Category: Videos
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The Illusion of I and the Burden of Concepts and Ideas
Read time 5 minutes. The attached video opens with a quote from One Dharma by Joseph Goldstein: “Thoughts themselves are the thinker.” The Illusion of I is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. At first glance, this statement is almost disarming in its simplicity. But if we sit with it, the implications unravel the very core…
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No-Mind, Consciousness, and the Limits of Knowledge
Today’s video lesson turns on a long quote from Ramesh S. Balsekar, pointing us toward the essence of Zen training. This ties directly into our earlier discussions on presence. When we are identified with the separate self, we assume consciousness emanates from the individual “I.” But Zen tells us awareness itself is a field, not…
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Video: Conscious Awareness and the Nature of Illusion
Redefining illusion There are two reoccurring themes referenced in this video. First, you are not your thoughts and emotions. You are the one that witnesses the thoughts and emotions. Second, there is an illusory quality to reality as we experience it. Orgyen Chowang makes a subtle yet profound point regarding illusion which I have often…