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Retreat: "Path of Contemplative Inquiry: A Meditation Seminar for Neuroscientists & Mental Healthcare Professionals"
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| Speaker: |
B. Alan Wallace
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| Date: |
March 22, 2009 - March 29, 2009 |
| Time: |
5 PM |
| Place: |
Old Mission Santa Barbara
2300 Garden St
Santa Barbara
, CA 93101 |
| Cost: |
$ 970: Single
$860: Double
$690: Commuter
For different payment options, see "Rates and Accommodations" on the Registration page. |
| Email: |
info@sbinstitute.com
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| Phone: |
805-294-8425 |
There is more to Buddhist insight meditation (vipassana) than the cultivation of mindfulness, and there is more to mindfulness than “bare attention,” or simply attending to whatever arises in the
present moment. Just as scientific inquiry is enriched with theory that guides and informs empirical research, so is Buddhist contemplative inquiry informed by provocative theories that challenge our everyday assumptions about our bodies, minds, and personal identity.
In this workshop, Alan Wallace will first instruct participants in the cultivation of executive attention and metacognitive skills, which are essential prerequisites for any phenomenological study of the body-mind. He will then give detailed
instructions on the classic paradigm of Buddhist insight meditation: the four applications of mindfulness, directed to the careful examination of the body, feelings, mental states and processes, and the interactions among mental and physical phenomena. Such contemplative inquiry may be regarded as a dynamic, inquisitive form of skepticism, in which we are challenged to reassess some of our most closely held, but often unexamined, assumptions about human nature and
our relation to the world at large.
This retreat will be of equal relevance to academic psychologists and neuroscientists and to mental healthcare professionals, and we anticipate a fruitful dialogue between those who are seeking to understand and heal the mind.
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