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Blog: http://psychreviews.org/violence-and-the-sacred-rene-girard/ At the beginning of human communities there is a mystery surrounding how our ancestors created human societies and religions. Some theories focus on how human groupings aid survival for individual human families. Others focused on how a larger brain allowed the ability to understand the intentions of others, and hence group coordination. With a larger brain and the ability to reflect, early humans could reflect on their place in human society, mortality, and the meaning of life. Being able to benefit from shared knowledge, made humanity flourish. Yet despite the benefits of increased group living, humans have always had a sense of danger that came with the price of living in groups. One theory in particular, by the social science philosopher René Girard, clarified the reflective part of the mind that allows for humans to learn from others. He called it mimetics, or the ability to imitate. Intro 0:00 The beginning of institutions 1:16 Triangular desire based on role models (Metaphysical desire) 4:15 Suggestions to imitate 7:37 Beyond Totem and Taboo 9:08 Chasing an illusion 9:55 Scandal and Conflict 11:45 Masochism 12:53 Sadism 14:57 Solidarity and scapegoating 18:07 The Myth of the Sacred and Propaganda 19:33 Awareness and revelation 21:40 Violent Origins - Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780804715188/ Deceit, Desire, & the Novel - René Girard: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780801818301/ Violence and the sacred - René Girard: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781472529251/ Things hidden since the foundation of the world - René Girard: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780804722155/ Genesis of Desire - Jean-Michel Oughourlian: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780870138768/ Reading the Bible with René Girard - Michael Hardin, Steven E. Berry, Scott Cowdell: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781514777510/ Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience - Fred B. Bryant, Joseph Veroff: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780805851205/ Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud: http://psychreviews.org/totem-taboo-sigmund-freud-envy-part-2/ On Narcissism - Sigmund Freud: http://psychreviews.org/on-narcissism-sigmund-freud/ Do Narcissists Truly Hate? - Sam Vaknin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllxk6n6XuA Hobbes, T., (1651). Leviathan, (pp. 76). McMaster University Archive of the History of Economic Thought. Retrieved from http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/hobbes/Leviathan.pdf Music and stock photos from Storyblocks and Wikipedia. Gabriel Faure - Requiem Op.48 - 5. Agnus Dei - European Archive Intro music: Fast Gallop - Logue Ihn, BMI, 40, Dustin S Pearson, BMI, 30, William Pearson, BMI, 30,

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/totem-taboo-sigmund-freud-envy-part-2/ After Freud’s initial success, he was ready to start taking his early theories and advance them into other areas outside of Psychoanalysis and to look deeply at the human condition. One of his most famous and influential books was Totem and Taboo which focused on comparing the mental life of primitive societies, their superstitions, their scapegoating to that of modern individuals under his label of neurosis. With research from then current anthropologists and Darwinism, Freud was able to connect his Oedipus theory to a psychoanalytic original sin, and began fleshing out early understandings of Narcissism which he later delved into. The book itself provides one of the best understandings of envy and human conflict in all literature. Intro: 0:00 Survival: 1:53 Self vs. Other 2:41 Entitlement 4:11 Temporary solidarity 5:39 Oedipus Complex 6:13 Mental representations 7:26 Projection and Introjection 8:52 How it starts 10:24 Leadership 12:39 Worshiping who gets our needs met 14:16 Petty conspiracies 15:33 Outro: 17:00 Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780415253871/ Herrnstein, R.J. (1961) Superstition: A corollary of the principle of operant conditioning. Stock photos and video from Storyblocks, Getty Open Content & Wikipedia Intro Music: Fast Gallop - Logue Ihn, BMI, 40, Dustin S Pearson, BMI, 30, William Pearson, BMI, 30 Music: Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5 - I. Trauermarsch Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Photo credits: Saharan rock art By Gruban - File:Algerien 5 0049.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23326304 Batammariba, Togo, rituel initiatique des jeunes filles, casque des initiées By Vansinor (Dominique Sewane) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45055293 Finely crafted Pan Balance or scales with boxed set of standardized gram masses. By Mauro Cateb - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16502828 Contraction/Desiccation cracks in dry earth (Sonoran desert, Mexico). By Tomas Castelazo - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3193235 A Mongolian gazelle dead due to drought. By Mark Heard from Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Victim of Drought - Mongolian Gazelle - Gobi Desert Mongolia, 2001, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12231011 A farmer works on his field threshing with yolks in old age By Jayaseerlourdhuraj - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17402571 Bog Bodies – Celt sacrifices of kings to the gods. https://www.irishcentral.com/news/bog-bodies-are-kings-sacrificed-by-celts-says-expert-129289548-237410131 The presiding magistrate at the pompa circensis By Roman Age artist - User:Folegandros (2010), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9948866 The Thinker in The Gates of Hell at the Musée Rodin By Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France - Le penseur de la Porte de l'Enfer (musée Rodin), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24671002 Persona Film poster, with the lead characters on a strip of filmBy Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31064204 Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons By Inconnus - British Museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49337770 Tree with nazars in Cappadocia, Turkey By user:Shakko - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3703598

