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Consciousness Talks

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 DanceSerial: RB-02233 Practice-Period_Talks Buddha, Consciousness |
Sep 2018 Johanneshof |
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Beyond Beginnings: Embracing AlwaysnessSerial: RB-02222 Practice-Period_Talks Consciousness, Buddha, Time |
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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Embodied Insights Beyond ThoughtSerial: RB-02807 Seminar Koan, Stillness, Consciousness |
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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April 15th, 2018, Serial No. 04430 Consciousness, Compassion, Delusion |
Apr 15 2018 |
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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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March 3rd, 2018, Serial No. 04419 Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva |
Mar 03 2018 |
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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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January 18th, 2018, Serial No. 04406 Stillness, Consciousness, Mindfulness |
Jan 18 2018 |
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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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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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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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Breath Bridges Body and ConsciousnessSerial: RB-03662 Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena Consciousness, Intention, Practice |
Sep 2017 Hannover |
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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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Skandhas: Unveiling the Inner SelfSerial: RB-02163 Seminar_Practice_of_Body-Mind Consciousness, Breath, Skandas |
Aug 2017 Johanneshof |
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July 9th, 2017, Serial No. 04382 Consciousness, Buddha, Perfect Wisdom |
Jul 09 2017 |
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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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June 20th, 2017, Serial No. 04378 Consciousness, Generosity, Practice |
Jun 20 2017 |
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June 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04373 Consciousness, Buddha Mind, Stillness |
Jun 06 2017 |
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June 3rd, 2017, Serial No. 04372 Buddha Mind, Silence, Consciousness |
Jun 03 2017 |
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Awakening Through Conscious AwarenessSerial: RB-03898 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Buddhism, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Incubation Through Zen ExplorationSerial: RB-03899 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Time, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Zen Insights: Beyond Conscious EvaluationSerial: RB-03901 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Time, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Imperturbable Presence in Spiritual PracticeSerial: RB-03907 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Practice, Meditation |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Weaving Consciousness Into AwarenessSerial: RB-04052 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Skandas, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Looming in the Dharma RainSerial: RB-03906 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Time, Koan |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Consciousness Uniting Mind and ExperienceSerial: RB-03900 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Time, Love |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Sustaining Mindful Communities Across GenerationsSerial: RB-04058 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Practice, Sangha |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Resonant Pathways of Mindful AwarenessSerial: RB-04047 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Work, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Consciousness Unveiled Through MindfulnessSerial: RB-04048 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Time, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Split Consciousness and Zen HarmonySerial: RB-04059 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Practice, Consciousness, Lay Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Mindfulness Unveiled: Layers of ConsciousnessSerial: RB-04057 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Posture, Time |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Deconstructing Consciousness: Beyond FamiliaritySerial: RB-04055 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Reconstructing Consciousness Through Zen InsightSerial: RB-03908 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Consciousness, Practice, Enlightenment |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Awakening Through Just SittingSerial: RB-04044 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Shikantaza, Buddhism |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Awakening Consciousness Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-04043 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Purifying Perception Through SkandhasSerial: RB-04053 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Practice |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Exploring Zen: Consciousness and EmptinessSerial: RB-04054 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Consciousness, Time |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Unveiling Awareness Through East-West DialogueSerial: RB-03903 Seminar_Layers_of_Awareness_and_Consciousness Practice, Consciousness, Time |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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Engaging Minds: Zen and Cognitive HarmonySerial: RB-04045 Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness Practice, Wisdom, Consciousness |
Jun 2017 Rastenberg |
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May 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04370 Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Transmission |
May 06 2017 |