Dzogchen: Guided Meditation for Freedom of Mind & Heart

About this event

**Come for an evening of freedom of mind and heart** — every 2nd and 4th Tuesday night in Santa Monica. After four years on Zoom and over a decade of shared practice, we’re gathering in person again — twice a month at the **18th Street Arts Center** — to continue this journey in real time and shared space. Join us for a healing series of every-other Tuesday evening guided meditations, where we learn to open and become aware of our own innermost Heart-Essence Awareness, emerging from the Dzogchen lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This is not just “mind practice,” but a doorway into **living from and within freedom** — freedom not only from our own psychology and historic self-narratives, but also from the habitual loops that keep us replaying the same interpretations and expressions. Over time, we learn to flow through life with the lived experience of **non-duality within duality — and duality within non-duality**. From an ever-deepening familiarity with our True Nature, there naturally comes a **softening of difficult mind-states and a flourishing of positive mind-states**. Whether you’re a longtime meditator or a curious newcomer, this is a space to explore how timeless Awareness, Mindfulness, and Compassionate Creativity arise from the same Open Source. Meditating in a group (Sangha) carries a sweet collective energy — “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” **Mind Training** in the Buddhist tradition is a living practice of Spiritual Growth — connecting with our world in an unconditionally positive way, while also taking full responsibility for our experience. Unlike many practices, it doesn’t require signing on to a fixed belief system. In fact, the best practice often happens out in daily life, with the very people and situations that challenge you most. **Natural Great Perfection** This deep wisdom and loving kindness only arises when we become quiet enough to let go of the internal chatter — the often ruthless self-dialogue — and finally listen to the…