Dear Downtown Dharma Community,
I'm very happy to be returning to lead the sangha this Sunday, September 28 from 7-8:30pm.
With a gentle sense of humor, I'm calling this evening From Cringe to Liberation: Using Your Interpersonal Hangups as a Path to Insight.
Buddhism teaches that our everyday suffering is rooted in a mistaken perception that we are some kind of "fixed self." Nowhere does this fixed self become more obvious than in the interpersonal realm. Our experience of reality is often profoundly shaped by the habitual ways we see ourselves and others -- and everyone's conditioning is different. In Western psychological terms, we might call this our "attachment stuff;" in Buddhist terms, we might call these samskaras. When we experience anxiety, awkwardness, cringe, and "ick", it can be a beautiful opportunity for insight into these fixed patterns of perception.
The meditation, talk, and participatory exercises will draw from my experience as a Circling leader and a student of Buddhism. I hope it will be a fun and insightful evening that helps you illuminate playful ways to shift your conditioned habits of perceiving and relating!
See you then,
Dechen // Ellen
- In-person at Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC (please arrive 5-10 minutes early)
- Online via Zoom — https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09
https://www.downtowndharmadc.org/
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