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The Neuroscience of Suffering – And Its End

September 7, 2015 Jeff Warren 0

“Do not pursue the past. Do not usher in the future. Rest evenly with present awareness” (Tibetan meditation instruction) It was 1972, and Gary Weber, a 29-year old materials science PhD student at Penn State […]

How Zen Masters Die

December 24, 2014 Jeff Warren 4

Tell it to no one but the wise For most will mock it right away The truly living do I prize Those who long in flame to die. . . . Distance cannot slow your […] […]

Enlightenment’s Evil Twin

January 28, 2014 Jeff Warren 25

Exploring the Shadow Side of Meditation In 1974 Hans Burgschmidt was sixteen years old, living in the Canadian Prairies, working in a photography studio darkroom, elbow-deep in chemicals all day long. “Is this what life […]

The Neuroscience of Suffering – And Its End

November 26, 2013 Jeff Warren 9

“Do not pursue the past. Do not usher in the future. Rest evenly with present awareness” (Tibetan meditation instruction) It was 1972, and Gary Weber, a 29-year old materials science PhD student at Penn State University, […] […]

Among the Nonduals: Exploring the True Nature of The Mind

September 7, 2013 Jeff Warren 5

“The most highly developed branches of the human family have in common one peculiar  characteristic. They tend to produce … a curious and definite type of personality; a type which refuses to be satisfied with […] […]

How Understanding the Process of Enlightenment Could Change Science

January 7, 2013 Jeff Warren 61

[Part 2 – click here to read Part 1] In March of 2012, myself and twenty other “adept” meditators participated in an experiment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The […] […]

Enlightenment: Is Science Ready to Take it Seriously?

November 5, 2012 Jeff Warren 60

I’m not given to making grand predictions, but in this case I can’t resist: the very real spiritual transformation at the heart of mysticism is about to explode into the secular mainstream, and the consequences […] […]