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Jordan Hill replied to the topic The 10 Stages of Meditation – Stage 5 question in the forum Meditation 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi John-
My understanding is that when Culadasa talks about “falling into the trap of subtle dullness,” he does not mean the inevitable wrangle with subtle dullness that you described when you mentioned dealing […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Rebirth in the forum Principles of Dharma 10 years, 4 months ago
I agree– a lot of the discussion of rebirth never sat too well with me (beyond a metaphorical interpretation). Culadasa’s take on the matter is one of the aspects of his teaching that very much appeals to me. […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic How important is vividness of sensation in the 4th stage? in the forum Meditation 10 years, 6 months ago
Hi Paul,
Thanks for posting your question! First off, I definitely agree with Blake’s perspective. To add to it, a personal note: I have had (and often continue to have) a noticeable, often annoying and […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 10 years, 7 months ago
Howdy Matthew!
So glad the WILD technique worked for you. The experience you described (having the lucid dream a few dreams in after going back to sleep) seems pretty similar to my usual experience. I’ve also […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 10 years, 7 months ago
Hi Paul-
The correlation between mindfulness and lucidity is a really interesting one. I’d love to hear from very experienced meditators about their thoughts on it. I know Culadasa has told me that while on […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Support for daily practice in the forum Meditation 10 years, 7 months ago
“Sangha, I tell you, is the whole of the path…”
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Techniques for keeping the mind interested in the breath in the forum Meditation 10 years, 7 months ago
Yup, I’ve noticed the drop in peripheral awareness with too much attention on the breath. One way I’ve found to play with that while also keeping the mind interested is to move back and forth, intentionally, […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 10 years, 7 months ago
Cultivating lucid dreaming (plus some resources):
Years ago I read a book called something like, “The Lucid Dreamer: A guide to the traveler between worlds.” It was actually pretty formative for my spiritual […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 10 years, 7 months ago
Lucid dreaming and practice:
From a more psychological side, lucid dreaming is such a cool way of exploring one’s unconscious. From a Jungian point of view, you could say you’re exploring the collective […]
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Jordan Hill started the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 10 years, 7 months ago
I recently engaged in an e-mail brain dump about a topic that I very much love exploring: lucid dreaming. Most of you know already that to have a lucid dream means to be aware that you are dreaming while you are […]
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Jordan Hill started the topic Ode to the Present (Pablo Neruda) in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. 11 years ago
Pablo Neruda has been blowing my mind recently– check out this incredible way of touching on the present:
Ode to the Present
by Pablo NerudaThis
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Jordan Hill started the topic Spirit Science– interconnectedness in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. 11 years ago
A bit on the New Age-y side, but overall quite well made– lots of beautiful ways of depicting interconnectedness and patterns within patterns. Check it […]
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Techniques for keeping the mind interested in the breath in the forum Meditation 11 years ago
Nice– thanks George!
I also found that Thanissaro Bhikkhu talks quite a bit about this too– lots of online Dharma talks: http://www.dhammatalks.org/
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Jordan Hill replied to the topic Derek Parfit, "Reasons and Persons" in the forum Dharma Book Discussion 11 years, 1 month ago
Here’s a book that’s downloadable for free– Daniel Ingram’s “Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: an unusually hardcore dharma book.”
I must say that it is quite hardcore, in a sense. Controversial […]
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Jordan Hill started the topic Techniques for keeping the mind interested in the breath in the forum Meditation 11 years, 1 month ago
I know that one of the ways to habituate the mind to staying with the breath is to use little tricks to make the breath more interesting. For instance, paying attention to just the temperature variations or […]
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