[…] want to be totally aware of what you are experiencing, unmediated by medication. You don’t want to do this because you want to rely on your own power, etc.” And we went through a whole bunch of things and through this she understood that the way that she was approaching life, which was with […]

[…] to work, just treated this guy as an ordinary person. And the guy just opened up. Something to remember about bullies: what do bullies want? Student: Attention? Power? Ken: Nope. A little bit more. Student: To be acknowledged. Ken: They want connection. And if you connect with them, it’s gone. Student: Has anyone had […]

[…] is how it bridges into insight because with any three of those—the bliss, clarity and non-thought—you have a high level of attention. And so that begins to power the scene. In Kagyu tradition particularly, and generally in the Tibetan tradition, devotion is regarded as very important. That’s probably the most crucial factor in spiritual […]

[…] ignoramus are they?” They’re getting angry and frustrated and the person who’s doing the interrupting, by the fourth or fifth time, is always feeling, “Cool, I’ve got power here. I can drive this person nuts, and I don’t have to say a word.” [Laughs] These are emotional reactions. And it doesn’t matter how much […]

[…] I’ll dig around to see if I can find something. Student: [Unclear] Ken: Okay. Which is why there isn’t a nice one for doing what’s next, because power is not an explicit tool in most practices, most traditions. Student: My question was [unclear]. Ken: And I said yes. [Laughter] Student: [Unclear] Ken: In the […]

[…] Without Beliefs, opens it with something along the lines of, “In its institutional forms Buddhism provides very powerful answers to questions of the spirit. But sometimes the power of those answers overwhelms the stammering voice which is asking the questions.” Now, I said this morning that when it comes to internal work, internal transformational […]

[…] ’cause I was in a deli at the time—Jewish deli—and had a crazy waitress, totally surreal experience. [Laughs] And just stayed right in the experience. And the power of that situation was such that it put me in touch with a whole bunch of stuff: dynamics that operated earlier in my life, which I […]

[…] them—are distilled experience. And so when you contemplate them in whatever way you do, you are actually exposing yourself to that distillation of experience, making it quite powerful. Paths to waking up in the Tibetan tradition Ken: So, we are going to turn to what is very definitely, the shortest chapter in the book, […]

[…] that he did was he made no attempt to translate word-for-word. He tried to put the meaning into English in a way which conveyed some of the power and moved away from what was the standard approach up to that point, which was called lexical or dictionary translation. He really tried to translate the […]

[…] all impurities are incidental. In mandala practice, well I’ll put it somewhat glibly, wealth is a function of attitude. And with guru yoga, you’re using devotion to power attention very explicitly. So that they’re not particularly analogous to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, but it’s a different form of building capacity. Yep. Larry: Returning […]

[…] being able to ask questions about your own life, about things that are happening. In a certain sense, the dumber the question, the better. [Laughs] There’s wonderful power in really, really dumb questions. [Chuckles] Because they’re the questions that nobody thinks about, you know. So that’s one piece, that’s the four bases of success. […]

[…] new possibilities opening up. Empowered, you know, that’s not coming because somebody says, “Oh we give you the authority,” or “you’re a good person.” It’s discovering the power that is present in knowing itself, which is very different. Open heart. Same kind of quality as this, the naturally open heart that is actually always […]

[…] chair. He sat on the edge of the chair, Zarniwoop leaned stiffly against the table and Zaphod lay on the mattress. “Wowee!” said Zaphod. “The seat of power!” He tickled the cat. “Listen,” said Zarniwoop, “I must ask you some questions.” “All right,” said the man kindly. “You can sing to my cat if […]

[…] a number of times from one of Stephen Bachelor’s works. “In it’s institutional forms Buddhism provides very powerful answers to questions of the spirit. But sometimes the power of those answers overwhelms the stammering voice which asks the questions.” Now what happened with Khyungpo Naljor? Chuck: He still had a lot of questions. Ken: […]

[…] back to our story. So far, we’ve discussed: The first tribe which had learned about fire reserved the secret for their priests, who remained in affluence and power while the people froze. The Story of Fire, Tales of the Dervishes, Idries Shah, p. 29 And that led us into quite an involved discussion about […]