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Beyond Mindfulness: Embodying Freedom in Space and Time

Since the Age of Enlightenment, modernity has inculcated a view of identity that separates the mind from the world, and in which space and time are considered
nothing more than convenient maps and background mediums for human affairs. This separation from both the natural world and our natural intelligence has
resulted in increasing alienation, spatial crowding and temporal acceleration, culminating in a climate crisis with its destabilizing effects on economies and the
potential for civilizational collapse. It’s almost as if space and time and even knowledge have turned against us. While mindfulness techniques have helped
people to reduce their stress and anxiety in a world out of balance, we need more than palliatives and coping skills. The meta-crisis that we face is partly due to a
failure in our ability to see how our ways of knowing, being and acting are short-sighted and have bound us to repetitive cycles of suffering. We lack a vision that
can helps us to use knowledge to embody space and time in ways that promote the growth of freedom.

In this course, we will engage in a new kind of inquiry, using Tarthang Tulku’s seminal book, Time, Space, and Knowledge. We will explore Space, Time and
Knowledge as fundamental facets of human experience, offering visionary pathways for expanding our natural intelligence, intrinsic freedom, and direct
nourishment of our humanity. The course will utilize weekly readings, discussions and practice of exercises.

There will be one week off during Thanksgiving Break (Week of November 22nd-26th).

Lotus Language, Part 1   Framed by Language: What it Means to be Human

How we understand our objects—and how we understand ourselves as subjects—will be strongly dependent on how we work with language, and how language works with us.

                                    The Lotus’ Many Petals xxxiv

This class is an ongoing exploration of how language influences our inner experience, conditions our senses, and is foundational to our identity. Tolerance and understanding are cultivated through the spirit of language, and we can develop our human potential to express the openness of knowledge.

 Instructor: Abbe Blum

Practicing Embodiment

Maybe at first, you will just be staying in this beautiful space for a short time, as if it were a hotel room. But eventually, as you settle in, you could make your life here. Once we are at home in knowledge, we may discover many opportunities to help others.

                                                Afterword, Lotus Mind, 221

During this one-hour weekly class, students of Rinpoche’s Lotus Trilogy engage in contemplations and activities that help unbind and unwind the regime of mind’s production process. What is it like to settle into a home in which knowledge is integrated into our lives? As we activate wide-angle seeing, as deeper senses open up, changes in understanding and experience materially affect our conduct. If you have taken courses in the Trilogy and are looking for how to continue this study, you are welcome to join this practice. Each semester takes up one of the Lotus books: Lotus Language practice starts on October 23.

Saturdays, October 23 - December 11  10:30-11:30 AM Pacific 

Beyond Mindfulness: Embodying Freedom in Space and Time

Since the Age of Enlightenment, modernity has inculcated a view of identity that separates the mind from the world, and in which space and time are considered
nothing more than convenient maps and background mediums for human affairs. This separation from both the natural world and our natural intelligence has
resulted in increasing alienation, spatial crowding and temporal acceleration, culminating in a climate crisis with its destabilizing effects on economies and the
potential for civilizational collapse. It’s almost as if space and time and even knowledge have turned against us. While mindfulness techniques have helped
people to reduce their stress and anxiety in a world out of balance, we need more than palliatives and coping skills. The meta-crisis that we face is partly due to a
failure in our ability to see how our ways of knowing, being and acting are short-sighted and have bound us to repetitive cycles of suffering. We lack a vision that
can helps us to use knowledge to embody space and time in ways that promote the growth of freedom.

In this course, we will engage in a new kind of inquiry, using Tarthang Tulku’s seminal book, Time, Space, and Knowledge. We will explore Space, Time and
Knowledge as fundamental facets of human experience, offering visionary pathways for expanding our natural intelligence, intrinsic freedom, and direct
nourishment of our humanity. The course will utilize weekly readings, discussions and practice of exercises.

There will be one week off during Thanksgiving Break (Week of November 22nd-26th).

Lotus Language, Part 1   Framed by Language: What it Means to be Human

How we understand our objects—and how we understand ourselves as subjects—will be strongly dependent on how we work with language, and how language works with us.

                                    The Lotus’ Many Petals xxxiv

This class is an ongoing exploration of how language influences our inner experience, conditions our senses, and is foundational to our identity. Tolerance and understanding are cultivated through the spirit of language, and we can develop our human potential to express the openness of knowledge.

 Instructor: Abbe Blum

Practicing Embodiment

Maybe at first, you will just be staying in this beautiful space for a short time, as if it were a hotel room. But eventually, as you settle in, you could make your life here. Once we are at home in knowledge, we may discover many opportunities to help others.

                                                Afterword, Lotus Mind, 221

During this one-hour weekly class, students of Rinpoche’s Lotus Trilogy engage in contemplations and activities that help unbind and unwind the regime of mind’s production process. What is it like to settle into a home in which knowledge is integrated into our lives? As we activate wide-angle seeing, as deeper senses open up, changes in understanding and experience materially affect our conduct. If you have taken courses in the Trilogy and are looking for how to continue this study, you are welcome to join this practice. Each semester takes up one of the Lotus books: Lotus Language practice starts on October 23.

