Ep 26 Going Home
In Episode 26 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon describes meditation as a means for learning how to sit in the heart of the paradoxes that we encounter on our path.
Ep 25 Compassion, Sympathetic Joy & Equanimity
In Episode 25 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon discusses some of the qualities that often accompany Metta, and explains the synergistic and supportive relationship they promote.
Ep 24 Proximity w Raghu Markus
Raghu Markus returns to the Metta Hour in Episode 24, to discuss Sharon’s recent post on her weekly On Being column called ‘Proximity Leads to Understanding’ regarding the role of proximity in understanding the ubiquitous nature of our lives.
Ep 23 Practicing In The World
In Episode 23 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon reminds us that mindfulness can go anywhere and isn’t dependent upon circumstance.
Ep 22 The Cloud of Delusion
In Episode 22 of the Metta hour Podcast, Sharon speaks about the clouds of judgment that prevents us from seeing things as they truly are.
Ep 21 Suffering as an Opening to Faith
In Episode 21 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks about what happens within certain individuals that allows an emergence from a place of suffering into a space of greater faith and trust in the world in which they navigate?
Ep 20 The Five Hindrances
In Episode 20 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon identifies and thoroughly deconstructs some of the more common obstacles encountered in practice, emphasizing the non-local aspect of these intruding forces.
Ep 19 Greed, Hatred & Delusion
In Episode 19 of the Metta Hour Podcast, “Greed, Hatred and Delusion,” Sharon outlines a few of the more powerful conditioned forces that can often motivate and form the basis for our intentions.
Ep 18 Balance
In Episode 18 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon explores of the potential role of balance in bringing liberation from the tyranny of the form of practice, by looking beyond the various methods employed into the essence of our purpose in doing the work.
Ep 17 Doubt
In Episode 17 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon provides a revealing and inspiring dissection of this stagnant state, and explains the different ways that we can interpret and respond to the feelings that often accompany it.