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The Dharma of the Cosmos

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£30

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On-Demand course
1 hour 10 minutes
All levels

Description

An unexamined life is easily shaped by rigid mental labels, reactive habits, and a pervasive sense of separation and isolation. The Dharma of the Cosmos invites you to turn your gaze upwards, using stargazing to transform the way you see yourself and your relationship to the whole universe.

Through five guided outdoor stargazing sessions, this course bridges contemplative wisdom with the physical reality of the universe to help you examine your perceptions and perspectives. Each session introduces a specific philosophical insight, such as beginner's mind, impermanence, non-separation, and non-self, that builds progressively on the last. Through these night-time practices, you will learn to drop conceptual filters and cultivate spacious awareness. Through this journey, theoretical ideas transform into a lived, sensory reality, engendering a deep shift in your perception of the universe “out there” and the universe “in here”.

You will learn about:

Dropping Conceptual Filters: Apply shoshin (beginner’s mind) and asvada (savouring) to perceive sensory reality in real-time rather than through past memories or mental labels.

Shifting Perspective on Self: Experience prajna (wisdom) and sunyata (emptiness/potential) by recognizing that the physical body is composed of elements created in ancient exploding stars.

Recognising Your Inherent Wholeness: Uncover an unshakeable sense of completeness that remains untouched by passing stress or difficult emotions.

Embracing Transience without Suffering: Understand anicca (impermanence) and release tanha (grasping/desire) through the unpredictable nature of meteor showers.