Ep. 8 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - The Buddha and "Mindfulness"

[@uij8439]

Prof, @ 43:53 , You say “language of explaining rather than the language of explaining”. Did you mean the language of training rather than the language of explaining? Earlier, you were making a distinction between both of those terms, and I found this part confusing.

[@kjekelle96]

I'm sure he meant to say "the language of explaining rather than the language of training", because he wants to understand the structural functional organization in this course by using the language of explaining (such as defining insight and reduced reactivity), rather than to teach the practical method by using the language of training (such as practicing being present and non-judgemental).

[@honestkurtis]

enjoy what you understand. im drunk

[@thehorizontries4759]

He pinned it but didn’t respond 😂

[@mateisan]

@@thehorizontries4759 he responded by pinning 🙂

[@TheHangedMan]

@@thehorizontries4759 I think probably because the comment from Emit above answered sufficiently.

[@aaronnelson6699]

This is like therapy for people who overthink.

[@mcnallyaar]

Absolutely!

[@marivn8156]

indeed

[@kasupa14]

Can I ask how? Asking because I don't really have an overthinking habit but would like to help smo who does. I thought the chance calculating mechanism with the metaphor of smoking may cause death in City A, may cause death in City B etc leading to smo underestimating general death from smoking worked. And more specifically the other side of that, of taking chance calculation too far. But what about this bit? Maybe it's good advise to tell someone to become a part of, to conform to whatver they are anxious about? Gain more participatory knowledge about it? But idk, that just sounds too much like step-by-step therapy. I'd ve grateful if smo could share their insights with me!

[@segasys1339]

@@kasupa14 I would say overthinkers have considerable capacity for attention but don't always know how to constructively go about directing it, thus hampering their ability to achieve flow. Vervaeke is explicitly articulating what is to the uninitiated the very hazy, amorphous process of thinking (and overthinking).

[@kasupa14]

@@segasys1339 Right, definitely! So would you say understanding how thinking works could help overthinkers? And should they learn to redirect their attention elsewhere or somehow learn to stop directing their attention at whatever they are overthinking?

[@mannysmandatories5595]

Mr. Vervaeke, you have NO IDEA how valuable these lectures are in shaping our understanding of our own human nature, at a personal level. The last few decades of disintegration of value systems and the arbitrary nature of mass media messages had left millions with NO meaning. The likes of you and your efforts allows individuals to rediscover the right path back to the True, the Right and the Beautiful. We are eternally in your debt.

[@saurabh7667]

Dude externally in debt?? Just be grateful . This is too much flattery.

[@mannysmandatories5595]

@@saurabh7667 I'll be eternally in debt. You be grateful. We'll all get beers.

[@saurabh7667]

You handled my negative criticism very well.

[@punjab135]

I think he does which is why he has created them

[@benjiusofficial]

I would think he would absolutely know how valuable it is. He wouldn't say it if it wasn't valuable, right? Like, you would wonder why he chooses to be a prof, right? He is a thinker like you and I and says the thing of value because he believes you can digest it and can pass it on. You and him and the same thing separated by a veil of 'sensory experience'.

[@mathewhill5556]

17:22 "Negation is not transcendence. To negate something still frames it in the same way" These are wise words that I will be forever grateful for. Thank you Dr Verneake.

[@standingbear5692]

My thoughts exactly

[@johncart07]

What does that make come to mind? Hmmmmm....

[@yankous]

In other words: overcompensating is also a problem ;-)

[@theostapel]

There is the - negation of negation - in Heartfulness (Raja Yoga meditation). But it is a rather rare state of consciousness - as one moves - towards Infinity. The Absolute - has no particles or movements - in it - it is merely/totally - Absolute. Fare thee well.

[@outoftheabyss5540]

Anticipating Vervaeke's new lecture every week like it's the newest episode of Game of Thrones.

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

Hopefully the last "season" of this series will be better.

