The non-verbal reality of experience. Referencing Ajahn Sumedho’s famous phrase.
Meditation focusing on feeling rather than thoughts. Connecting to the nervous system as a source of intelligence.
Beginning with background on the mindfulness and Insight Meditation movement, then moving to “vedana,” the feeling tone of each experience.
Exploring the term “interoception,” the internal sense perception.
Discovering our habitual emotional states by exploring thoughts.
Reflecting on the the feelings that drive addiction and how mindfulness can help.
Reading from Joseph Goldstein’s “Mindfulness” and Bhikkhu Analayo’s “Mindfulness of Breathing” to understand what meditative concentration is and how to approach it.
October 28, 2025 Exploring three qualities the Buddha recommends for our meditation and spiritual practice.
Continuing to explore trauma, addiction, and mindfulness meditation.
Exploring trauma in addiction and meditation. Discriminating between ordinary suffering and severe trauma. This moves on to discussing depression, feeling, and naming uncomfortable states, making them more real.
9/23/2025 Exploring how naming experiences, feelings, and objects reifies them.
9/16/2025 Connecting Buddhist mindfulness practices with understanding not-self.
Tips for mindful meditation to reduce stress and manage emotions.
Discussing styles of meditation, then talking about how to hold past regrets.
Talking about how Ajahn Pasanno responds to questions about high states and enlightenment. Keeping it simple and down to earth.
Reflecting on separating mindfulness from the larger Dharma. The importance of an integrated practice, including morality, wisdom, and mind training. Viewing the practice as a long term training rather than a fix.
April 29, 2025. Reading from my own work in progress, “Let It Go,”, referencing Judson Brewer’s “Craving Mind”, and Christina Grof’s” Thirst for Wholeness.”