The first three parts of Seeing That Frees use these terms vedanā, craving, and clinging. I haven't seen a comparable three-way distinction in the other books that I've read, but these concepts does correlate with another one I've read about before: Attachment. I think
Continuing to think about "There are no spiritual problems..." The other confusion is the discussion of problems: There are no spiritual problems; but there are real problems. Small ones like dirty dishes in the sink, and big ones like global warming. ... Spaciousness implies that you are open to
I'm listening to a Rob Burbea talk, and I noticed the pacing, tone, accent sounded familiar. The pacing especially. The sound and the whole tone of the talk makes me think: Here's a rabid ontological terrorist. Rob's big idea in this talk echoes the
In "There are no spiritual problems," David Chapman writes about how a tantric worldview is different from a sutric one. There are two aspects here that I'm struggling with: "Experience is mixed," but "you can enjoy everything." Specifically: A tantrika recognizes that
(disclaimer: this is long, and I am describing the first 130 pages I read of a 400 page book. don't take this too seriously.) The Evolving Ground book club has been going through Rob Burbea's Seeing That Frees lately. Though I wasn't participating, I