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Consciousness Talks
Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of states or objects either internal to one's self or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of explanations, analyses, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied, or can even be considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with mind, and at other times, an aspect of it.
In the past, consciousness meant one's "inner life": the world of introspection, private thought, imagination, and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, metacognition, or self-awareness, either continuously changing or not. There is also a medical definition that helps, for example, to discern "coma" from other states. The disparate range of research, notions, and speculations raises some curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.
Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions and explanations are: ordered distinction between self and environment, simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within", being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event, or mental process of the brain.
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Liberating Karma Through Compassionate Wisdom Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Karma |
Mar 28 2019 |
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Introduction To The Four Afflictions Of SelfDiscussing afflictions of the mind where the self appears, as an opportunity to explore consciousness. The ignorance of the view that the self is operating the situation. Consciousness, Anger, Emotions, Ego |
Nov 10 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Now: Embrace the BuzzSerial: RB-03453 Seminar Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Oct 2018 Hannover |
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Circummediacy: Embracing Time's TextureSerial: RB-03456 Seminar Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Oct 2018 Hannover |
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Zen Transformation Through Mindful AwarenessSerial: RB-03458 Seminar Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Oct 2018 Hannover |
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Gates to Zen ConsciousnessSerial: RB-03459 Seminar Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Oct 2018 Hannover |
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Beyond Beginnings: Embracing AlwaysnessSerial: RB-02222 Practice-Period_Talks Consciousness, Buddha, Time |
Sep 2018 Johanneshof |
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Redefining Reality Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-02231 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Practice Period, Consciousness |
Sep 2018 Johanneshof |
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Endless Interconnectedness: Zen's Subtle DanceSerial: RB-02233 Practice-Period_Talks Buddha, Consciousness |
Sep 2018 Johanneshof |
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Teachings and Meditations On Our True NatureOur true nature is that we fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the buddhas. But because of misconceptions and attachments we do not realize our buddha nature. Therefore, teachings are given to... YRB-2018-Summer, Buddha Nature, Evil, Consciousness |
Jul 24 2018 5/7 The Yoga Room |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature PreceptsVerifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness |
Jun 09 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Therapy Through Unconscious PresenceSerial: RB-02384 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Culture, Samadhi |
Jun 2018 Rastenberg |
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Zen Transmission: Energy, Consciousness, ContinuitySerial: RB-02798 Seminar Transmission, Consciousness, Practice |
May 2018 Rastenberg |
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Exploring Interdependence Through Dynamic SpaceSerial: RB-02799 Seminar Time, Practice, Consciousness |
May 2018 Rastenberg |
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Embodied Awareness Beyond Thought BoundariesSerial: RB-02802 Seminar Practice, Buddha, Consciousness |
May 2018 Rastenberg |
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Embodied Insights Beyond ThoughtSerial: RB-02807 Seminar Koan, Stillness, Consciousness |
May 2018 Rastenberg |
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Bodhidharma Listening To The Cries Of The World Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva |
Mar 03 2018 No Abode Hermitage |
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Bodhidharma Listening To The Cries Of The WorldBuddha Ancestors, Consciousness, Compassion, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Bodhisattva,... |
Mar 03 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the WorldAvalokiteshvara's eyes of compassion observing all sentient beings; Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu, facing the wall for nine years; the Sixth Ancestor's training; Buddha Ancestors, Consciousness, Compassion, Bodhisattva, Bodhidharma, cognitive... |
Mar 03 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Mandalas: Pathways to Conscious AwarenessSerial: RB-02946 Sesshin Consciousness, Time, Bodhidharma |
Feb 2018 Johanneshof |
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Embodied Enlightenment Through ArtSerial: RB-02947 Sesshin Consciousness, Posture, Time |
Feb 2018 Johanneshof |
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Luminous Reflections: A Zen InsightSerial: RB-02154 Sesshin Practice, Posture, Consciousness |
2018 Johanneshof |
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Beyond Competition: Embracing Lived PhilosophySerial: RB-02158 Sesshin Time, Consciousness, Practice |
2018 Johanneshof |
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Embodied Awakening Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03661 Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena Practice, Breath, Consciousness |
Sep 2017 Hannover |
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Breath Bridges Body and ConsciousnessSerial: RB-03662 Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena Consciousness, Intention, Practice |
Sep 2017 Hannover |
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Beyond Words: The Dance of AwarenessSerial: RB-03863 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Time, Consciousness, Culture |
Sep 2017 Kassel |
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Zen Fields: Mindfulness in TherapySerial: RB-03864 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Sep 2017 Kassel |
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Skandhas: Unveiling the Inner SelfSerial: RB-02163 Seminar_Practice_of_Body-Mind Consciousness, Breath, Skandas |
Aug 2017 Johanneshof |
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Interdependent Balance in Spiritual PracticeSerial: RB-03158 Sesshin Consciousness, Balance |
Jul 2017 Johanneshof |
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Mind's Mirror: Reality UnveiledSerial: RB-03160 Sesshin Breath, Consciousness, Practice |
Jul 2017 Johanneshof |
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Mindful Connections: Wisdom in ContextSerial: RB-03163 Sesshin Consciousness, Manjushri, Suzuki Roshi |
Jul 2017 Johanneshof |
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Exploring our Infinite Life Consciousness, Generosity, Practice |
Jun 20 2017 |
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Exploring our Infinite Life Consciousness, Time, Buddha Mind |
Jun 06 2017 |