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I deleted my Instagram page yesterday. Why? The Harmful Impact of Instagram Posts on Teenagers.

I deleted my Instagram page yesterday (11 October 2022) – a protest against Instagram and its apparent overall obscene indifference to permitting posts, with rare exception, to go out worldwide promoting self-hate, self-harm and suicide, especially among teenagers. …

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A Guided Meditation. Talk. Making Amends. Transformation of the Old. Atonement.

Tovana, a Dharma network in Israel, invited me to offer teachings on Yom Kippur, two major holy-days in the Jewish calendar. Tal of Tovana hosted the sessions.  I gave six 60-minute sessions, three sessions on Day of Repentance and three sessions on Day of Atonement on 3 -4 October 2022. See previous blog on Day One. Day of Repentance.

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Inquiry. Why do religions claim to offer the only way? Do I need a path to liberation?

This is the second transcription/adaption for reading of an Inquiry on an Insight Meditation retreat with myself. The person has given permission for the recording. The Inquiry sessions take place regularly on the retreats. Inquiry may last from a few minutes to 30 minutes or longer. The meditator sits beside Christopher at the front of the Dharma hall.

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Inquiry. Meditation on the Breath and Meditation with no primary object. Q and A. With Christopher

This is the  first transcription/adaption for reading of an Inquiry on an Insight Meditation retreat with myself. The person has given permission for the recording. The Inquiry sessions take place regularly on the retreats. Inquiry may last from a few minutes to 30 minutes or longer. The meditator sits beside Christopher at the front of the Dharma Hall.

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OUTLINE OF DHARMA INQUIRY ON A RESIDENTIAL RETREAT

Dharma teachings relate directly to experience and insight. The teachings do not require a religious or theoretical belief system.

This makes Dharma Inquiry an essential feature of the teachings alongside ethics, mindfulness, meditation, love, wisdom and liberation. …

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