An Undefended Heart

Thirty 15-minute audio recordings of guided meditations.  Suggested donation is $50.

Many of us wait for conditions to bring about enjoyable emotions such as love or peace.  But wisdom traditions teach that we can practice cultivating these states, which they explain are our true nature but get obscured by fear and confusion.

The meditations comprise a survey of such 'heart practices', drawn from various traditions, to comprehensively promote positive emotional states. These pro-social attitudes- called the 'abode of the gods'- include loving-kindness (founded on forgiveness), compassion, joy and equanimity.

Although you may want to complete the course in 30 days, it is recommended to repeat a given heart practice until it takes root in your heart and mind.  So if you find a practice that feels relevant to you, spend as long as you like with it.  The audio will remain available indefinitely.

Many of the meditations involve repeating phrases, and some of these phrases may be hard to remember.  It is not required to memorize anything; rather feel free to shorten the phrases to a manageable length, in a way that maintains the felt sense of the phrase to you.

If you are brand new to meditation, it is recommended (but not required) to begin with the 21 days of mindfulness course, to establish a basic foundation of spacious attention.

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Forgiving Ourself, Part 1
Day 1
Forgiving Ourself, Part 2
Day 2
Forgiving Others
Day 3
Wishing Ourself Well
Day 4
Wishing Loved Ones Well
Day 5
Wishing a Neutral Person Well
Day 6
Wishing a Difficult Person Well
Day 7
Caring about Sickness, Old Age & Death
Day 8
Wishing All Beings Well
Day 9
Releasing Anger
Day 10
Releasing Craving
Day 11
Compassion for Loved Ones
Day 12
Compassion for Ourself
Day 13
Compassion for a Neutral Person
Day 14
Compassion for a Difficult Person
Day 15
Compassion for All Beings
Day 16
Appreciating Kindness
Day 17
Delighting in KIndness
Day 18
Delighting in Inspiration
Day 19
Delighting in Our Own Goodness
Day 20
Delighting in the Joy of Friends
Day 21
Delighting in the Joy of Neutral People
Day 22
Delighting in the Joy of Difficult People
Day 23
Delighting in the Joy of All Beings
Day 24
Seeing a Neutral Person
Day 25
Seeing Through Attraction
Day 26
Seeing Through Aversion
Day 27
Seeing Ourself
Day 28
Finding Balance
Day 29
Finding Peace
Day 30

These meditations are drawn from or inspired by B. Allan Wallace, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Gil Fronsdal and Michael Gregory.