A short talk and discussion given at Spirit Rock during a Thursday morning yoga and meditation class. I talked about the difference between Bare Awareness styles of instruction and Cultivating Wholesome States styles, and how they relate to each other. Talked a bit about how understanding them as different ways of engaging in practice shines a light on some of […]
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If meditation is part of your daily home practice, you probably keep time in some way. Peeking at the clock every 30 seconds is clearly not the point, so you have to have some structure for sitting with your eyes closed, right? Either you set an alarm (crickets seems to be a favorite lately, if you’re moving away from the
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20171205-Satsang-meditation-basics-layers-styles.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA series of talks looking at the practice of meditation in detail. We discuss different types of instructions, what’s happening in the nervous system, how to work with emotion, thought, and sensation, how the practice develops, and more. Part 1: Two broad styles of meditation instruction that differ in how we use our attention, and have different
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170725-Satsang-5Hindrances.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA talk on the 5 great demons the Buddha described that haunt meditators and anyone who wants to do inner work (or maybe good work of any kind): Sense Desires, Hatred, Sloth & Torpor, Restlessness & Worry, and everyone’s [least] favorite: Doubt. They’re painful, but Mindfulness of them is central to the path. When you name Rumplestiltskin,
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170711-Satsang-karma-layers-of-identity-past-lives-interconnection.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA talk on the deep layers of identity and history we all are/experience. Reincarnation. Meditation: body & spine
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170606-Meditation-Orientation-posture-pleasure.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreFour weeks of investigation of the relationship of the trauma physiology and resilience teachings of Organic Intelligence to the practices of meditation and yoga.1. Meditation: Orientation, Body Posture, Pleasure (6.6.17) Trauma Basics: Fight, Flight, Freeze (6.6.17) 2. Meditation: Mettā (Loving Kindness) for a Benefactor, with the breath (6.13.17) Trauma Basics: Activation-Deactivation (6.13.17) 3. Meditation: 3 Important Spectra/Qualities to
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170228-Satsang-8FP-View-part1.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThe Noble Eightfold Path (ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo) is the core Buddhist framework that describes the path of practice toward Liberation from Suffering. It is divided into 3 sections: Wisdom, Action, and Meditation/Integration. The section on Wisdom (pañña) 1. Right (or Wise) View (sammā-diṭṭhi ) (2.28.17 on Suffering and 3.7.17 on Karma) 2. Right Intention (sammā-sankappa) (3.14.17) The
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170328-IMSB-Purification-Trauma-ANS-OI.m4aSubscribe: RSS | More A talk given at Insight Meditation South Bay on nervous system physiology and trauma. Discussed healing as purification. Meditation Orientation to the environment through the senses
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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170214-Satsang-ValentinesDay-Love-Attachment.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreImmediately after giving this talk at Haas Business School on the historical issues and philosophical problems around the conception of mind and body as separate, I zipped on my bike over to Satsang and talked about romance and grasping. Bang! Pow! Meditation On intimacy
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Talk given at Haas Business School on Valentine’s day. They asked me to talk about the “mind-body connection” in yoga so I talked about how there’s really no such thing. How Descartes was wrong, etc. They were great.
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May the forces of delusion
not take hold, nor
weaken my resolve.
(Sharing of Merit)