Discovering Your True Nature: Karma, Awareness and the Practice of Getting Real

Is happiness something that can be retrieved at the end of a golden pathway or, more realistically, is it something we co-create for ourselves in each moment of the day?

Often it’s simply easier for us to blame outside causes and conditions for the phenomena that dictates our life. We find it less painful to place blame on for our circumstances rather than to look in the mirror and come to terms with the tending of our own heart, mind, passion and intuition.

We talk a lot about cleaning up our external environment, but it’s equally important to purify our internal environments through clear intentions, claiming responsibility and getting real in an increasingly complex and confusing world.

This is where karma comes in.

Karma is a massive topic, and there are many different interpretations and understandings of karma throughout many traditions. To put it simply, karma is the realization that the world is not coming at you, the world is coming from you.

How we act and move through our world creates the quality of life we have, and the way we tend to our hearts and minds in each moment determines our habitual patterns. Ultimately, we create happiness right now by what we do and how we think. Our present is our future and we create both, here and now.

Getting real with the truth of karma is easier said than done, especially when we are forced to face our shadows, our deepest fears and our perceived inadequacies. But it's absolutely necessary if we are true seekers on the path towards fruitful authenticity.

It’s up to us to decide how we will carry ourselves in the world, and what seeds of beauty we choose to plant and water. That is the ultimate key to understanding karma and getting real.

Are you ready to breathe life into the things you value, like awareness, intention and compassion, every day?

This 4-week course features the wisdom teachings from a group of the most renowned Buddhist and Bhakti practitioners of our time: Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Roshi Joan Halifax, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dr. Mark Epstein, Gabor Maté, David Nichtern, Ethan Nichtern, Lama Surya Das, Raghu Markus and Dale Borglum (Ram Dev).