States (Nov 6 2006) part 2

2:50 - freedom and equality are contradictory

11:50 - should we let go of form to arrive at unity / nondual or connect with and embrace form to arrive at unity / nondual?

16:00 - the meditative paths and states of consciousness (horizontal enlightenment)

17:00 - the difference between structures and states

18:15 - five major states of consciousness according to the great traditions

25:12 - the subject has structures and co-creates phenomena

34:26 - structures allow you to see the level

35:03 - people were doing spiritual practice, meditation, contemplation, etc., and nobody knew that structures were tilting/filtering/coloring what they were seeing

36:22 - you find none of this in the traditions

36:31 - the relation of states and structures

39:35 - the state isn't wrong, but the structure interprets it according to its values

43:40 - do we expand our attachments for nondual awareness or cut our attachments for nondual awareness?

44:44 - two ways of knowing, witnessing knowing and touching/feeling knowing

45:58 - masculine and feminine types of practice

46:20 - the tantric path

46:51 - let's start with imagining sexual congress

47:46 - use bliss to meditate on the higher stages

49:35 - as bliss, you cognize emptiness

50:21 - bliss manifests as compassion

53:38 - the feminine path isn't faster

54:14 - every path involves a breaking of attachment (death process)

55:30 - shadow stuff still comes up

56:06 - spirituality is hard, rough work, no matter what path you choose

57:31 - do you do both anyway, or are they incompatible?

58:40 - the two types of zen practice, koan and sitting

59:03 - John Daido Loori

1:00:52 - gross to subtle to causal