Author: Kenley Neufeld
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Love Letter to the Earth
Dear Mother Earth, I feel you under my feet. The gravity holding me close to you. You are alive with the energy of soil, water, and minerals. I see your children all around – the birds, the snails, the flies, the hens, the coyote, the rat, the orange blossom, the trees, and the mountains. Dear…
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Me
Happiness, the End of Suffering, and Recovery Forty-six. That’s not so old – young in fact. He and I are both 46, with young children, and in a long term relationship. We both got sober very young and then maintained that sobriety for many years. Mr. Hoffman made it 23-years, and I’m about to reach…
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A Christmas Teaching on Love
It is with joy I discover myself reading about Christ’s two greatest teachings on this Christmas Eve day. The first is to love God with all our heart. If I view this absolute love in a non-dualistic way, this also means to love myself with all my heart. The second teaching is to love your…
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The Technology Horse
The Winter Retreat begins today at Plum Village and in a dharma talk earlier this week, Thich Nhat Hanh makes some very powerful statements about technology as well as giving very specific instructions to those practicing in the Winter Retreat. He uses the ancient story of a person traveling on horseback to ask the question…
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Second Four Exercises of Mindful Breathing
Breathing for Joy and Happiness: Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. This dharma talk is the second part of a four-part series on mindful breathing given by Kenley Neufeld at Lulu Bandha in Ojai, California. Original date is September 29, 2013. Our text is from the…
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The First Four Exercises of Mindful Breathing
Breathing for Joy and Happiness: Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. This dharma talk is the first part of a four-part series on mindful breathing given by Kenley Neufeld at Lulu Bandha in Ojai, California. Original date is September 22, 2013. Our text is from the…
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A Place of Refuge in Ojai
Practicing meditation together as a sangha, or community, is a transformative experience that can help you deepen your practice and nourish happiness and joy in your daily life. The sangha can be a place of refuge for all who attend. My intention as a dharma teacher is to provide a place of refuge and to…