We are excited to have Wildheart founding teacher Dave Smith coming to our Wednesday night Dharma and discussion. The topic for this class will be Mindfulness and The Addiction Economy.

Mindfulness is everywhere and has spread through countless domains of modern life. Without a doubt, mindfulness practice is effective in reducing stress, anxiety and impulse control and contributes to an overall sense of well-being. But mindfulness practice can be limited if it does not have a specific focus or aim. Returning to mindfulness’s deep roots in the Buddhist tradition, we can access its most relevant and transformative aspects.

Addiction comes in many forms. In current times, our devices have become weapons of mass distraction. Over the last decade, we have lost the attention economy and now we are living in the addiction economy. Everyone is addicted, we all know it, yet we all seem to accept it—or at least feel powerless to change it.

Turning inward, taking an honest look at our pain and dissatisfaction, and coming to terms with what fuels are addiction is our only hope. This can be accomplished through an understanding of the four noble truths—a teaching that points to the heart of suffering, its cause and release—as an active framework for recovery from addiction in every form.

During this event, Dave will offer some dialogue and discussion on how we can utilize basic Dharma frameworks within the context of mindfulness to give us a better sense of the task at hand.