[@Jefrejtor]

Comments that age like fine milk

[@keystoneeducationforburmes5882]

Thank you so much, Dr! I came here because of your conversation with Dr Jordan Peterson. Now, I have discovered a gold mine! I even have goosebumps while listening to this lecture. Thank you so much! 🙇🙇🙇

[@Future_looksbright]

Same

[@ili626]

and far superior to peterson imo

[@JosephVK]

I'm beginning to wonder where I'd be today if I'd known about this series back when they were being released. Thank you from the deepest places of my being.

[@joshsmith8066]

Seriously, these were being released exactly at the time in my life where I was just beginning the desperate search for meaning. It's so strange to think that if I had just somehow stumbled upon this series as it was being released, I may have been able to avoid the traumatic nightmare that has been the last three years. Then again, I most likely wouldn't have understood a single word of what was being said back then...so I'm just going to be grateful that I'm finally here now.

[@MrSplonger]

where are you now?

[@Paevoensis]

For decades anxiety has tormented me and dominated my life. Within few weeks with your lectures my anxiety has reduced significally. I feel hope, for the first time in my life, that I can cure completely from the anxiety. This feels like permanent change in my person, not just shallow relief. Words cannot express how I feel right now. I cry out of happiness and gratitude here. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜🙏

[@meusisto]

How has it been after two years?

[@1993HBh]

I get smarter with ever lecture, or I realise how little I was actually taught! Thank you!!

[@super-eth8478]

Same feeling :)

[@lievenyperman9363]

I wonder if, for John, giving these lectures are flow-state experiences. It certainly appears so. He seems so in tune with the content and seems to effortlessly find the perfect words and body language. Truly a joy to watch these lectures. Edit: A couple of hours later listening to episode 11, he actually mentions getting into the flow state during lectures.

[@TomasProchazkaCZE]

What a cliffhanger! Thank you very much Mr. Vervaeke. Once again, amazing lectures you are sharing with the world!

[@kyleganse4978]

Wow as a meditator this is a really revolutionary example for me! Thank you.

[@con_sci]

That soft vigilance concept is amazing. I think I do that intuitively on long subway drives from time to time.

[@shawndegraw1401]

Mindblowing work you're doing John. I have never noticed before how people often describe mindfulness by its feature's list - like being present, not judging, etc. - but not at the depth of it like you described in this lecture. Thank you so much!

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

The musicality of intelligibility. I loved that term. Also, the "soft vigilance"! Often, with highly stressful situations within the learning process, my vigilance tends to be so hard that I am stuck.

[@goodsirknight]

I'm a week into these lectures and I absolutely blown away. These are life changing

[@thefuturesname]

Greatest thing on youtube..

[@tracywilliamsliterature]

Stunning, crucial, compelling and soooo badly needed in my life.

[@meaganadamczyk203]

Wonderful lectures. Is anyone else watching this during the pandemic? It is really helping me see the world in a different way

[@hamedmoradi5291]

There is so much wisdom in these lectures. Thanks Dr. Vervaeke.

[@daneracamosa]

"Negation is not transcendence"... so easy to understand intellectually... but perhaps impossible embody...Thank you John, your efforts are appreciated...

[@benjiusofficial]

It's a third of it.

[@MarioChilaq]

“Sati”. This is a much deeper definition and it’s starting to answer some deep questions I’ve had about meditation and Buddhism. Thank you!

[@toshe21]

So much to read and realize, thank you again! When we ask our children to pay attention, this doesn't work until you engage their focus with participatory learning and I realize, as we grow-up, we loose sharpness of attention, so we require to remember what we are. How much of truth it is to hear about morning hours, when something is calling you up, almost begging to resist, transform and become your-self. How hard it is to realize you've betrayed yourself again, lost self-respect and you absolutely know that what your failure. But there is a hope in you, unless you've given yourself up. You may fall down only to learn how to walk more carefully. We don't need Myna's birds to call us for Attention only, it's not sufficient. We need structure which says to what attention should be paid and how to train attention. Thank you John for this dedication, it vibes through, how personally you are entitled to it.

