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Talk titled: "Towards the Imaginal", given during the event "Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2018-06-25.
Topics covered: soulmaking: doubts/concerns in or about imaginal practice, middle way of the imaginal vs emptiness middle way, eternality / timelessness, samadhi, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: this series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by rob burbea and catherine mcgee. although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of soulmaking dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience 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/51523
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/35f53599b3f2b78e2f903aab2b584d64/73e13fe8/2018_0625TowardstheImaginal.pdf
Talk titled: "Towards the Imaginal", given during the event "Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2018-06-25.
Topics covered: soulmaking: doubts/concerns in or about imaginal practice, middle way of the imaginal vs emptiness middle way, eternality / timelessness, samadhi, soulmaking: aspects of the imaginal
Teacher's note on suitability: please note: this series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by rob burbea and catherine mcgee. although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of soulmaking dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience 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/51523
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/35f53599b3f2b78e2f903aab2b584d64/73e13fe8/2018_0625TowardstheImaginal.pdf
