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Talk titled: "Soulful Movement and Elements of the Imaginal (6 - 10)", given during the event "Tending the Holy Fire". Held at Colehayes Park, Devon on 2018-02-05.
Topics covered: soulmaking: movement, mudras, and voice, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal, soulmaking: purpose of teachings on aspects of the imaginal, soulmaking: dark gods (the weird, dark, pathological, sexual, etc.), soulmaking: how trust and distrust color images, mindfulness, unfabricating, skillful fabrication, critique: the practice of 'being with' or 'bare attention', emptiness: dualistic view of fabricated vs the unfabricated
Teacher's note on suitability: the talks and exercises from this 'tending the holy fire' retreat are intended for experienced practitioners who already have a working familiarity with this particular soulmaking paradigm, as outlined, for example, in the following retreats: 'the path of the imaginal (longer course)'; 're-enchanting the cosmos: the poetry of perception'; and 'of hermits and lovers: the alchemy of desire'. integrating that previous material and also taking the talks in this new set in their intended order will, for most, support a better and fuller understanding of the teachings from this course. without this practice and knowledge base, the material from this retreat may be confusing and unhelpful.
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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/50514
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/1934de3c3562b7c50b2467bafbc385a0/931f2d09/2018_0205SoulfulMovementandElementsoftheImaginal6-10.pdf
Talk titled: "Soulful Movement and Elements of the Imaginal (6 - 10)", given during the event "Tending the Holy Fire". Held at Colehayes Park, Devon on 2018-02-05.
Topics covered: soulmaking: movement, mudras, and voice, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal, soulmaking: purpose of teachings on aspects of the imaginal, soulmaking: dark gods (the weird, dark, pathological, sexual, etc.), soulmaking: how trust and distrust color images, mindfulness, unfabricating, skillful fabrication, critique: the practice of 'being with' or 'bare attention', emptiness: dualistic view of fabricated vs the unfabricated
Teacher's note on suitability: the talks and exercises from this 'tending the holy fire' retreat are intended for experienced practitioners who already have a working familiarity with this particular soulmaking paradigm, as outlined, for example, in the following retreats: 'the path of the imaginal (longer course)'; 're-enchanting the cosmos: the poetry of perception'; and 'of hermits and lovers: the alchemy of desire'. integrating that previous material and also taking the talks in this new set in their intended order will, for most, support a better and fuller understanding of the teachings from this course. without this practice and knowledge base, the material from this retreat may be confusing and unhelpful.
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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/50514
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/1934de3c3562b7c50b2467bafbc385a0/931f2d09/2018_0205SoulfulMovementandElementsoftheImaginal6-10.pdf
