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Defining Consciousness is challenging. About forty meanings are attributed to the term: consciousness can be identified and categorized based on functions and experiences, making prospects for reaching any single, agreed-upon, theory-independent definition of consciousness appear remote.

Consciousness, according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary definition, is awareness of a state or object, either internal to oneself or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of it. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of 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, helping for example to discern "coma" from other states. The disparate range of research, notions, and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.

Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or 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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Endless Interconnectedness: Zen's Subtle Dance

Serial: RB-02233

Practice-Period_Talks

Buddha, Consciousness
Sep 2018
Johanneshof

Beyond Beginnings: Embracing Alwaysness

Serial: RB-02222

Practice-Period_Talks

Consciousness, Buddha, Time
Sep 2018
Johanneshof

Teachings and Meditations On Our True Nature

Our 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

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Verifying the truth of the teachings through words and phrases

Precepts, Bodhisattva, Suffering, Consciousness
Jun 09 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Therapy Through Unconscious Presence

Serial: RB-02384

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Consciousness, Culture, Samadhi
Jun 2018
Rastenberg

Zen Transmission: Energy, Consciousness, Continuity

Serial: RB-02798

Seminar

Transmission, Consciousness, Practice
May 2018
Rastenberg

Embodied Insights Beyond Thought

Serial: RB-02807

Seminar

Koan, Stillness, Consciousness
May 2018
Rastenberg

Exploring Interdependence Through Dynamic Space

Serial: RB-02799

Seminar

Time, Practice, Consciousness
May 2018
Rastenberg

Embodied Awareness Beyond Thought Boundaries

Serial: RB-02802

Seminar

Practice, Buddha, Consciousness
May 2018
Rastenberg

April 15th, 2018, Serial No. 04430

Consciousness, Compassion, Delusion
Apr 15 2018

Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World

Avalokiteshvara'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

March 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04419

Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva
Mar 03 2018

Mandalas: Pathways to Conscious Awareness

Serial: RB-02946

Sesshin

Consciousness, Time, Bodhidharma
Feb 2018
Johanneshof

Embodied Enlightenment Through Art

Serial: RB-02947

Sesshin

Consciousness, Posture, Time
Feb 2018
Johanneshof

January 18th, 2018, Serial No. 04406

Stillness, Consciousness, Mindfulness
Jan 18 2018

Luminous Reflections: A Zen Insight

Serial: RB-02154

Sesshin

Practice, Posture, Consciousness
2018
Johanneshof

Beyond Competition: Embracing Lived Philosophy

Serial: RB-02158

Sesshin

Time, Consciousness, Practice
2018
Johanneshof

Zen Fields: Mindfulness in Therapy

Serial: RB-03864

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Practice, Time, Consciousness
Sep 2017
Kassel

Beyond Words: The Dance of Awareness

Serial: RB-03863

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Time, Consciousness, Culture
Sep 2017
Kassel

Breath Bridges Body and Consciousness

Serial: RB-03662

Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena

Consciousness, Intention, Practice
Sep 2017
Hannover

Embodied Awakening Through Zen Practice

Serial: RB-03661

Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena

Practice, Breath, Consciousness
Sep 2017
Hannover

Skandhas: Unveiling the Inner Self

Serial: RB-02163

Seminar_Practice_of_Body-Mind

Consciousness, Breath, Skandas
Aug 2017
Johanneshof

July 9th, 2017, Serial No. 04382

Consciousness, Buddha, Perfect Wisdom
Jul 09 2017

Interdependent Balance in Spiritual Practice

Serial: RB-03158

Sesshin

Consciousness, Balance
Jul 2017
Johanneshof

Mind's Mirror: Reality Unveiled

Serial: RB-03160

Sesshin

Breath, Consciousness, Practice
Jul 2017
Johanneshof

Mindful Connections: Wisdom in Context

Serial: RB-03163

Sesshin

Consciousness, Manjushri, Suzuki Roshi
Jul 2017
Johanneshof

June 20th, 2017, Serial No. 04378

Consciousness, Generosity, Practice
Jun 20 2017

June 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04373

Consciousness, Buddha Mind, Stillness
Jun 06 2017

June 3rd, 2017, Serial No. 04372

Buddha Mind, Silence, Consciousness
Jun 03 2017

Awakening Through Conscious Awareness

Serial: RB-03898

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Buddhism, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Incubation Through Zen Exploration

Serial: RB-03899

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Zen Insights: Beyond Conscious Evaluation

Serial: RB-03901

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Imperturbable Presence in Spiritual Practice

Serial: RB-03907

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Practice, Meditation
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Weaving Consciousness Into Awareness

Serial: RB-04052

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Skandas, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Looming in the Dharma Rain

Serial: RB-03906

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Koan
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Consciousness Uniting Mind and Experience

Serial: RB-03900

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Time, Love
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Sustaining Mindful Communities Across Generations

Serial: RB-04058

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Practice, Sangha
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Resonant Pathways of Mindful Awareness

Serial: RB-04047

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Work, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Consciousness Unveiled Through Mindfulness

Serial: RB-04048

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Time, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Split Consciousness and Zen Harmony

Serial: RB-04059

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Practice, Consciousness, Lay Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Mindfulness Unveiled: Layers of Consciousness

Serial: RB-04057

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Posture, Time
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Deconstructing Consciousness: Beyond Familiarity

Serial: RB-04055

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Practice, Time
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Reconstructing Consciousness Through Zen Insight

Serial: RB-03908

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Consciousness, Practice, Enlightenment
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Awakening Through Just Sitting

Serial: RB-04044

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Shikantaza, Buddhism
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Awakening Consciousness Through Zen Practice

Serial: RB-04043

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Practice, Time
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Purifying Perception Through Skandhas

Serial: RB-04053

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Practice
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Exploring Zen: Consciousness and Emptiness

Serial: RB-04054

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Consciousness, Time
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Unveiling Awareness Through East-West Dialogue

Serial: RB-03903

Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness

Practice, Consciousness, Time
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

Engaging Minds: Zen and Cognitive Harmony

Serial: RB-04045

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Practice, Wisdom, Consciousness
Jun 2017
Rastenberg

May 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04370

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Transmission
May 06 2017

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