David has been sitting with and organizing retreats for the northern California circle of insight meditations teachers for more than twenty years. Since 1986, he has coordinated Jack Kornfield and Stan Grof's Insight and Opening Retreats, which integrate the depth of practice and ancient wisdom of Buddhism with contemporary experiential psychological perspectives. Since 1993 he has trained in the Diamond Approach, an original path for self-realization which complements many ancient spiritual traditions, including the Buddhist understanding of the nature of mind, while building on the maps of modern depth psychology. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter