Audio: Stew Glick 2004
The following talks by Stew Glick are available on both CD and audio tape.
January 2004 Weekend Program
| Jan. 10 |
- We're so manipulated by our fears."
- The difference between a concern that leads to action, and the endless worry-loop.
- Seeing when help is not necessary - recognizing the "me" in there.
- "I'm afraid because I don't know" - is this fear truly free of knowing?
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| Jan. 11 |
- Changing weather, moods, jobs... is there something that doesn't change?
- Is there a controller? Or only the wiring to seek this and avoid that?
- And something which can short-circuit that conditioning, making space.
- Creating stories around one's talents, aptitudes. Are these talents mine?
- I'm not sure I can say what brings presence. Either it's here, or ideas are.
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April 2004 Retreat
| Day 2 |
- Does "samsara equal nirvana?" Doesn't an ideal, nirvana, add to the suffering?
- What creates suffering?
- When the energy is here, there's no one here to be hurt.
- Is that our salvation, being here, not knowing what the next moment will bring?
- Being that stillness which isn't separate from birdsong, motor hum... just that.
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May 2004 Retreat
| Day 1 |
- Is there a chooser?
- Does the notion of choice arise from thinking rather than looking directly?
- To sit back quietly with all the factors of a decision, as many as reveal themselves.
- Decision-making energy tends away from discomfort, toward what seems pleasing.
- When self-centered motives are clearly seen, energy may move in less harmful ways.
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| Day 2 |
- Is it possible to listen so completely - senses open, undivided - that it's all here?
- There's nothing magical about a moment's presence.
- It happens for all of us when wanting and fearing are quiet.
- Fear coming into view as we sink into silence.
- To listen so fully that "me" and "fear" are not two.
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| Day 3 |
- Do we fulfill responsibilities through the image of being a responsible person?
- Or because we see the consequences? Or just to do it! It's there.
- Another's concern is my concern - there's just no me and you.
- Guilt.
- Is it possible for one moment to just listen to someone with whom you have history?
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| Day 4 |
- "How do I know I'm seeing clearly?"
- Is there the immediacy of listening, or is there the slightest veil of "I know that?"
- A body-mind learning, mechanicalness slows down, energy stays here;
- Self-condemnation lessens, too, since one sees where that narrow tunnel leads.
- How to avoid covering up a child's openness?
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September 2004 Retreat
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- Wondering before the talk: how much thinking does there need to be ahead of time?
- What motivates us? To impress or better someone? To share this love and beauty?
- A loving awareness, no judgment.
- Clarity - feet on the floor, breathing, with no division, no "me" in the middle.
- What about this love? Usually we just speak of what obstructs it - self-concern.
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