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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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Zen Insights: Self, Psyche, SoulSerial: RB-02668 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Consciousness, Buddhism |
Oct 2011 Kassel |
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Zen Lists and the SelfSerial: RB-02669 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Consciousness |
Oct 2011 Kassel |
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Zen Mindfulness Beyond Self ConstructsSerial: RB-02670 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Monastic Practice, Consciousness |
Oct 2011 Kassel |
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Entry into the nature of the knowable Meditation, Consciousness, Lovingkindness |
Oct 01 2011 Afternoon |
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Words and Silence in Zen UnderstandingSerial: RB-03853 Seminar_Zen_in_the_Western_World Time, Consciousness, Sangha |
Sep 2011 Hannover |
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Integrating Zen and Consciousness InquirySerial: RB-03856 Seminar_Zen_in_the_Western_World Buddhism, Consciousness, Practice |
Sep 2011 Hannover |
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Illusions of Self Across CulturesSerial: RB-03858 Seminar_Zen_in_the_Western_World Practice, Culture, Consciousness |
Sep 2011 Hannover |
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Zen Self as Active ProcessSerial: RB-03166 Seminar_Zen-Self,_West-Self Consciousness, Practice, Buddhism |
Sep 2011 Johanneshof |
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Mindful Awareness Unveiled Through ZenSerial: RB-03170 Seminar_Zen-Self,_West-Self Consciousness, Intention, Practice |
Sep 2011 Johanneshof |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Karma |
Aug 18 2011 |
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Study of delusion is the Buddha Way Vow, Consciousness, Delusion |
Aug 13 2011 Afternoon |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Consciousness, Compassion, Storehouse Consciousness |
Aug 11 2011 |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Karma |
Jul 21 2011 |
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Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Buddha |
Jul 16 2011 Afternoon |
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Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? Consciousness, Karma, Buddha |
Jul 16 2011 Morning |
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Transforming the Mind of Delusion Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness |
Jul 14 2011 |
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Jhanas and Shikantaza ArhatsSerial: BZ-02189 Shuso ceremony, Sesshin Day 5 Intuition, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Intuition, Karma, Repentance, Birth-and-Death,... |
Jun 19 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Enlightenment Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Karma |
Jun 11 2011 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Embracing Enlightenment Delusion, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness |
Jun 11 2011 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Awakening through Sensory PerceptionSerial: RB-03548 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Practice, Letting Go |
Jun 2011 Rastenberg |
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Conscious and Unconscious Obstructions of the Buddha Way Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness |
Apr 16 2011 Afternoon |
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Conscious and Unconscious Obstructions of the Buddha Way Consciousness, Delusion, Practice |
Apr 16 2011 Morning |
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Awakening Agency in Zen ConsciousnessSerial: RB-02964 Practice-Week_The_Yogic_Body Consciousness, Breath, Practice |
Mar 2011 Johanneshof |
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Zen and the Western Mind ShiftSerial: RB-01682B Seminar_What_Is_the_World? Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Mar 2011 Johanneshof |
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Zen Proximity and Boundless PresenceSerial: RB-03467 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Consciousness, Time |
Feb 01 2011 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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Mindful Attention: The Graphene of ConsciousnessSerial: RB-04026 Sesshin Consciousness, Breath, Zazen |
Oct 10 2010 Johanneshof |
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Mind's Canvas Through ZazenSerial: RB-04030 Sesshin Practice, Time, Consciousness |
Oct 10 2010 Johanneshof |
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Zen Meets Therapy: Conscious ConnectionsSerial: RB-01681A Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Practice, Time |
Oct 2010 Kassel |
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Zen Words, Healing MindsSerial: RB-01681B Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Consciousness, Time |
Oct 2010 Kassel |
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Unlocking Minds Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-01681E Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Consciousness, Daily Life |
Oct 2010 Kassel |
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Mindful Transformation Through Zen WisdomSerial: RB-01681F Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Consciousness, Mindfulness |
Oct 2010 Kassel |
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Zen Language: Shaping Reality TogetherSerial: RB-01681H Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Buddha, Oneness, Consciousness |
Oct 2010 Kassel |
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Embracing Impermanence in Everyday LifeSerial: RB-04020 Seminar_The_Quality_of_Being Practice, Buddhism, Consciousness |
Sep 30 2010 Hannover |
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2010.08.10-serial.00130 Practice, Consciousness, Letting Go |
Aug 10 2010 |
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2010.08.07-serial.00125 Consciousness, Enlightenment, Practice |
Aug 07 2010 |
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Zen Language: Bridging Minds and MeaningsSerial: RB-01679C Seminar_The_New_Mind Consciousness, Practice, Buddhism |
Aug 2010 Johanneshof |
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Transcending Mind Through Zazen AwarenessSerial: RB-01679D Seminar_The_New_Mind Consciousness, Intention, Practice |
Aug 2010 Johanneshof |
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Awakening the New Zen MindSerial: RB-01679E Seminar_The_New_Mind Practice, Sangha, Consciousness |
Aug 2010 Johanneshof |
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Mind's Fluid Dance of AwarenessSerial: RB-01679F Seminar_The_New_Mind Time, Consciousness, Practice |
Aug 2010 Johanneshof |
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Bodhisattva Intimacy Through Authentic Presence Desire, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness |
Feb 22 2010 |
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Dreams in Zen: Karmic Consciousness Journey Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Stillness |
Jan 17 2010 |
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Zen's Path: Compassionate Stillness Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Religion |
Jan 17 2010 |
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Zen and Psychotherapy Synergy UnveiledSerial: RB-01677E Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Zazen, Consciousness |
Oct 2009 Kassel |
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Dreams Unveiled Through Zen WisdomSerial: RB-01677F Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Practice, Zazen |
Oct 2009 Kassel |
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Embracing Impermanence Through Zen WisdomSerial: RB-01676H Seminar_The_Path_in_the_City,_in_the_Mountains Consciousness, Buddhism, Buddha |
Oct 2009 Hannover |
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Mindful Stillness in Everyday LifeSerial: RB-01678F Sesshin Consciousness, Daily Life, Stillness |
Oct 2009 Johanneshof |
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Zen Threads Weaving Everyday LifeSerial: RB-01678G Sesshin Practice, Daily Life, Consciousness |
Oct 2009 Johanneshof |
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Meditation on PrideSerial: RA-03669 Samdhinirmochana Sutra
Ceremony, Stillness, Consciousness |
Aug 08 2009 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Interconnected Consciousness in Zen PracticeSerial: RB-04011 Seminar_Minds_of-Zazen Practice, Zazen, Consciousness |
Jun 2009 Rastenberg |
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Unmoving Stillness: Discovering Inner FreedomSerial: RB-04012 Seminar_Minds_of-Zazen Posture, Zazen, Consciousness |
Jun 2009 Rastenberg |