Parallax Spiritual Book Club Presents a dialogue with Layman Pascal and Andrew Sweeny on Crazy Wisdom. Layman Pascal is an author and host of the Podcast THE INTEGRAL STAGE. He is also a public speaker, nondual theologian and yoga & meditation teacher—and so many other things.
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A survey of texts from mystical, tantric, and non dual traditions—east and west. A experimental class and a ‘lectio divina’ reading group, that aims develop a non-sectarian community of learners interested in the ‘hidden traditions’. We will begin by discussing the 9 Yana system of The Nyingma Lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism, while studying theistic and non-theistic views. We will then move to western mystical traditions with reference to the first books of Genesis, Carl Jung’s ‘Answer to Job’, and Meister Eckhart. Finally, we will move east to the Indian Tantric and Advaita masters including Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ramakrishna; and then far east to Zen and Taoism. Finally, we will look at some of the great crazy wisdom masters of the 20th Century, beginning with George Gurdjieff, to controversial 20th Century masters like Chogyam Trungpa and Osho. The class will not be academic in spirit but rather aims to create an open community of dialogue with these texts. It will include some basic meditation and inquiry, have the occasional special guests, and there will be breakout rooms for discussion. It is open for anybody who is interested in deep meditation, contemplative traditions, and non-ordinary views of existence.
