Am I Dreaming?  Thoughts on Thinking Part 4: Bare Attention and Gratitude [archive talk]
Jonathan Foust8 Jul 2025

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 4: Bare Attention and Gratitude [archive talk]

This talk explores the practice of Bare Attention and how suffering ceases in the experience of gratitude.

You'll learn about the distinction of the linear mind and the intuitive mind, the practice Bare Attention and a technique for opening to gratitude as a way of shifting the mind to a more fluid and intuitive state.

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The Eightfold Path 7: Seeing Clearly to Live Fully

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The Eightfold Path, Part 6: How to Do without Overdoing

The Eightfold Path, Part 6: How to Do without Overdoing

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Beyond the Witness:  From Watching to Being [archive talk]

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28 Mar 48min

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