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-concentration/ If we got lost on the path, the best way to get back on is to tend to causes and conditions and see what was forgotten. It all leads up to Right Concentration. You gain pleasure up the Jhanic arc, and develop rapture (Jhana 1), bliss (Jhana 2), satisfaction (Jhana 3), and equanimity (Jhana 4). These aren't spaced out states, sleep states, they're not a grind, but instead they are bright aware Flow states that are quite happy and peaceful. Pictures from Pexels and Wikipedia. Music from Mynoise.net Photo: Review my retreat - Gaia House: https://www.reviewmyretreat.com/listing/gaia-house/gallery/ Resources: Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html Emotional Feeding - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://rumble.com/v1gqvl1-emotional-feeding-thanissaro-bhikkhu.html MN 117: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN117.html Developing Samatha/Concentration - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12309/ Five Jhana Factors - Insight Meditation South Bay: https://www.imsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FiveJhanaFactors.pdf Focused and Fearless - Shaila Catherine: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780861715602/ A Mind Without Craving - Delson Armstrong: isbns.net/isbn/9780984049752/ Nirodha Samapatti - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/248566139 Ñana and Jhana Mind Map - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/69475208 Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha - Daniel Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ The Fetters That Fall Away at Stream Entry - Ayya Santussika: https://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/67117/ Stream Entry - Rob Burbea: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYqNGiiX2cmOppb0_ZESpraGgbsoP5ir/view?usp=sharing Reflections from Narayan Liebenson: https://gaiahouse.co.uk/in-memory-nl/ Right Concentration - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/FactorsforAwakening/Section0009.html Paths to Liberation - Robert E. Buswell, Robert M. Gimello: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780824814175/ The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - Sangharakshita: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781899579815/ Maha Cattarisaka Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN117.html Samadhi Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN4_41.html Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-pa…right-livelihood/ Right Action connects directly with Right Livelihood, and lot of our actions are necessary ones for our survival. In many ways this is one of the most difficult to achieve in the Eightfold Path. Photos from Pexels and Pixabay, and music from Mynoise.net Resources: How the Left was Lost - Bill Maher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdJOLMgY4p0 San Francisco has become a Shoplifter's Paradise - WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-shoplifters-theft-walgreens-decriminalized-11634678239 Group Psychology - Freud & Beyond: https://rumble.com/v1gvcxr-group-psychology-freud-and-beyond-war-pt.-33.html Schindler's List: Essential Workers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDo6eHyeI8E Parmenides and Heidegger: https://rumble.com/v1gsvkl-the-presocratics-parmenides.html German MEP on the Vaccine Passport: https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/modern-day-censorship/german-mep-on-vaccine-passports-mandates-never-take-anything-any-government-tells-you-at-face-value/ Dr. Naomi Wolf on Pfizer Vaccine info dump - The War Room: https://rumble.com/vwxmvz-dr.-naomi-wolf-updates-on-pfizer-document-dump.html Trudeau "Opportunity for a reset": https://rumble.com/vvexwd-february-20-2022.html Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4G5qNCLgM Prince Charles "Time to think big": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucTwPegW5k "Don't Tempt Me Frodo!" - The Fellowship Of The Ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Jjj6oI5fg Frodo offers the One Ring to Lady Galadriel - The Fellowship of the Ring: https://youtu.be/WeQDTj1UllA LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - The Ring takes Boromir: https://youtu.be/ARprA2cPYgI Wag The Dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmM8rE_LdFA AN 2:118: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN2_118.html AN 4:62: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.062.than.html The Noble Eightfold Path - Bhikkhu Bodhi: http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/noble8path6.pdf The Use and Abuse of Power - John Bargh, A. Lee-Chai: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781317710363/ Gruenfeld, Deborah & Inesi, Ena & Magee, Joe & Galinsky, Adam. (2008). Power and the Objectification of Social Targets. Journal of personality and social psychology. 95. 111-27 Finding Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780465024117/ Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-action/ What's brewing in the mind can lead to action, but the problem with actions are that you can't take them back, and you can't reverse your actions like changing your mind. Thinking a bad thought, is not as important as the action itself. Pictures and Video from Pexels Resources: Right Action - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/CrossIndexed/Published/Meditations7/071128RightAction.pdf SN 35:145: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN35_145.html Right Action - Jill Shepherd: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/player/65822.html Be Angry - Dalai Lama, Noriyuki Ueda: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781642970074/ Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-resolve/ After seeing the danger in desire with Right View, one has to look at motivations on how to navigate happiness. There's now an interest to investigate motivations and to rate their value. It can be translated in many different ways, but Thanissaro Bhikkhu calls it Right Resolve. Pictures from Pexels Resources: How do I stay in the present moment when it feels unbearable? - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://youtu.be/t5Ka2RS0UC4 Stop Trying To Fix The Problems Of Others - Esther Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ZXFiVL5n0 Right Resolve - Jill Shepherd: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/31324/ MN 19: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN19.html Beyond Impermanence - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/10830/ The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780767903691/ AN 11:16: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an11/an11.016.piya.html The Four Sublime States - Nyanaponika Thera: http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/4sublime_states.pdf Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-view/ The mind is one of the most complicated things in nature and to have the mind understand itself is a difficult undertaking. In Buddhism, the need to see how the mind irritates itself, including when it wrestles with spiritual concepts, can betray levels of stress no different than wrestling with other worldly concepts. In this series we will look at the Buddhist Eightfold Path where those intricacies are examined. Now it's important to look at Buddhism both from the angle of becoming a monastic, and that of the lay person. The following information leads one to rest in the