Shambhala Training Level Five:
Open Sky
"Unconditional trust: we are capable of being good, kind, gentle and loving, either to ourselves or to others. Why so? Because we have a gap somewhere in our state of mind... With the state of mind of kindness and gentleness, we are capable of falling in love; we are capable of being gentle; we are capable of shaking hands with someone and saying 'Hello, How are you today?' That little capability -- how little it may be! ...but we have something in ourselves, and if we cultivate that experience, that dot of goodness, that spot, then we find that we have a dot in the open sky. The dot is always there, it's primordial."
-- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Prerequisite: Completion of Level Four.
Sharpening one's awareness, one finds the open clear
sky of
mind -- a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy.
Open Sky explores trusting our nature enough to let go
into the present moment.
The weekend's activities include meditation instruction, sitting meditation, talks about meditation and the Shambhala teachings, discussion groups, private interviews, meals together, tea, walking meditation and more sitting.
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Level One: The
Art of
Being Human
Level Two: Birth of the
Warrior
Level Three: Warrior
in the World
Level Four: Awakened
Heart