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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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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Pain, Time |
Sep 21 2000 2 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Zen Ranks: Journey Into AwarenessSerial: RB-01240 Practice-Month_Talks Buddha, Practice, Consciousness |
Sep 21 2000 Johanneshof |
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Vows as Symbols in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-01239B Practice-Month_Talks Consciousness, Vow, Practice |
Sep 20 2000 Johanneshof |
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Experiencing Zen: Beyond Analytical UnderstandingSerial: RB-01251 Practice-Week_Sandokai Practice, Mindfulness, Consciousness |
Sep 09 2000 Roseburg |
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Embodied Awakening Beyond UnderstandingSerial: RB-01252 Practice-Week_Sandokai Practice, Consciousness, Time |
Sep 09 2000 Roseburg |
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Merging Awareness with EmptinessSerial: RB-01254 Practice-Week_Sandokai Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Sep 09 2000 Roseburg |
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Zen's Paradox: Emptiness in Ignorance Emptiness, Consciousness, Buddha |
Jul 24 2000 |
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Buddha's Psychology Breath, Consciousness, Practice |
Jul 20 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Karma, Form, and Zen FreedomSerial: RB-01233 Seminar_Form_and_Freedom Karma, Practice, Consciousness |
Jul 14 2000 Johanneshof |
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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Buddha, Practice |
Jul 13 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Experiencing the Zen Mind AnewSerial: RB-01223 Seminar_Original_Mind Consciousness, Practice, Love |
Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg |
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Mindful Pathways Through ConsciousnessSerial: RB-01224 Seminar_Original_Mind Posture, Time, Consciousness |
Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg |
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Wholeness Through Dynamic AwarenessSerial: RB-01227 Seminar_Original_Mind Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg |
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Zen Reflections: Mind Beyond MirrorsSerial: RB-01228 Seminar_Original_Mind Practice, Consciousness, Samadhi |
Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg |
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Continuously Arriving: Time and PerceptionSerial: RB-01229 Seminar_Original_Mind Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Jun 29 2000 Rastenberg |
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Tranquility And Insight Consciousness, Breath, Practice |
Jun 27 2000 PM Tassajara |
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Tranquility And Insight Consciousness, Breath, Practice |
Jun 26 2000 PM Tassajara |
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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Duality, Emptiness |
Jun 22 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Love, Study |
Jun 15 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Separation, Wisdom |
Jun 08 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Non-Abiding Wisdom in Zen Practice Consciousness, Time |
Jun 05 2000 |
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Buddha's Psychology Consciousness, Study, Buddha |
Jun 01 2000 San Francisco Sitting Group |
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Rediscovering Zen Through Ancestral MindSerial: RB-01222 Sesshin Practice, Consciousness, Silence |
May 20 2000 Johanneshof |
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Zen Vision in Modern SocietySerial: RB-01218 Talk_The_Vision_of_Zen_in_this_World Consciousness, Practice, Culture |
May 14 2000 Luzern |
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Embracing Illusions Through Interdependence Buddha, Consciousness, Time |
May 03 2000 |
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Momentary Consciousness Shaping RealitySerial: RB-01210 Seminar_A_Sentient_World Practice, Consciousness, Buddhism |
Apr 28 2000 Düsseldorf |
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Embracing Reality's Pause for InsightSerial: RB-01211 Seminar_A_Sentient_World Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Apr 28 2000 Düsseldorf |
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Seeds of Emptiness: Awakening Consciousness Time, Consciousness, Karma |
Apr 26 2000 |
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Illuminating Interdependence: Zen's Non-Dual Reality Samsara, Time, Consciousness |
Apr 12 2000 |
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Interconnected Wholeness Through Buddhist Wisdom Consciousness, Emptiness, Time |
Apr 05 2000 |
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Transcending Consciousness: Embracing Dynamic PresenceSerial: RB-01205B Sesshin Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Apr 2000 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Merging Differences in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-01197 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Consciousness, Karma |
Mar 26 2000 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Balancing Zen Practice and InsightSerial: RB-01617 Practice-Period_Seminar Practice, Consciousness, Karma |
Mar 26 2000 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Perception and Illusion in Buddhist Philosophy Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Feb 23 2000 |
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Path to Liberation: Embracing the Middle Way Consciousness, Time, Buddha |
Feb 20 2000 |
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Beyond Self: Embracing Impermanence Buddha, Suffering, Consciousness |
Feb 19 2000 |
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Awakening Through Mindful PresenceSerial: RB-01201 Seminar_Causation_and_Realization Practice, Buddhism, Consciousness |
Feb 18 2000 Johanneshof |
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Transcending Perception Through Zen MindfulnessSerial: RB-01196 Practice-Week_Causation_and_Realization Practice, Consciousness, Time |
Feb 12 2000 Johanneshof |
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Mind's Illusions, Reality's Veil Consciousness, Samadhi, Buddha |
Feb 10 2000 |
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Sunday Lecture Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Feb 06 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin Day 3Serial: RA-02303 Winter Practice Period Breath, Consciousness, Practice |
Jan 27 2000 |
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January Practice Period Class Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Jan 11 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Clarity and Emptiness United Time, Emptiness, Consciousness |
Jan 05 2000 |
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Embracing Balance Through Intimacy Intimacy, Wisdom, Consciousness |
Dec 09 1999 |
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Just Sitting: Discovering Inner Truth Consciousness, Ordinary Mind, Study |
Aug 21 1999 |
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Sesshin Talk Day 5 Practice, Breath, Consciousness |
Aug 20 1999 |
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Zen and the Art of AwarenessSerial: RB-01160 Seminar_Zen_and_Focusing Practice, Consciousness, Meditation |
Aug 08 1999 Achberg |
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Mindful Perception and Zen OnenessSerial: RB-01163 Seminar_Zen_and_Focusing Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Aug 08 1999 Achberg |
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Embracing Emptiness: Zen's PathwaySerial: RB-01149 Prtactice-Week_The_Heart_of_Practice Practice, Emptiness, Consciousness |
Jul 24 1999 Johanneshof |
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Embracing Emptiness: Beyond DualitySerial: RB-01153 Prtactice-Week_The_Heart_of_Practice Emptiness, Practice, Consciousness |
Jul 24 1999 Johanneshof |