right brain more often and a monastic at most is doing manual labor, reading, memorizing texts, and meditating. The sangha provides an environment to allow old conditioning to starve and new conditioning to take its place and then eventually to let go of as much unhelpful conditioning as possible. They are recusing themselves from being in regular jobs in business and government where much of these practices are compromised with work politics, meeting deadlines, currying favor, being promoted and being rejected. Intro: 0:00 Right View: 3:39 Photos from Pexels and Wikipedia Resources: Find Your Right Brain - The Mindful Word: https://www.themindfulword.org/2012/meditation-right-brain/ The Madoff Affair PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH1Y66IwKvc How Can I Find Work That Will Give Me Joy - Eckhart Tolle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFGAvPud80A The Balance of Being and Doing - Eckhart Tolle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j57b6TigGYM&t=4s Clinging, Craving, Eros (Q & A) - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/43935/ Knight of Cups - The Awakening 09:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFVFqVlfe8Y Identity and 5 ways to make authentic change: https://rumble.com/v1gvjcr-identity-and-5-ways-to-make-authentic-change.html Flow - Csikszentmihalyi: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html MN 9: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN9.html MN 20: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN20.html MN 28: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN28.html AN 1:329: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN1_329.html AN 3:69: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_69.html SN 3:12: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp3_12.html Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness-nirvana/ Description of a gradual development towards Nirvana. Authors include Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Rob Burbea, Bhikkhu Analayo, Christopher Titmuss, Guang Po, Jeffrey Hopkins, Daniel Ingram, Rupert Spira, Daniel J. Siegel, B.F. Skinner, and Adyashanti. Intro: 0:00 Preliminaries: 0:24 Social Influences and Metta: 13:22 Stigma: 31:34 Insight Practice: 40:10 Intellectual Practice: 1:07:20 Nirvana: 1:24:25 Resources: Sir Anthony Hopkins listens to thrash metal: https://youtu.be/3g_xTAwxaKQ Meditation: Nothing can make you happy - Rupert Spira: https://youtu.be/tYGK_sFIqdI Attadanda Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.4.15.than.html Karaniya Metta Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html The Four Sublime States: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel006.html One thing clear through - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200804_One_Thing_Clear_Through.mp3 How to let go of your past - Jordan Peterson: https://youtu.be/U_tJTAgHiPo What is Emptiness? - Deconstructing yourself: https://deconstructingyourself.com/what-is-emptiness-an-interview-with-rob-burbea.html Sensitivity and Skill - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/201014_Sensitivity_&_Skill.mp3 Unraveling the present - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2000/001101%20Unraveling%20the%20Present.mp3 Fabrication - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2001/0103n2a1%20Fabrication.mp3 Bahiya Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html To Escape the Prison of Time - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200928_To_Escape_the_Prison_of_Time.mp3 The Unconditioned - Christopher Titmuss: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/45/talk/5054/ Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3o40Bku Hardcover: https://amzn.to/34hOMiZ Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha(2nd Edition) An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book (Second Edition Revised and Expanded) by Daniel M. Ingram: https://amzn.to/37ofSXh Free version: https://mctb.org/ Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book (1st Edition) by Daniel M. Ingram: https://amzn.to/31mz2Jv Daniel Ingram's website: https://www.dharmaoverground.org/home Daniel on Vimeo - Vipassana, The Six Sense Doors, and The Three Characteristics: https://vimeo.com/250616410 Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide - Bhikkhu Analayo: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3m0Rgbl Paperback: https://amzn.to/3dSwech The Direct Path to Realization - Bhikkhu Analayo: https://amzn.to/31EM59t Seeing that Frees - Rob Burbea: Kindle: https://amzn.to/2HeKkbU Paperback: https://amzn.to/35de0hE Meditation on Emptiness - Jeffrey Hopkins: Kindle: https://amzn.to/37jfOZ7 Paperback: https://amzn.to/2ILJPqe Desire is Mimetic: A Clinical Approach Jean-Michel Oughourlian Université de Besançon, American Hospital of Paris Puppet of Desire - Jean-Michel Oughourlian: https://amzn.to/3jeb9Kn The Nature of Consciousness - Rupert Spira: https://amzn.to/37oi6G7 Gil Fronsdal's noting tips: http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/articles/mental-noting/ Steps to Liberation - Gil Fronsdal: Kindle: https://amzn.to/35fxT7v Paperback: https://amzn.to/3o6w0md A Head off Stress - D.E. Harding: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3m1ERnn Paperback: https://amzn.to/30PEFjh On having no head - D.E. Harding: https://amzn.to/3k99BT3 robburbea.com Rob Burbea's talks and transcriptions: https://airtable.com/shr9OS6jqmWvWTG5g/tblHlCKWIIhZzEFMk/viw3k0IfSo0Dve9ZJ?blocks=hide Light on Enlightenment - Christopher Titmuss: https://amzn.to/3jdedGx Christopher Titmuss Talks - Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/45/ Theories of Personality - Jess Feist: https://amzn.to/3o43v8S All photos, music, and videos from Storyblocks, Pexels, Wikipedia, Mynoise.net, and Musopen. Music: Brahms - Cello Sonata No. 1 - Stefano Ligoratti

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/forest-bathing-aftercovid/ After learning about the Buddhist Three Characteristics, we can now put them all together and enjoy things like Forest Bathing. Intro: 0:00 Shinrin-Yoku: 1:51 The Three Characteristics: 3:44 Benefits: 6:36 Regional Parks: 8:18 Finding a place in cities: 9:27 Positive Emotions: 11:37 All photos, videos, music and sound effects from Storyblocks, Pexels, and Wikipedia Resources: Forest Bathing - Qi Ling: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780525559856/ The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing - Julia Plevin: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780399582110/ The Three Characteristics: https://rumble.com/v1gr0w5-mindfulness-how-to-avoid-intellectualizing-your-practice.-anatta.html https://rumble.com/v1gr1it-mindfulness-how-to-meditate-for-longer.-dukkha.html https://rumble.com/v1gr219-mindfulness-gone.