The Most Precious Thing In Our Lives

Expand and explore your own experience of breathing by finding certain paired qualities in the inhalation and exhalation. Establish a healthy state of mind, and then establish selflessness. Find the precious character of your breath, and use that to build compassion....

Building a Noting Practice

Notice your body sensations. Practice bringing back the wandering mind and building equanimity. Develop your meditation techniques by making them more or less complicated. Complete this guidance by listening to the associated Dharma Talk. This guidance was given on...

Relinquish, Rejoice, Respire

In this guided meditation, we purify our minds by attending to the compassion in our thoughts, and paying careful attention to the sensations associated with breathing. Complete this guidance by listening to the associated Dharma Talk. This guidance was given on...

The Story of Breath

In this evening’s guided meditation, Daniel Thorson, a CML resident, first asks us to fill our bodies with awareness. We then focus on our breath, noticing when we are pulled into story. Lastly, we practice a noting exercise where we allow our attention to wander...

The Self Destructing Story

In this evening’s talk, Daniel Thorson, a CML resident, discusses the theme of stories. Daniel begins by saying that he spent much of his life seeking stories that would give him ultimate meaning and explanation (social theories, philosophies, etc.) but that he soon...