How Our Stories Can Take on a Life of Their Own with Jeanne van Gemert

Guided Meditation and Dharma Talk

with Jeanne van Gemert

We are not simply observers of what we see and hear in the world around us. We are all wonderful storytellers in an effort to make sense of what is occurring and how it impacts us.  We enjoy stories; and sometimes our stories impact us in unintended ways.  The Buddha offered guidelines, which we’ll work with, to assist us in evaluating whether our stories lead to skillful or unskillful thinking and outcomes.

Resources:  The Honeyball Sutta:  Majjhima Nikaya #18.  Girimananda Sutta (AN 10.60).  Christina Feldman, Gaia House lecture on papañca.