Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

This week we explore the relationship between individual liberation and cultural transcendence. We discuss this dilemma from several perspectives: What exactly is the relationship between personal awakening and the awakening of those around us? How do we strike a balance between working on our own freedom and serving those in need? And, is awakening truly a gift to others? 
 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

In this week's episode we explore how to successfully balance our practice between meditation time on the cushion and engaged activity in the world. Specifically we frame this discussion in light of the Buddhist idea of skillful effort, beginner's mind and the universal question of how we determine our ethical responsibility to other human beings as we grow in our own inner liberation. 
 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

What personal, spiritual and psychological change can we expect from meditation practice and how long will it take to get there?  Is the Dharma designed to heal things like acute trauma, formal mental health conditions and systemic suffering? What is the difference between Dharma and therapy and is it helpful to use both? In this week's episode we discuss several frameworks for understanding the promises and limits of the Dharma.  
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

Why is it that mindfulness practice and spiritual development can be so challenging? What is it about the human heart-mind that makes giving up harmful habits so difficult. Why is it that we struggle to let go of unhealthy relationships and harmful ways of being even when we know they are not good for us? This week we explore the foundational nature of human behavior in order to gain the wisdom necessary to begin our journey out of suffering and into the light of awakening. 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week we go through several practical exercises and guided meditations around labeling sensations and emotions as they arise, we take a look at sense door perception, we revisit verbal fabrication, and chat about the benefits of cultivating curiosity in your meditation practice.
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

When the Buddha reflected on his awakening, he recalled the ability to use mindfulness to notice when his thinking was imbued with sensuality, ill-will, anger, hatred, and cruelty.  Conversely, he was able to discern when his thoughts were imbued with the heart-mind qualities of letting go, good will and harmlessness. In this episode, we explore the positive and negative impacts of our inner dialogue and 3 meditation practices to decrease negative self-talk and increase loving self-reflection. 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This is a guided meditation on bodily fabrication.
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week we explore how the heart-mind unconsciously creates a sense of self through the interaction between awareness, body posture, breath, and energy movement. We then practice how to engage in the Buddhist practice of Bodily Fabrication to gain insight into how we can use body awareness for healing, self-compassion and release from stress and discontent. 
 
This talk includes a guided meditation on how to practice Bodily Fabrication.
 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week we discuss the incredible creative power of the heart-mind to bring together the raw material of the present moment in order to give us a sense of self, a sense of the world, and the feeling of becoming. The Buddha refers to this creative act as fabrication or Sankhara. One of the primary goals of insight meditation is to gain a deeper understanding of this creative process so we can un-fabricate suffering and fabricate a sense of ease and well-being in our lives. In this episode we explore why this concept of Sankhara is so important and how we can use the heart-mind qualities of Mindfulness, Equanimity and Investigation to establish the foundation for freedom in our lives. 
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
Join Wednesday Wake-Up Recording Live!  Register HERE
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week we explore one of the most important distinctions between these two practices- what is the balance between Engagement and Equanimity? How do we know when to bring a calm, equanimous, non-reactive mind to the present moment versus a mind that curiously engages present moment reality to gain deeper wisdom? Understanding how to approach these two heart-mind qualities is one of the keys to deeper meditation practice.  
ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF
Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.
If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE
Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma
To learn about retreats, news, and classes first, CLICK HERE to keep in touch and get on the Wednesday Wake-Up mailing list.  
Join Wednesday Wake-Up Recording Live!  Register HERE
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.