Something confusing is happening with this blog software, confusing enough that I’m not sure what it is. Like I thought I was posting a response to Bob D’s comment, but then the response appeared but Bob D’s comment seems to have disappeared? Or I’ve responded to some things but the response does not appear? Hang [...]
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As I said when I started this blog, I wouldn’t have much time to comment on people’s comments, as much as I would like to, just occasionally, too many other projects, articles to write, etc….. Lately though I’ve commented a number of times on comments – and when I check later, they don’t appear. I’ve [...]
I am fortunate to have Shinzen Young as both friend and meditation “coach,” as I think he’s one of the best meditation teachers around, as well as a great guy. You can get info on the way he’s adapted traditional meditation teachings to work better for us moderns at his websites and numerous teaching videos [...]
Dear Friends, Date Composed: August 18, 2010 I got an email this morning about being interviewed as an expert on air ions and their physiological effects for a Discovery program. My response was “Good topic, but I know way too little to be an expert. I was interested in effects of atmospheric ions on biological [...]
I recently received a most surprising email from a young man from abroad, I’ll call him Aaron, regarding my recent book, The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal is Bringing Science and Spirit Together. He wanted my permission to pirate it! Here’s his email, and my response. Interesting…. name: Aaron email: topic: Piracy [...]
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Antelope Canyon, near Lake Powell in Arizona, has a slot canyon on it, a tortuous, twisting, narrow (6-12 feet or so) deep defile between curved canyon walls of red and other colored stone. The sun only penetrates for a few minutes at noon, but when it does, the colors and shapes are out of this [...]
In the second week of our camping vacation, now at a cafe with wifi at the Grand Canyon. Needless to say, perhaps, but then I forget it all the time, so perhaps needful to say. We get so caught up in our concerns, our “stories,” our struggles about so many things that have only a [...]
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I went to a local Best Buy yesterday to have a car radio installed that would play mp3 files. A young lady with spiked hair filled out the paperwork, then told me I could go off and shop or whatever, she would call me when the work was done. “But,” I told her, “I won’t [...]
Another response from one of my colleagues, Davis Lukoff: Nonordinary States of Consciousness in Transpersonal Psychotherapy William James first explored how nonordinary states of consciousness can be induced and the value that they have for providing access to special knowledge that cannot be gained through ordinary consciousness. Many schools of psychology “adhere to an unnecessarily [...]
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Recently the ITP faculty attended a workshop that emphasized that students feel more comfortable and work more effectively in courses where they understand the instructor’s philosophy of teaching from the beginning, so here, in a nutshell, is mine. I always thought I was very lucky and blessed to be able to go to college and [...]