[@Circulism]

are you referencing Huxley's island with the birds?I love that book, read it a few times

[@toshe21]

@@Circulism yes, very interesting concept, acted out on human collaboration and care. What i realize however, is you need to know certainly what TO remember, against just mentally fall back and recall everything from your past. Calling for attention is a good thing, but better to be aware to what to pay this attention to.

[@JoshFlorii]

5:38 LOVE to see that passion. It's like vervaeke is on fire with a passion for waking us up. Beautiful!

[@alexkeis7272]

The video has the highest rate of insight per word spoken of any video I have ever watched. A true example of an insights cascade!

[@antoniobarbalau1107]

This whole series is mind-blowing and the idea of not moving to the opposite but transcending the framework is shattering. Thank you for everything you do for us Dr. Vervaeke ♥️

[@brandonhands5182]

Absolutely brilliant John. Really getting a lot of value from this series. Thank you.

[@conner3323]

Of course intellectual endeavors are not competitions with others whom attempt similar explanations of such topics. But I must say, I have read all of Peterson’s books and listened to nearly all of his lectures and I’m deeply gripped by these lectures in a way that is hard to articulate. I bring that up due to the fact your discussion with him brought me here. Keep being persistent with content production please, you will reach people in unimaginable ways. May you be blessed with harmony and love John!

[@nice-job]

Eight episodes in and I am already learning a lot. Thank you Dr. Vervaeke and also Dr. Peterson for introducing him to us!

[@traviskurtz2903]

This should be the most widely viewed video on the internet. I don’t think I’ve gone a day since Covid without listening to or engaging in conversation on mindfulness, and this is this most detailed and helpful description I’ve heard of how to actually practice.

[@TheCarlespuyol]

This man is pure gold. Interview - as soon as possible. Thanks a lot from the deepest depths of my heart. Regards from SA team.

[@squallada586]

God, I could watch 6 hours of this no problem. Thank you so much, John.

[@Beederda]

I truly appreciate YOUR time JV ❤️🍄

[@saurabh7667]

You answered many of the questions I asked my self while thinking about my thoughts,I always ended up assuming they were a) stupid b) were not getting me any where. Thank you

[@kadergreen]

Prof Vervaeke: I am so grateful for your lectures and for making philosophy accessible to everyone. I am a college professor my self I teach much simpler work on product design. I feel that my student’s would benefit tremendously from examining meaning. I sent some of your lectures to a few smart ones and to my surprise they though your material was dry to them. I just watched this great one on Buddha and I love the ideas you convey. But I noticed something you may want to pay attention to which is Your love and burnning desire to teach this urgent material makes you raise your voice and sound frustrated with your audience. I heard you speak with Aubry Marcus and there your were gentle kind and a transformative energy. I am sorry to share this reflection on a public forum. You told me” know thy self” and I am you and sometimes I speak with this tone to my students and I feel I lose them. So much respect to you. Khader

[@advicepirate8673]

I have to disagree with this critique. There is no "YES, I SEE!" that doesn't follow a "DO YOU SEE!?". Adulterated passions ring hollow.

[@andrewgreenhut5795]

Hi @JohnVervaeke. This is the first lecture describing the "Having Mode" and the "Being Mode", and how one mode can't fulfill the other. Is there also something like a "Doing Mode" (e.g. work for happiness)? I find myself consistently focused on doing things with the mindset that if I do x-y-z, then I will be happy, but of course doing things only leads to doing more things. It's sort of orthogonal to both having and being. My mind thinks that If I build this thing (e.g. work) then I will earn money and I then will have this thing that will make me happy, or if I do this task (e.g. exercise) then I will feel young and I will achieve the being I want. What winds up happening is that I keep doing things, but not ever feeling fully satisfied when I achieve them. It's a feedback loop that exhausts me. Thanks.

