by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This talk provides a way to understand how one’s self-experience develops from what is termed “self-state conflict” through “self-state integration”, leading to “self-state liberation”. We all experience conflict between how socially conditioned ideals of oneself and the world are conflicted, and how diligent, mindful, and clear knowing of Buddhist principles and practices cultivates an integrative process of personality organization–“good mental health”– and how this sets the conditions for spiritual Awakening.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Self-State Integration And The Awakening Process
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by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This talk provides a review of how to understand the anatta doctrine from a contemporary scientific and psychological perspective in order to realize the absence of and enduring/autonomous self.
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by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This talk on the last night of the retreat describes various areas of home life that are benefited through diligent and mindful application of the principles and practices retreatants learned and cultivated during the retreat.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: AWAKENING PRACTICES AT HOME
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by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This guided meditation provides an investigative review–how to recognize and cultivate each of the Seven Awakening Factors in order to facilitate the development of each, individually and as a coherent group.
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by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This guided meditation focuses attention on how to mindfully investigate the transient nature of all subjective experience–of sensations, feelings, thoughts, and the characteristics of consciousness.
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