26 May, 2009
Bridging the Gap: Session 3 - Revealing the Gremlins
Posted by: Young Jains Blog Editor In: Convention
For those who have registered for this July’s Young Jains International Bridging the Gap Convention, here’s a glimpse into what the Sunday morning key session will cover:
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Having identified who you are at your core and recognising your primary goal in this life, this third session brings your awareness to the barriers that you constantly come up against.
The only force stopping you experiencing your true nature is the delusion that gets you to identify yourself as the body, which in turn causes you to be dependant on your 5 senses - sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.
This session will guide you through the chain of events that take place as a result of this delusion, how your five senses cause you to have attraction and aversion toward life’s situations, which in turn ignite damaging passions such as anger and deceit. The session will highlight the unfortunate cycle of karmic binding and shedding that constantly takes place and will reveal to you the number one culprit responsible for keeping you trapped in this cycle.
It might feel like a dark picture has been painted of life, but all is not lost. Only once you shine a bright light on the challenges to be overcome, can you start to work towards lifting away the barriers. Through tools available from the timeless Jain tradition to help calm the passions, maintain equanimity in the face of life’s situations, and awaken to the difference between the body and the soul, you can take positive steps towards experiencing your limitless and fearless true self.
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If you haven’t yet register and would like to register for the convention now or get more information, visit www.youngjains.org.uk/convention
