Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 4, Part 10 of 19 parts. To start class from beginning, click here.
CTT: The mindfulness traditions claim they’ll take you all the way to enlightenment. And we certainly have historical examples of people who are considered Buddhas or saints or something like that, who supposedly [...]
I’m engaged in some discussion with other parapsychologists about a spiritual outlook vs a materialistic one, and related topics. Here is an example of what I’m thinking about – without having come to a nice conclusion. If you find it stimulating, maybe you can tell me where I should end up!
Identity, Self, Karma, Buddhism, Survival [...]
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My wife Judy and I are back from a 10-day vipassana meditation retreat with Shinzen Young. One of the many good things that happened was that she had this poem come to her….beautiful, but all too true for too many of us…..
I am sitting here and contemplating
My special cloud
The one that’s always hanging there
Between me [...]
(I’ll be on retreat for the next 10 days, but wanted to share something to support the excellent discussion you folks keep having here)
I was talking with my meditation teacher friend Shinzen Young earlier today, and one of the topics we touched on was what was a bottom line on mindfulness and meditation practice, what [...]
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Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 4, Part 2 of 19 parts. To start class from beginning, click here.
CTT: So take a minute to look at the comments on your paper. You might not have a response to them. You might. It might also remind you of something that [...]
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Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 3, Part 11 of 13 parts. To start class from beginning, click here.
CTT: Nobody’s asking the question people always ask of how come only your arms and legs? So I’ll give you the answer anyway. Do some people at least wonder?
Student: Yeah.
CTT: Point one, it’s traditional. [...]
Anonymous comments:
> In Buddhism, waking up might be described as the cessation of suffering because of the cessation of desire (ie ceasing of attachments and aversions). Do your experiences fit that description, ceasing to suffer, letting go of attachments and aversions?<
I am not comfortable with the word “cessation,” it’s so absolute. As long [...]
I decided it’s not nice to keep people in suspense, given where the last post ended, so….right on to the priming exercise and the sensing, looking and listening procedure.
Leading through a Gurdjieffian Priming Exercise
Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 3, Part 7 of 13 parts. To start class from beginning, click [...]
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Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 3, Part 6 of 13 parts. To start class from beginning, click here.
CTT: So I’m going to introduce you to the primary technique that Gurdjieff taught people to develop mindfulness in every day life through a systematic practice. It is like Vipassana, but you don’t [...]
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Dr. Charles T. Tart, Mindfulness, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,
Lecture 3, Part 3 of 13 parts. To start class from beginning, click here.
Student: I’ve been having really lucid dreams as well. It’s really been helping my dream states. I mean, last night was sweet. I was playing bike polo the whole night.
(Laughter) [...]