Aloka David Smith new interview - Discussion
Aloka David Smith new interview
Karalee Peltomaa, muokattu 9 Vuodet sitten at 15.8.2014 17:28
Created 9 Vuodet ago at 15.8.2014 17:28
Aloka David Smith new interview
Viestejä: 401 Liittymispäivä: 19.6.2014 Viimeisimmät viestitFlorian, muokattu 9 Vuodet sitten at 16.8.2014 8:46
Created 9 Vuodet ago at 16.8.2014 8:45
RE: Aloka David Smith new interview
Viestejä: 1028 Liittymispäivä: 28.4.2009 Viimeisimmät viestit
I really enjoyed it.
His analysis of Equanimity Ñana and Stream Entry is totally spot on, I think.
I also like his emphasis on emotional development and grounding awareness in the body.
Good stuff, pretty hardcore (in the DhO sense).
There's also an audio version and a podcast feed, via the Batgap Home Page, for those who don't like to sit in front of the computer for hours listening to it
Cheers,
Florian
His analysis of Equanimity Ñana and Stream Entry is totally spot on, I think.
I also like his emphasis on emotional development and grounding awareness in the body.
Good stuff, pretty hardcore (in the DhO sense).
There's also an audio version and a podcast feed, via the Batgap Home Page, for those who don't like to sit in front of the computer for hours listening to it
Cheers,
Florian
Karalee Peltomaa, muokattu 9 Vuodet sitten at 16.8.2014 12:34
Created 9 Vuodet ago at 16.8.2014 12:34
RE: Aloka David Smith new interview
Viestejä: 401 Liittymispäivä: 19.6.2014 Viimeisimmät viestit
Yes, it was his emphasis on the basics of the actual doingness'es that eventually brought me to this forum. For the first time I felt I understood what I was supposed to do and to accomplish while doing it.
The only thing I bring to the practice that he does not have clearly is a checklist of basic goal sets which I see as the threads of the mind -- just pull the thread and huge segments of the thouight, emotion, effort, and other phenomenon just fall away (eventually).
I like his emphasis on not running away from the mind -- passively facing its turmoil. He gave me a spine :-))
The only thing I bring to the practice that he does not have clearly is a checklist of basic goal sets which I see as the threads of the mind -- just pull the thread and huge segments of the thouight, emotion, effort, and other phenomenon just fall away (eventually).
I like his emphasis on not running away from the mind -- passively facing its turmoil. He gave me a spine :-))
Jason Snyder, muokattu 9 Vuodet sitten at 17.8.2014 13:30
Created 9 Vuodet ago at 17.8.2014 13:30
RE: Aloka David Smith new interview
Viestejä: 186 Liittymispäivä: 25.10.2013 Viimeisimmät viestit
I absolutely loved how he described his experience through stream entry and his emphasis on getting in the thick of difficult emotions and seeing their true nature. I was however turned off by his dismisal of secular Vipassana and mixing and matching of techniques.