Rediscovering Your Super Powers – Cultivating the 5 Spiritual Faculties

As a global community we face tumultuous political and cultural changes that can trigger a range of mixed emotions. You might feel overwhelmed, stuck, angry, or fearful, as well as a sense of urgency to move into action.

The good news is that you already have within you the capacity to empower your practice. The Buddha identified five innate human faculties that can be developed and strengthened into transformative powers for personal and collective liberation from suffering; faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom.

Balancing the powers to ensure they work as a cohesive system is essential and involves an ongoing process of adjusting and readjusting, much like fine-tuning an instrument.

Faith gives us trust and confidence in the Dharma, dispelling doubt—and inspires the energy needed to move forward. When energy has found its equilibrium, then there is much more ease in the body. And from that ease, there can be continuity of mindfulness, and when there is steadiness of mind, concentration grows. As concentration deepens, in the stillness of an attentive mind, wisdom emerges. It’s the wisdom of emptiness, of letting go of all that is not true, that brings about our liberation.

The emphasis throughout the course will be on a practical exploration of how to work with the multi-dimensional aspects of the five powers both on and off the cushion. Practices will include relational exercises in class as well as weekly prompts for personal reflection or journaling.

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