8:33 - there's something more than the everyday, physical, manifest world of sin, separation, samsara
8:51 - there are also states of freedom, liberation, transcendence, salvation
9:02 - but you must give reasons / explanations in support of that position
9:24 - and the reasons / explanations didn't hold
9:34 - because the framework was outmoded
9:46 - transpersonal theorists / spiritual people / proponents of the great chain need to pass the validity claims of modernity and postmodernity
9:49 - the validity claim for modernity is evidence, the validity claim for postmodernity is contextualization
10:34 - we can have a metaphysics that works in modern and postmodern contexts
14:12 - the physical, material, gross world is not the lowest level of the great chain, it's the exterior manifestation of all levels
47:06 - first there is undifferentiated, ineffable unity
47:18 - unity breaks into polarity
48:05 - Spinoza defines substance as an escape from modal, finite, relative thinking to the ineffable unity
48:38 - Ken thinks the absolute ultimate has a different relationship to the relative
48:50 - the ultimate does not give rise to the relative
49:01 - the problem is when we try to philosophize about the absolute without doing the injunctions that give rise to the absolute
49:20 Spinoza identifies substance as having a thousand qualities, including thought and extension; Nagarjuna says that the absolute is not thought or extension or both or neither and cannot be discussed at all (Ken misspoke and said Spinoza when he meant Nagarjuna)
49:43 - the absolute is what you experience when you do an injunction that will allow you to experience the deep formless dream state
50:04 - you can only define the absolute given the injunctions that will give you a realization of Godhead
50:14 - so Spinoza's problem is he is trying to get at the absolute through thought without an injunctive program that will yield realization of the absolute
50:55 - metaphysics is (here defined as) assertion without evidence
51:56 - the only way to arrive at nondual is through emptiness (and there must be an injunction to have that experience)
52:11 - that's emptiness united with form; if you don't have the emptiness, then you don't have nonduality (there can't be a union of emptiness and form because you didn't have emptiness to start with)
53:15 - you can always intuit emptiness, the everpresent ground (the left hand quadrants and the right hand quadrants are inseparable)
54:50 - the emptiness described in the traditions is the witness remaining conscious through all states through all 24 hours
55:45 - no injunction, no nonduality
55:59 - you can intuit it, though
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Integral Life Practice (Apr 29 2007) part 4
1:02 - enlightenment is not an experience
3:40 - does artificially induced states of consciousness detract from the benefits of a "pure" meditation practice? do binaural beats programs have the same or additional transformative potentials as regular meditation?
4:10 - there will always be some who just are never going to be able to meditate
4:32 - theta (UR) correlates with the subtle level (UL)
5:19 - there's a danger of developing a dependence on binaural beats programs, locking you in to their experience
9:11 - these programs are not completely valueless, but very limited
20:33 - consciousness is the ground from which all manifest existence arises
21:32 - why is there something rather than nothing? - Schelling
22:03 - it's no fun having dinner alone
22:23 - creation is a way to play
24:55 - the Kadampas prayed for troubles and obstacles, not so that they could suffer, but so that they could have endurance and tolerance for pain, and dissolve the self-other boundary
25:29 - if you retract from the point of exhaustion, you're missing the chance for transformation
31:12 - realization restores humor
3:40 - does artificially induced states of consciousness detract from the benefits of a "pure" meditation practice? do binaural beats programs have the same or additional transformative potentials as regular meditation?
4:10 - there will always be some who just are never going to be able to meditate
4:32 - theta (UR) correlates with the subtle level (UL)
5:19 - there's a danger of developing a dependence on binaural beats programs, locking you in to their experience
9:11 - these programs are not completely valueless, but very limited
20:33 - consciousness is the ground from which all manifest existence arises
21:32 - why is there something rather than nothing? - Schelling
22:03 - it's no fun having dinner alone
22:23 - creation is a way to play
24:55 - the Kadampas prayed for troubles and obstacles, not so that they could suffer, but so that they could have endurance and tolerance for pain, and dissolve the self-other boundary
25:29 - if you retract from the point of exhaustion, you're missing the chance for transformation
31:12 - realization restores humor
Friday, June 19, 2009
Integral Life Practice (Apr 29 2007) part 3
0:05 - the world is illusory; God alone is real; God is the world
7:54 - a common interpretation of the crucifixion; the small self or ego dies, and the true self or Christ consciousness is resurrected
8:49 - Buddhism may have a lighter touch about it, but the concept of the great death is still firmly stressed
10:31 - find your flaw and that's where your true glory lies
10:58 - where your aversions are is where your shadows are
11:10 - Adler asked clients what would they do if they were well? their answers reveal what they are trying to avoid
14:41 - the better our ILP, the likelier we will retain the awakening
14:52 - self power or other power? answer: self power up to a point, then other power
24:16 - is meditation escapist or time taken away from activism?
28:51 - if you want to improve the world, help move the society up the levels
29:54 - to get a high level of society, you have to get the people up to a high moral stage
29:59 - meditation is the best tool to get people to advance up the levels
30:43 - so if you want to improve the world, meditate and promote meditation
33:41 - is depth or breadth better?
