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Connect to Essence Love Find the Space(Ying) There are different types of “I” structures, the “Reified I”: Reified ego Self cherishing ego ** There is a danger, that sometimes the reified I is practicing rigpa. Meditations The dance is between the relative and the ultimate. The “mirror I”  is fluid. Connect with Essence Love (Open Heart) Handshake sticky emotions/thoughts (Clear Mind) Keep the lung down (Grounded Body) Bring clarity to everything relative. Approach emotions with clarity even strong afflictive emotions like anger. With the equanimity comes the discerning wisdom. Perception... Read The Rest →

Protocol: 33min Theta-Alpha Synchrony across Fz and Pz Notes: Saline sensors were used. Trekcho practiced to cut dualistic thinking. Handshake of discursive thinking without rejecting. Will use more fixed methodology to describe subjective experience like Judson Brewer’s study 1)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26921712 Morning Meditation: Practiced Tsa Lung that I learned Sunday from Geshe YongDong. This included the 5 magic movements, and 9 Clearing breaths. References   [ + ] 1. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26921712

Protocol: Theta-Alpha-Gamma Sync/2 channel/Fz-Pz-Cz/48:43m   Notes:  I’m now following the first-person phenomenological framework as presented by Claire Petitmengin who was a doctoral student under Francisco Varela. 1)https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=BNLqf2IAAAAJ&hl=en References   [ + ] 1. ↑ https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=BNLqf2IAAAAJ&hl=en

TAG Sync 43:15 Notes:  Practiced trekcho with both Judith’s method finding the center of the head and Tulku Urgyen’s turning awareness in on itself. Judith’s method dropped awareness into the body quickly and was able to record more phase resets. The goal was to stay in the natural state. When ma-rigpa occurred, handshake the phenomena and then return to the natural state. Will incorporate Allan Wallace’s first person phenomenology framework suggestion. Sensory Clarity/6/Equanimity/5/Concentration/4/

Morning – Missed. During Day – Trekcho 4:20p OpenBCI benchmarks

Mantras (Ordinary Refuge and Bodhicitta, Special Refuge, Four Boundless States, Special Bodhicitta, Mandala Offering) 9 Breathings Tsa Lung (5 magic movements) Vase Breathing (10 min) Resting in Non-conceptual Awareness (25 min) Contemplation on Emptiness Stanza 3 1)Nagurjuna’s Seventy Stanzas – David Ross Komito Notes: Rigpa is still unstable, although events arise and detach quickly. Handshaking wasn’t necessary for any of the 25 minute meditation. The phone and anxiety about not starting the day quickly enough, caused discursive thinking. Resistance was felt and returned to Rigpa. Special Insight: Rigpa can be... Read The Rest →

Morning meditation: Dzogchen/Loving Kindness Mantra Bon 9 breathings Tsa Lung 5 Movements Concentration – Asanga’s Elephant Path (10 min) Just Sit (25min) Dedication of Merit Day: Trekcho Handshake practice Night: None

I’m looking to create a more rigorous first person methodology1)http://www.imprint.co.uk/pdf/VFW_introduc.pdf for reporting awareness. Varela suggests that a true science of neurophenomenology2)https://tzramsoy.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/overgaard-gallagher-ramsc3b8y-proof.pdf  would emphasize Bracketing and reduction – Suspending beliefs and theories about the things we experience Intimacy and Intuition – Straightforward seeing of what is in front of us Descriptives – Describing the experience in a way that is straightforward to others I’ll use Shinzen’s three criteria for determining qualitative state. Sensory Clarity – 6/10 Equanimity – 5 Concentration – 3   References   [ + ] 1. ↑ http://www.imprint.co.uk/pdf/VFW_introduc.pdf 2. ↑ https://tzramsoy.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/overgaard-gallagher-ramsc3b8y-proof.pdf

Protocol: Theta Alpha Gamma Synchrony Theta 4-7Hz. Alpha 9-11Hz. Gamma 38-42Hz. Placement: Fz Pz F4 P4 F3 P4 Duration:   Quantitative Measures: Phase Resets – ..N/A Time in Reward – ..N/A Qualitative Measures: Before(B)/ After(A) Sensory Clarity – .. N/A Concentration – .. N/A Equanimity – ..N/A Commentary:  Background audio   Notes:      Experiments for next session:    

Protocol: Theta Alpha Gamma Synchrony Theta 4-7Hz. Alpha 9-11Hz. Gamma 35-45Hz. Placement: Fz Channel 1 . Pz Channel 2. Ground Cz Duration: 45 minutes Alpha-Gamma Training, 10 min Theta-Alpha Training Quantitative Measures: Phase Resets – ..N/A Time in Reward – ..N/A Qualitative Measures: Before(B)/ After(A) Sensory Clarity – .. N/A Concentration – .. N/A Equanimity – ..N/A Commentary:  Used the TAG 2X protocol. Accidentally left the Band filter for 2 on Gamma. Was good correlation between resting nonconceptual awareness and quiet reward. Notes:  Went to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s weekend retreat. Next Session, do... Read The Rest →