Salaams and peace to everyone! My name is Fran, I am a new Mindsprings member, and a progressive Muslim living near Toronto, Canada. I am wondering if the following two topics have been addressed in a video lesson or podcast here on the Mindsprings site: (Topic One) Gender Identiy, Sexual Orientation and Sexual Expression in Buddhism; and (Topic Two) Death - is it a transition to a new experience in Buddhism? I would be grateful to learn about Buddhist teachings on these topics. Thank you and blessings! Fran

Wishing you a lovely day and a wonderful year, and a special wh.sh for Kitling 🙏🫂

I enrolled in this course and thought I would share it for those that might be interested in Gabor Mate and Richard Schwartz work. It starts or is released beginning of June. It will hopefully be interested especially with the both of them together. The course is run by the publishers Sounds True. I believe there might be a link somewhere below. Otherwise it can be found on their main page. You can try and apply for a scholarship run by the Sounds True Foundation for those in financial hardship as I did, and I was accepted due to my circumstances. Anyway info below 🙂 We would like to invite you to discover a teaching series hosted by our partner Sounds True. In the words of our friend Tami Simon, founder of Sounds True, Gabor Maté, MD, and Richard Schwartz, PhD, are "geniuses of the inner world." Each is an original thinker who trusts their own knowing. In their respective careers, practicing medicine and psychotherapy, they each followed the evidence they discovered in their clinical practice and broke new ground, even when it went against the status quo. Gabor Maté and Richard Schwartz inspire us to dig deep and stay true to what we discover. They are the type of courageous voices we need to help us turn with compassion and utter integrity toward all of our experience, and find the healing and wholeness we seek. Today we’re inviting you to enroll in their in-depth teaching series, Embracing All of You. In this new online video course, they present their respective approaches to self-discovery and healing—Compassionate Inquiry (CI) developed by Gabor Maté and Internal Family Systems (IFS) developed by Richard Schwartz—revealing what these two approaches have in common (a lot!) and, most importantly, how we can apply these approaches to the personal challenges we face. Embracing All of You: Compassionate Inquiry Meets Internal Family Systems reminds us that understanding your multifaceted mind—and making peace with all the aspects that make you who you are—is the key to lasting transformation. In six sessions, you will explore: How Richard and Gabor’s early life experiences formed their outlook and professional lives, and the clinical discoveries that underpin their approaches An overview of the IFS and CI models in two in-depth sessions where Richard and Gabor dialogue and tease apart the similarities and differences between their approaches Understanding addictive behaviors, the relationship between trauma and addiction, and how CI and IFS work with people who want to address an addictive pattern The relationship of early wounds and core beliefs to physical illnesses and disease, with a particular emphasis on using IFS and CI to address chronic diseases and autoimmune challenges How to use CI and IFS as pathways to spiritual discovery Find out more about the course and enroll today! ENROLL NOW This remarkable 6-week course has proved transformational for so many people since it was introduced last year. What kind of discovery is possible for you? With you on the journey, The SAND team & Sounds True If you have any questions please email support@soundstrue.com . Science and Nonduality (SAND) is a community inspired by timeless wisdom, informed by cutting-edge science, and grounded in personal experience. We come together in an openhearted exploration of the big questions of life to embody our interconnectedness and celebrate our humanity.

Hi gang. It's been a while since I have been in here, so I've thought to introduce myself again. My name is Becks. I'm so many things, like mum to 5, to several cats, a bunny, some fish and a blue tongue lizard who emerges from under the back step. I feel like I've done a lap or two around the sun and discovered myself much more in recent years. Look forward to getting to know folks. View of summer storms just outside my town

I'm sure many of you are aware of the amazing collection of wisdom that has accrued over the last 30 years at the Mind Life Institute. They have archived all the incredible symposia where HH the Dalai Lama and a stellar roster of neuroscientists, cosmologists and philosophers have chewed over the biggest issues of our lives: environment, consciousness, compassion and wisdom. But also the site offers an amazing free library of teaching, recordings and information for the world to access. I highly recommend the three-day sessions with HH, but make sure you have a pencil and paper. There's a lot to digest!

Hi All, Just to say that if you book for one of the online classes, and it’s UNDER 24hrs before the time of session, you will not get a reminder email on the day. However the link for the zoom class should be in the original booking g If however for any reason there’s not link or your can’t find the zoom link, if you use the app, go to my profile, and go to bookings. If you go through the website, go to the top right where you will see 3 lines. Press on your profile image and it will open up to various options including bookings. Hope this helps for those that may have asked questions around booking and zoom link 🙂

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Hi, For those booked for @alistairappleton's Holy Isle Retreat July and October, you can now book accommodation direct with Holy Isle. Link below 🙂 https://www.holyisle.org(https://www.holyisle.org)

You're very welcome to join us at 6pm UK time tomorrow (Tuesday 17th) for our annual exploration of Christmas stress and how to use meditation to mediate the worse bumps and bashes. You don't have to subscribe for this one. Just click the link at 6pm UK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87201743901

Found this short video and found it a succint yet enlightening perspective on human consciousness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE27M-FG904. "Umwelt" is a great word I'd not heard before!

Hello! I'm very happy to be joining this community, and I'm located in western Virginia on the East Coast of the US. Looking forward to Thursday's mediation!