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From Gross To Subtle And Beyond – Miles Kessler’s Perspective

Guest Blog w/ Andrea Merli

This is a guest post from Italian Aikidoka Andrea Merli of Aikido Novum Experience – where he recounts of his experiences at my recent Integral Aikido seminar in Boves, Italy. | Last weekend we participated in a weekend intensive seminar led by Miles Kessler Sensei. Perfectly organized by Aiki no Kokoro of Boves, Italy. This is one of the events we most look forward to every year regarding our personal and technical development. (cont.)

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Peak Experiences In Meditation – The Good News & The Bad News

The 10 Imperfections of Insight

What exactly are “peak experiences” in mindfulness meditation? In the course of your meditation path, you will gain extraordinary experiences that typically arise after a lot of hard work in the practice. For some, these peak experiences are relatively mild, but for most, they are quite strong and can even be mind-blowing. But as extraordinary and developmentally important as these experiences are, there’s good news and there’s bad news when it comes to peak experiences in meditation.

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The 3 Transformational Keys To Insight Meditation

Anicca, Dukkha, & Anatta - Encore Post

Vipassana meditation is usually translated as “Insight Meditation” because the practice quite naturally triggers off a process of purification that develops progressively through stages of insight knowledge. With each stage, a meditator incrementally gains insight into the Dhamma or the ultimate reality. Thus “Insight Meditation”.

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LIBERAL ON LIBERAL CANCEL CULTURE – UUUGGGHHH!!!:

The Moral Panic Of Identity Politics

In the past 48 hours, I’ve had a heated “cancel culture” experience in a Facebook post I made. In the 130+ comments that ensued, here’s a taste of what my liberal brothers and sisters have been calling me:

The Name-Calling

I have been called; reactive, dismissive, pedantic, patronizing, tone deaf, too “wise” to learn, a fragile white man, an old white man, a middle-aged white man, a white man, an economically privileged white man, a privileged man, a man, a claimer of victimhood, a reverse victim, an oppressor, an abuser, a name-caller, an intentional misspeller of names, an intentional fomenter of controversy, a user of teachers as pawns, a misuser of grammar, a recruiter of warriors against diversity, a jailer of queers, a jailer of kids, a MAGA-ist, Ron DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, a DARVO enactor, a denier, and an attacker (…to be fair, I’m at least a few of these).