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Day Retreat: Balancing Compassion and Equanimity
Compassion is a way of being with the suffering that we encounter in the world but this circle of compassion cannot exclude ourselves. The qualities of kindness and compassion must be balanced with wisdom and insight into equanimity and emptiness. Equanimity is a heartfelt understanding of the nature of the world and our own hearts, a place of acceptance of the nature of life and the compassion and kindness that naturally arises from the insight into our true nature. At the heart of the teaching of 'emptiness' is the kind of compassion that emerges naturally from insight into the reality of oneness or non-separation. This day will explore how we can practically integrate compassion and equanimity so that we are able to meet the suffering within and without from a place of wellbeing and groundeness.
Meet the instructor
Paul McNamee
Paul is a psychology lecturer, curriculum designer and mindfulness course facilitator. He has worked on the design and delivery of mindfulness and wellbeing courses for a number of years and co-authored ‘The Mindful Heart’ a resource book for teachers introducing mindfulness in the classroom. He is passionate about how an understanding of mindfulness and traditional insight meditation practices can give us a deeper sense of connection and oneness with nature. He believes that in this process both our sense of isolation and mental suffering can be relieved as well as helping to inspire action that heals our connection with the earth.
Patrick Jones - Course author
