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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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Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same... Perfect Wisdom, Consciousness, Wisdom, Book of Serenity, Demons, Enemies, Karmic... |
Mar 23 2014 8 No Abode Hermitage |
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Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same... Perfect Wisdom, Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, confusion, Separation |
Mar 22 2014 1 No Abode Hermitage |
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Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same... Consciousness, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Anger, Attachment, Confession-and-Repentance... |
Mar 22 2014 2 No Abode Hermitage |
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Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same... Consciousness, Teacher-and-Student, Study, Karmic Consciousness, Gratitude, Lineage,... |
Mar 22 2014 3 No Abode Hermitage |
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Exploring Consciousness and Realizing WisdomExploring consciousness with the aid of Buddha's teachings is a path to discovering and realizing deep, liberating Wisdom. Consciousness may be experienced as confining and confusing; at the same... Consciousness, Nirvana, cognitive process, Fox |
Mar 22 2014 4 No Abode Hermitage |
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Embodied Stillness Beyond ThoughtSerial: RB-03796 Practice-Week_The_Practice_of_Wisdom Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Mar 2014 Johanneshof |
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Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)Compassion, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Offering, Complete Perfect Enlightenment... |
Jan 04 2014 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)Compassion, Consciousness, Transmission, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Faith,... |
Jan 04 2014 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Embracing Formlessness in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03783 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Buddha Nature, Consciousness |
2014 Johanneshof |
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Refined Attention: Bridging Reality and PerceptionSerial: RB-03785 Practice-Period_Talks Time, Consciousness, Practice |
2014 Johanneshof |
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Beyond Concepts: Embracing Zen AwarenessSerial: RB-03788 Practice-Period_Talks Consciousness, Time, Study |
2014 Johanneshof |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Consciousness, Emotions, Karma |
Dec 17 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Emotions, Consciousness, Intention |
Dec 10 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Consciousness, Practice, Suffering |
Dec 03 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Consciousness, Study, Compassion |
Nov 26 2013 The Yoga Room |
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Remembering Fred Maroth Consciousness, Practice, Study |
Nov 23 2013 Morning |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Study, resistance, Consciousness |
Nov 19 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Consciousness, Study, Time |
Nov 12 2013 The Yoga Room |
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On Mind, Emotions, and Feelings Consciousness, Wisdom, resistance |
Nov 05 2013 The Yoga Room |
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The Work of Going Beyond BuddhaSerial: RA-04073 Realization in the body
Buddha, Consciousness, Observe |
Sep 21 2013 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Zazen: Unlocking Human PotentialSerial: RB-02196 Seminar_The_Practice_of_Interiority Study, Consciousness, Practice |
Aug 2013 Hannover |
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Zazen's Timeless Depths of MindSerial: RB-02197 Seminar_The_Practice_of_Interiority Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Aug 2013 Hannover |
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Innermost Request: A Journey WithinSerial: RB-02198 Seminar_The_Practice_of_Interiority Consciousness, Time, Zazen |
Aug 2013 Hannover |
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Embodied Worlds: Unveiling Wisdom MindSerial: RB-02203 Seminar_The_Practice_of_Interiority Consciousness, Buddhism, Study |
Aug 2013 Hannover |
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Walking Into Zen AwarenessSerial: RB-04162 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Consciousness, Breath |
Aug 2013 Kassel |
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Zen and Mindfulness UnveiledSerial: RB-04167 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Mindfulness, Consciousness |
Aug 2013 Kassel |
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Spirit-filled Transformation in Monastic Life Ego, Consciousness |
May 13 2013 Mount Saviour Monastery |
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Zen Communities and Collective AwakeningSerial: RB-02260 Seminar_Sangha_Dharma_Buddha Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Mar 2013 Johanneshof |
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Zen Time: Layers of PresenceSerial: RB-03773 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Consciousness, Practice |
2013 Rastenberg |
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Three Kinds of Compassion Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Time |
Nov 11 2012 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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On the Body Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Nov 08 2012 |
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On the Body Karmic Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Consciousness |
Nov 01 2012 |
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On the Body Consciousness, Freedom, Addiction |
Nov 01 2012 |
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The Mind of Mountains and Waters and the Body of Liberation Practice, Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness |
Oct 14 2012 A Santa Barbara Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Precepts |
Oct 06 2012 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Performative Time and Cultural PerceptionsSerial: RB-03129 Conference Time, Japan, Consciousness |
Oct 2012 |
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Embodied Connection in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03130 Conference Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Oct 2012 |
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Zen Self: Unmoving Mindfulness TransformationSerial: RB-03842 Seminar_The_Freedom_of_the_Self Consciousness, Practice, Posture |
Sep 2012 Johanneshof |
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Navigating Dualities in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-03843 Seminar_The_Freedom_of_the_Self Time, Practice, Consciousness |
Sep 2012 Johanneshof |
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Zen and Psychotherapy: Mindful IntersectionsSerial: RB-03972 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Posture, Practice |
Jun 2012 Rastenberg |
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Zen Mindful Spaces: Embracing InterconnectednessSerial: RB-03973 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Posture, Time |
Jun 2012 Rastenberg |
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Transcending Self: Zens Path to LiberationSerial: RB-03975 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Bodhisattva, Consciousness |
Jun 2012 Rastenberg |
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Zen Unveiled Through Skandhas ExplorationSerial: RB-03977 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Practice, Zazen |
Jun 2012 Rastenberg |
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Reality as the Great Vehicle Precepts, Consciousness, Addiction |
Jan 10 2012 |
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Bathing in the Zen UniverseSerial: RB-03909 Sesshin Consciousness, Practice, Practice Period |
2012 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Trusting Awareness: Zen Beyond NarrativesSerial: RB-03910 Sesshin Consciousness, Time, Zazen |
2012 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Origins Unveiled: Pathways to AwakeningSerial: RB-03914 Sesshin Time, Practice, Consciousness |
2012 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Zen Presence: Beyond Self ConstructsSerial: RB-01688A Seminar Practice, Enlightenment, Consciousness |
2012 Kassel |
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Unfolding Time and Attentional PresenceSerial: RB-01688D Seminar Time, Consciousness |
2012 Kassel |
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Presence Over Attachment in ZenSerial: RB-01688G Seminar Love, Time, Consciousness |
2012 Kassel |