[@JeremyNathanielAkers]

The self is central to both self-indulgence and self-denial, being transcends this duality

[@Countcordeaux]

I'm skeptical of the "having" vs. "being" mode framework. In Buddhism, "being" or "becoming" is another assumption or upadana, and the goal, Nibbana, is the transcendence of being through the relinquishment of all acquisitions, including the assumption of existence.

[@Lucasvoz]

2:48 Love learning about Sautama Giddharta

[@courtneyleeds]

As also evidenced by Michael Sandel's compelling series, it seems pretty clear that intensity/depth/charisma is required to hold people's attention... In other words, I am hooked! LOL And it takes actual effort for me to refrain from binge consuming these lectures... Again, in being a history course where the subject is the mind, this series has been ridiculously interesting so far... BIG LOVE (whatever that word means)

[@OfCourseICan]

I'm in flow watching this series.

[@Valosken]

Basically my intellectual idol now John.

[@ラヒム旬]

I thought I knew how to pay attention. I am learning a lot during this series.

[@anthonykrkovski650]

Each episode is an awakening, well done!

[@accadia1983]

05:00 meeting sickness, age, death and renunciate. running back to a castle as remaining in our comfort zone 11:35 dissilliusionment 12:55 leaving home and family to rediscover meaning 14:00 self-denial as an opposite of self-indulgence. Trying to not have is also a modal confusion 18:00 as in music: strings cannot be too tight or too loose ... Feature of mindfulness 40:00 how these features relate? 45:30 right and wrong concentration ... yelling or soft vigilance .. renewed interest (being within something) 48:30 too hard!! Too loose!! Keep the interest, be in experience. Tuning as taking time 49:30 attention as spotlight metaphor, more salient, but incomplete, because it does not have wisdom

[@drm54321]

This is probably the best introduction to Mindfulness on KZbin! I plan on watching all of Dr. Vervaeke's videos and buying his books as well. I'm so grateful that there are people in the world like him sharing their wisdom. Thank you very much Doctor!!!

[@diegomunoz4867]

This is completely amazing. Thank you for such an enlightning 'class'.

[@marktomasetti8642]

He’s rather good at painting phenomenology. Ah, so finally in Ep. 8 he explains the title, what all 19 lectures are about. He spends about 30 seconds on it at 24:04. Probably need to listen from the start of this lecture to understand it. The training vs. explaining thing is brilliant.

[@chrisgreiner854]

brilliant series, some word games dont work in other languages. this needs to be made available also in german, spanish and french (at least!)

[@13lmcp]

Thank you, I love the detailed investigation

[@robynbonnycastle8933]

In Waldorf Education teacher training we were given very similar lectures! We studied the evolution of human consciousness through art history. We studied all of the great myths and epics of ancient civilizations including ancient India, Mesopotamia, Old Testament, etc. We looked at the “levels’ of the human being ie: mineral,plant,animal,mental,spiritual. Interesting that a lot of this information was given by Rudolf Steiner. I am now studying all of Campbell and Jung’s work. It all brought me to these fabulously done lectures!

[@benjiusofficial]

Since you are into Steiner, check out Piaget's "Language and Thought of the Child". Its where he formalized the concept of accomodation/assimilation but, also, where his Jungian individuation is explicitly stated.

[@praveenrai6965]

"Sati" is Pali and the Sanskrit word is "smriti," what is "remembered." Dharma traditions have sacred texts classified under "shruti", "what is heard" and "smriti."

[@con_sci]

That Sati girl from the Matrix makes a lot more sense now.

[@dillonjohnlane]

enthralling lecture, very well done. thank you!