Saturdays, October 23 - December 11  10:30-11:30 AM Pacific 

Beyond Mindfulness: Embodying Freedom in Space and Time

Since the Age of Enlightenment, modernity has inculcated a view of identity that separates the mind from the world, and in which space and time are considered
nothing more than convenient maps and background mediums for human affairs. This separation from both the natural world and our natural intelligence has
resulted in increasing alienation, spatial crowding and temporal acceleration, culminating in a climate crisis with its destabilizing effects on economies and the
potential for civilizational collapse. It’s almost as if space and time and even knowledge have turned against us. While mindfulness techniques have helped
people to reduce their stress and anxiety in a world out of balance, we need more than palliatives and coping skills. The meta-crisis that we face is partly due to a
failure in our ability to see how our ways of knowing, being and acting are short-sighted and have bound us to repetitive cycles of suffering. We lack a vision that
can helps us to use knowledge to embody space and time in ways that promote the growth of freedom.

In this course, we will engage in a new kind of inquiry, using Tarthang Tulku’s seminal book, Time, Space, and Knowledge. We will explore Space, Time and
Knowledge as fundamental facets of human experience, offering visionary pathways for expanding our natural intelligence, intrinsic freedom, and direct
nourishment of our humanity. The course will utilize weekly readings, discussions and practice of exercises.

There will be one week off during Thanksgiving Break (Week of November 22nd-26th).

Lotus Language, Part 1   Framed by Language: What it Means to be Human

How we understand our objects—and how we understand ourselves as subjects—will be strongly dependent on how we work with language, and how language works with us.

                                    The Lotus’ Many Petals xxxiv

This class is an ongoing exploration of how language influences our inner experience, conditions our senses, and is foundational to our identity. Tolerance and understanding are cultivated through the spirit of language, and we can develop our human potential to express the openness of knowledge.

 Instructor: Abbe Blum

Practicing Embodiment

Maybe at first, you will just be staying in this beautiful space for a short time, as if it were a hotel room. But eventually, as you settle in, you could make your life here. Once we are at home in knowledge, we may discover many opportunities to help others.

                                                Afterword, Lotus Mind, 221

During this one-hour weekly class, students of Rinpoche’s Lotus Trilogy engage in contemplations and activities that help unbind and unwind the regime of mind’s production process. What is it like to settle into a home in which knowledge is integrated into our lives? As we activate wide-angle seeing, as deeper senses open up, changes in understanding and experience materially affect our conduct. If you have taken courses in the Trilogy and are looking for how to continue this study, you are welcome to join this practice. Each semester takes up one of the Lotus books: Lotus Language practice starts on October 23.

Saturdays, October 23 - December 11  10:30-11:30 AM Pacific 

Beyond Mindfulness: Embodying Freedom in Space and Time

Since the Age of Enlightenment, modernity has inculcated a view of identity that separates the mind from the world, and in which space and time are considered
nothing more than convenient maps and background mediums for human affairs. This separation from both the natural world and our natural intelligence has
resulted in increasing alienation, spatial crowding and temporal acceleration, culminating in a climate crisis with its destabilizing effects on economies and the
potential for civilizational collapse. It’s almost as if space and time and even knowledge have turned against us. While mindfulness techniques have helped
people to reduce their stress and anxiety in a world out of balance, we need more than palliatives and coping skills. The meta-crisis that we face is partly due to a
failure in our ability to see how our ways of knowing, being and acting are short-sighted and have bound us to repetitive cycles of suffering. We lack a vision that
can helps us to use knowledge to embody space and time in ways that promote the growth of freedom.

In this course, we will engage in a new kind of inquiry, using Tarthang Tulku’s seminal book, Time, Space, and Knowledge. We will explore Space, Time and
Knowledge as fundamental facets of human experience, offering visionary pathways for expanding our natural intelligence, intrinsic freedom, and direct
nourishment of our humanity. The course will utilize weekly readings, discussions and practice of exercises.

There will be one week off during Thanksgiving Break (Week of November 22nd-26th).

Lotus Language, Part 1   Framed by Language: What it Means to be Human

How we understand our objects—and how we understand ourselves as subjects—will be strongly dependent on how we work with language, and how language works with us.

                                    The Lotus’ Many Petals xxxiv

This class is an ongoing exploration of how language influences our inner experience, conditions our senses, and is foundational to our identity. Tolerance and understanding are cultivated through the spirit of language, and we can develop our human potential to express the openness of knowledge.

 Instructor: Abbe Blum

Practicing Embodiment

Maybe at first, you will just be staying in this beautiful space for a short time, as if it were a hotel room. But eventually, as you settle in, you could make your life here. Once we are at home in knowledge, we may discover many opportunities to help others.

                                                Afterword, Lotus Mind, 221

During this one-hour weekly class, students of Rinpoche’s Lotus Trilogy engage in contemplations and activities that help unbind and unwind the regime of mind’s production process. What is it like to settle into a home in which knowledge is integrated into our lives? As we activate wide-angle seeing, as deeper senses open up, changes in understanding and experience materially affect our conduct. If you have taken courses in the Trilogy and are looking for how to continue this study, you are welcome to join this practice. Each semester takes up one of the Lotus books: Lotus Language practice starts on October 23.

Saturdays, October 23 - December 11  10:30-11:30 AM Pacific