Fearlessness In Everyday Life: A Five Week Online Course
With Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
November 7 - December 5, 2018
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.
~Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
In our lives, we often encounter subtle fear and anxiety when as we get close to the edges of our familiar territory. On the meditation path, we learn to work directly with open, groundless space beyond habitual thoughts and projections. By being open to uncertainty, we transcend hope. By looking into the nature of fear, we become fearless.
Prerequisite: At least one other Shambhala Centre course or several open houses. Please read the chapter on “Authentic Presence” in Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa.
Teacher
Soon after reading Meditation in Action, Gaylon heard the Vidyadhara teach several summer seminars in Vermont. In 1973, after giving a “particularly panic-stricken and disorganized ” open house talk, Gaylon joined Tail of the Tiger Buddhist Community (now Karme Choling) where he worked in the garden, set the tractor on fire, and took people into retreat. After attending the 1975 Vajradhatu Seminary, Gaylon taught briefly at The Naropa Institute, led a dathun at the now deceased Padma Jong, and finally returned to Karme Choling, first as a staff member in the practice and study department, and then as Executive Co-director. In…
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