[@davidfost5777]

I'm always looking for new interesting lectures on Psychology/Philosophy, please let me know if you guys have any recommendations, would be highly appreciated

[@hippopotamusrex2175]

I had always envisioned memory as space and didn't really think of the problem with it until you brought it up. What if you added in gravity to the spatial map of memory? Where gravity is the question and how it arranges space is the retrieval. That leaves room for the palace of objects, but it also makes sense in the way you can still have room for shoe AND red next to blue because the gravity shifts based on the question: are we looking for a rhyme or are we looking for a color association? So it's not just a frozen moment in time but a matter of how the question's gravity shifts the room around.

[@mariabyrne1954]

I wish I ☘️had heard this a long time ago, many thanks🙏🏻 so glad I came across this🎶

[@antonyliberopoulos933]

Thank you John.

[@Pneumanon]

The idea of 'soft vigilance' seems much like what you do when you practice observational drawing.

[@yazanasad7811]

'Renewing interest is powerful for meditators. It's elegantly worded

[@johncerdena]

This is very helpful John.

[@tamdai5108]

This completes my religious life: John’s Science of Buddhism + Jordan’s Psychological Significances of the Biblical Stories. Two of UOFT’s Great Minds.

[@Sopranohooper]

Jordan Peterson led me to John Vervaeke, and I agree they are both Leading Lights in my life currently as well. Peterson is my Right eye and when my right eye fails me, John Michael Greer is my Left. Somewhere in the middle beginning to dawn is Vervaeke...but that kid's gonna go far, I think. Johnathan Haidt too, maybe. JMG used to write a blog called The Archdruid Report. Here's what he's currently up to: www.ecosophia.net/the-worlds-we-live-in/

[@benjiusofficial]

​@@Sopranohooper Bruh, if those eyes start failing me, I'd start to worry I was gonna be chopped into bits.

[@algernoncalydon3430]

Holy Hernan. This is the first person I've seen or read that has the idea that connects memory palace and myth. I had that idea thirty five years ago, that myths were much more than what they weemed and then when I heard memory palace described that was the first thing to come to mind, that a myth is a sort of memory palace.

[@lynnlavoy6778]

8 is a good number, curiosity brought me here, Thanks!

[@benjiusofficial]

phi is an even gooderer number. Therefore, you should proceed to either Episode 5 or Episode 13. Safe travels!

[@lynnlavoy6778]

@@benjiusofficial Boundaries #29

[@reprogrammingmind]

soft vigilance...thats how you teach!

[@aphrodisya]

Has anyone been tracking the books he mentions every chapter? I would love the list.

[@samkeravica]

all books mentioned in each episode are listed in the video descriptions!

[@aphrodisya]

@@samkeravica Oh great, thanks a lot!

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

There is a Goodreads list out there if I remember correctly.

[@PJ-hi1gz]

amazing, thanks for sharing.

[@JeremiahMcaninch]

@48:55 - Becoming 'attuned', tuning your attention, so that you may achieve resonance. (The pattern in your mind resonates with the pattern in the world to conform)

[@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack]

From my experiences with meditation since 2008, mindfulness is like the perception of existence-consciousness, whereas Brahman is like the perception of existence-consciousness-bliss. I could partially describe "bliss" as I am using it here, as a feeling that can have varying intensity and location, that can only happen from meditation or spontaneous realization, is not a common human emotion or felt exactly like one, and that has some sort of relation to the nervous system and phosphenes or inner light experiences that other emotions don't seem to. Some Buddhists do not see bliss as being a part of enlightenment, which I disagree with. I think there could be both a "mindfulness enlightenment (effortless mindfulness)" and a "blissful mindfulness enlightenment (effortless blissful mindfulness)" based on the teachers I've seen online, where some claim enlightenment and appear to believe their claim but don't speak about bliss unless it is brought up. I think "negation is not transcendence" is a great point, but I also believe an intense (but somehow not completely true) negation of the self and world on a mental level must occur to establish "effortless blissful mindfulness" or realization of Brahman, which comes with unknown medical risk; and I also believe based on experience that there can be semi-effortless meditative experiences that might mistakenly appear effortless. I intuitively attempt to screen either meditation teachers or enlightenment teachers, in the act of teaching, to try to judge their level (a general example of levels: temporary non-blissful samadhis, temporary blissful samadhis, effortless mindfulness, effortless blissful mindfulness)-- in the case of effortless blissful mindfulness, or sahaja samadhi, which I consider the highest known samadhi, I intuitively attempt to look for how much the enlightenment teacher's linguistic style, including word choice, matches up enough to feel relevant to texts like the Ashtavakra Gita, the Avadhuta Gita, the Vivekachudamani, and the Ribhu Gita-- and the people attempting to teach enlightenment farthest away from this linguistic style subjectively seem to me like they are usually spiritual cult leaders-- where I might also briefly attempt to analyze them from Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Mind Control to see where they fall there.

