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Listen to this article as an audio essay on YouTube, here To suffer the pangs of nihilism can literally be a despair beyond belief. To...

If you haven’t already, I implore you to read part 1 first. So part 1 was a bit of a tease, being just the set up and forewarning....

I am presenting a process that admittedly is entirely theoretical as to whether it would work or not; and additionally, I believe if...

The following is a transcript* of a guided parts work session I gave in my meditation group. I have seen profound healing benefits by...

Video describing experiential qualities of each stage Insights runs are when you purposefully cycle through the stages of insight  (see...

While on retreat, I entered a fourth jhana which had a white-out effect of something tantamount to what people report on 5-MeO-DMT,...

Equanimity born with power Through concentration we can dive the mind down into the first well of equanimity. This is the fourth Jhana....

Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was...

The following is an elucidating and enjoyable exchange I had with Dor Konforty after he commented on my Nirodha Samapatti post. Dor is a...

Starting with the thesis: I contend that those who have attained nirodha samapatti (NS) have a crucially informative insight into the...

For more context please read my previous article: 'Identity, God and Open Individualism' Imagine a great conundrum that people have been...

An essay I wrote, originally for Andrés Gómez Emilsson’s blog, Qualia Computing . I’m reposting it here with some amendments, though I...

One night in long bygone times I awoke confronted by other minds. They pointed out towards otherworldly phenomena With a will and...

And The Predicament of Sentients This article is a case of following one line of thought in a particular manner ad absurdum. Attempts to...

Caveat Firstly, does openly detailing the phenomenology of the later stages of awakening help or hamper people who are trying to remodel...

originally written in 2019 From what I can deduce, wellbeing is not like a grounded structure that we work on until achieved and...

In many spiritual traditions, you can read of people claiming that they never lose contact with awareness, even during deep sleep. In...

What are we doing in meditation in order to achieve enlightenment ? Simply put we are both objectifying everything while de-objectifying...

Originally written in 2016 It is clear to me that there is no one best technique for training the mind in order to attain all the desired...

this post was written by Shawn Prest and me, originally for our website, meditative.dev. I am reposting it here. Contraction and...