-anicca.html The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions - Barbara Fredrickson: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693418/pdf/15347528.pdf Profile of Moods Test: https://soulandspiritmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Forest-bathing-download.pdf List of National Parks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks A Ranger's guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes - Carol Shively Anderson, Roger Anderson: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781560371571/ List of Urban Parks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_parks_by_size Singapore's Iconic Green Spaces: https://www.visitsingapore.com/editorials/singapores-iconic-green-spaces/ Music: Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves - Adrian Boult Photos: Terrace Garden in Telok Blangah Hill Park, Singapore. By William Cho. - A Spooky Rendezvous @ Terrace Garden with Reggie – Telok Blangah Hill, Singapore.., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24296258 Daniel Libeskind, Reflections By KimonBerlin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimon/12336751174/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57528027

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/meditation-trap-doors/ One of the most difficult practices is Meditation, and here are a summary of common pitfalls and traps, including pleasant ones. Intro: 0:00 Searching For Stability: 0:24 Trap Doors: 6:56 Beliefs In Stability As A Foundation For Social Organization: 24:25 Nirvana: 31:34 Living Life While Letting Go: 45:45 Resources: Notes On The End of the Game - Deconstructing the Portals to the Absolute 2nd edition - Stephen H. Wolinsky: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HGHGL68 Mastering The Core Teachings Of The Buddha - Revised and Expanded Edition: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha's Teachings on Nibbana/Nirvana: https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20/The-Island-Web.pdf Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gsmvn-totem-and-taboo-sigmund-freud.html Getting Stuck On The Spiritual Journey - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/RAHGUGT0ULM Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: https://rumble.com/v1gpl0j-attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman.html Momentum in thinking and why Therapy takes so long - Esther Hicks: https://youtu.be/1Isz3J1q5SY His relationship ended - Esther Hicks: https://youtu.be/yEPizaFK0dY Ikigai: https://rumble.com/v1gvo41-ikigai.html Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html Put Your Knowledge Away - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2021/211010_Put_Your_Knowledge_Away.mp3 The Lamp Went On - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/c4su1612yZY Conscious TV transcripts: https://conscious.tv/text/transcripts.php Tina Rasmussen - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/1BbUVzmantU Stephen Snyder - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/FXfycMZcEaw Photos from Pexels and Wikipedia: Photos: Meditation Room By Johann Jaritz - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7036314 Holloway Road London - By Alan Burnett - Flickr: High Holborn, London (1960s) (incorrectly identified by author), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26663508

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/meditation-taking-stock/ Taking Stock is exactly that. I provide a summary I've what I've covered and how it all works together. I also include some of what I learned in Psychoanalysis and how Narcissism is factoring in big with Woke Psychology contemporaneously. We have to look at the Psychological Objects in our minds with meditation and see the hidden aggression and do something about it before it's too late. We are also broaching June 1st which is World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day ( https://wnaad.com/ ) and it's important to look at all professions and how this infection of Narcissism can seep into all supposedly good deeds, and even in areas that are supposedly heroically fighting it. Any institution, including psychology and therapy, are not immune. It ends on a note of the pressure we can feel sometimes for growth. Intro: 0:00 Taking Stock: 0:27 Meditation Summary: 4:47 Narcissism and Woke Ideology: 18:18 The River of Dreams: 28:39 Resources: Flow: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html How can I stay aware all the time? - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/tv_McETr_jg The Way of Effortless Effort - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/OacbURCmA_k ‘You’re a murderer’: Officer records verbal attack during traffic stop: https://youtu.be/_THBjQ-uP9A Lady Gaga, Michael B Jordan, JLo promote creepy new "safety" seal and it is NOT what it seems inside: https://youtu.be/dbxUdTm_VOY "Look at Me!" Black Mother Takes Blowtorch to Critical Race Theory in Front of School Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcJS2UJVwMc René Girard: https://rumble.com/v1gsnwv-the-origin-of-envy-and-narcissism-ren-girard.html https://rumble.com/v1gvuql-object-relations-fear-of-success-pt.-2.html When Cancel Culture Cancels Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sKX2Gk7eFY World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day: https://wnaad.com/ Celebrities without makeup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoPb8JcPjOE Acknowledging your Depth - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/26UjjrjAyP8 The Immediacy of Being - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/eXVmCV8PHhk Photos in the Video: Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down: By Tony Webster - https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/50000129917/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91204611 Photos and Video from Pexels and Wikipedia

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness-letting-go/ After eroding a pathological Super-ego with mindfulness and concentration one can take advantage of the pleasures of Positive Psychology. For many this is their stopping point, but for others there is even more to meditation. Commentary and suggestions from positive psychology, Upasika Kee Nanayon, Rob Burbea, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, and ​@Adyashanti. Intro: 0:00 Replacements: 0:24 Healthy nihilism: 8:04 Letting go: 18:13 All photos, videos and music from Storyblocks, Pexels and Wikipedia Resources: Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience - Bryant and Veroff: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780805851205/ Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire - Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee: https://dharmaseed.org/retreats/3383/ Pure and Simple - Upasika Kee Nanyon: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780861717514/ Tracy, N. (2012, January 12). Types of Addiction: List of Addictions, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2020, September 5 from https://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/addictions-information/types-of-addiction-list-of-addictions Adyashanti - August 26, 2020 - https://youtu.be/heW7w3cQtDk Stop eating roadkill - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200806_Stop_Eating_Roadkill.mp3 Adjust the flame - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200916_Adjust_the_Flame.mp3 Being shameless is good for you - Marisa Peer: https://youtu.be/PBg7iSdDZBM Photo credit: Upasika Kee Nanayon: By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55507720