[@ShutUpDonny1]

This series is the most interesting thing I have ever encountered in my entire life. Mr. Vervaeke, I'm lost on that fascinating journey for a while, and you just gave me the more accurate map to date. Thank you, sir.

[@FreakyBr0]

You are incredible, keep going!

[@simigonzalez5704]

I need to listen to this again...the words make sense but something is not connecting...😀💞

[@benjiusofficial]

"to this" "That which can be named is not the holy Dao." To 'make sense' of 'this' is to mistake the point. If you grasp too hard, you'll crush it. Take the Socratic method, for example, and make it part of your being at its very core. The process of awakening starts with aligning the center about which the rest of 'you' revolves. Without changing that, nothing will ever connect. You can't remain the person you were and become the person you want to be simultaneously. You can't be 'this' and 'that' and expect to be whole without division.

[@MrMarktrumble]

Thank you

[@leedufour]

Thanks John.

[@sanekabc]

I explain it. I teach it. But do you practice it? And we should also add, the distinction between training and experiencing, which are very different things.

[@romansobak8333]

Training is not experiencing???

[@benjiusofficial]

"Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures."

[@thewanderer37]

Truly loving this series. What an avalanche of knowledge. I wonder if your channel would benefit from a Clips Channel alongside it; it could be a great on-ramp for lots of people and get more exposure to the main videos. E.g. a shortened clip from this lecture explaining concentration. I'm tempted to make a few clips myself but don't know if it would violate YT's copyright etc.

[@MonkeyFabGarage]

Great work sir

[@davidfost5777]

I watched all of John Vervaeke and Jordan Peterson’s lectures, could someone recommend me some other interesting lectures to watch?

[@romansobak8333]

I find Rebel wisdom to be a good compendium of exciting deep thinkers-maybe more interviews than lectures.

[@calebeveritt9556]

This series is one of the biggest gifts of my life. A wild thing to say about a series of videos on KZbin, but it's true. I've very slowly been getting clear, sober and finding that this series is adding to the illumination. Thank you, John. Your light shines bright and your intellect is a gift to all. Would love to study vipassana with you soon. Blessings.

[@Werdna27]

Thanks John!! Isn't there a form of "practice" or "paying attention" that doesn't optimise some activity (such as playing chess), but that can still lead to "cognitive coherence"?

[@kylefowler]

“Losing the illusion of modal confusion.”

[@danieldeveau9250]

Fantastic lecture

[@basic7536]

my week has been spent listening to these talks... amazing.. i fell so much joy for having access to this information. Thank you Professor Vervaeke!

[@ampliterus]

Thank you for this lectures! Somehow Ep. 8 is automacally translated by KZbin AI into Hungarian instead of Ukrainian. Would you fix it in the video preferences? Thank you!

[@HudsonDKent]

45:15 Every time Vervaeke reveals a new tattoo I'm convinced that under that shirt is a prison break style map of the universe.

[@1993HBh]

Amazing!!!

[@gggftgggft1635]

About to be homeless at the end of the month- not sure why I'm drawn to psychology and philosophy in my final hours before heading shamefully back to rock bottom. This is probably my method of "bullshitting myself".

