As @OortCloudAtlas notes, some peculiarities of American Buddhism only make sense in light of its roots in 1960s-70s psychedelic culture, and the puritanical 1980s-90s reaction, rejection, and cover-up.
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The puritanical reactionary cleansing of American Buddhism in the 1990s successfully banned the most valuable aspects of Buddhism, along with the bathwater. They may be permanently lost. I wrote about that here: https://vividness.live/2015/09/30/why-westerners-rebranded-secular-ethics-as-buddhist-and-banned-tantra/ …pic.twitter.com/QMK8dJGDQ7
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@OortCloudAtlas summarizes the non-ordinary consequences as: Impermanence, Suchness, & Meta-Rationality. This valuable reformulation mirrors the traditional tantric progression from ordinary perception through emptiness, energy, and non-duality.Show this thread
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what is the best book to learn meditation?
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That may depend a lot on why you want to meditate, and what experiences and conceptual background you may already have. (I can never give a straight answer to any question!) There’s a free email course for the brand I practice: http://aromeditation.org
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this was one of my favorite episodes yet, would love to read your thoughts at length on it
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Outstanding discussion!