34:10 - depth (until you can stabilize nondual awareness, Christ consciousness, etc.)
35:09 - consciousness is not a thing, not something to feel, not a substance, not a process, not an energy, not subjectivity, not a sense of self
35:20 - consciousness is the opening, the space in which all phenomena arise
35:41 - there is the self space, the self that I am, and there is the other space, everything I perceive; both arise in the same space
35:57 - when that ever-present awareness is stabilized, then you can begin to extend that
39:01 - let's look at Ken's practice
45:46 - Vajrayana is complete Buddhism, Zen is essential Buddhism
46:05 - Vajrayana covers the Nirmanakaya, the Sambhogakaya, the Dharmakaya, the Svabhavikakaya
46:12 - Zen is just the Dharmakaya (and the others are just illusion)
48:10 - briefly: Nirmanakaya - the body realms; Sambhogakaya - the mental realms; Dharmakaya - the spiritual realms; Svabhavikakaya - integrating all of them
52:12 - an ILP provides you with a better ground for awakening and realization experiences, and helps you hold on to them and handle them when they do happen
7:54 - a common interpretation of the crucifixion; the small self or ego dies, and the true self or Christ consciousness is resurrected
8:49 - Buddhism may have a lighter touch about it, but the concept of the great death is still firmly stressed
10:31 - find your flaw and that's where your true glory lies
10:58 - where your aversions are is where your shadows are
11:10 - Adler asked clients what would they do if they were well? their answers reveal what they are trying to avoid
14:41 - the better our ILP, the likelier we will retain the awakening
14:52 - self power or other power? answer: self power up to a point, then other power
24:16 - is meditation escapist or time taken away from activism?
28:51 - if you want to improve the world, help move the society up the levels
29:54 - to get a high level of society, you have to get the people up to a high moral stage
29:59 - meditation is the best tool to get people to advance up the levels
30:43 - so if you want to improve the world, meditate and promote meditation
33:41 - is depth or breadth better?
34:10 - depth (until you can stabilize nondual awareness, Christ consciousness, etc.)
35:09 - consciousness is not a thing, not something to feel, not a substance, not a process, not an energy, not subjectivity, not a sense of self
35:20 - consciousness is the opening, the space in which all phenomena arise
35:41 - there is the self space, the self that I am, and there is the other space, everything I perceive; both arise in the same space
35:57 - when that ever-present awareness is stabilized, then you can begin to extend that
39:01 - let's look at Ken's practice
45:46 - Vajrayana is complete Buddhism, Zen is essential Buddhism
46:05 - Vajrayana covers the Nirmanakaya, the Sambhogakaya, the Dharmakaya, the Svabhavikakaya
46:12 - Zen is just the Dharmakaya (and the others are just illusion)
48:10 - briefly: Nirmanakaya - the body realms; Sambhogakaya - the mental realms; Dharmakaya - the spiritual realms; Svabhavikakaya - integrating all of them
52:12 - an ILP provides you with a better ground for awakening and realization experiences, and helps you hold on to them and handle them when they do happen
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Integral Life Practice (Apr 29 2007) part 2
4:54 - four definitions of spiritual: the highest level of any line, a line itself, a state, a type
22:10 - does all this just perpetuate the search for spirit, and fortify the ego's attempts to master and control reality? Doesn't awakening happen accidentally, in spite of all our self-improvement projects?
23:53 - the more you search for God, the more you reinforce the notion that God is not present
24:16 - a Zen saying: If there is any seeking, then the result of that seeking is a dharma born dead; if there is no searching, one remains an ignoramus
25:21 - you have to seek; at some point the seeking reveals the futility of the search
26:06 - seeking can go on because there is ever-present a consciousness of seeking
26:33 - a fool who persists in his folly will become wise, says Blake; meditation speeds up the folly
22:10 - does all this just perpetuate the search for spirit, and fortify the ego's attempts to master and control reality? Doesn't awakening happen accidentally, in spite of all our self-improvement projects?
23:53 - the more you search for God, the more you reinforce the notion that God is not present
24:16 - a Zen saying: If there is any seeking, then the result of that seeking is a dharma born dead; if there is no searching, one remains an ignoramus
25:21 - you have to seek; at some point the seeking reveals the futility of the search
26:06 - seeking can go on because there is ever-present a consciousness of seeking
26:33 - a fool who persists in his folly will become wise, says Blake; meditation speeds up the folly
Monday, June 15, 2009
Integral Life Practice (Apr 29 2007) part 1
2:17 - translation is movement on a level; transformation is movement between levels
2:52 - 99% of life is translation
23:00 - the deep structures of a person's values and morals are determined by the altitude of their lines
54:00 - three definitions of nature; the sum total of everything (all quadrants), everything in the sensorimotor world (two right hand quadrants), and everything non-human
2:52 - 99% of life is translation
23:00 - the deep structures of a person's values and morals are determined by the altitude of their lines
54:00 - three definitions of nature; the sum total of everything (all quadrants), everything in the sensorimotor world (two right hand quadrants), and everything non-human
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