Unfortunately there were some recording issues during this session which impacted the quality of the video recording. If you would like to check the video + audio version of this episode, you can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/olqm7AuTQfs/v-deo.html Here you can also find the timestamps. Help support this podcast at these links: - Join the Patreon: www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast - Donations: www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry 0:00 Intro 3:15 What is suffering? 4:29 What is contraction? 8:12 Why does contraction entail suffering? 9:21 The relationship between truth and freedom 10:58 How do we defabricate experience? 13:57 Rodger’s spiritual path 15:21 Practices for defabricating experience 17:37 What are the stages of awakening 18:34 Different paths to the same thing? 24:23 What’s Rodger’s current experience like? 29:16 There is only negative valence and its attenuation 35:16 Does taking a bunch of MDMA not add positive valence? 37:35 The void at the center of the soul 39:18 Meditation instructions 46:37 How does insight work? 49:56 Insight practice on the sense of separate self 54:57 The will as a way of maintaining separate self 57:55 Cessation, true nature, and neither perception nor non-perception 1:04:35 Practicing the jhanas 1:16:25 Cessation and nirvikalpa samadhi 1:19:47 Is the void preferable to highly defabricated consciousness? 1:24:11 How does this all fit into the 21st century? 1:26:40 Using insights from meditation for architecting new minds 1:28:48 Immoral behavior as a failure to see the truth 1:30:23 Where to follow and find out more about Rodger
So the goal of those practices is to go back to the non existence we originally came from? Could it be described as the Buddhas answer to suffering is a suicide only achievable in his worldview because he believed in reincarnation? Self extinguishment. Needs to be presented this way at the outset I think. Dispels misunderstandings that this is a life affirming, self realising process.
Awesome interview. Thank you.
If you got Frank Yang on here, that would be so fun to watch. These have been fun to listen to.
Unfortunately there were some recording issues during this session which impacted the quality of the video recording. If you would like to check the video + audio version of this episode, you can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/olqm7AuTQfs/v-deo.html
Here you can also find the timestamps. Help support this podcast at these links:
- Join the Patreon: www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast
- Donations: www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry
0:00 Intro
3:15 What is suffering?
4:29 What is contraction?
8:12 Why does contraction entail suffering?
9:21 The relationship between truth and freedom
10:58 How do we defabricate experience?
13:57 Rodger’s spiritual path
15:21 Practices for defabricating experience
17:37 What are the stages of awakening
18:34 Different paths to the same thing?
24:23 What’s Rodger’s current experience like?
29:16 There is only negative valence and its attenuation
35:16 Does taking a bunch of MDMA not add positive valence?
37:35 The void at the center of the soul
39:18 Meditation instructions
46:37 How does insight work?
49:56 Insight practice on the sense of separate self
54:57 The will as a way of maintaining separate self
57:55 Cessation, true nature, and neither perception nor non-perception
1:04:35 Practicing the jhanas
1:16:25 Cessation and nirvikalpa samadhi
1:19:47 Is the void preferable to highly defabricated consciousness?
1:24:11 How does this all fit into the 21st century?
1:26:40 Using insights from meditation for architecting new minds
1:28:48 Immoral behavior as a failure to see the truth
1:30:23 Where to follow and find out more about Rodger
So the goal of those practices is to go back to the non existence we originally came from? Could it be described as the Buddhas answer to suffering is a suicide only achievable in his worldview because he believed in reincarnation? Self extinguishment. Needs to be presented this way at the outset I think. Dispels misunderstandings that this is a life affirming, self realising process.
Plenum is much better word then void.