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-pa…ight-mindfulness/ When we develop the prior steps on the Noble Eightfold Path, there is now a method to look clearer into this human experience. Mindfulness illuminates how reactivity works in the mind and the body, and it reminds us what we are supposed to be doing with the Eightfold Path: To find the Supreme Happiness of Peace. Intro: 0:00 Equanimity: 0:24 3 Characteristics: 5:29 Dzogchen/Advaita Direct Paths: 19:24 Subject - Object - Time: 1:19:03 Photos from Pexels and Wikipedia Photo: Sogyal Rinpoche performing an empowerment ritual in Bhutan By Lotsawa108 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19234742 Resources: The Eight Worldly Winds - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/562014179 The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html Flow: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html Thought and Meditation - Rob Burbea: https://rumble.com/v1gqufd-thought-and-meditation-rob-burbea.html Equanimity - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12307/ Effortlessness - Leela Sarti: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/player/59944.html The Three Characteristics: https://rumble.com/v1gr0w5-mindfulness-how-to-avoid-intellectualizing-your-practice.-anatta.html https://rumble.com/v1gr1it-mindfulness-how-to-meditate-for-longer.-dukkha.html https://rumble.com/v1gr219-mindfulness-gone.-anicca.html Michael Pollan and Chris Bache - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjZypJKSFM Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Dzogchen South Africa Full Explanation of Rigpa with Jackson Peterson: https://youtu.be/Wt5-upLlGWw SN 1:25: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1_25.html The Not-Knowing That Knows - Loch Kelly: https://youtu.be/FW33mNmcG14 Vipassana - Daniel Ingram: https://player.vimeo.com/video/250616410?h=b374ebf8e4 Starting As Awareness - Rupert Spira: https://youtu.be/R1MUMJfLdjY Beyond Mindfulness to Effortless Mindfulness: https://youtu.be/NqUXVRbsKo0 Adyashanti & Loch Kelly - The Journey After Awakening: https://youtu.be/MsVImg6imX8 A Life Of One's Own - Marion Milner: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780415550659/ Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: https://rumble.com/v1gpl0j-attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman.html Esther Hicks - The Receptive Mode: https://youtu.be/LUdti3B3fLM The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gvdo1-the-ego-and-the-id-sigmund-freud.html Loch Kelly, Author, "Shift Into Freedom," on the Path of Awakening: https://youtu.be/LGXmM8cO1b8 Wake Up Now - Stephan Bodian: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780071742221/ Shift Into Freedom - Loch Kelly: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781622033508/ Beyond Mindfulness - Stephan Bodian: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781626259720/ The Way of Effortless Mindfulness - Loch Kelly: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781683642329/ The Unconditioned - Adyashanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22LUSgtIt8c Be Who You Are - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955176258/ Beyond Knowledge - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955176289/ The Book of Listening - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955399947/ The Ease of Being - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781684034987/ I AM - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781838383695/ Stop Chasing What You Think Will Make You Happy - Alan Watts: https://youtu.be/1TbfkTJTmxo Sogyal Rinpoche Allegations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche#Abuse_allegations Sogyal Rinpoche scandal: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6539099/dark-behind-the-mindfulness-how-a-buddhist-guru-abused-followers-on-the-hunters-doorstep/ Sogyal Rinpoche and the Crazy Wisdom tradition: https://tzal.org/sogyal-rinpoche-and-the-crazy-wisdom-tradition/ Crazy Wisdom, or just Crazy?: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/rigpa-abuse/ Trap Doors: https://rumble.com/v1grer7-meditation-trap-doors.html Out Of The Fog: https://outofthefog.website/personality-disorder-statistics#pd1 Rest As Awareness - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/hIX_zk5NN6g I cannot find myself - Adyashanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke76fK-Jcis The Subtlety of Dependent Origination - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9553/ Zen Mind Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590302675/ Seeing That Frees - Rob Burbea: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780992848910/ Seeing That Frees Edits: http://www.robburbea.com/teachings/seeing-that-frees-edits/ Rob Burbea Transcripts: https://airtable.com/shr9OS6jqmWvWTG5g/tblHlCKWIIhZzEFMk/viw3k0IfSo0Dve9ZJ Introduction to The Middle Way - Chandrakirti: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781570629426/ Nagarjuna's Precious Garland - Jeffrey Hopkins: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781559392747/ Dignaga on the Interpretation of Signs - Richard Hayes: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9789401078061/ Thought and Meditation - Rob Burbea: https://rumble.com/v1gqufd-thought-and-meditation-rob-burbea.html Guided Meditation on Chronic Pain: https://rumble.com/v1goucj-meditation-and-chronic-pain-various-authors.html How do I stay in the present moment when it feels unbearable? - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://youtu.be/t5Ka2RS0UC4 The Wisdom of No Escape - Pema Chödron: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590307939/ Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-speech/ When we think of Right View and Right Resolve, there is a lot of thinking involved and what Buddhists term as Verbal Fabrication has an effect on how we feel. How we heard others talk, shows up in how we talk to ourselves and others. Pictures from Pexels and Wikipedia: Resources: Narcissistic Supply: https://rumble.com/v1gveop-narcissistic-supply-freud-and-beyond-wnaad.html Meditation: Taking Stock: https://rumble.com/v1grdgd-meditation-taking-stock-wnaad.html The 'Wolfman': https://rumble.com/v1gucp1-case-studies-the-wolf-man-13-freud-and-beyond.html Violence and the Sacred - René Girard: https://rumble.com/v1gsnwv-the-origin-of-envy-and-narcissism-ren-girard.html Jeff Toobin apologizing for a Zoom