DiscoverAlan Wallace Live from Phuket!Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience
Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

Update: 2010-06-04
Share

Description

If you have been subscribing to the podcast, you are probably very familiar with today's meditation. We practiced Settling the Mind in its Natural State by first coming in through different domains of experience, following to the instructions that the Buddha gave to the wandering ascetic Bahiya. I have linked to them directly in the past so I won't do so here, however Alan paraphrases them very clearly in the introduction. Alan also gives a brief recap on a point about non-conceptual experience from a few days ago, and details a "smooth gradient" from being fully-fledged psychotic to being a Buddha. Shortly thereafter, we go into the practice with the prospect of becoming sane, first with respect to our own minds, then in our dreams, and then in all experience, thus becoming lucid in the waking state.

Enjoy!

This beautiful local photo is from Daniela!
Comments 
Top Podcasts
The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024
In Channel
Ending Where We Began: Equanimity Permeated With Loving Kindness

Ending Where We Began: Equanimity Permeated With Loving Kindness

2010-06-1101:29:56

The Last Shamatha Practice

The Last Shamatha Practice

2010-06-1139:10

Equanimity: Looking Ahead

Equanimity: Looking Ahead

2010-06-1001:38:37

Of Trust, Devotion, or Lack Thereof (+ Awareness of Awareness Practice)

Of Trust, Devotion, or Lack Thereof (+ Awareness of Awareness Practice)

2010-06-1043:28

Awareness of Awareness: Emerging through the Clouds of the Dense, Deluded, Compulsive Mind into Clear and Luminous Space

Awareness of Awareness: Emerging through the Clouds of the Dense, Deluded, Compulsive Mind into Clear and Luminous Space

2010-06-0958:51

Empathetic Joy: Using our Mind as a Best Friend (+ great Q&A incl. a deep question about love and attachment).

Empathetic Joy: Using our Mind as a Best Friend (+ great Q&A incl. a deep question about love and attachment).

2010-06-0801:28:57

Awareness of Awareness: A Smooth Transition from the Space of the Mind

Awareness of Awareness: A Smooth Transition from the Space of the Mind

2010-06-0854:09

Compassion: Investigating a Hypothesis about the Very Root of Suffering (and the importance of not taking Dharma out of context)

Compassion: Investigating a Hypothesis about the Very Root of Suffering (and the importance of not taking Dharma out of context)

2010-06-0701:30:10

Settling the Mind in its Natural State: Sustaining a Continuity

Settling the Mind in its Natural State: Sustaining a Continuity

2010-06-0729:17

[Extra Bonus] Culminating in the Great Perfection: The Dzogchen View (Addendum)

[Extra Bonus] Culminating in the Great Perfection: The Dzogchen View (Addendum)

2010-06-0730:01

[Bonus] The Philosophical Evolution of an Individual through all the Four Schools of Indian Buddhism, Culminating in the Great Perfection. In 45 minutes.

[Bonus] The Philosophical Evolution of an Individual through all the Four Schools of Indian Buddhism, Culminating in the Great Perfection. In 45 minutes.

2010-06-0656:29

[Short Bonus]: How did ignorance and delusion arise in the first place? Will samsara end?

[Short Bonus]: How did ignorance and delusion arise in the first place? Will samsara end?

2010-06-0620:00

Compassion: Freeing Ourselves from the Underlying Causes of Suffering (Attachment/Craving)

Compassion: Freeing Ourselves from the Underlying Causes of Suffering (Attachment/Craving)

2010-06-0537:38

"The Tempest," Settling the Mind in its Natural State

"The Tempest," Settling the Mind in its Natural State

2010-06-0534:09

Compassion: Focusing on the Blatant Suffering

Compassion: Focusing on the Blatant Suffering

2010-06-0401:28:37

Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

2010-06-0433:24

Loving Kindness: Weaving the Present into the Future (+ Bodhicitta Discussion)

Loving Kindness: Weaving the Present into the Future (+ Bodhicitta Discussion)

2010-06-0301:07:50

Mindfulness of Breathing: Practicing with the "glass half full" attitude

Mindfulness of Breathing: Practicing with the "glass half full" attitude

2010-06-0341:54

Opening the floodgates of our inner virtues ( + Loving Kindness practice)

Opening the floodgates of our inner virtues ( + Loving Kindness practice)

2010-06-0201:08:58

Finding the balance between relaxation and effort (+ Breath Awareness practice)

Finding the balance between relaxation and effort (+ Breath Awareness practice)

2010-06-0235:35

loading
Google Play
Download from Google Play
Castbox
Download from App Store
usUnited States
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience

Settling the Mind In its Natural State: Exploring Conceptually Unmediated Experience