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2021-01-28 Dhammavicaya - Head and Heart 47:39
  Ajahn Sucitto
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There is fundamental puñña – value – in just being human. But citta doesn’t know its value, it gets lost in dreams, worries, passions, opinions. Collect oneself where body, thought and heart come together and investigate – where does the suffering end, where does fulfillment come from? Return to the place of innate value, stability, composure and clarity.

2021-01-21 Freshen Up through Integrity and Resolution 47:44
  Ajahn Sucitto
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Being affected by hindrances is a natural hurdle in Dhamma practice. Meet them by cultivating and suffusing wholesome heart qualities through the body. Application of integrity and resolution as we practice encourages citta to grow up and learn from the difficulties.

2021-01-12 Untangling the Heart through Equanimity 44:34
  Ajahn Sucitto
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Place attention on themes that hold the mind and heart steady, using body to anchor the tangle of reactivity. Heart (citta) can then step back from phenomena and return to its own center that is knowing, equanimous, open. Investigation and handling of the somatic and emotional effects, rather than the topics, lead out of the tangle.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-11 Of Donkeys and Riptides 50:32
  Ajahn Sucitto
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When citta is collected in itself, it can begin to review the aspects of its experience that overwhelm and bind it, aspects not sensed or felt before. Train attention to go lightly, slow down, and open awareness to these unknown places. Fortify the citta with the rich energy of goodwill and recollections that warm the heart.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-10 Opening out of Reactivity 50:36
  Ajahn Sucitto
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We are encouraged to investigate the region of feeling, perception and reaction. By creating space before the reactivity, citta has the choice to go down the same path of agitation or settle back into itself. Develop citta’s capacity for this through seasoning the heart to be contented in itself.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-09 The Real World Begins in the Heart 44:01
  Ajahn Sucitto
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When we step back from the sense fields, citta can become steadied on itself. Clear meaning can come from this place of rest and ease. Then we can steer through input of the sense sphere, discern the meanings, and notice the effects in the heart and body. This is practice.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-08 Contact that Is a Release from Contact 43:20
  Ajahn Sucitto
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Liberation by wisdom comes from a healthy citta having resources to experience the range of contact and its effects. The gentle fluidity of practices like breathing and walking help soothe the agitation and fixity of contact so we can be with the feeling rather than in it. Then it can move, release, empty, cease.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-07 Unbind and Protect the Heart 42:33
  Ajahn Sucitto
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Citta’s receptive quality is both its vulnerability and strength. It has to be protected until it is strong enough to repel corrupting influences. Cultivate themes and meanings that unbind and strengthen the heart – Buddha, precepts, lovingkindness. Citta then has a place to withdraw to.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-06 Guided Meditation - The Inner Experience of Body 53:17
  Ajahn Sucitto
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What is directly here? It’s not the anatomy of the body with its individual parts. Using body and breathing as a base, tune into the inner experience of body. There’s energy there – living, vital, sensitive. Keep turning towards the calm and bright places in the heart and body.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

2021-01-06 Settling into the Buddha Domain 38:40
  Ajahn Sucitto
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Retreat is an occasion for clearing away certain inputs and intentionally placing others. Buddha – upright, clear, deeply centered. Emphasize the receptive aspect, listen deeply, linger. Gently allow awareness to become enriched by Buddha qualities, pervading body, heart mind.
Awakening Through Heart, Cittaviveka Winter Retreat 2021

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