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2013-04-30 Dependent Origination: Consciousness 62:42
Rodney Smith
The third link in Dependent Origination is Consciousness. Consciousness springs forth from the fertile ground of ignorance and mental formations. We might think of this expression of consciousness as "egoic consciousness," the sense that "I am conscious of..." Different traditions use various definitions for the term, consciousness. In Buddhism there are different consciousnesses for each sense door. To get a sense of what this means, image you are standing on the ocean shore. If you focus exclusively on sight, certain memories and sense impressions will flood your mind, but if you concentrate exclusively on smell, there will be a whole new set of sense impressions and accompanying memories that may be very different from your visual consciousness. So too with each sense door - hearing, tasting, thinking, touching - each evokes a different set of memories and mental formations. The mind collates these separate consciousnesses into a single consciousness with "me" as the central casting figure. When each person speaks of "my consciousness or my mind" they usually mean the summation of all the separate consciousnesses falsely organized (ignorance) as a single conscious entity.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-04-30 Marcia Rose: Practice Here, There And Everywhere 55:42
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage April 2013 Month Long Hermitage

2013-04-30 Marcia Rose: Reflection on the Conceit of Self 7:16
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage April 2013 Month Long Hermitage

2013-04-29 How to Be an Earthling... 46:09
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-04-29 Guided Metta/Loving Kindness Meditation with short introduction 57:14
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-04-29 Viriya - The Parami of Energy 51:32
Christina Feldman
Viriya translates as heroism or courage - central to the path of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Women in Meditation

2013-04-29 Guided Metta Meditation and Question/Response 52:21
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2013 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2013-04-29 Morning Meditation and Instructions 39:55
Pat Coffey
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2013 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2013-04-28 Wisdom of the Elders, pt 3 of 3 53:41
Joanna Macy
A Life in the Dharma, with Anna Douglas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Women in Meditation

2013-04-28 Wisdom of the Elders, pt 2 of 3 18:53
Joanna Macy
A Life in the Dharma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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