Very beautiful my Friend, thank you for this Gem
3 Likes
Yes, I think the thread is one’s soul’s purpose or “ikigai” (see the video and article above).
3 Likes
A Brief Summary of the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead).
This one is also a great summary. My only disagreement is later in the video where he says that Jung had a materialist view of the mind being based in the brain (and thus disappearing when the body dies). I think that Jung went beyond the materialist view after his break with Freud and he also had a near death experience where he left his body later in life.
3 Likes
What Does it Mean to Receive an Oral Transmission?
Rinpoche Explains the ‘Lung’ or Oral Transmission [Video] - FPMT
1 Like
Jay Garfield | Bernardo Kastrup: Is consciousness primary? Buddhism & NonDuality compared
Stole this from a Beloved @_Barry
2 Likes
2 Likes
This is my only “Hard NO” with Lucid Dreaming (and here’s why it should be yours too)
Anyone see the book titles to her right???..
2 Likes
How I See the Invisible and How It Reshaped My Reality
2 Likes
2 Likes
Ep18: The Jhanas - Leigh Brasington
@fenwizard you may like the first 5min where he talks about mediation and pot
"
In this episode I am joined by Leigh Brasington, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of ‘Right Concentration, A Practical Guide to the Jhanas’.
Leigh talked about how he transformed from a self described pot-head to a serious meditation practitioner in his very first retreat. We learn how learning the jhanas – 8 altered states of consciousness, brought on by deep meditative concentration – from meditation master Ayya Khema radically changed his life’s direction.
We discuss stream entry for non-monastics, why most people underestimate their meditation potential, Leigh’s controversial take on Western Dharma teachers who claim full awakening, and why the Siddhis, or supernormal powers, are so associated with the practice of jhanas. "
3 Likes
Ep68: Magick, The Occult, & Summoning Demons - Daniel Ingram
"In this episode I am joined by Daniel Ingram, meditation teacher and author of ‘Mastering The Core Teachings Of The Buddha’. Daniel is best known for his controversial claim to arhatship, one of the highest levels of enlightenment in Buddhism. Less well known is Daniel’s lifetime of practice in magick and the occult.
In this interview Daniel reveals his magical biography, and comments on various systems including Goetia, Enochian, Kabbalah, Castaneda, Buddhist Magick, and more.
Daniel shares his encounters with demons, astral entities, mythical beings, and entering into magickal combat with angry magicians who had cursed him."
2 Likes
There’s a big difference between being a “pothead”, i.e. using pot in a habitual addictive way vs. using it consciously and occasionally as a psychedelic medicine.
I do have a friend who was heavily addicted to it and got off of it through going to vipassana retreats and is now getting into the jhanas.
3 Likes
I agree 100%
Thought it was cool though that the powers of the Jhana states (and Higher meditations) may be even more potent than psychedelic medicines.
These may take decades or lifetimes to achieve though. Hopefully, I will let you know in the next 1,000 years if this is true.
3 Likes