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Michael W. Taft
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🦇 Sentient comet 💫 Meditation freak 🙏🏻 Teacher 🍄 Author 🎙Podcaster 📚 SF nerd 🤖 Serial comma enthusiast 🌏 Raised by wolves 🐺 Bad influence 🧝🏻‍♂️

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    Michael W. Taft‏ @OortCloudAtlas 11 Oct 2017

    Next weekend I (michael) will be interviewing Culadasa for the DY podcast. Please LMK what you’re burning questions for him are!

    10:07 AM - 11 Oct 2017
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      1. Newtruthiness‏ @newtruthiness 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        How does his attention vs awareness model fit into Shinzen's UM system if at all (gets asked a lot in UM groups)

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      1. Jason Snyder‏ @cognazor 12 Oct 2017
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        It would be great to hear him talk more about insight experiences and their relationship to his 10 stage model

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      1. Daniel Jordan‏ @Socrates_Daemon 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        What is his new book going to be about and when can we expect it to be available?

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      1. Jevan‏ @Jevan 11 Oct 2017
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        How does he determine if one of his students has awakened/reached stream entry?

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      1. Brasarasa‏ @eternauta3k 14 Oct 2017
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        Any advice for a TMI practitioner who's intrigued by Vajrayana/tantra?

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      1. Wiseass Elder‏ @WullowStill 13 Oct 2017
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        Culadasa, can you talk about the influence of scientists such as Marvin Minsky on your understanding of the mind models and the practice?

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      1. Wiseass Elder‏ @WullowStill 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        Culadasa, do you have any advice for an older person who is likely to die before awakening? What, then, should the goal of meditation be?

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      1. Wiseass Elder‏ @WullowStill 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        Culadasa, please talk more about your understanding of the non-dual nature of mind and brain, and the "stuff" that manifests as both.

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      1. Meeeehawwl‏ @Meeeeehaaawl 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        Can the Jhanas have positive mental benefits apart from emotional ones, such as boosting intelligence and creativity?

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      2. Meeeehawwl‏ @Meeeeehaaawl 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        Can meditation boost cognitive abilities such as problem solving and creative thinking? How would one train their mind to produce more ideas

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      3. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Meeeeehaaawl @OortCloudAtlas

        FWIW - "...we show that Theravada and Vajrayana meditations are based on different neurophysiological mechanisms, which give rise to either a relaxation or arousal response..."http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102990 …

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      4. Meeeehawwl‏ @Meeeeehaaawl 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @misen__ @OortCloudAtlas

        Thanks! Any good resources on Vajrayna meditation for the Western Reader?

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      5. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Meeeeehaaawl @OortCloudAtlas

        Well, @kenmcleod is writing a book....Vajrayana techniques are really wrapped up in tradition and student-teacher relationship. I linked the study because you asked about cognitive abilities, and that is the only study I know which explored that function in a comparative way.

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      6. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @misen__ @Meeeeehaaawl and

        I think Michael has a background in Hindu Tantra (similar aspects to Vajrayana), maybe he could point you in the right direction. I guess if I pushed myself I'd probably suggest Dr. Reggie Ray's 'Secret of The Vajra World'. But I don't practice much tantra, mostly Mahamudra.

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      1. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        Does awakening/stream-entry always occur with a fruition type event where experience cuts out and re-emerges from non-experience, or can stream-entry 'creep up' a la Shinzen? How does his training in Mahamudra teachings inform his views/experiences of awakening & meditation?

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      2. William Boxhall‏ @william_boxhall 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        What relation do Vipassana ñanas have to the TMI 10 Stages? Do they still occur in Shamatha Vipassana, and is there value experiencing them?

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      3. Mi'sen‏ @misen__ 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @william_boxhall @OortCloudAtlas

        @Culadasa talked about this at length recently, here -https://youtu.be/GT59emts4RQ?t=14m12s …

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      1. AUM‏ @gnoppa1 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        What kind of exercises Culadasa recommends for sleep/during sleep/dream yoga.

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      1. Shaun Ivan Muzic‏ @ShaunIvanMuzic 11 Oct 2017
        Replying to @OortCloudAtlas

        What kind of role could meditation play in the treatment of mild to moderate depression and anxiety? Is that a worthy goal for the practice?

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