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title: "Introducing Wholeness – in Your Brain and Life"
url: https://skmarketsinc.com/introducing-wholeness-in-your-brain-and-life/
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date: 2025-11-08
modified: 2025-11-08
markdown_url: https://skmarketsinc.com/introducing-wholeness-in-your-brain-and-life.md
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# Introducing Wholeness – in Your Brain and Life

This talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D it is titled “Introducing Wholeness – in Your Brain and Life,” and focuses on what could be going on in your brain and life when your heart is open. The San Rafael Meditation group is...[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]This [Wednesday Night Meditation]() included a 49-minute meditation and discussion, and a 26-minute talk and Q&A about Effortless Effort: The Wise Effort of No-Self.

Guest teacher [Stephen Doetsu Snyder]() began practicing meditation in 1976. He has studied Buddhism extensively, including Zen, Tibetan, Theravada, and Western non-dual traditions. He was authorized to teach in the Theravada tradition in 2007 and the Zen schools of Soto and Rinzai in 2022. He is a senior student of Roshi Mark Sando Mininberg. Stephen encourages students to turn toward their true nature and embody their true identity. He is the author of four books, including *Buddha’s Heart* and *Demystifying Awakening*.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1675388415367{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my [free Wednesday Meditations]() – which are open to everyone![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1585341935427{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1701984332516{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]

# Meditation and Discussion: Effortless Effort – The Wise Effort of No-Self

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[Download the Audio of this Meditation and Discussion]()

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# Talk and Q&A: Effortless Effort – The Wise Effort of No-Self

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[Download the Audio of this Talk and Q&A]()

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