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