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What would it be like to experience yourself without restrictive concepts? What dimensions might open up in your life as you engage with myths and symbols? Awareness, or mindfulness, is an essential foundation for all spiritual growth. And through knowing experience directly we can transform difficulties and become happier, calmer and more fulfilled. But awareness offers much more: it also provides a doorway to other dimensions in the large chamber of our being. Awareness of the body, heart and mind can blossom into awareness of boundlessness, love and mystery, as Buddhist teachers have taught down the millennia.<\/p>\n<p>Imagination is a key to this opening. When our minds are clear and we\u2019re alive to what\u2019s within us and around us, our imaginations wake up to new possibilities. Kusaladevi joins Vidyamala and Vishvapani in a conversation exploring the theme of their Home Retreat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alaya.thebuddhistcentre.com\/index.php\/s\/7e4ia4Yy2iFT6Sw\/download\">Download podcast episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Divider + Dana text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||29px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#1C70B7&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Dana text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#1C70B7&#8243; link_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; max_width=&#8221;720px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; link_text_color_tablet=&#8221;gcid-6e11b5e3-f634-40b8-8318-80dc6999eedb&#8221; link_text_color_phone=&#8221;gcid-6e11b5e3-f634-40b8-8318-80dc6999eedb&#8221; link_text_color_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; link_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; link_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; link_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-6e11b5e3-f634-40b8-8318-80dc6999eedb%22:%91%22link_text_color_tablet%22,%22link_text_color_phone%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>All our events are offered by donation. 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