Understanding Trauma (Session 1)

Understanding Trauma: Tues Jan 24th 6.30 to 8.30pm $35 one session

Teacher: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche: A master Kagyu Buddhist teacher of great warmth, eloquence and learning

Understanding Trauma
Many of the mental habits we have are self-destructive. They invite frustration, disappointment, and things of that kind. It places us in a situation where we dwell on past failures, experiences of trauma, etc. We think about the future with only a sense of anxiety, fear, and worry, thinking things are only going to get worse, or something bad is going to happen. This includes worrying about ones' self in terms of physical health or ones' mental soundness.

When we look at mindfulness/awareness practices - we begin to see nothing is fixed. If nothing is fixed, we have the capacity to direct our mind in a totally different direction if we so choose. This means we are not condemned to repeat the same old thoughts, same old emotions, and the same old feelings. It is not easy to go beyond self-entrenched habitual tendencies, but unless we take a radical u-turn and begin to take notice of how the mind functions, we are condemmed to think, feel, and react to life in the same old way.