[@jakesilvers2844]

U homeless now?

[@gggftgggft1635]

@@jakesilvers2844 Postponed until the end of this month. I might be able to finance a car from carmax and sleep out of it for a month until I can afford a new apartment, or I might sleep outside while storing my stuff in a storage unit and showering at work or at a gym for a month. Either way, at the end of this month, I'll be homeless for at least 30 days. I have a job, however, and people are way more resilient than one might imagine. I'll have my feet back under me in a couple months, and I'll look back on these days as a test of my fortitude.

[@benjiusofficial]

Lol, it's not bullshitting yourself. You'd be bullshitting yourself if you accepted your lot. There's a seed of truth-seeking in everything; a path through which all things trace. Understanding that path and the nature of paths in a deep way is the way to enlightenment.

[@rodjacksn]

Rumor has it around town, that religious philosopher, Martin Boober was a breast man !!! Hello John Vervaeke, THANK YOU for an outstanding series of lectures so far !!!!!!

[@Adaerus]

I value these lessons but the word game seems to be a bit off. For example at 24:24 the word "remember". I don't think that is how that word works. A quick googles search will show you that "remember" comes from Latin "rememorari". It has nothing to do with word "member" which comes from Latin "membrum". They just sound the same in English. I have had issues with word games in one of the earliest episodes.

[@Adaerus]

@@johnvervaeke I am flattered that you answered my post. Thank you very much. I did understand the connection between memory and mindfulness. I just didn't make the connection with being part of something. Although it is logical in a sense, the play on the words attracted my attention because English is only my second language. When I translated "remember" into my native tongue, Romanian, I couldn't make the link the same way it was possible in English, which prompted the quick etymology search. Thank you for posting these valuable courses on youtube for free. I look forward for the next episodes.

[@Sopranohooper]

www.etymonline.com/word/*(s)mer-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_53458 www.etymonline.com/word/member Even if the linguistics can't be directly traced that way, even if the fact can be proven to be the opposite, this word-association/puzzle-pieces-association we humans do is...is a thing. Somehow. And it's Important, i'm telling you.

[@hollycamara8007]

If anyone needs a transcript we've made them for this & all episodes here: www.meaningcrisis.co/episode-8-the-buddha-and-mindfulness/

[@sb9512]

Thank you!

[@JamesPond]

Holly - so appreciate this!

[@shamanic_nostalgia]

consider doing a podcast

[@benderthefourth3445]

But... how can it be an existential crisis if, you know, it's impossible for anyone not know about age, death, disease etc in the way the story tells?

[@jakelance5786]

Sati... like the composer for the intro music of this series, interesting....

[@donnettelawrence8160]

This series is brilliant! Your knowledge is truly a gift. I applaud you for sharing. Thank you, kindly

[@jeoffreywortman]

It's not about remembering mindfulness. The word you're looking for is Re-Cognise.

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

What is the intro music? What a great choice!

[@CharliePranio]

Erik Satie- Gymnopédie no. 1 👍

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

@@CharliePranio hah, ironically I found it a few hours ago myself 😀👍🏻 but thanks anyway - hopefully for other people looking for it.

[@peterrosqvist2480]

17:21 "Negation is not transcendence. When you negate something you are still framing it in the same way"

[@Loffeno]

Perhaps it is overly simplistic, but I have found that to be "present" just means to pay attention to all five senses without adding additional adjectives (without judgment): what do I hear, feel, smell, taste, and see. After getting focused on my breath, I start with each sense sequentially and then try to pay attention to all at once. The amount of raw information taken in makes it almost impossible for thoughts to form while actively being present in this manner. Doing this gives an idea of a feeling/mental "place" to return to as needed once it has been practiced.

[@Gormstaaz]

This is a great episode. I've been practising mindfulness for several years and he really brought something new to it.

[@OmegaGodBahamut]

You have my attention professor please stop yelling! Haha! Keep em coming!