Published in Fair Observer: Spike Jonze movie Her poses questions about the nature of love and sex in the age of technology. The Movie “Her” & The Challenge of Intimacy in the Postmodern World The movie Her is going to be talked about for a long time in those circles that track the contours of cultural change. Heady, with multiple currents … Read More
Guided Meditation Surrender & Rejuvenation
Guided Meditation – Surrender & Rejuvenation What’s the relationship between surrender and rejuvenation? How can holding the desire to explore spiritual joy, stillness, and letting go illuminate new insights in meditation? Enjoy this 60 minute guided meditation with Amy Edelstein from Waverly Street Reading Library’s monthly practice. This is an intermediate level meditation. Download here: http://bit.ly/MedSurr or stream: Click … Read More
The Movie “Her” & The Challenge of Intimacy in the Postmodern World
Guided Meditation Compassion & No Self
This 20 minute exploration of the relationship between the deep meditative experience of No Self or Emptiness and the cultivation of Compassion or the capacity to extend oneself to others was conducted on a 4 day meditation retreat at the Waverly Street Reading Library in Philadelphia. This is an intermediate level exploration and is suited for contemplation. … Read More
Guided Meditation: A Column of Energy
Meditate-to-Educate: Support Developmental Education in Guatemala
I consider myself privileged to be partnering with the Integral Heart Foundation and invite you to join this powerfully transformative endeavor in one of three ways. I am traveling to Guatemala to teach the older students of this innovative and future-oriented education project and to lead this 12-hour meditation marathon. The goal? Raising $75,000 to support whole student education. on for … Read More
No Independent Existence
An exclusive interview with H.H. the Dalai Lama. If you had the opportunity to interview anyone alive today to learn what the heart of the Buddha’s teaching of enlightenment truly is, it would most likely be to the monk Tenzin Gyatso that you would turn. And so began a string of faxes and phone calls to the mountain enclave of … Read More