“The Blind Spot in Perception: Cognitive Science, Asian Philosophy, and Mystical Insight” – Evan Thompson & John Vervaeke ▶️

Evan Thompson is a philosopher and author, specializing in the integration of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and Asian philosophical traditions. Based at the University of British Columbia, his work, including his recent book The Blind Spot, examines the intersections of consciousness, experience, and reality through a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FEYm8ehaTE Can cognitive science, philosophy,…

“The gift of nothingness: seeing the everyday miracle” – Orion Taraban | PsycHacks ▶️

The common definition of a miracle is an event that shouldn't be possible given our understanding of physical reality. As such, the standard of comparison is the "normal" functioning of reality, which is considered "non-miraculous" by definition. However, if the standard of comparison were shifted to the no-thingness of pre-creation, then everything—down to the most…

“Žižek’s materialist Christianity, Hinduism, and the (ideological) refusal to see” – Rodrigo Menezes

To seek out suffering in order to avoid redemption, to follow in reverse the path of deliverance, such is our contribution in the matter of religion : bilious illuminati, Buddhas and Christs hostile to salvation, preaching to the wretched the charm of their distress. To suffer: sole modality of acquiring the sensation of existence; to…

“Japanese philosophy: the power of nothingness” – Fréderique Petit | Studium Generale Delft ▶️

In the 20th century, Japanese philosophers active at the University of Kyoto combined a Western approach to ‘doing’ philosophy with their own native concepts and ideas. There arose a Kyoto School, in which, of all things, ‘nothingness’ was a central concept. Nothingness in the West usually has a negative connotation. It’s empty, meaningless, scary, and…

“Thinking against oneself” – CIORAN

ALMOST all our discoveries are due to our violences, to the exacerbation of our instability. Even God, insofar as He interests us—it is not in our innermost selves that we discern God, but at the extreme limits of our fever, at the very point where, our rage confronting His, a shock results, an encounter as…

Self vs Non-Self: Carl Jung & Buddhism | SEEKER TO SEEKER ▶️

Jung's Self archetype and Buddha's non-self teaching are two of the most profound formulations of our true nature. Are the two mutually exclusive? Here we explore how analytical psychology and Buddhist psychology conceive of the self and what lessons they teach us about what we are and what we are not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcv5gWHyBo 📚 Recommended Reading…

Tibet, the path to Wisdom | SLICE documentary ▶️

Ani Rigsang has chosen a nomadic lifestyle in the land of white clouds. The Buddhist nun felt confined in Lhasa, and so today she has taken to the road to reconnect with her country’s spiritual traditions, which are now threatened by rapid modernisation and the reinforcement of Chinese control over the region. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4DmbagWHQ From snowy…

“Myth of myself” – Alan WATTS ▶️

It is absolutely absurd to say that we came into this world. We didn’t. We came out of it. What do you think you are? Supposing this world is a tree—are you leaves on its branches, or are you a bunch of birds that settled on a dead old tree from somewhere else? Alan Watts,…

The Four Noble Truths Of The Buddha Explained | Seeker To Seeker

The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of the Buddha’s teaching. They are four objective, fundamental aspects of reality he realized when he awoke. The Buddha said that to not know these truths is to sleepwalk through life, always repeating the same mistakes, not knowing they bring you suffering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHWIQzd8bVw And it is no coincidence…

The No-Self Teaching | Buddhism | Seeker To Seeker

In order to conceive, and to steep ourselves in, unreality, we must have it constantly present to our minds. The day we feel it, see it, everything becomes unreal, except that unreality which alone makes existence tolerable. One sign of enlightenment is to have the obsession of the aggregate, the ever-increasing feeling of being just…