Culadasa April 2018 Patreon Q&A Catch-Up

Timestamps: 7:45 - A number of people are having difficulty advancing from 2nd to 3rd path, any advice? 19:15 - Clarify Culadasa’s view of the relationship between the mind and the brain? 27:35 - What are the “5 insights” that culadasa refers to at times? 34:58 - Thoughts on meditating yourself to sleep? Meditation as an induction technique for lucid dreaming? What would be a good object of attention for doing this? 39:35 - Working with unconscious repression of thoughts (not being aware of them) 41:25 - Speaking on the power of conscious intentions, forming intentions and working with them 49:27 - How do the insights of impermanence, no-self, and interdependence of all phenomena shatter our usual, common worldviews? 58:19 - What pitfalls might we encounter when examining the previous 3 insights for ourselves? 59:40 - Importance of practicing morality within the process of awakening? Are there people who achieve awakening without practicing the 8-fold path? 1:04:05 - Culadasa’s experience with advaita and dzogchen practices, and how these may or may not relate to practices described in TMI? 1:10:32 - Importance of “staying in the clear light”. If consciousness is just the process of information exchange, then what is the “clear light”? 1:23:34 - Working with strong dullness in stages 3-4? 1:39:15 - How to strengthen metacognitive introspective awareness, especially in dealing with distractions? 1:44:47 - Advice for transitioning to longer sits? Value of longer, slower walking meditation sessions? 1:49:53 - Working with meditation when experiencing clinical depression, and what practices are most beneficial? Buy Culadasa's books on Amazon: amazon.com/author/culadasa Follow Culadasa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Culadasa.John.Yates Much more at: http://culadasa.com/