others and the world, losing ourselves in nihilistic despair. Emotional wisdom is the capacity to care without getting stuck in painful dead ends. It enables us to feel compassion even if we cannot directly help. And if we start going down the emotional gurgler it helps us tune into the beauty, love and strength in ourselves and others.

Over six weeks we will be exploring how to become more loving, more compassionate and more emotionally flexible. We will be exploring how to care so deeply that we can open to the very heart of reality.

Upekkha, opening to the heart of reality
Upekkha is one of the four brahmaviharas which are purifying mental states capable of counteracting greed, aversion and ignorance. To practice true upekkha is to be unwavering or to stay neutral in the face of the eight worldly winds which are gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and infamy, and praise and blame. Guhyasiddhi will be talking about Upekkha on this evening.

The format of these Monday evenings will be different from usual with about 40 minutes of discussion, a short break and then the meditation session when we will be practicing the metta bhavana in new ways. We will end the evening by around 8.40pm.

Dharma night is suitable for those who would like to learn more about Buddhism. It is also a popular night for regular friends to drop in and practice together. If you are a beginner but can't get to/or have just started one of our meditation classes, you are still welcome to come and join in.

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