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Toward the First Revolution in the Mind Sciences
Google TechTalks
August 8, 2006
B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. has been a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970. He is currently seeking ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices and Western science to advance the study of the mind. He is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies ( http://sbinstitute.com ).
ABSTRACT
Galileo took a seminal role in launching the first revolution in the physical sciences, and a key element in this revolution was the rigorous, sophisticated observation of physical phenomena. Darwin likewise launched a revolution in the life sciences on the basis of decades of meticulous observation of biological phenomena. Although…
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@thomas5714 I was …
@thomas5714 I was well aware that Alan watts was talking. I have several of his books and have followed his work for several years. What I was implying was that the comments made by people who are ignorant of Watt’s brilliant work, are by definition dogmatic. Now with this info read my comments again.
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Alan …
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Alan Wallace is the guy talking, if you knew Allan Watts – you’d know the differnce.
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If you have not followed Alan Watts by reading his books and studying his background, and indeed putting his philosophy into practice, you have no right to put him down with uninformed and therefore dogmatic opinions. It amazes me to think how much the general public are in a deep ignorant sleep and yet those very people offer a critque of Alan Watts’s work. So, for all you dogmatic sheep the message is move outside the “herd”…start by reading “Jonathan Livinston Seagull.
Siseneg.
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@yourtube20061 That alone is actually some pretty major substance. But he also makes some solid points about actual science vs. the physicalist attitude that dominates substantial areas of science.
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@GinnyWinn Alan Wallace?
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I could not catch his name & would appreciate knowing it -
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w w w dealwithstresslabs com has more serious info on “How to deal with stress”
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LikeDislikeno major substance, …
no major substance, just that introspection shd be a science.
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great lecture/presentation.
and so google’s staff is an intelectual man. I wish he spoke too.
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Buddhism is not about learning form books. It is about discovering for yourself.
Alan talks form experience.
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MEDITATION RESOURCES:
Yoga Nine Vipassana” is a Facebook page that offers free resources for meditation, including articles, quotes, recent research, excerpts from well-known teachers, etc. Please come and check it out.
Look up “Yoga Nine Vipassana” on Facebook.
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That was 7-23-2007 and it is all still completely valid and relevant – very interesting.
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@anxietyawaynow yes, tell google to check your channel out, sounds good
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I ENJOY THIS CHARACTER. HOWEVER………WHEN PEOPLE ARE WAY TOO CONFIDENT IN THEIR EXPLANATIONS ITS BECAUSE THEYRE TRYIN TOO HARD TO CONVINCE YOU. THATS THE ISSUE WITH ALL THESE PEOPEL THAT STUDY FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THEY ALL COME TO A POINT WHERE THEY JUST LIKE TALKIN ABOUT WHAT THEYVE LEARNED. THE BEST WAY TO DRAW A CONCLUSION IS TO BE OPEN TO ALL INFORMATION AND BE SURE TO QUESTION IT, AND ALSO TO NEVER DRAW A CONCLUSION. LEARN UNTIL DEATH FINDS YOU BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS SIMPLY NOTHING
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@Ken - What is that then???
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i like your channel, check out mine too…
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@heartofatum He tells the usual lie about Galileo which makes me question the rest of his history.
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Cool channel you have
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Who are they going to invite next? A pothead? I’m sure they can tell the Googlers about their brilliant insights.
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“There is limitation in insisting that everything that is real must be physical”. Truly mind opening to realize such a dogmatic presupposition has gone virtually unquestioned by the scientific community for so long. Religious dogma, “scientific” dogma… Apparently the old guard had to physically die before Einstein’s theory of relativity was widely accepted. Egocentric keepers of the truth suck, as do lemmings who blindly believe whatever their professor/priest/shaman tells them.
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He’s right in what he’s saying.
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@tfsoccer, yeah. sure. /that’s/ what it is. lol.
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@cpunchesful, are you projecting your own and his struggle to keep up with his intensity and depth?
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