Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

What habits and routines make us feel stable, secure, and lively?  Is it the morning cup of coffee, a walk to pick up your favorite scone, or perhaps it is a holiday tradition that is never missed - what attachments do we have to things we do on the regular?  Gregory chats about habits, identity, and clinging in this week's episode. 
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
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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

An understanding of clinging and craving can support us in the ultimate understanding: how to let go.  But why do we cling?  Where does clinging show up in our lives?  Gregory talks about the nature of clinging in this week's podcast.
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 the concept of "bare attention" so important?  What does Samadhi (concentration) mean to your practice?  Concentration is highly debated in Buddhist schools.  Why is that?  Gregory chats about the significance, the debates, and the efficacy of concentration in today's podcast.
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.

Gregory chats impermanence, and reviews some of the fundamentals of Vipassana 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.

How does doubt play a part in our lives?  What is the difference between a "hindering" doubt and a "questioning" doubt?  Gregory takes on the second part in a two-part series about doubt, and its role in Dharma 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.
 

We all experience doubt at some time.  It is so prevalent and notable, the Buddha labeled it as a "hinderance" and some have termed it "the practice killer".  But can it be used skillfully?  Gregory gives an introduction to doubt and a perspective on how we may turn it on its head and use it for insight and growth on the path.
 
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 us Live - https://www.meetup.com/wednesday-wake-up-meditation-group/
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week, Gregory discusses the interconnection of resilience, the capacity to adapt positively to change, and the ability to gain wisdom from the vicissitudes of life's circumstances.  
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 us Live - https://www.meetup.com/wednesday-wake-up-meditation-group/
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

When our hearts feel the call to change, what happens?  How can we make positive changes in spite of fear?  What does it mean to heed the call to our own personal growth?  Gregory talks about meeting Anicca (change) in ways that honor positivity for not only our selves, but those 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 us Live - https://www.meetup.com/wednesday-wake-up-meditation-group/
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.
 

What are the secrets to creating new habits?  How does a greater understanding of Anicca (change) and infusing more compassion in your goal setting create lasting, positive, productive life changes?  What does redefining your relationship to preferences have to do with progressing along the path of wisdom?  Gregory chats about the psychology of change and its spiritual ramifications in this week's episode.
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 us Live - https://www.meetup.com/wednesday-wake-up-meditation-group/
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

This week Gregory gives a primer to the first noble truth and how to apply it to grow in sensitivity to the human suffering around us.
 
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 us Live - https://www.meetup.com/wednesday-wake-up-meditation-group/
Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.