One of the functions again of meditation is to allow us to rest for a while in a state where our experience is less and less mediated by concepts. Why would we bother doing this, because we might see that over reliance on concepts is like a kind of opiate. It dulls our sensibilities, because knowledge is now preceeding experience. We know what's going to happen. So it starts to be just a day like the day before and we find ourselves getting g a bit sad, a bit depressed, a bit bored, life's not very exciting. So we move between boredom and excitement and in a consumerist economy there are many, many products which can help us to mediate these two polarities. But if we thought what might lie in the middle between excitement and boredom perhaps there is a possibility of a sustained availability in myself to receive the ever-changing richness of the unfolding world. This availability is the quality of awareness. Awareness is our lucidity and clarity which illuminates the emergent moment - James Low
As concepts this is all familiar to me but this description of the how it all unfolds in awareness is brilliant. I'mr reminding of the Sri Nisargadatta quote... "The mind creates the abyss that the heart crosses." Non-dual teachings open up the world in unimaginable ways. I'm delighted to have encountered James Low.
Everyone’s mind has its ways of seeing things & interpreting what we see. Looking at a picture or looking at a scenery, what I see & what another person sees are different. This is because of the conditioning of our minds overtime to what is beautiful or interesting, etc that attracts our attention. There is no right or wrong. My view of what I see maybe different from yours. But if we share the information with each other we learn & see more than meets our eyes.
There is no "Judeo-Christian" tradition. There is the Christian tradition with its many facets and varieties and which draws upon Jewish writings, and there is the Jewish tradition with its many facets and varieties. Why conflate the two? It's intellectually lazy.
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Close pupil of CR lama and helping therapist in UK psycho facilities. The real bodhisatwa ❤
I have a similar regard for James Low as you do , Adam. I’m so grateful for these teachings as they deepen my practice. 🙏💫
@@1Youyourself1 once I was in a one such facilities. Very sad sad memories from the experience.
One of the functions again of meditation is to allow us to rest for a while in a state where our experience is less and less mediated by concepts. Why would we bother doing this, because we might see that over reliance on concepts is like a kind of opiate. It dulls our sensibilities, because knowledge is now preceeding experience. We know what's going to happen. So it starts to be just a day like the day before and we find ourselves getting g a bit sad, a bit depressed, a bit bored, life's not very exciting. So we move between boredom and excitement and in a consumerist economy there are many, many products which can help us to mediate these two polarities. But if we thought what might lie in the middle between excitement and boredom perhaps there is a possibility of a sustained availability in myself to receive the ever-changing richness of the unfolding world. This availability is the quality of awareness. Awareness is our lucidity and clarity which illuminates the emergent moment
- James Low
Thx for posting a great lecture
As concepts this is all familiar to me but this description of the how it all unfolds in awareness is brilliant. I'mr reminding of the Sri Nisargadatta quote... "The mind creates the abyss that the heart crosses." Non-dual teachings open up the world in unimaginable ways. I'm delighted to have encountered James Low.
Our mind's are mechanical not natural like nature. However, the heart loves knowing one's self to love other's. Thanks!
Everyone’s mind has its ways of seeing things & interpreting what we see. Looking at a picture or looking at a scenery, what I see & what another person sees are different. This is because of the conditioning of our minds overtime to what is beautiful or interesting, etc that attracts our attention. There is no right or wrong. My view of what I see maybe different from yours. But if we share the information with each other we learn & see more than meets our eyes.
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There is no "Judeo-Christian" tradition. There is the Christian tradition with its many facets and varieties and which draws upon Jewish writings, and there is the Jewish tradition with its many facets and varieties. Why conflate the two? It's intellectually lazy.
The cutesy visual jumps in the editing are beyond annoying.
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@@pedro_gomes Ah. I stand corrected. Thanks.
That's not editing he actually moves around like that sometimes, he's shifting in and out of dimensions.