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Dharma Talks given at Big Bear Retreat Center
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2025-06-25 The Fruits of Practice - Wise Living 28:35
Kim Allen
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-25 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Thinking 49:39
Diana Clark
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-24 Neither Tarrying nor Hurrying: The Art of Allowing 43:38
Diana Clark
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Exploring how the practice of allowing offers a third way—beyond control or avoidance—into presence and insight.
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-24 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions 51:48
Kim Allen
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-23 Fashioning a Raft 44:45
Kim Allen
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-23 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of the Body 58:51
Diana Clark
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-22 Evening Reflection: Drop by Drop, and Metta 28:31
Kim Allen
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-22 The Near Shore: Meeting Dukkha with Dharma 37:20
Diana Clark
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A reflection on the discomfort of the “near shore” and how turning toward difficulties—rather than away from them—opens the path to freedom.
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-22 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing 36:45
Kim Allen
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Big Bear Retreat Center :  Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom

2025-06-06 Guided meditation: Affectionate breathing 41:30
Christiane Wolf
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Options for “warming up” mindfulness of breath practice with somatic practices and inclining to kindness
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Deep Belonging

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