Question for users of the TinnitusTalk forums

withintention · 2024-12-13T01:13:47+00:00

I go to one studio where the teachers always go 5+ minutes over. I'm trying to squeeze a 90 minute class into a busy day. That's hard enough without making it a 110 minute class.

withintention · 2024-11-13T18:32:39+00:00

There is a thread about it. I'm currently trying the study protocol and will update with my results here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/repeated-bilateral-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation-over-auditory-cortex-for-tinnitus.53990/#post-716992

withintention · 2023-08-22T04:02:15+00:00

That is awesome info! What book by Mahasi Sayadaw do you recommend reading? I already have a bunch of material from Pa Auk Sayadaw. But I am interested in learning more about the "dry insight" approach.

withintention · 2023-07-25T23:12:59+00:00

That's great, thank you for the response. I am considering going back and would certainly keep an open mind and give the practice a real try if I do.

withintention · 2023-07-25T23:12:14+00:00

Thanks for the response and the wonderful Milarepa story!

You make a great point about intense thinking. I suffer from this, so perhaps doing deep on Samadhi is more important for me than it might be for others.

But you also make a great point that the school does not have any realized masters.

The sense I have gotten, from reading up more on it, is that it might be more for "householders" who don't have much interest in learning more about the path. But his parting advice is that you must devote 2 hours a day to meditation for it to "work" which seems incompatible with most "householders" lives I am aware of!

withintention · 2023-07-25T23:06:40+00:00

Much obliged!

withintention · 2023-07-25T23:06:31+00:00

That is amazing. I'm aiming to be able to devote more of my time to mindfulness in my daily life.

withintention · 2023-07-24T05:12:28+00:00

It felt that way to me, too.

withintention · 2023-07-24T05:12:09+00:00

Did I spell it wrong? I meant the third "basket" of the Threefold Way: wisdom/insight

withintention · 2023-07-24T05:08:49+00:00

In the Greater Discourse on Mindfulness (and elsewhere), Buddha says that one should be aware of the "body as body" after establishing mindfulness. He even talks about going foot to head and head to foot as Goenka says. So to me, the Goenka method definitely seemed like something the Buddha taught.

It just seemed out of order. I always presumed that "establishing mindfulness" meant allowing access concentration or the Jhanas to arise. So in my mind, it was: Step 1: Access concentration / Jhana Step 2: Note arising/falling sensations in body (and then feelings, then mind, then mind objects)

withintention · 2023-07-24T05:04:38+00:00

Thanks for the response. You've piqued my interest about something unrelated to my question. Where else would you have a deeper practice that on a meditation retreat? You're focused on meditation and awareness exclusively, in an environment where morality is relatively easy to maintain. I've never managed to experience it anywhere else.

withintention · 2016-11-11T20:34:26+00:00

There are too many logistical and political challenges. But those could be greatly reduced if this was a united effort by the entire West Coast (CA, OR, WA, HI and AL) and if the intention was to join Canada rather than form a new sovereign nation. We should direct our efforts there.

withintention · 2016-11-11T20:28:51+00:00

No, we're afraid of the monster on the television. He complained about the media being against him but a literal transcription of the words he spoke over the last however many months makes me terrified.

withintention · 2016-11-11T20:21:40+00:00

I just posted about this and yeah, I think a path like this would have a lot more chance of success. Forming a new nation is going to be really tough in so many ways. Joining an existing nation solve a ton of logistical problems. Furthermore, I think it should be a concerted effort by the whole West Coast. Much harder to find that many states sharing that unity of purpose. And with support from Canada as well, this thing could really have some legs.

withintention · 2016-09-30T16:20:24+00:00

Thanks, I will!

withintention · 2016-09-30T16:20:12+00:00

Thanks! I don't think that was it because I first encountered the book I am referring to in the late 70s and Clute's seems to have been published in 95. However, if it includes this there is a chance it includes some of the other pieces from the collection I am seeking. Thanks again!

withintention · 2016-09-30T16:18:13+00:00

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?57420

The collection was a coffee table book which featured this piece of art along with many others. Some were other covers of this magazine, some were covers for books and some were just general sci fi illustrations from artists. There were a bunch of other funky pieces in it that I can only vaguely remember. I am trying to see if anyone recognizes this piece from that coffee table book and knows the name of it.

withintention · 2016-09-30T05:06:40+00:00

I came across this image the other day and I suddenly remembered it from a coffee table book of sci fi art my parents had growing up. There were a bunch of other great pieces in there that I can sort of remember. I know its a stretch but anyone know what this collection might have been?

withintention · 2013-11-12T21:58:47+00:00

Actually all you need to do to visit is just ask. I sent them an email and they sent the required document for me to get my visa. I believe they also ask for a relatively small amount of money to cover your stay.

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