Tag: meditation
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Four simple questions.
In this first of a series of videos, four simple questions are asked to Prof Karl John Friston, Science Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at University College London and Lisa Cairns, a non-duality teacher. The four questions: Their conversation ranges across awakening experiences, dyslexia, autism, hallucinogens, free energy principle, big and little […]
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Video: Martijn Doolaard.
I have already written about this YouTube channel here, but as it might just be my favourite thing on the internet right now, here we are again. These videos are a master class on meditative storytelling. The use of silence and ambient sound and composition and light…and showing us the story through those dimensions instead […]
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The place where I sit.
The term zazen means sitting-zen. And zen is just a word for meditation. Nothing mysterious. Nothing esoteric.Zen is simply the practice of meditation.Meditation is simply a discipline of abiding wholeheartedly in the present moment as it unfolds without adding anything extra. And boy do we add a lot. I sit zazen in the corner of […]
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The Galileo Commission Report.
The Galileo Commission Report is a paper written by Prof Harald Walach in consultation with a panel of 90 scientists, researchers and academics. It examines the current role of science in our society, and whilst fully supporting the scientific method it questions the rise of scientism, a fundamentalist approach that refuses a priori to examine […]