Shaila Catherine

Excellent!

Excellent talk/teaching and delivery as well. Thank you so much 🙏☸️

Along as there is an I, there is work to be done. Loved that. Also, when you said this is India, I thought about the horrid condition of the USA today and thought if I could only keep that in mind while working for social justice as Thay taught, I would be closer to the Oneness I seek by experience and not just by intellectual knowing. Thank you.

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🙏🏼🙏🏼🕊️🕊️ Deep bows to this teacher!

Excellent 🙏

This isn’t so much a guided meditation as it is a talk with a practice toward the end. BUT the talk and the silences and the journal question afterward raised some valuable insight into my own tendency to cling to my own sense of self importance, that I have wisdom and knowledge that others need. I do, I suppose, but I spend waaaay too much time lost in scenarios in which I am imparting that wisdom and knowledge. I decided to name that aspect of myself “the Great and Venerable Mrs. F” (my last name begins with F and I was a teacher for 30 years). I realized as I was listening that Beginner’s Mind is far more enjoyable, curiosity is way more pleasant than knowing and struggling so often (in my mind) to find just the right words to save so-and-so from their own ignorance. How cringey I realize the Great and Venerable Mrs. F is! I have to chuckle when I name her. Thanks for the talk! It was just what I needed to hear today.

An excellent contemplation on how clinging creates suffering. Indeed, it is ok for all things to end. Thank you so much.