Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#47 - Emptiness, with Jake Orthwein

Jan 15, 2023

01:39:11

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No appearance without the particular way of looking

02:17

No longer appears with conceptual differentiation

03:40

The Different Connotations of the Term "Emptiness"

02:57

The Subtle Primordial Confusion That Comes With Returning To emptiness

04:03

Introduction

2min

The Middle Way, a Buddhist Concept of Emptiness

3min

What the Hell Is Emptiness?

4min

Is There a Reason to Limit Metaphysics to Subjective Experience?

5min

Why Should We Care About Emptiness?

6min

The Sensation Is Dependent on the Way of Looking

2min

Is There a Difference Between Happiness and Sadness?

5min

The Polar Bear and Terravatibulism

3min

The Bayesian Brain and Meditation

2min

10.

Is There a Difference Between Indigestion and the Car in the World?

5min

11.

Creating a Generative Model in Meditation

4min

12.

Is There a Higher Level Concept of Who Jake Is?

3min

13.

The Selflessness of Phenomenons in Buddhism

4min

14.

I Have an Icy on My Cheek

5min

15.

Is Itn't Necessary?

4min

16.

The Polar Bear Charges Against My Naked Body Right Now?

2min

17.

I've, I'm Noticing a Lot of Fear of Emptiness in My Own Practice.

6min

18.

Are You Trying to Separate Yourself From the Phenomenon?

4min

19.

Is There a Direct Integration Into Emptiness?

6min

20.

Is There a Sensation That You Can't Land On?

2min

21.

The Rigpa of Emptiness Meditation - What's the Nature of Mind?

4min

22.

Is This a Type of the Passiona?

5min

23.

Is There a Substantial Confusion?

5min

24.

You Are Not the Whole Universe

3min

25.

Deconstruction of Conceptual Perception

6min

Christofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the buddhist concept of Emptiness in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss dependent co-arising, lack of inherent existence and no-self, Rob Burbea's 'ways of looking', the baysian brain and meditation, why emptiness is liberative, 'fear of emptiness' and DPDR, and other related topics.

Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for the Psychology of Technology Institute, an academic non-profit focused on improving research on the human-technology relationship. He is also a long term meditator.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeOrthwein

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Introduction and preamble
(5:47) - What the hell is emptiness?
(13:46) - Why care about emptiness?
(21:20) - How is this different from monism or nihilism?
(30:26) - "The Bayesian Brain and Meditation"
(40:50) - Why no-self does not mean no concepts
(52:50) - Duality and reactivity
(59:03) - Holdups with emptiness in practice
(1:08:21) - Ways of practicing
(1:17:14) - Concerning awareness
(1:21:36) - Intermittent patterns of selfing
(1:32:14) - How deep this runs