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Awareness That Loves: Exploring the natural kindness of the heart-mind
Sat, Jan 31
|Mountain Stream Meditation
A Daylong Retreat on the Natural Kindness of the Heart–Mind
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Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
Mountain Stream Meditation , 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA
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Awareness That Loves: Exploring the natural kindness of the heart-mind
A Daylong Retreat on the Natural Kindness of the Heart–Mind
January 31 2026 10am-4pm
In-person & Zoom
At the heart of the Dharma is a profound truth: awareness itself is not cold, distant, or mechanical. When we settle, breathe, and truly arrive, we discover that awareness is infused with an innate warmth—an ease, openness, and responsiveness that naturally expresses as kindness. This daylong retreat invites us to explore this awareness that loves: a quality of knowing that is spacious, tender, and unconstructed.Through periods of silent meditation, gentle guidance, Dharma reflections, and discussion, we will explore:The natural friendliness of mindful presence
The interweaving of awareness, compassion, and lovingkindnessHow the heart’s innate responsiveness is obscured—and how it becomes visiblePractices from early Buddhism, the Thai Forest tradition, and broader Mahayana teachings that reveal the warmth at the center of beingAllowing loving awareness to…
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