call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8noCAW7z5Bk Right Speech - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/NobleStrategy/Section0008.html MN 58: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN58.html Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness-gone-anicca/ After seeing through the concrete self, and learning how to preserve peace, Shinzen Young describes how to see the richness of impermanence. Intro: 0:00 The Flow of life: 0:23 Gone: 1:09 The Source: 3:16 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Gone - Shinzen Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7LXHjGHfM&feature=youtu.be The power of Gone - Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/art_PowerofGone.pdf What is Mindfulness - Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WhatIsMindfulness_SY_Public_ver1.5.pdf Dark Night of the Soul - St. John of the Cross: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781420969306/ The Science of Enlightenment - Shinzen Young: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781591794608/ Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book (Second Edition Revised and Expanded) by Daniel M. Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ Free version: https://mctb.org/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/how-to-meditate-for-longer/ Now that the sense of self is seen through, there are glimpses of peace. Thanissaro Bhikkhu talks about how to preserve it. Intro: 0:00 Dukkha [Dissatisfaction]: 0:24 Worlds: 2:35 Taking charge of your happiness: 3:57 How to meditate for longer: 5:28 Use your Illusion: 6:55 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Narcissistic Supply - Freud and Beyond: https://rumble.com/v1gveop-narcissistic-supply-freud-and-beyond-wnaad.html Dhammatalks - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/ Continuity - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2015/150620_Continuity.mp3 The Allure of Sensuality - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2018/180719_The_Allure_of_Sensuality.mp3

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness/ How do we deal with over-intellectualism in meditation practice? Quotes from Bhikkhu Analayo, Pema Chödron, Mooji, Daniel J. Siegel, Adyashanti, and S.N. Goenka. Intro: 0:00 Deep conditioning: 0:25 Mindfulness: 2:41 Emptiness of Self: 4:41 Desire: 6:50 Beauty: 9:07 Concept and experience: 10:22 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide - Analayo: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911407102/ Welcoming the unwelcome - Pema Chödron: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781611808681/ Interview with S.N. Goenka: https://www.inquiringmind.com/article/3001_w_goenka/ The Mindful Brain by Daniel J. Siegel - https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780393704709/ Wherever you go, there you are - Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781401307783/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-jhanas/ A compilation of the 8 Jhanas and insights from the points of view of many masters and commentators: Adyashanti, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Ajahn Brahm, Leigh Brasington, Rob Burbea, John Butler, Julia Cameron, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Meister Eckhart, Henepola Gunaratana, Martin Heidegger, Daniel Ingram, Ramana Maharshi, Tina Rasmussen, J. Reid Meloy, Rumi, Pak Au Sayadaw, Daniel J. Siegel, Stephen Snyder, Rupert Spira, and Arahant Upatissa Photos, Video, Music and Sound effects from Storyblocks, Pexels, and Wikipedia. Intro: 0:00 Jhana vs. Narrative: 1:19 Preparation: 16:00 Access Concentration: 22:11 Hindrances: 27:09 1st Jhana - Rapture: 34:19 Guarding: 36:15 2nd Jhana - Joy: 41:18 3rd Jhana - Contentment: 43:52 4th Jhana - Equanimity: 45:51 5th Jhana - Boundless Space: 47:43 6th Jhana - Boundless Consciousness: 54:36 7th Jhana - No-thingness: 1:00:28 8th Jhana - Neither Perception nor Non-Perception: 1:07:23 Oneness insights: 1:11:26 How to live with oneness: 1:26:46 The Problem of Oneness: 1:30:33 Resources: The Anapanasati Sutta: http://psychreviews.org/category-contemp…anapanasatisutta/ Practicing the Jhanas - Stephen Snyder, Tina Rasmussen, Pa Auk Sayadaw: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590307335/ Tina Rasmussen talks: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/262/ Right Concentration - Leigh Brasington: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781611802696/ The Jhanas - Leigh Brasington: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/janas.html The Jhanas- Ajahn Brahm: http://dhammatalks.net/Books/Ajahn_Brahm_The_Jhanas.pdf Mastering the Core Teachings of The Buddha - Daniel Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781904658405/ 2nd Edition: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ The Nature of Consciousness - Rupert Spira: Kindle: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781684030002/ The Transparency of Things - Rupert Spira: Kindle: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781626258808/ Be as you are - Ramana Maharshi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780140190625/ Rumi: The Book of Love: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780060750503/ Meister Eckhart: http://www.mythosandlogos.com/eckhart.html Magga-vibhanga Sutta: Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn45/sn45.008.than.html Bhikkhu Sujato: https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/bodhi Jhana: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-samadhi/jhana.html The Jhanas - Henapola Gunaratana: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html Dvedhavitakka Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.019.than.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/improving-concentration/ One of the biggest problems of meditation is maintaining consistent concentration. Sitting down and meditating is not a simple business and many teachers talk about mental maps that take years to traverse for most people, or not at all. As any good psychologist will know, there are many minds in our psyche and they run automatically throughout the day. They make decisions for us. They are our counselors and tormentors. These minds are based on addictive conditioning to follow their advice, based on advise we've gotten from our family and culture, mixed in with direct or indirect threats to remove pleasurable attention if we don't comply. Many Minds: 0:00 Intro: 1:15 Moving too fast: 1:39 Just stop!: 11:36 Ego to satisfy craving: 17:44 Mastering craving: 25:29 Are humans stupid? 