Natural Awakening

Wherein Roger and I briefly cover his bio, what brought him to practice, stream-entry and beyond, diving into phenomenological description of centerless, 'empty' consciousness, concluding with epistemological and metaphysical musings. His website, where you can find articles, videos, and more, is: https://meditative.dev/web/ and associated twitter profile: https://twitter.com/meditative_dev You can find Roger on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 Dogen: To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly. Garfield, Jay L. Engaging Buddhism (p. 69). From the Kaccānagotta Sutta (SN 12:15): “By & large, Kaccāna, this world is supported by [takes as its object] a polarity, that of existence & non-existence. But when one sees the origination of the world as it has come to be with right discernment, ‘non-existence’ with reference to the world does not occur to one. When one sees the cessation of the world as it has come to be with right discernment, ‘existence’ with reference to the world does not occur to one." https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN12_15.html I mentor meditation in Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. If that or any of my ambling thoughts in long-form are of interest to you, check out my website: https://www.wystantbs.com/ My twitter: https://twitter.com/WystanTBS Thanks for watching and listening! May you be happy! May all beings everywhere be free from all suffering!

Wherein Khenpo Dean and I discuss briefly his biography, the deity yoga distinctive of Vajrayana, a cursory outline of Dzogchen practice, and the concomitant relief and skillful action arising through perceiving the constructed 'empty' play of perception, relating this briefly to science. You can find Dean's organization, lineage, online courses, and much more at https://www.awaminstitute.org/. His YouTube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/user/DharmakirtiCollege I mentor meditation in Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. If that or any of my ambling thoughts in long-form are of interest to you, check out my website: https://www.wystantbs.com/ My twitter: https://twitter.com/WystanTBS A few lines from Dzogchen master and tertön Jigmé Lingpa: No outside, no inside and nothing in between — that quality of attention is Mind itself, free from conceptual distortions. - McLeod, Ken. A Trackless Path: A commentary on the great completion (dzogchen) teaching of Jigmé Lingpa's Revelations of Ever-present Good . Thanks for watching and listening! May you be happy! May all beings everywhere be free from all suffering!

Wherein Dave and I cross the conceptual categorical chasms between philosophy, religion, psychology, contemplative practice and experience(s) using my bio as scaffolding. Can the manifest and scientific image(s) converge in nondual fulfillment of the good, the true, and the beautiful? Listen to find out! Well, we tried, anyways ;). Check out Dave's writing (it's really good!): https://utexas.academia.edu/DavidCollins His twitter is https://twitter.com/bodhidave3 I mentor meditation in Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. If that or any of my ambling thoughts in long-form are of interest to you, check out my website: https://www.wystantbs.com/  My twitter: https://twitter.com/WystanTBS Thanks for listening!  May you be happy!  May all beings everywhere be free from all suffering!

Informed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Dave and I discuss intersections between contemplative practice, politics, social engagement, mental health, breaking down the distinction between sacred and mundane, and different strategies for taking care of ourselves and others in times of trouble. May everyone abide in well-being, in freedom from hostility, in freedom from ill-will, in freedom from anxiety, and may they maintain well-being in themselves. May all beings be released from all suffering. Dave's links: https://utexas.academia.edu/DavidCollins  https://twitter.com/bodhidave3 Wystan: https://www.wystantbs.com/ https://twitter.com/WystanTBS

David L. Collins, a contemplative practitioner with a near-death experience, discusses deep jhana, meditation in sleep, life as sacred display, and the concept of 'to know like love like what it is to be'. The conversation includes similarities between The Cloud of Unknowing and Dogen's practices, the paradox of effort and effortlessness, and the intersection of personal experiences with scientific materialism.