Meditation - The Buddhist Brain

11 Nov 7. Mustang Bon Foundation A-Tri Dzogchen Course

Posted at 03:42h in Bon/Dzogchen, Buddhism, McGilchrist, Meditation, Science, The Matter with Things by Gary Peterson 0 Comments

This winter (2024/25) while participating in a dozen on-line sessions covering a newly translated Bon (Tibet/Nepal) text on awakening/enlightenment, I plan to comment on each lesson using Western ideas and terms appearing in McGilchrist’s work. My basic idea is this: McGilchrist urges his readers to adopt...

28 Feb 5. Opposing — But Not Equal — Forces

Posted at 03:18h in Brain, McGilchrist, Meditation, Psychedelics, The Matter with Things by Gary Peterson 1 Comment

The hemispheres must work together, as opposites fulfilling each other, but they must not be considered equals. The right hemisphere is the only one that can produce wide and deeply resonating truths....

26 Feb 3. Jill Bolte Taylor and the Right Hemisphere

Posted at 01:49h in Bon/Dzogchen, Brain, Featured, McGilchrist, Meditation, Science by Gary Peterson 0 Comments

She points to a trinity -- a life force power, the right hemisphere consciousness and the left hemisphere consciousness. I have been surprised at how well this correlates with other trinities in Eastern spiritual traditions....