Shell Fischer - Mindful Shenandoah Valley
Shell Fischer - Mindful Shenandoah Valley
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The Buddha on Relationships: Medicine or Poison?
The Buddha insisted that our relationships make up the “whole” of our spiritual life, and and urged us to use our mindfulness practice to become more aware of who we’re choosing to associate with in order to assure our sense of peace and well-being. Happily, his teachings offer us numerous ways that we can use our meditation practice to better discern whether our relationships are offering us poison (or, something that makes us feel bad), or medicine. This talk explores how we can tap into our wise bodies and hearts to help us make these important decisions. It includes a meditation at the end.
To learn more about Shell and her teachings and retreats, visit www.mindfulvalley.com
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Put Your Heart Into It Again: The Buddha on Determination
Переглядів 367Місяць тому
As opposed to the act of “striving,” which involves a kind of unhealthy or stressful clinging to some sort of expectation, and typically arises from our more self-centered mind, or ego - the quality of aditthana (or determination, in the Pali language) almost always arises from the heart, as in, from our heart’s desire. And because our heart is just naturally wise and compassionate, if we commi...
Do No Harm/Take No Sh*t: A Buddhist Lesson on Boundaries
Переглядів 3472 місяці тому
Whenever we perceive that some sort of harm is being done - either by another person, people, or even on a more national or global level - how can we best confront this without nurturing aversion in our own hearts, or letting it consume us in some way? This talk explores the Buddha’s teachings on how we can use our meditation practice to help us to say “no” or maybe “that’s enough” without doin...
What Would Buddha Do? Taking Refuge in the Beloved
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This talk addresses the question: How can we flow between all the different roles, hats, or identities that we place on ourselves every day, and that kind, wise, compassionate presence within us that is actually free of those often-limiting identities, or beliefs about who we think we “should” be? The answer involves using our meditation practice to examine how we can begin to loosen our strong...
Dharma Talk: It Takes A Long Time To Grow Young: Nurturing Contentment
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Right before the Buddha’s enlightenment, a single memory from his childhood apparently not only led him to nirvana, but to the profound teachings of the Middle Way - the whole thing. Essentially, what he remembered was what contentment (or passaddhi) had felt like to him, at age 8. This talk explores how the Buddha was led to this understanding, along with some of his teachings on how we can tr...
How To Work With Fear & Grief Pause
Переглядів 966 місяців тому
The Buddhist teachings are continually calling our attention to the truth of what is called annica, or impermanence, because essentially, it’s exactly what we tend to struggle with, in the form of both the fear of uncertainty, and the grief that comes with change. But instead of trying to avoid our fear and grief - which is our natural tendency - the teachings are asking us to instead pause, an...
Buddha: "It's All Yours" - Working With Disrespect & Insult
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As the Buddha’s teachings remind us over and over, even though it’s difficult, we never want to let another person’s anger, disrespect, or cruelty harden our own hearts. Instead, we want our meditation practice to serve as a kind of guard for our hearts - a strong shield that can protect us against the power that other people’s disrespect can often have over us. This talk explores how we can de...
EMPTY OF EXPECTATION: Exploring "Beginner's Mind" - Dharma Talk, Shell Fischer
Переглядів 948 місяців тому
While the Buddha assured us that it’s healthy for us to be aware of all our different intentions, he also suggested that once we’ve planted the seeds of our plans, our practice becomes surrendering to any determined outcome whatsoever - to truly let go, of all of it. This talk on Shoshin, or “Beginner’s Mind,” is aimed at helping us to let go more and more often by inviting us to see all things...
Content in the Center: Exploring the Buddha's Middle Way
Переглядів 919 місяців тому
When we practice what the Buddha called The Middle Way, we start to realize with more clarity that contentment resides at the center of our wanting and not wanting, our indulgence or deprivation. We learn that nothing is really happy or unhappy in and of itself - no thing, person, or situation, and that our joy or sorrow depends entirely on how we are relating to our experience. This talk explo...
The Sacred Healing of Noble Silence
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In order for us to practice meditation well, we need to learn how to create and then dwell in a quality the Buddha called Noble Silence - something that is precious and multi-faceted, like a jewel, and not simply about being quiet. This new talk from Shell explores all the many reasons why it’s necessary and essential for us, along with offering practices that can help us to experience it more ...
What Am I 'Really' Offering Myself and Others? An Exploration of Dana - Dharma Talk, Shell Fischer
