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Compassionate presence meditation

This meditation involves paying attention to how we are in our mind and body, and goes further into the experience of our heart. An opportunity to turn to our source of compassion with imagery, energy and love. Also with light instrumental music to accompany to us.

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Seeing our beauty (meditation)

An invitation to recall a recent situation when we saw our beauty and goodness through the eyes of another person. It includes paying attention to the stirrings in our hearts and using loving words to express what the person saw in us. Note: It’s best to let the scene gently emerge in our mind’s eye.

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Cube meditation

“Once wandering thoughts are totally abandoned, magical displays are no other than that.” – Machig Labdron (1055-1149)

Sometimes we find that a nagging thought or heavy feeling overwhelms us. We see the thought or feeling as our only experience, as if nothing else exists, and it makes life very difficult. Using the image of a cube with its different faces or sides, this is a chance to take a step back and look at our inner experience from multiple perspectives.

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Zen lessons for living

I share three lessons from a recent Zen retreat (25 to 30 August 2022) with Roshi Robert Kennedy SJ at the Dominican Retreat Centre in Dublin. They include looking at our inner experience from a three-dimensional (3D) perspective and tuning into the primary elements of fire, air, water and earth. Click on the link below to watch the video ».

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