Long Talks Β· Index

πŸ‘οΈ Insight Series ΒΆ

⁘ Insight Series: Preparing a wholesome ground of awareness. Development of purity and clarity. Essential ethics and conscious integration.

🧘🏻 Practice Series ¢

⁘ Practice Series: Diverse methods of practice and cultivation. Hands-on meditation and contemplation guides. Walk-throughs and relevant insights.

Before and After Meditation (P001) β–Έ

Before and After Meditation (P001)
  • βŠ‚ talks βŠ† practice-series ⁘ created 2024-08-01 ⁘ updated 2025-07-02 ⁘ words 2887 ⁘ 26:43 min
  • Overview of supporting practices before and after a session of meditation. Including: Dedicating place and time. Seat and scene of practice. Basic purification. Meditation postures. Initial breathing. Invocation and declaration of intent. Practice of meditation proper. Post-meditation phase of reflection. Dedication and affirmation. Read more...

What's Going On Meditation β€” Clear Integral Awareness (P008) β–Έ

What's Going On Meditation β€” Clear Integral Awareness (P008)
  • βŠ‚ talks βŠ† practice-series ⁘ created 2025-05-15 ⁘ updated 2025-06-29 ⁘ words 1428 ⁘ 12:00 min
  • What's going on? Like β€” actually? If you want to know what's actually going on. You need to get into "What's Going On?" meditation. Snap out of the tunnel β€” reach into the lucid planes of metacognition. Doesn't cost you anything β€” no need to go anywhere. Clear some space in your awareness, pay attention to what's going on. Read more...

πŸͺž Reflection Series ΒΆ

⁘ Reflection Series: Spectrum of musings on emergent topics. Mindful midstream of the mirror mind. Buffet of serious and hilarious reviews.

Dealing with Desire β€” Transcend the Churning (R005) β–Έ

Dealing with Desire β€” Transcend the Churning (R005)
  • βŠ‚ talks βŠ† reflection-series ⁘ created 2024-12-04 ⁘ updated 2025-07-05 ⁘ words 2911 ⁘ 25:02 min
  • Pushes and pulls of our existence. We need to deal with them, we need to navigate wisely. That wisdom begins with recognition, clear understanding, and introspection. We separate need and want. We comprehend and contextualize desire. We understand its ephemerality, the waves of its coming and going, the hallucinatory nature of the "objects" we pursue. Read more...

Reaching a Blank Slate β€” What Why and How (R006) β–Έ

Reaching a Blank Slate β€” What Why and How (R006)
  • βŠ‚ talks βŠ† reflection-series ⁘ created 2025-03-13 ⁘ updated 2025-06-28 ⁘ words 1185 ⁘ 10:01 min
  • There was a request for a blank slate. No specs as to what sort of blankness. Well then. We have a bunch of options. Confess your sins. Resign from your obsessions. Enter the pauses in your breath. Or reflect on and reconcile the manifold fields of your conflicted awareness. There will be progressive settling and a radiant blankness, a canvas over which we can regenerate the essences of our life. Read more...