First induction
This invitation to the trance begins by shifting attention to different sense modalities. — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bill-dubin/support
An Invitation. . .
Here is a puzzle for you: Why do you continue making the same mistake even though you promise yourself that you will not repeat the error?
Content
Here is an opportunity to explore subjective phenomena directly so you can understand what causes you to act as you do.
Miscellaneous Traps for the Soul
A trap is only a trap if you don’t know about it. If you know about it, it’s a challenge. ― China Melville The understanding that all of my thoughts, …
Know Thyself!
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle Bad things happen, and some suffering is unavoidable. But you can create additional suffering for yourself and others by …
The Karma of Behaving Badly
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. — Elbert Hubbard Performance becomes easier with practice. In fact, with enough practice, performance can become autonomous—that is, it requires …
The Imp of the Perverse
God’s error was forbidding the apple. If He would have forbidden the serpent, then Adam would have eaten the serpent. –George Bernard Shaw People often end up doing exactly what …
The PIG
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. — Sidonie Colette The Problem of Immediate Gratification (the PIG) is our name for the principle that immediate …
Recursive Traps
"It is often possible to discern a structure to people’s difficulties, in which internal states and external events continually create the conditions for the recurrence of each other." — Paul …
Irreversible Change
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us, nor spare us — Marcel Proust Even though they know …