Daniel Ingram has generously responded to my first three blog posts. His response is here: https://parletre.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/daniel-ingram-response/ …
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Replying to @VincentHorn @non_buddhism and
It’s fascinating to me that that’s your interpretation of his response. Perhaps I should change my handle to SpeechlessSubject. :)
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Replying to @SpeakingSubject @non_buddhism and
Hey, it’s not everyday someone takes the time to thoroughly respond, with such care, to what, on the surface, seemed a fairly obtuse critique.
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Replying to @VincentHorn @non_buddhism and
That’s interesting. I certainly agree with you about the time and effort. Obtuse, not so much. I’ve heard from quite a few people since making that post who’ve said (my paraphrase here): “Yes, those styles of meditation made me even more alexithymic than I was before I began.”
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Replying to @SpeakingSubject @non_buddhism and
Yes, it’s a fair point, but also an old one for some of us. I realized this point around a decade ago and changed course in how I conceived of and taught dharma & meditation as a result.
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Replying to @VincentHorn @non_buddhism and
Where have such modifications received attention in writing? Are there references you can point me to?
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Replying to @SpeakingSubject @non_buddhism and
Another place that I’ve gotten into some of this is in my presentation of Mindfulness++https://open.spotify.com/episode/31GLbAt9yA8itD6IHYEKUg …
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Replying to @VincentHorn @non_buddhism and
You do indeed. Which is fantastic. I suppose I'd say this: do you really think that these issues are well-recognized in the wider PD community? Is your sense that the people on the DO or Reddit have thought them through in relation to their own emotional well-being?
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I guess I'd also add... Here's a practice where "wisdom" consists of "noticing the three characteristics of sensate experience" (a gloss, yes, but even so) and that leads to "enlightenment." Yes, we recognize that "sensate experience" isn't really "reality," even though we call
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Replying to @SpeakingSubject @VincentHorn and
And the words chosen - "wisdom" and "enlightenment" as two examples - seem to encourage misunderstanding rather than clarifying it. The fact that teachers have thought about these things doesn't seem to do justice to the (seemingly encouraged at times) widespread misconceptions.
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