Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

If you have been subscribing to the podcast, you are probably very familiar with today's meditation. We practiced Settling the Mind in its Natural State by first coming in through different domains of experience, following to the instructions that the Buddha gave to the wandering ascetic Bahiya. I have linked to them directly in the past so I won't do so here, however Alan paraphrases them very clearly in the introduction. Alan also gives a brief recap on a point about non-conceptual experience from a few days ago, and details a "smooth gradient" from being fully-fledged psychotic to being a Buddha. Shortly thereafter, we go into the practice with the prospect of becoming sane, first with respect to our own minds, then in our dreams, and then in all experience, thus becoming lucid in the waking state. Enjoy! This beautiful local photo is from Daniela!

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Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience is an episode from Alan Wallace Live from Phuket! by B. Alan Wallace.

This episode is 00:33:24 long.

This episode was published on Jun 4, 2010.

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