Nomadic Meditation | January 3, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #16

In this sixteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we chat about what it’s like maintaining a consistent formal (international) mediation practice in/given sometimes significantly fluctuating and uncertain conditions. We also touch on some everyday meditative techniques possible outside of more formal sittingContinue reading “Nomadic Meditation | January 3, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #16”

A Healing Way Out Of Spying And War With John Lawyer

On December 19, 2023 John Lawyer and I talked about approaches to healing from various forms of trauma, time, the nature of reality, beliefs, awakening, purpose, spiritual community, intelligence, discernment, the complexity of war and violence, changing ourselves to change the world, and more Biography From desert combat zones to a battle within, John LawyerContinue reading “A Healing Way Out Of Spying And War With John Lawyer”

Lankavatara Sutra: Notes And Questions

Shortcut to this blog post: https://tinyurl.com/redpinelanka If remembering correctly the only text the legendary Bodhidharma took with him to the East was the Lankavatara Sutra. That in itself ought be enough to read it. So after urging of a Dharma friend; the perception were it seems Chan has moved away from [amazon affiliate program link]:Continue reading “Lankavatara Sutra: Notes And Questions”

Subconscious Healing With Denise Miceli

On December 16, 2023 Denise and I spoke much about the subconscious healing technique with various real life examples from her work; impact of childhood experiences; identifying archetypes, emotional patterning, beliefs, storylines; NLP; change; negativity bias; emotional scale; trauma; “I am” and “I can” statements; therapy; worthiness; the importance of enjoyment in starting a regular,Continue reading “Subconscious Healing With Denise Miceli”

Pain as Illusion? Releasing Consciousness With Antonia

On December 11, 2023 Antonia and I dug into: how love is what’s underneath after clearing and healing pain; pain existing where consciousness doesn’t flow; being more creative on how to see beyond pain; noticing how pain changes; is pain real; not believing the story of pain; our relationships to pain; fear, shame, rage, resistance;Continue reading “Pain as Illusion? Releasing Consciousness With Antonia”

How To Investigate Relics?

By relics I mean the physical anomalies left behind after cremation. Likely among various other places such objects can be found today on the altars and shrines of various Buddhist monasteries and temples as I have seen close up for myself. I don’t advocate associating these objects with any kind of worship or superstition norContinue reading “How To Investigate Relics?”

Meditation Retreats | December 12, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #15

In this fifteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore meditation retreats both from our lived experience and otherwise including formally, informally, attending, teaching, what to look for, what’s important, what happens internally and externally, and how retreats “change” us and theContinue reading “Meditation Retreats | December 12, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #15”

Kind. Confident. Authentic.

The December 1, 2023 Insight Timer live event description: Inspired by a few months of monastery life in the UK, for 15 minutes or so let’s hash out these three qualities — of kindness, confidence and authenticity — pertinent for England and quite a few other walks of life Or listen via Insight Timer (appContinue reading “Kind. Confident. Authentic.”

Higher Awareness Process To Full Disclosure

My Above Top Brilliant fiancée Randi Green has started releasing her YouTube series The Processes to Full Disclosure. The first new main video is The Psychodynamics of the Full Disclosure. There’s also Interdimensional Negotiations part 1 and part 2 in the series now live too. These are based on reports from direct experience. Rounding outContinue reading “Higher Awareness Process To Full Disclosure”

Gratitude | November 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #14

For this fourteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we undertake a special and abbreviated (laden with technical challenges) Thanksgiving edition mostly about appreciation and gratitude (Ways to) join these Q & A’s when they happen live: *There’s naturally an ongoing open callContinue reading “Gratitude | November 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #14”