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Nov 102 min read

canto ostinato meanders into godot

The first dhamma talk Hamid gives invites us ‘to become intimate with our own mind’. This invitation shapes this retreat for me. The word...

Nov 75 min read

resistance

Coming out of the world of doing, it felt quite intense to go into being. It's strange to see how something I really want - going to the...

Nov 34 min read

stepping into the unknown

As pointed out in the retreat there is an immense source of distractions as never before in the history of humankind. I’m sitting in an...

Nov 34 min read

embracing impermanence: a journey from ancestral wounds to personal transformation

All reflections have a beginning, yet I am unsure where to start. How far back in time should I go for you to understand my current...

Oct 202 min read

through all colors of fall the dharma speaks

We are at Karuna Center, in Monchique, Portugal, starting our Autumn 8-day silent retreat. When we sit together in silence, what...