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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      In the groove, intense creative energy feels effortless. This is “deep laziness.” @sarahdoingthing provides a recipe for deep laziness in this post: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/04/06/deep-laziness/ …pic.twitter.com/7zz4i5BqfQ

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      “Dzogchen,” literally “great completion,” describes enlightenment in Vajrayana Buddhism. Dzogchen is also called “the natural state” and “effortless spontaneous action” (lhündrüp). It is akin to “deep laziness”… an old man basking in the sun. https://amzn.to/2I597NU 

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      “Flow” experiences depend on near-optimal conditions. Dzogchen does not. I’ve suggested that Vajrayana ideally produces flow-like experiences under any circumstances.https://vividness.live/2012/06/27/tantra-and-flow/ …

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    4. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 30 Apr 2018
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      Great area of discussion. Perhaps @OortCloudAtlas would be interested in unpacking ‘flow from a tantric perspective’ with you - or another Vajrayana practitioner - on DY? (Long shot, I know 😂) Any intention to return to the ‘reinventing tantra’ project, by the way?

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      Project is officially mothballed, most likely permanently. Unfortunately, I don’t see a way forward, due to the tangle of issues around the role of the teacher.

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    6. Dan listens to the sudden reconfiguration‏ @danlistensto 30 Apr 2018
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      Replying to @Meaningness @misen__ @OortCloudAtlas

      would you be willing to speculate on what a "bid'ah" (arabic: innovation/heresy) in Vajrayana/Tantra might look like? if the guru problem is truly insoluble then what kind of solutions might actually work?

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      Vajrayana has a built-in mechanism for innovation, “terma.” If I knew the answer to the second question, I’d be working to implement it! (I do have some thoughts, but they don’t add up to an answer, unfortunately. Or not yet, anyway!)

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    8. Dan listens to the sudden reconfiguration‏ @danlistensto 30 Apr 2018
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      forgive my relative ignorance and please correct where I'm mistaken. I've been under the impression that terma is essentially a kind of prophetic revelation experience with a semi-formalized system of lama verification. Like an HMAC, to use a tech metaphor.

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    9. Dan listens to the sudden reconfiguration‏ @danlistensto 30 Apr 2018
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      that seems like, by design, it can't possibly escape the need for a lama. I suppose I'm just asking about pedagogy really. Can the teaching be adapted to a lama-free context at all? is terma really necessary? is secular innovation permitted/tolerated/desirable?

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Apr 2018
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      Secular innovation is what I’d like to see (depending maybe on what exactly “secular” is taken to mean). No one has the power to prevent it (in countries with religious freedom laws) so it doesn’t matter what the hierarchy thinks.

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      It’s worth trying to avoid offending traditionalists, out of respect and for pragmatic reasons; but if they are unreasonable, they’re best ignored I think.

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