30:31 Ignorance (Avijja): 33:55 Resources: Abiding in Emptiness - Mary Aubry https://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/990/56371.html MN 121: The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness: https://suttacentral.net/mn121/en/sujato Deepening into Emptiness - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12520/ Welcoming - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9813/ Dependent Co-arising: https://rumble.com/v1goxkv-dependent-co-arising-various-authors.html How to motivate yourself: https://rumble.com/v1gv3zl-how-to-motivate-yourself-freud-and-beyond.html Emotional Feeding: https://rumble.com/v1gqvl1-emotional-feeding-thanissaro-bhikkhu.html Case Studies: 'Little Hans' - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gu93b-case-studies-little-hans-sigmund-freud.html Jhana: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html LSD Simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTamIwZFr1s "Small moves Ellie." Contact - Jodie Foster and David Morse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPUO6gGSh8 No Mind - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9547/ The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176239 Dr. Willoughby Britton and His Holiness the Dalai Lama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etii18s9RKU Be Completely Not Enough - Gangaji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLN__QHwpss&t=3s The biggest disease affecting humanity - I am not enough - Marisa Peer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3NyUMLh7Y The Diamond In Your Pocket - Gangaji: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781591795520/ Suffering and Addiction - Gangaji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlLcI5oDKu4 I Am Enough: Mark Your Mirror And Change Your Life - Marisa Peer: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781916411005/ The Pleasure Principle - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gurqv-the-pleasure-principle-sigmund-freud.html The Psychology of Awakening - Conscious TV - Georgi Y Johnson interviewed by Renate McNay: (12:36) https://youtu.be/_BQdbwxWUXc From Illusion to Truth - Leonard Jacobson (45:40) https://youtu.be/JFSSKtCYFkM Everybody spiritually by-passes - Mariana Caplan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJ3iqJPX_s Spiritual Bypassing and Inner Bonding: https://rumble.com/v1gpm57-spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding.html Transference Focused Therapy - Otto Kernberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHO5laXVug The Craft of the Heart - Thanissaro Bhikkhu https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2019/190521_The_Craft_of_the_Heart.mp3 Skillful Thinking - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2001/0109n1b1%20Skillful%20Thinking.mp3 Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html The art of focus - Christina Bengsston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF80HzqvAoA The Anapanasati Sutta: 4 tetrads: https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780712654777/ In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People by George K. Simon: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780965169608/ WNAAD Stalking: https://rumble.com/v1gvhk1-stalking-world-narcissistic-abuse-awareness-day.html What is thinking? - Martin Heidegger: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780060905286/ Music and sound effects by Storyblocks Stock photos and stills by Storyblocks, Pexels, Wikipedia, YouTube.

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/emotional-feeding/ Part of the divide between Theravada Buddhist attitudes, and later forms of Buddhism, is the insight of interrelatedness. To Thanissaro, interrelatedness, inter-being, or interdependence is not a happy realization, because of the mind's need for emotional feeding. He says, "all living beings depend on food. Interrelated is the process of eating. We eat each other. Physical, emotional and mental food." All human conflicts relate to feeding, especially on things that cannot be shared. There are good elements to interrelatedness as later traditions of Buddhism point out, but there is danger if the negative side is forgotten. He reminds us that even if we only feed on vegetables, there's a lot of suffering required to farm, process and transport food for consumption. By being hungry we are interdependent to the environment, which has so much that is out of our power. Intro: 0:00 Feeding the Mind: 0:43 Skillful feeding: 1:51 The Manipulative Ego: 2:55 The Challenge: 4:13 Internal and External rewards: 6:06 Emotional Dysregulation: 7:12 The Mind has a Mind of its own: 9:37 Focus on your own work: 12:14 Unstable sources of food: 13:50 How to practice: 16:23 Savouring: 17:42 Skillful Thinking: 19:13 Appreciate where you are: 20:07 Blameless Feeding: 21:00 The Committee: 22:04 Facing Death: 23:52 Guided Meditation for Chronic Pain: https://rumble.com/v1goucj-meditation-and-chronic-pain-various-authors.html Thanissaro's website: https://www.dhammatalks.org/ A New Year's Day Guided Meditation - Emotional Feeding: https://rumble.com/v1gvmab-new-years-day-guided-meditation.html Pictures and video from Storyblocks, Pixabay, Wikipedia, and Me. Guanjin By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19813440 Someone still moves slowly in Japan by 2benny, CC BY 2.0, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, https://flic.kr/p/ns1F9B Buddhist Monk Ajaan Geoff giving a Dhamma Talk By Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk.jpg: Sakula (Mary Reinard).The original uploader was Narcissus at English Wikipedia.derivative work: Sudozero (talk) – Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11290301

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/thought-and-meditation/ Instructions for dealing with thought and meditation can be confusing. Are we supposed to stop thinking? It's an important question. Thinking in a painful way, for some people, can lead to suicide. With misunderstandings and poor instruction, the practitioner of meditation has some hurdles to overcome. When the practitioner tries to stop thinking, they will find that the results are only temporary, and they've suffered a lot of strain in the attempt. At other times the practitioner gives up development and surfs on interesting thoughts and concepts. If thinking is allowed in meditation, what kind of thinking is good thinking? A lot of the following material comes from one of my favourite masters Rob Burbea, so I would like to let the audience know, if they don't know already, that he's fighting pancreatic cancer. Yet despite that he's still has the fortitude to teach, for example his new retreat teachings have been uploaded about Imaginal practice, and there are links below. Rob like the rest of us is impermanent and the gifts he provides and are not guaranteed. If you are in the position to do so you can donate via this link to help with his expenses: Intro - Harassed by thinking: 0:00 Rob Burbea 1:19 Working with thought and meditation 1:56 Experimentation 2:52 Ouroboros 4:33 Papañca 5:31 Complication 7:31 Cutting thought 8:32 Allowing 9:51 Rewards 11:44 Thinking with calm 12:08 Labeling 13:26 "I" as the source of papañca 14:25 Only impressions in awareness 16:48 Anger 19:07 Time and the emptiness