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October 18th, 2021 “One of the elements of the Eightfold Path is Right Concentration: the one-pointedness of mind that, together with ethics, livelihood, meditation, and more, leads to the ultimate freedom from suffering. So how does one achieve Right Concentration? According to the Buddha himself, the jhānas—a series of eight progressive altered states of consciousness—are an […]
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October 15th, 2021 This is a Q&A for In a six-part series between John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques, and Zak Stein work towards generating a metapsychology that integrates the multiple domains of psychology as well as integrates psychology with cognitive science and philosophy in order to properly and deeply account for the human capacity for transformation.
The new Sci Fi epic Dune is one of the year’s biggest releases, and one of the most anticipated science fiction films in years. At Rebel Wisdom we are taking this opportunity to ask some deeper questions, including what is the meaning of Sci Fi? And what are the stories we are choosing to tell
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Controversies over the topic of trans seem to come around on a weekly basis. The latest is around the recent comedy special by Dave Chappelle on Netflix. In the UK there was a big scandal over a concerted attempt to cancel the academic Kathleen Stock at her university, and a groundbreaking new podcast series from
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The pandemic has stress tested all our institutions, especially those we have relied on for truth seeking and sensemaking. It’s deepened the chasm between mainstream and alternative, consensus and contrarian. A couple of days ago the most popular alternative media personality in the world, Joe Rogan, hosted mainstream CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta for a
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October 13th, 2021 Gerald, a philosophical practitioner and author of Doing Philosophy, visits The Stoa to discuss how we actually “do” philosophy. “First published in 2012, Doing Philosophy presents the basics of how ‘to do’ philosophy — what philosophy is, how we can think, the nature of logic, some special terms — in a straightforward
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Why do some people see things that others don’t? Julia Galef believes that it’s because they’re using what she calls Scout Mindset. "It’s what allows you to recognize when you were wrong, to seek out your blind spots, to test your assumptions and change course. It’s what prompts you to honestly ask yourself questions like
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October 12th, 2021 Luke Kemp, research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, visits the Stoa to discuss the “Stomp Reflex” and a possible antidote towards it. “Emergency powers tend to only go one way: top-down. During an emergency, the knee-jerk reaction is always to stomp-down, to reinforce those atop hierarchies in
The Stomp Reflex and Emergency Emancipation w/ Luke Kemp Read More »
October 8th, 2021 The Monastic Academy is running an experiment at its Canadian branch, WILLOW. For three months, eight residents are exploring an ecology of practices that generate a profound experience of individual and collective harmony. John Vervaeke, Daniel Thorson, and Seishin Todorović will discuss the program, and residents will be available for questions. Presented
October 7th, 2021 The Flow Game is a process designed as a board game that creates a space for individual and collective consciousness and intelligence to emerge through reflection, dialogue and interactive learning. The purpose and intent of the Flow Game is to strengthen and bring focus and flow into an important question in one’s
The Flow Game: The Art of Crafting Powerful Questions w/ Toke Paludan Moeller Read More »
