Meditation + Dharma Talk Every Wednesday Night, 7pm-9pm ET
Upcoming Schedule at a glance:
We begin at 7pm with a 45 minute silent meditation (sometimes there will be a guided one) and at around 7:50pm we will begin a dharma talk. Usually there is time for Q&A at the end.
All levels of practitioners, including absolute beginners, are welcome to attend. Support is available if you have questions. This weekly sangha gathering is hybrid with both online and in-person attendance available. Please see the logistics info below the schedule.
- June 10 — Compassion talk by Allie Vaknin
- June 17 — Sympathetic Joy talk by Susan Baxter
- June 24 — Equanimity talk by Lezlie Laws
- July 1 — Ask Me Anything Meditation Q&A with Peter Carlson
- July 8 — Satipatthana Culmination (Moving from the Eightfold to the Tenfold Path) by Peter Carlson
- July 15 — Anapanasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) by Peter Carlson
- July 22 — Anapanasati (Continued) by Peter Carlson
- July 29 — Self-Compassion (Referencing Kristin Neff’s work) by Susan Baxter
- August 5 — Ask Me Anything Meditation Q&A by Peter Carlson
- August 12 — TBD by Susan Baxter
- August 19 — Is Mindfulness Enough? by Susan Baxter
- August 26 — The Fullness of Emptiness by April Koester
- September 2 — “One Woman’s Problem with No Self” (Exploring Anatta and resistance, referencing Ezra Bayda) by Lezlie Laws
In-person Location: In the meditation hall behind Peter Carlson’s house.
1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park FL 32789
For more information call Peter at 407-339-5444
Click here to join Zoom Meeting.
Meeting ID: 847 1472 3882
Passcode: 620329
We hope you can join us, and we wish you well.
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Neuroplasticity and Non-Self
During this talk, Peter describes his research and contemplation regarding how contemporary neuroscientific research can increase understanding of anatta, the principle that asserts the absence of an enduring and autonomous self. He explains the processes of neuroplasticity and long-term potentiation during the interactions between various networks of neuronal connection as supportive of insights regarding the insubstantiality of subjective experience–there is no “control center”, no self to defend or gratify. He reports that this presentation provides an overview of the impersonal interactions among the neuronal networks and anticipates future Dharma talks that correlate the neural networks with important Buddhist concepts and practices. These efforts are intended to further Western understanding of ancient Dharma teachings away from abstract philosophical underpinnings and towards a more scientific understanding of anatta and sunnata.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: NEUROPLASTICITY AND ANATTA
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