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In the Buddhist teachings, the practice of dana (or generosity) is considered the number one heart quality that we are urged to cultivate, in order to discover more joy, and less suffering in our lives. This new talk from Shell explores how we can use our mindfulness practice to become more kind and generous not only to others, but also to ourselves, by honestly revealing and investigating all ...
What You Resist, Persists: Working With Aversion - Dharma Talk, Shell Fischer
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As the Buddha tells us, rejecting, avoiding, or pushing away the reality of the moment - which might be unpleasant - is one of the main ways that we create suffering (or dukkha) not only for ourselves, but also for others. In the Pali language, this quality of resistance or aversion is called dosa. And because it tends to cause so much unnecessary pain and stress in our lives, the teachings urg...
Is Meditation Selfish? Dharma Talk - Shell Fischer
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Most of us tend to grapple with what is considered an ancient human torment: the challenge of trying to balance a need for self-care, along with a strong sense of feeling responsible for helping others, and the world in general - a particular push and pull that can often be so painful. Happily the Buddha was also aware of this struggle, 2600 years ago, and offered us some very sage advice about...
Do You Know Your Frenemies? Dharma Talk - Shell Fischer
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In the Buddhist teachings, the Buddha urged us to very consciously be on the lookout for harmful qualities he called “The Near Enemies,” - qualities that all “pretend” to be the heart-qualities of kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity, or, The Divine Abodes, considered the highest, most beneficial emotions in the Buddhist teachings. In this talk, Shell explores how we can use our...
The Most Important Meditation: Patience
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The Buddha was once asked “what is the most important thing for us to practice?” And his answer was simple: patience (or khanti, in Pali). Happily, this vital quality is something we can learn to apply to absolutely everything we struggle with in our lives - every person, situation, and even ourselves - in order to become much more peaceful, self-controlled, compassionate, and undisturbed by li...
Maybe So, Maybe Not, We'll See: Riding The 8 Worldly Winds - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
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Maybe So, Maybe Not, We'll See: Riding The 8 Worldly Winds - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
Where Do You Find Your True Home? Shell Fischer - Dharma Talk
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Where Do You Find Your True Home? Shell Fischer - Dharma Talk
A More Joyful, Contented Heart - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
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A More Joyful, Contented Heart - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
No Mud, No Lotus: Exploring Our Suffering - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
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No Mud, No Lotus: Exploring Our Suffering - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
What Would Buddha Say? Exploring Wise Speech - Dharma Talk, Shell Fischer
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What Would Buddha Say? Exploring Wise Speech - Dharma Talk, Shell Fischer
Can You Apologize? A Mindful Inquiry - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
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Can You Apologize? A Mindful Inquiry - Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
Shell Fischer Dharma Talk: Buddha - What's NOT Wrong?
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Shell Fischer Dharma Talk: Buddha - What's NOT Wrong?
Buddha: 5 Ways to Let Go
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Buddha: 5 Ways to Let Go
Shell Fischer - Dharma Talk: Don't Believe Everything You Think
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Shell Fischer - Dharma Talk: Don't Believe Everything You Think
Don't "Should All Over Yourself" - Meditation Practices for Self-Compassion
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Don't "Should All Over Yourself" - Meditation Practices for Self-Compassion
BUDDHA: You Are Worthy; You Belong
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BUDDHA: You Are Worthy; You Belong
Trust The Unfolding - Insight Teacher Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
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Trust The Unfolding - Insight Teacher Shell Fischer, Dharma Talk
Buddha: What's Your Sense of Worthiness?
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Buddha: What's Your Sense of Worthiness?
The Cooling Touch of Tranquility - Insight Meditation Teacher Shell Fischer
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The Cooling Touch of Tranquility - Insight Meditation Teacher Shell Fischer
"Strive On With Diligence: Practices to Help Keep Us Going" - With Insight Teacher Shell Fischer
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"Strive On With Diligence: Practices to Help Keep Us Going" - With Insight Teacher Shell Fischer

