In this twentieth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore the highly significant topics of emotions and thinking (again) such as how to train and work with them inside and outside of (formal) meditation including various views, responses, and relationships to/about thinkingContinue reading “Emotions and Thinking | April 22, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #20”
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A Practicing Psychologist’s Approaches to Lucid Dreaming and Experiential Astral Investigation (Part 1 of 2)
Part 2 of this March 18, 2024 conversation with a university friend dealing with some high strangeness and the Astral realms is on my other YouTube Channel and site innerskilled.com. Here we get into all things lucid dreaming from its importance to dream recall and memory to lucid dreaming techniques like substances, tech, mental constructsContinue reading “A Practicing Psychologist’s Approaches to Lucid Dreaming and Experiential Astral Investigation (Part 1 of 2)”
Surmounting the Impeccability Gauntlet
The April 10, 2024 Insight Timer live event description: Imagine being impeccable in speech and conduct. Let’s explore such an aspiration via topics like: intent / purpose, honesty, training, authenticity, sincerity, seriousness, humor, ease, intuition, wisdom, discernment, feedback, (self-) kindness, sympathy, mindfulness and the power of self-responsibility And I read this snippet: Take another personContinue reading “Surmounting the Impeccability Gauntlet”
Can Ai Teach Zen (Via The Gateless Gate)?
Early April UPDATE: Microsoft’s CoPilot AI robes up to explain and give teachings for each of the Gateless Gate Zen stories No; maybe just a little? Ready to get your distortion on and feel more or less reassured about beating ai to the zen punch (at least in images)? Meh? MEH!? OK, ok then AreContinue reading “Can Ai Teach Zen (Via The Gateless Gate)?”
Augmented Meditation (Methods) | March 21, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #19
In this nineteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we plan to explore the ins and outs, ups and downs, and pros and cons of augmented meditation methods, mostly from an outsiders perspective — things like: brain wave binaural beats, isochronic tones, usingContinue reading “Augmented Meditation (Methods) | March 21, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #19”
Getting Your Dharma Fix With Justin Otto
On February 5, 2024 Dharma junkie Justin Otto and I chat about his background, how he really got into mediation in jail and particulars on how it unfolded after landing there by way of someone else’s trumped up charges, an addiction journey after adolescent cancer, and plenty of dhamma like the Four Noble Truths, theContinue reading “Getting Your Dharma Fix With Justin Otto”
Real World Meditation With Ann Swanson
This Feb 19, 2024 conversation with meditator, yoga therapist and author Ann Swanson jumps into plenty of topics in her new book Meditation for the Real World and others such as the importance of science and research in mediation and yoga and the effects thereof, the eight limbs of yoga, the surprising effects of mindfulnessContinue reading “Real World Meditation With Ann Swanson”
How Time Meditates | February 23, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #18
In this eighteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore how our views, perceptions and experiences of time influences, colors and flavors mediation practice and our daily lives. Potential resources: . . . look for how a sense of time is formedContinue reading “How Time Meditates | February 23, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #18”
Catalysts For Awakening And Change Series: Our Awakening Now With Ora Nadrich
On January 16, 2024 author Ora Nadrich talk “The Great Awakening”, its importance, shifts in consciousness, division and polarization in society, taking wholistic and spiritual perspectives, questioning and investigating things for ourselves, navigating opposition and controversial topics, self-awareness, advice for those just starting their awakening journey, inner and outer change, importance of community, how toContinue reading “Catalysts For Awakening And Change Series: Our Awakening Now With Ora Nadrich”
Catalysts for Awakening and Change Series: A New Approach to the Awakening Process with Randi Green
When it comes to the overall processes of disclosure, we have a lot to learn. Randi and I investigate some of these levels and point out the working areas. Want to Donate to the HAL Academy by Randi Green. Do it here: Donate & Support | THE HAL ACADEMY BY RANDI GREEN https://toveje.dk/about-the-hal-academy/support-donate The HALContinue reading “Catalysts for Awakening and Change Series: A New Approach to the Awakening Process with Randi Green”
Integrating Presence 