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> We will consider a weeknight class in the future depending on overall demand for the course.

(Hope this isn’t being annoying..) just checking in, how is registration going, any chance of changing one of the classes to later on Saturday, or on a weekday/night?

Peace,
🙂

Just asking – is there any chance of offering one of the classes on another day? Saturdays during the day excludes quite a few people – those who work weekends, and those who leave town for the weekend.

Peace,
Chris

My mistake, I must have opened the ‘sticky’ topic at the top of the page in this forum, and saw the info from the last course, I didn’t click on the link in this post.

Thanks again,
Chris

** edit, I’m confused, I’m not sure what I was looking at and why I thought it was information for the previous course. brain fart.

Hi Blake,

I see that, last time, there were two classes offered at different times on Saturday. I work on Saturdays, I’m home by 4pm PT, what times will the course(s) be starting this fall?

Thanks,
Chris

I don’t know it, it’s only because the book (TMI, on p.33) states that “attention, on the other hand, can’t observe activities of the mind..” that I’m confused. I would otherwise be fairly sure that I’m using attention to observe anything that is my current focus – the thing that is foremost in my conscious awareness.

Thanks Ted,

Thanks Ted, I understand what you’re saying.

However, I think my posts were confusing, that’s not quite what I was attempting to get at. I find it really tough to try to get my point across writing in English on the internet.

What I’m trying to ask is – if I look at a pencil, it’s currently in my attention. But, if I look at my mind state,…[Read more]

Stated another way:

If I look at a pencil, that’s what my attention is on. If I hear the sound of a passing car, that’s what my attention is currently on. I’m conscious that that’s what I’m focused on right now. I’m sitting here [doing x].

Suddenly, if I ‘take a step back’ and am now conscious of what’s going on in my mind, that’s no longer…[Read more]

So what is happening when my attention seems to be on my mind state?

On page 33, it says (paraphrasing here) you can’t stand back and use attention observe what’s happening in your mind. Only awareness can see the current mind state. If I (using what I think is metacognitive introspective awareness) observe what’s going on in my mind right…[Read more]

So what is happening when my attention seems to be on my mind state?

On page 33, it says (paraphrasing here) you can’t stand back and use attention observe what’s happening in your mind. Only awareness can see the current mind state. If I (using what I think is metacognitive introspective awareness) observe what’s going on in my mind right…[Read more]

Thanks Kurt,

I’ll read the instructions in TMI and do some sits this weekend. The instructions I’d read previously were that I was supposed to cultivate a warm glow in my chest – the one I should feel when I think of a good experience in my life (I’m paraphrasing here..) and then make that the object of meditation. But I could never get that…[Read more]

Hi Ivan, Kurt, and Charles, thanks for your replies.

I think I have a fairly healthy ego, I’m not very reactionary, I take negative experiences fairly well (I think?) How would you suggest that someone would gauge their ego-health?

Re: loving-kindness meditation, I tried last year, I also tried a ‘forgiveness’ meditation, and got nowhere in…[Read more]

Hi,
I’m really interested to hear about anyone’s experience with this topic.

I’m currently talking to a therapist. I have come to learn that I don’t have ‘normal’ levels of feelings and emotions. My brain chemistry is luckily very healthy, I’m in a pretty good mood most of the time, but I have no feelings or emotions. (I had some negative…[Read more]