Roger This

Visualisations of the Jhanas The Jhanas are a series of (8) highly concentrated altered states, most notably induced through advanced meditation practice and are a source of profound delight and insight. The Jhanas are commonly listed as: 1. Rapture - characterised by pīti…

Clench pleiotropy: when clenching one muscle also clenches another muscle which isn’t necessary for the original movement Easy to notice in skeletal muscle movements, more difficult to notice in smooth/vascular muscle This monkey is a “weak decoupler”

A great bodhisattva ambition is to adhere to a high standard of theory of mind, such that we make the cognitive effort to remember what it was like to NOT have certain insights. I have read entire books, by highly esteemed Buddhist master's, that were trying to be…

All dharmas are empty, including Buddhadharma.

If you ever find affinity with the defence: "It's not that deep, bro" it's almost always worth catching and challenging. Now may not be the appropriate time to go deep, but find time later. Regardless of whether an examined life is or isn't worth living, which do you wish for…

I think for me it was @RogerThisdell saying that the following jhana can be found at the "edge" of each preceding jhana

Factory farmed meat is creating antibiotic resistant superbugs and it is INSANE we aren't doing more to stop this 👇

Related mind practice released

THE CASE AGAINST THING & CONSCIOUSNESS It is often well understood by philosophers of mind that the presence of colour (a form of qualia) is dependent on consciousness and it is nonsensical to posit colour external to consciousness. Where there are no minds there is no…

Tomorrow I'll be guiding a meditation session based on this protocol at 7 pm UTC+1. Access to the meditation group & recordings through patreon.👍

let's fucking GO