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @LatinForPoem302
    @LatinForPoem302 7 місяців тому

    Thank you 🙏🏼💐

  • @lizafield9002
    @lizafield9002 11 місяців тому

    This was great! Thank you from us down around Camp Bethel in Botetourt, VA.

  • @jom.a.md.s.h.2206
    @jom.a.md.s.h.2206 Рік тому

    Namo Buddhaya, many thanks 🙏🙏🙏

  • @tombest6283
    @tombest6283 Рік тому

    So grateful for this topic and Shell's emphasis on self gentleness, I thank her so much for her wise teaching that has helped me so much in my need to come back to the present moment. Because of my codependent nature and physical battles with ADHD further studies in the area of patience have led me to the counter-cultural concept of delayed gratification. Although any kind of desire and as Shell has warned me that my "goal setting" is antithetical to Vipassana, delayed gratification does not have to be the result of a permanent idea generated by the non-existing self. Delayed gratification can simply be the reward for patience that is not presupposed or planned. For me delayed gratification is what happens every time I see the beauty of the universe unfold in its own way rather than interfere (how I wish this word was spelled interfear...). It is why I study, invest my resources and love people I care about. It is the motivating factor behind how I learn and how I grow. For someone like me it is how I live since I am driven to distraction and haunted by an irrational care of what others think. Without Shell's teaching I would never have been able to "see" what's going on inside so I could come to the truth that I need the motivation of delayed gratification so I can stay in the present moment and let the future unfold as it may in its own time.

  • @donquixote7249
    @donquixote7249 Рік тому

    Thank you! I have read many descriptions from monks, nuns, priests, mindfulness trainers and others about this factor of awakening, and this is the best explanation I have ever read. I love all of your videos.

  • @ShellFischer
    @ShellFischer Рік тому

    Sincere apologies for the extra bell in the middle of the talk :)

  • @tombest6283
    @tombest6283 Рік тому

    I remember the first time I heard you speak I was surprised you weren't recording...now look at you!

  • @freddyjimenez5939
    @freddyjimenez5939 Рік тому

    Thanks very much. Beautiful.

  • @TheLouisamite
    @TheLouisamite Рік тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, ,I'm so glad I found this channel

  • @briansteppacher4174
    @briansteppacher4174 2 роки тому

    Practice. Practice. Practice. So simple. So hard. Lazy... Don't try so hard. When all is in order, there is fufilment. Peace

  • @briansteppacher4174
    @briansteppacher4174 2 роки тому

    Know yourself and to your own self be true. (I leave it up to you.)

  • @tombest6283
    @tombest6283 2 роки тому

    So shocked! After all the "no striving" lessons...delighted!!

  • @briansteppacher4174
    @briansteppacher4174 2 роки тому

    Ludwig Von Beethoven was deaf by the time he compsed his 9th Symphony. You see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear.

  • @briansteppacher4174
    @briansteppacher4174 2 роки тому

    Who's to know what will come next? Take heart__ we go together.

  • @briansteppacher4174
    @briansteppacher4174 2 роки тому

    Shell presents this talk in a human and truthful way, filled with compassion, wisdom and insight. Being one prone to irrational outbursts from time to time (I am calmng down) I have a better understanding of what lies out of sight in my mind. Naming the problem is the first step to solving it.Thank you.

  • @tombest6283
    @tombest6283 2 роки тому

    Wonderful! My favorite is the Humility prayer where I ask for the grace not to desire to be loved, recognized, and striving.

  • @tombest6283
    @tombest6283 2 роки тому

    Scariest place for me is on stage. My band and I will be performing Nov. 15 at the Blue Fox at 9pm. Sure hope you and Brent can make it. To me the most important thing is relationships.....the only thing we take with us. Leaving for Indiana tomorrow to play golf with my brother. Tell Brent we always walk. Jim (my brother) says, "If you don't walk it's not a sport".

  • @leoblyth2879
    @leoblyth2879 3 роки тому

    Thank you once again, SO much of great value and insight here.

  • @the5thhouse_
    @the5thhouse_ 3 роки тому

    This is awesome.. Thank you so much. 🤲🏼📿

  • @genovevakoppenol7964
    @genovevakoppenol7964 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much, It's so wonderful to listen your teachings. I listened several of them. Your teaching in this recording is on sadness. So, I have a question, how do I deal with the sadness that comes from a wrong doing to someone, and as a result this person suffers?

  • @megc1507
    @megc1507 4 роки тому

    Beautiful Thank you 🙏🏿✨💖✨🌷

  • @brunoivanamadori1571
    @brunoivanamadori1571 4 роки тому

    I was expecting this new episode. Thank you.

  • @brunoivanamadori1571
    @brunoivanamadori1571 4 роки тому

    Loving those talks. Discovered them on Spotify. Learning a lot!

    • @ShellFischer
      @ShellFischer 4 роки тому

      Bruno, so glad you are enjoying these; thank you for letting me know! :)

  • @h.m.3-L
    @h.m.3-L 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for this timely Dhamma. I have three visitors in the ‘complaining’ category. The best I can do is relax physically, practice patience, compassion, empathy and compassion.

  • @h.m.3-L
    @h.m.3-L 4 роки тому

    Thank you,this is a very clear, practical and poetic explanation of meditation.