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Thoughts and notes from my mat, from class, from discussions, from who knows where...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
How to Cook Your Life
Many of you have heard me mention Edward Espe Brown in class. He has been part of the Ojai Yoga Crib (see below) for several
years. That's where I had the pleasure of listening to him speak and sitting in meditation with him. There's a
new film about him coming out soon called "How to Cook Your Life". Check out the film trailer at this youtube link to get a "taste" of Ed
Brown.
2:34 pm est
Friday, October 12, 2007
Ojai Yoga Crib
It will soon be time for my annual yoga retreat in beautiful little
Ojai, California. The Ojai Yoga Crib allows me to spend some time with some of my favorite teachers, friends and lots
of fellow yogis. I'll be immersing myself in yoga, meditation and community. I'm so excited!
On this years' menu...
8:35 am est
 "So, is the self ultimately "just" an illusion? Are we, in the words of the late Nobel laureate Francis Crick, "just a pack
of neurons," or, to rephrase him, "just a pack of illusions"? According to the neuroscience of body maps --- and, incidentally,
the majority of Eastern religions ---in many respects, yes.
But how to square that notion with common sense? Can the self really
be an illusion? After all, you can pinch yourself, you can reach out and move objects, you can change people's minds,
you can choose among entrees on the menu. You are a flesh-and-blood person with all your faculties. You are
demonstrably an independent being unto yourself. And crucially, you clearly have the precious faculty of free
will. The you-ness of you really, really doesn't feel like an illusion. But of course, that is how illusions are.
The appear convincingly to be a certain way, but the underlying reality may be very different."
Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
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