Comments for Bluegum Sangha http://bluegumsangha.org A North Shore Meditation Group Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Further Details on Talk by Lester http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-20 Lester Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:35:31 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-20 If you found this book intriguing, you will definitely enjoy reading My Stroke of Insight - a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey" by Jill Bolte Taylor, and her talk on TED dot com about her stroke which is an 18 minute talk you Must Not Miss! (there's a reason it's been forwarded friend to friend millions of times!). When you read the book and see the TEDTalk, you'll understand why this Harvard brain scientist was named Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People. Her unique experience, combined with her perspective as a neuroanatomist, and her sensitivity and awareness (not to mention beautiful writing style!) has produced something so powerful and so revolutionary that I think it's going to become a transformational movement in itself. Oprah also did four interviews with her (that I was able to download on the Oprah website) that are also worth checking out. I am trying to share Dr Taylor's story with as many people as I can because I truly believe if everyone saw it the world would be so much better and people would love one another and no longer fight. If you found this book intriguing, you will definitely enjoy reading My Stroke of Insight - a Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey” by Jill Bolte Taylor, and her talk on TED dot com about her stroke which is an 18 minute talk you Must Not Miss! (there’s a reason it’s been forwarded friend to friend millions of times!).
When you read the book and see the TEDTalk, you’ll understand why this Harvard brain scientist was named Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People. Her unique experience, combined with her perspective as a neuroanatomist, and her sensitivity and awareness (not to mention beautiful writing style!) has produced something so powerful and so revolutionary that I think it’s going to become a transformational movement in itself. Oprah also did four interviews with her (that I was able to download on the Oprah website) that are also worth checking out.
I am trying to share Dr Taylor’s story with as many people as I can because I truly believe if everyone saw it the world would be so much better and people would love one another and no longer fight.

]]> Comment on Further Details on Talk by Simon Mundy http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-14 Simon Mundy Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:44 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-14 Hi Folks, See also John Welwood "Toward a Psychology of Awakening" in which Welwood gives a beautiful synthesis of his Buddhist and psychotherapeutic worldviews. He draws primarily on mahamudra and on Zen and his psychological practice and approach is founded on Eugene Gendlin's Focussing with whom he studied. Welwood is very strong on human relationships particularly intimate relationships and his previous books have focussed on that aspect of our experience. This is a broader view but never loses focus (ouch!) on the importance of intersubjectivity...intimate inter-being perhaps. Regards, Simon Hi Folks,
See also John Welwood “Toward a Psychology of Awakening” in which Welwood gives a beautiful synthesis of his Buddhist and psychotherapeutic worldviews. He draws primarily on mahamudra and on Zen and his psychological practice and approach is founded on Eugene Gendlin’s Focussing with whom he studied.

Welwood is very strong on human relationships particularly intimate relationships and his previous books have focussed on that aspect of our experience. This is a broader view but never loses focus (ouch!) on the importance of intersubjectivity…intimate inter-being perhaps.

Regards,
Simon

]]> Comment on Further Details on Talk by Toni Kram http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-13 Toni Kram Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:19 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-13 Hello Ben, There is a very good book written by an American Buddhist psychiatrist, Mark Epstein M.D, entitled "Thoughts Without a Thinker". Basic Books, 1995. The book discusses in great detail, annotated with case histories from his patients, how western Psychotherapy can be enhanced by Buddhist meditation. He has experienced that in some cases, where psychotherapy has reached a blocked standstill, the patient was enabled to move forward again because of insights gained through meditation. You may already know of this book. I found it at Adyar at $26.95 Metta Toni Hello Ben,

There is a very good book written by an American Buddhist psychiatrist, Mark Epstein M.D, entitled “Thoughts Without a Thinker”. Basic Books, 1995.

The book discusses in great detail, annotated with case histories from his patients, how western Psychotherapy can be enhanced by Buddhist meditation. He has experienced that in some cases, where psychotherapy has reached a blocked standstill, the patient was enabled to move forward again because of insights gained through meditation.

You may already know of this book. I found it at Adyar at $26.95

Metta
Toni

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