GWV Summer 2012 wilderness meditation retreats

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The Value of the Long Meditation Sit
GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat
August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQTFIouj0mU

Walking Meditation that leads to jhana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzN_ceUh_9Q

We get out of meditation what we put into it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9oKkfVQoI

Bliss Bunnies and Jhana Junkies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9UjSfUB3Q

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This week's video from the GWV Summer 2012 wilderness meditation retreat
Stilling of the mind exposes underlying emotions, a dialog Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olRgRkxw_nA

Saturation in the Charisms, A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkMqMzZZCS8

Jhana and the use of a Meditation Object
Jhana and the use of a Meditation Object to traverse the 8 stages of samadhi. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5s5FNK6jX0

Kundalini and chakras
The religious experience is not the possession of a people or religion. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEGrMcdikIw

Kundalini, chakras, the spiritual crisis and letting go
There are shades of gray in the religious experience. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA7ph1uSons

We can all be messiahs, christs, buddhas, avatars on this bus
Enriching the Religious Experience
If we do not Enrich the Religious Experience, then it is just a bunch of tingles and weird sounds. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lrotmQkPvI

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The Religious Experience and the Death of the Mystic
Death of Siddhartha Gautama and Saint Francis of Assisi. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-7yWe53Pw

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Coming into the clear light
Michael Hawkins speaks about finding light, sound and other charisms at his first long meditation retreat. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO0-MK0X80A

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the 7 Chakras and the 4 Jhanas
The 7 spiritual centers are compared to the first 4 stages of the religious experience. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfM6t5mXy0I

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Wildlife and meditation
Uploaded on Jan 22, 2013
Some wildlife seem to be attracted to people who are meditating. A dialog at the GWV Ecstatic Buddhist Wilderness Retreat, August 2012 Gila Wilderness, NM with Michael Hawkins, Karen Sattler, Stuart B. Skadden and Craig Anzelmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY0Np_nh8CY
A sign of deep meditation is when wildlife wants to be close to you when you are meditating