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Listen "Culadasa April 2018 Patreon Q&A"
Episode Synopsis
Timestamps:
01:45 Alcohol and marijuana versus 5th precept, self exploration, and their effects on anxiety.
10:24 Follow up to the above on psychedelics, importance of set and setting.
13:34 Use of earplugs in meditation.
15:38 Creativity and mindfulness.
21:28 Peripheral awareness and development of meta-cognitive awareness.
34:39 Alternating practices likely to lead to insight experiences versus alternating different "insight" systems (i.e. Mahasi noting vs Goenka bodyscanning).
40:58 Emptiness and ultimate truth.
55:24 Depersonalization, derealization and "the dark night" vs no-self. Recommended meditation practices and emphasis on continued access to professional mental health therapy.
01:08:36 Bernadette Roberts' (Christian mystic) development of insight, "the dark night".
01:22:48 Is intent part of the ego ( self ) or is it something ingrained deep within consciousness, like peripheral awareness? If the latter, how can something be used to dissolve the very thing out of which it arises?
01:36:50 Benefits of the smorgasbord (practice it all, awaken along the way) vs. the kaiseki or sushi bar (follow one method all the way to awakening, then practice/learn the rest if interested) approach to awakening.
Buy Culadasa's books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/culadasa
Follow Culadasa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Culadasa.John.Yates
Much more at: culadasa.com/
01:45 Alcohol and marijuana versus 5th precept, self exploration, and their effects on anxiety.
10:24 Follow up to the above on psychedelics, importance of set and setting.
13:34 Use of earplugs in meditation.
15:38 Creativity and mindfulness.
21:28 Peripheral awareness and development of meta-cognitive awareness.
34:39 Alternating practices likely to lead to insight experiences versus alternating different "insight" systems (i.e. Mahasi noting vs Goenka bodyscanning).
40:58 Emptiness and ultimate truth.
55:24 Depersonalization, derealization and "the dark night" vs no-self. Recommended meditation practices and emphasis on continued access to professional mental health therapy.
01:08:36 Bernadette Roberts' (Christian mystic) development of insight, "the dark night".
01:22:48 Is intent part of the ego ( self ) or is it something ingrained deep within consciousness, like peripheral awareness? If the latter, how can something be used to dissolve the very thing out of which it arises?
01:36:50 Benefits of the smorgasbord (practice it all, awaken along the way) vs. the kaiseki or sushi bar (follow one method all the way to awakening, then practice/learn the rest if interested) approach to awakening.
Buy Culadasa's books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/culadasa
Follow Culadasa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Culadasa.John.Yates
Much more at: culadasa.com/
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