of time 20:02 Deeper than thinking 22:12 Three characteristics 25:00 Rob Burbea Working with thought in meditation: http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/10835.html Thoughts and Images in Meditation: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17963/ Approaching the Dharma: Part One - Unbinding the World: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17960/ Approaching the Dharma: Part Two - Liberating ways of looking: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17961/ Only impressions in awareness: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9820/ Time and the emptiness of time: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11929/ Maya and Nirvana (Beyond the Measure of Mind): http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/10832/ Mindfulness: Nirvana https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Rob's recent retreat talks: The Mirrored Gates: http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/3918/ Tending the Holy Fire: http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/3920/ Andrea Fella Working with thoughts and thinking: https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/2407.html Thanissaro Bhikkhu You can't clone awakening: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2009/090904%20You%20Can't%20Clone%20Awakening.mp3 Your Landing Strip: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2015/150402(short)_Your_Landing_Strip.mp3 Going in light: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2016/160408(short)_Going_in_Light.mp3 Other resources: Compassionate Wrath - Robert Augustus Masters: https://www.atpweb.org/pdf/masters.pdf Dependent Co-arising - Various Authors: http://psychreviews.org/dependent-co-arising-various-authors/ Contemplative practice: http://psychreviews.org/category/contemplativepractice/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-mind-illuminated-culadasa/ John Yates, also known as Culadasa, directs the Dharma Treasure Buddhist Sangha in Tuscon, Arizona. He has worked in a wide variety of traditions including, Theravada, Tibetan traditions, and he also taught physiology and neuroscience. He wrote the book The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Using Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science, which is refreshing in its use of Stages. Many practitioners want to skip to the end of the path and end up slowing their practice down unknowingly. By focusing on stages, the meditator can focus on what they need to master first before moving onto the next stage, and thereby they keep from getting lost. In this review I’ll focus on some of Culadasa’s insights into how mindfulness works, and the challenges of a wandering mind. For the latest on Culadasa, see Guru Viking's Interviews: The Mind Illuminated: https://youtu.be/roTWZ9GcBMY Pandemic: https://youtu.be/4T5juDagQ1w Denounced In The Dharma https://youtu.be/Yv3AX1IzeCY Intro: 0:00 Lost in thoughts 1:05 Insight 2:07 Intention 4:27 Targeted and wide 5:58 Forgetting 7:11 Following 7:55 Connecting 8:49 Labeling 12:00 Investigating the breath 13:07 Checking-in 13:26 Summary 14:44 Dullness 15:32 Eliminating thoughts causes dullness 18:09 Thoughts in meditation 18:40 The Mind Illuminated 20:23 Music, sound effects, photos and videos from Storyblocks. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Using Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science - Culadasa: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781501156984/ http://culadasa.com/ Dharma Treasure: https://dharmatreasure.org/ The Anapanasati Sutta: http://psychreviews.org/category-contemplativepractice-theanapanasatisutta/ Thanissaro Bhikkhu – Mental Stirrings: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2004/040227%20Mental%20Stirrings.mp3

Blog link for instructions: http://psychreviews.org/inner-bonding-guided-meditation/ Spiritual Bypassing and Inner Bonding http://psychreviews.org/spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding/ Stock footage and photos by Storyblocks

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding/ Spiritual bypassing is a term coined by John Welwood, which defines his experiences he had in meditation communities where practitioners used meditation to skip the work of resolving emotional wounds and unfinished childhood development. To nip this problem in the bud, I chose a modality to explore that has helped me in the past and still helps to this day. Inner Bonding is a process by Dr. Margaret Paul which is a modality of healing that creates a solid foundation for spiritual or philosophical practices. Before we see the impermanence of the self, we first need to get to know the self. Intro: 0:00 Healing your aloneness: 1:18 Intention: 6:16 Feel the feels!: 7:37 The Abandoned Child: 8:23 The Loved Child: 10:38 Inauthenticity: 11:43 Inner Bonding vs. Inner Slavery: 13:06 Choose to connect: 14:26 Self-intimacy and relationships: 15:13 Inner Bonding: 10:06 Outro: 29:13 Spiritual Bypassing interview with John Welwood: http://www.johnwelwood.com/articles/TRIC_interview_uncut.doc Books by Margaret Paul: Inner Bonding: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780062507105/ Healing Your Aloneness: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780062501493/ Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You? By Jordan Paul and Margaret Paul: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781568387963/ Stock music, footage and photos by Storyblocks

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman/ When a meditator has a number of years under their belt they find that there are particular insights that work together to bring the meditator to the equipoise they have now. These insights involve the proper use of the attention span. Looking at a Daniel Kahneman’s work and a few key guided meditations here is a compilation of what I found helpful. Intro: 0:00 "Is the part of the mind that wants peace, peaceful?" 0:48 Autonomy or fate?: 2:46 The Attention Span 4:50 Effort 7:14 Summary - Realistic happiness 8:43 Stock photos from Storyblocks Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: Hardcover: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780130505187/ The book is quite expensive but can be found on a Princeton website: https://www.princeton.edu/~kahneman/docs/attention_and_effort/Attention_hi_quality.pdf Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780374533557/ Freedom through higher awareness – Wayne Dyer: Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3oipyrV Mental Stirrings https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2004/040227%20Mental%20Stirrings.mp3 A Relaxed Focus https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2018/180228(short)_A_Relaxed_Focus.mp3 Dependent Co-arising https://rumble.com/v1goxkv-dependent-co-arising-various-authors.html Non-Duality and the Fading of Perception http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/9548.html