Where Being Meets Becoming: The Miraculous Power of Letting Go

by Craig Hamilton | Jul 31, 2020 | 0 comments

In this 45-minute talk, Craig explores one of the most confusing and fascinating elements of the spiritual life: the relationship between the meditative experience of emptiness and the exhilarating energy and creativity of the evolutionary impulse.

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