Realizing Ordinary Mind

EmbracingSilence Says:

Sep 9, 2009 - It's called Mahamudra. It's buddhist.

you1tube2009 Says:

Aug 19, 2009 - what tradition is he talking about ??

MaBu888 Says:

Aug 11, 2009 - OK.

CloudshadowMan1 Says:

Aug 8, 2009 - Dismantel the karmic, emotional, cognitive obsurations. Study with a worthy teacher. And rest in humility as the true nature of pure mind.

ILuSiOnS21 Says:

May 29, 2009 - well understood :)) thank you

nandhi108 Says:

May 29, 2009 - good wisdom expressed beautifully in the intellectual way.gratitude!all in the dance of oneness!

1PostPoMoMaN1 Says:

Apr 8, 2009 - You are mistaken.

1PostPoMoMaN1 Says:

Mar 30, 2009 - Amigo, que usted dice? Jesusisravi?

jofrelly Says:

Jan 24, 2009 - humility and pridethe lion and the lamb

juanlopezexposito Says:

Jan 9, 2009 - Patrick Sweeney: interesting character.

MaBu888 Says:

Oct 30, 2008 - I agree, ut not qith the terminology. I think that meditation and use of psychedelics and marijuana create altered states (compared to 'normal' egoic consciosuness). These altered and meditative states are far less compressed and closed than the ego. Ego death is not the thing to do, because that can actually be harmful. Instead, I'd prefer to transcend and imclude the ego so that it is happy and it is not a danger to me and everyone and it is not getting special treatent at the same time.

SilentBud420 Says:

Oct 29, 2008 - most people live in alterd states there entire life, called egoic states of consiousness. the only un alterd state of consiousness is the mystical moment of enlightnment, where you just ARE.. the ONE. Cannabis can help people break free from ego :) and psycedelics can induce mystical expirences and Ego death :)

jesuisravi Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - Amigo: Come off it.

MaBu888 Says:

Aug 4, 2008 - At times he sounds like Morpheus from The Matrix, but not as Morpheus as Agent Smith is to Carl Sagan. When he says the word "very"... it's like Morpheus from the first Matrix movie. "Very real" -.deep male voice.-

MaBu888 Says:

Aug 4, 2008 - He makes it beautiful!

MaBu888 Says:

Jul 29, 2008 - Pot causes an altered state, instead of a meditative state. Still, medical pot can be used for experimentation, upon permission to use it legally of course. I haven't tried the latter, but perhaps I will when I go to Holland in the far future, provided the muslims will not have taken over Europe. I'm in Europe by the way.

MaBu888 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I'm speaking about pot of course, when I say "Too unstable for most people to be useful."

MaBu888 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Perhaps I'm misunderstanding things without realizing, about the mahamudra tradition. Also, the user IntegralNaked has a 17 minute video called Mahamudra meditation with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth and all that. I did it and it was not bad at all, especially the screaming pah! pah! pah!, as to train to sustain awareness. Very effective. I can't begin to comprehend further, without training in Mahamudra more, though. Perhaps he's doing his best to avoid confusion among the audience.

MaBu888 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Too unstable for most people to be useful.

dctrex Says:

Jun 12, 2008 - Very powerful teachings Patrick. You're an excellent teacher. I attended the 1986 Vajradhatu seminary with both you and Ken Wilber.I'm just a bit uncomfortable that you're presenting these sacred teachings in such a public medium as Youtube. These teachings are a part of the Kagyu lineage and meant as an ear whispered transmission from guru to student depending on the preparedness and the trust of both parties. Just laying it out there in such a public forum opens it up to misunderstanding.

red27sun Says:

Jun 10, 2008 - lol... did I confuse you? I was only giving a reply to an earlier comment. The order is all messed up I know... I didn't mean to do that.What words are you having trouble with?

faunandy Says:

Jun 10, 2008 - Dear sir red27sun, please after you have crossed the stream, remember to leave the canoe on the banks. It seems you are walking around carryingthe canoe on your back, its quite tiring no? Please drop all the dissections and big words, they only serve to hinder your journey. Please forgive my ignorance sir.

red27sun Says:

May 24, 2008 - *Go back two posts and read that one fisrt, then go to the one prior to that, then to the one prior to this, and then finally you can read this one. :)"Of course when it comes to this video it appears that Patrick Sweeney is designating the soul to refer to the subtle mind, where as what I presented is referring the as being the very subtle or causal mind.If you really look deep into the distinctions surrounding states of consciousness it isn't as clear as it may appear at first glance...

red27sun Says:

May 24, 2008 - According to the text I'm referring to Ken says that Buddhism denies an absolute existence of a soul but does acknowledge that the soul does have a relative, or conventional, existence, and that this relatively, or conventionally existing soul does transmigrate. I think the proper word in Buddhism for the soul at least as defined here would be rLung.

red27sun Says:

May 24, 2008 - *My commenting order is all screwed up here, and it's only going to get worse. See if you can make sense of it*Soul = "virtue" + "wisdom" or at least that's the way I've mentally come to understand the term.- First, it is the repository of one's "virtue" (or lack thereof)-that is, of one's karma, both good and bad.- Second, it is the "strength" of awareness, or one's capacity to "witness" the phenomenal world without attachment or aversion. This second capacity is also known as "wisdom".