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Talk titled: "On Practising with Images (Q & A)", given during the event "Roots into the Ground of Soul". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2019-03-26.
Topics covered: soulmaking: self becoming imaginal, re-enchanting self, art and soul, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal, images: iconic/poetic versus narrative images, soulmaking: form of image fading, essence remaining, images: love in and from images, emotions / mind states: shame or unworthiness, soulmaking: care in working with imaginal figures of actual people, soulmaking: doubts/concerns in or about imaginal practice, soulmaking: dark gods (the weird, dark, pathological, sexual, etc.), soulmaking: vertical spectrum / imaginal concertina
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: the talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by catherine mcgee and rob burbea, for practitioners already familiar with soulmaking dharma. the teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/58613
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/eb51adad1b458332d7c9531fc2d510df/00ac75fd/2019_0326OnPractisingwithImagesQandA.pdf
Talk titled: "On Practising with Images (Q & A)", given during the event "Roots into the Ground of Soul". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2019-03-26.
Topics covered: soulmaking: self becoming imaginal, re-enchanting self, art and soul, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal, images: iconic/poetic versus narrative images, soulmaking: form of image fading, essence remaining, images: love in and from images, emotions / mind states: shame or unworthiness, soulmaking: care in working with imaginal figures of actual people, soulmaking: doubts/concerns in or about imaginal practice, soulmaking: dark gods (the weird, dark, pathological, sexual, etc.), soulmaking: vertical spectrum / imaginal concertina
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: the talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by catherine mcgee and rob burbea, for practitioners already familiar with soulmaking dharma. the teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/58613
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/eb51adad1b458332d7c9531fc2d510df/00ac75fd/2019_0326OnPractisingwithImagesQandA.pdf
