Co-founder,
Gaia House
Christina Feldman has been a practitioner of contemplative pathways for more than fifty years. She is the author of numerous books, the latest being Mindfulness – Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology. She has been leading contemplative retreats for more than forty years and has been on the faculty teaching the masters course in MBCT at Exeter University and a regular teacher on the same programme at Nijmegin university in Holland, a co-founder of Gaia House, a retreat centre in the U.K., a co-founder of Bodhi College dedicated to the study of early Buddhist teaching and a guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in the U.S.
Changing Our Mind, Changing Our World
Transformation is a process that can be consciously cultivated. The early traditions of mindfulness use the word world in two ways – the world of conditions we are all find ourselves in and impacted by, and the world of inner experience that in turn impacts the world of conditions. These two worlds are always interconnected but not always interdependent. Transformation rests upon cultivating the conditions that incline the mind and the world toward a greater wakefulness, compassion and understanding. In this presentation i would like to reflect upon some of the qualities that can be cultivated inwardly that are effective in bringing about skillful and liberating change.
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