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Dan Brown
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the mind contains the world
A point made by NameRedacted in various talks, e.g. The World is Inside You (also the '[ emptiness ] of perception' described by [ Dan…
factors of awakening
In [ Dan Brown ]'s telling, these are: mindfulness ( sati ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness (Buddhism))_): paying attention to the…
emptiness
I think [ Dan Brown ] said somewhere that a good synonym for 'empty' in meditative contexts is 'mere construction'. For example, practicing…
dukkha
In Pāli, dukkha refers to the unsatisfactory parts of existence. Literally it refers to a wheel in which the axel hole is not centered…
why would you ever let your mind get like that
A story from [ Dan Brown ]: A group of psychologists came to interview the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. One of the Americans…
cessation of suffering
see: https://www.abolitionist.com/ https://qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/07/anti-tolerance-drugs/ [ suffering ] may seem inevitable. [ karma…
hold the view
[ Dan Brown ] likes to say that 'the view is the meditation'. That is, meditation isn't
shadow
Shadow work means, roughly speaking, a practice of noticing, loving, and integrating the parts of yourself that you've repressed (your…
awakened awareness
[ Dan Brown ] uses this term a lot. Loosely, I think it means [ awareness ] that is aware of itself, without [ fabrication ]. Like…
Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1 retreat notes
This page contains my notes from the Pointing Out the Great Way Level 1 [ mahamudra ] [ meditation ] [ retreats|retreat ] course I took…
Pointing out the Great Way
Attempt to outline [ Dan Brown ]'s version of the [ mahamudra ] path to awakening: 'Ordinary' emptiness practices: Emptiness of self. Search…