Healing the Heart

Healing the Heart

By Steven WinnSociety & CultureHealth & FitnessMental HealthReligion & SpiritualitySpiritualityPhilosophy
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Healing the Heart episodes

  • How to say "No" with an open, loving Heart
    What happens when someone asks you for help? Sometimes we love to help, and willingly jump in. Other times we "clutch" inwardly and want to protect our resources - our time, our money, our attention, etc. How do we keep an open heart when we want to say "No"? We turn to our hearts and ask, "What would Love do here?"
    1 hr 31 min
  • When Tragedy Happens
    What do we do when tragedy shows up in our lives? Lester Levinson describes the goal as being imperturbable. Our Hearts want to include everything. Is it compassion to collapse in the suffering of a loved one or friend? Or a waste of energy? Consciousness or Heart? The two are so completely connected. We want them both, and finish with this conclusion: “Everything can touch me and my heart, but nothing can separate me from the Presence within.”
    1 hr 25 min
  • Shifting Your biggest Issue
    What is challenging you right now? If we could change one thing in our life right now, what would it be? Is it true that if we solved this issue, then we would be happy, or even happier? Or would another issue show up, and we would be right back where we started? Who would we be, and how would we feel, if we solved this issue? Why couldn't we just feel that way right now? When we move into our hearts, who do we become? How vast do we become? When we are vast, how tiny are our challenges?
    1 hr 16 min
  • Faith and Doubt
    Lester Levinson speaks of going to that place where we "know that we know that we know". This is a secular description of Faith - on of the Divine Qualities in the Sufi 99 Names of God. It appears that Doubt is the enemy of Faith, but in this meditation we explore how to make friends with Doubt and use Doubt to move from our Minds into our Hearts. Faith becomes the perceiving power of the Heart; the truth of our minds changes over time, while the Deep Wisdom of our Hearts is eternal.
    1 hr 26 min
  • Making Friends with Lust
    We all have lust - whether for sex, money, power, fame, food, drink, drugs, security, etc. We go to that space right between desire and action, where we can say "yes" or "no", to learn and experience that willpower is not a great way to handle lust. Far better to sit with the desire, even if only for 10 or 15 seconds, and experience that desire as energy rather than as a command to act. Lust has a deceptive premise: that "if I get this, then I'll be happy" or some other story. Happiness does not come from the objects of the world, but from letting our attachments and aversions to them go.
    1 hr 49 min
  • Who doesn't love you?
    We all have a lot of energy on this question. Maybe it is a family member, a childhood (ex) friend, an old romantic partner - or maybe it is more social, as in "They don't love me because I'm a woman, or black, or any minority, or not rich enough, or don't have the "right" background. We explore the energy behind our reactions, and heal them for more inner peace, more love.
    1 hr 41 min
  • Exploring Pain for Spiritual Growth
    In this session, Steven Winn delves into the profound nature of pain as a catalyst for spiritual expansion. Contrasting last week's discussion on acceptance, he emphasizes the importance of embracing pain and using it as a tool for personal growth. Through guided breathing exercises and mindful awareness, participants are encouraged to explore their experiences and foster a deeper connection with themselves.
    1 hr 34 min
  • Allowing the World to be Perfect, just the way it is
    Allowing the world to be perfect just the way it is ... this is not a willpower process, where we beat ourselves up until we make believe the world is perfect. This is the process of letting go of our judgments, our attachments and aversions/fears, and experience life in the state of Acceptance. It happens a little bit at a time, and then all at once. Listen and discover how natural this process is.
    1 hr 47 min
  • Loving our Bodies
    What do you like about your body? What don't you like about your body? What can't your body do anymore? What shouldn't your body be doing? In this meditation we move from judging our body to loving our body, and allowing our bodies to be our best friends and allies. Who would you be if you unconditionally loved your body?
    1 hr 52 min
  • Exploring Tolerance: Apathy and Acceptance
    In this session, Steven Winn delves into the concept of tolerance, distinguishing between unconscious tolerance stemming from apathy and conscious tolerance rooted in love and acceptance. He invites participants to explore how these different forms of tolerance impact our relationships and emotional well-being. Through personal anecdotes and audience contributions, the discussion aims to foster deeper understanding and compassion in our interactions.
    1 hr 22 min

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