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- Howard Cohn: Everything is Here (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) You are the richest person on earth while the version of you that plays in your mind is a story of lack. Learn to see the difference between your actual experience and you mind’s stories. Believe what’s actually happening.1 hr 3 min
- Howard Cohn: 1st morning Mindfulness of Breath and Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Bringing together awareness with body and breath so that contusions for calming and stilling can occur naturally, making it easier to notice all sense experience.54 min
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- Howard Cohn: The Good News: You Are Not Who You Think You Are: You Are Beyond Description(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The power of moment to moment mindful attention to awakeness to the inherent freedom and peace of our nature1 hr 5 min
- Howard Cohn: Dipa M and the Buddha's Way To Happiness(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Mindfulness directed equally to every experience in the style of Dipa Ma opens us to shift from happiness dependent on conditions to unconditional happiness.57 min
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- Howard Cohn: Dana talk, Mark Donovan. Dharma talk, Howie Cohn: Liberation Through Letting Go(Prescott Insight Meditation)1 hr 17 min
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The more I rest in present awareness, and don't separate myself out from life, the more I appreciate the impact that I have on others. Only when I am present am I sensitive to my connection to the world, am I able to feel how important it is to be non-harming in my words and actions. When I am lost in thought, I lose that simplicity and sensitivity.
I continually point toward this secret of the present moment, for if I am really present, I don't suffer as much, I don't cause as much suffering, and I am less afraid. I may experience intense pain or pleasure, but the degree of mental suffering lessens. Practicing mindfulness de-conditions the habits that prevent me from being centered in the present. This in turn gives me a more stable awareness, which allows me to recognize my inherent peace and freedom.
It is this taste of nowness--introducing people to the living quality of the present moment and its sense of freedom--that most engages me in my teaching practice. I find no evidence of suffering, in my mind, unless I remind myself of some event that is not in the present. Suffering arises when I am lost in my imagination, reviewing the past or fearfully anticipating the future.
I feel tremendous gratitude and love for the dharma, and the practice of awareness. Knowing my mind a little better, and being less preoccupied with my internal drama, makes me more available to the suffering of others. Consequently, I am moved to give to others rather than focusing on what I can get. In spite of being more attuned to suffering, staying present allows each day to become more joyful, compelling and intereesting. My desire to run from this moment, by running after an imagined, better future, or away from a past fear, has diminished. It is present wakefulness that helps me recover my capacity to live with balance and ease in the world.