Recorded at Insight Meditation Satsang
Online,
October 31, 2023
DESCRIPTION
Tonight will take a break from our technical walk-through of ānāpānasati for a dispatch from the trick-or-treat zone. The Halloween themed nature-of-self-and-suffering inquiry goes like this:
Costumes are pretending, but they have real power
When you pretend to be something you have to act like it as well for it to be interesting/fun/powerful
When you act like something, you invite those mind states/spirits in
And if you act like something regularly, it/they starts to seep into your “not-pretending” personality
So… choose your costume wisely. What you pretend to be, you become.
SEAN OAKES
Sean Feit Oakes, PhD (he/they, queer, Puerto Rican & English, living on Pomo ancestral land in Northern California), teaches Buddhism and somatic practice focusing on the integration of meditation, trauma resolution, and social justice. He received Insight Meditation teaching authorization from Jack Kornfield, and wrote his dissertation on extraordinary states in Buddhist meditation and experimental dance. Sean holds certifications in Somatic Experiencing (SEP, assistant), and Yoga (E-RYT 500, YACEP), and teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, East Bay Meditation Center, Insight Timer, and elsewhere.
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Blessings on your path.