{"id":20659,"date":"2021-05-13T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/?p=20659"},"modified":"2021-05-13T22:22:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T05:22:43","slug":"05-13-2021-nothing-or-no-thing-reframing-our-experience-with-rich-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/05-13-2021-nothing-or-no-thing-reframing-our-experience-with-rich-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"05\/13\/2021 \u201cNothing or No Thing? Reframing our Experience\u201d with Rich Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/talks\/talk-20210513-rhoward-Nothing-or-No-Thing.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>To download this talk, right-click and select \u2018save audio as\u2019 or select the 3-dot menu to the right of the speaker icon.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Audio-Dharma2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8432\" width=\"100\" height=\"78\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The mind tends to solidify experience and to grasp for security in comfort, familiarity, and habitual patterns. This is natural, a long-established pattern to help negotiate a complex world in the face of threats and unknowns. Even our language reinforces this dependence on solid objects versus processes, using nouns to translate words that are verbs in Pali, the original language of the early Buddhist texts. This talk will expand on the theme of investigating the concept of \u201cself\u201d that all three SIM faculty explored in February. Be prepared to share insights you may have received in working with this area of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/806704.Insight_Meditation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom<\/a>&#8221; by Joseph Goldstein and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/538173.Crazy_Wisdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Crazy Wisdom&#8221;<\/a> by Ch\u00f6gyam Trungpa<\/p><cite>Books referenced in this talk<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-1024x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-1024x416.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-768x312.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-1536x624.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-2048x832.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/rHoward-talk05132021-676x275.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mind tends to solidify experience and to grasp for security in comfort, familiarity, and habitual patterns. 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