Tankmetal, Author at Meditation Mind

Book Club Recordings: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Tankmetal — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:38:37 +0000

1-7-24 In this session, we finished the book!

12-31-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter thirteen at the chapter summary.

12-17-23 In this session, we finished chapter twelve.

12-10-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eleven at “When People Say ‘No’ to Meeting Face to Face.”

12-3-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eleven at “Learn to hear needs regardless of how people express them.”

11-26-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter ten at “Offering Empathy First.”

11-19-23 In this session, we finished chapter nine.

11-12-23 In this session, we finished chapter eight.

11-5-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter eight at “Empathy and the Ability to Be Vulnerable.”

10-29-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter seven at “Sustaining Empathy.”

10-22-23 In this session, we finished chapter six.

10-15-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter six at “Requesting Honesty.”

10-8-23 In this session, we finished chapter five.

10-1-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter five at “From Emotional Slavery to Emotional Liberation.”

9-24-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter four at “Building a Vocabulary for Feelings.”

9-17-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter three at “The Highest Form of Human Intelligence.”

9-10-23 In this session, we started the book and finished chapter one.

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Book Club Recordings: Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg

Tankmetal — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:20:03 +0000

9-3-23 In this final session, we finish reading the book.

8-27-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 11 at the line: “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us, that they may see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer, life because of our quiet.”

8-20-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 11 at the line: “The karmic fruit of that action might be greatly intensified if we generally live a life of habitual lying, or it may be quite ameliorated if we generally live a life of truthfulness and compassion.”

8-13-23 In this session, we stopped before the final exercise of Chapter 10, at the line: “The power of giving grows until it becomes like a great flowing waterfall, until it becomes so natural for us that this is who we are.”

8-6-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 9.

7-30-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 9 at the line: “As the Buddha said, pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute constantly arise and pass away, beyond our control.”

7-23-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 8 at the line: “There is no boundary to happiness; there is no
end.”

7-16-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 6.

7-9-23 In this session, we stopped in Chapter 6 at the line: “The last time I went, economic conditions were terribly difficult.”

7-2-23 In this session, we stopped at the end of Chapter 5 with “Exercise: Difficult Aspects of Oneself.”

6-18-23 In this session, we stopped in chapter 4 at “Exercise: Reflection on Happiness.”

6-11-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at the paragraph starting with “The next set of benefits the Buddha points out promises that if we practice metta we will be protected” Note that there is a guided meditation at the beginning of this session.

6-4-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 2 at “Exercise: Remembering the good within You”

5-28-23 this is the first session of the book, we stopped at the beginning of chapter 2

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Book Club Recordings: Say What You Mean by Oren Jay Sofer

Tankmetal — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:13:15 +0000

this is the final session of this book. We covered the summery and a bit of the Enchiridion

5-14-23 we finished the book this week. next week we will be covering the summery at the back of the book while we vote for the next one.

5-7-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 13 at “the real conversation” in bold

4-30-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 12

4-23-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 11 at “who has the floor?” in bold

4-16-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 11 at “A Cycle of Giving and Receiving” in bold

4-9-23 In this session we stopped in Chapter 11 at “A Little Secret” in bold

4-2-23 in this session we stopped in chapter 10 at “Translating Negative Judgments” in bold

3-26-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 10

3-19-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 9

3-12-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 8 at “The Grammar of Inner Freedom” in bold

3-5-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 8 at “A mythology of emotions”

2-26-23 In this session we stopped we stopped in chapter 7 at the paragraph starting with “Focusing our attention on needs can feel awkward at first.”

2-19-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 7 at the paragraph starting with “When we begin to see life through the lens of needs, something unexpected can happen.”

2-12-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 6 at the paragraph starting with “Deepening empathy is not merely a cognitive or intellectual exercise, though it begins there.”

2-5-32 in this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 6

1-29-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 5 at “when Daryl met the KKK” in bold.

1-22-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 4 at “View Determines intention” in bold

1-15-23 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at “Uncertainty: Meeting the Unknown” in bold

1-8-23 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 3

12-18-22 in this session we stopped in chapter one at “Recognizing Presence” in bold

12-11-22 In this session we stopped in chapter one at the paragraph starting with “As I explored the intersection of contemplative awareness and communication…”

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Book Club Recordings: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

Tankmetal — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:38:01 +0000

12-4-22 this is the last session of the book

11-27-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “We should establish our practice where there is no practice of enlightenment”.

11-20-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing.”

11-13-22 In this session we stopped in part 3 at the paragraph starting with “The true practice of zazen is to sit as if drinking water when you are thirsty.”

11-6-22 In this session we stopped at the start of part 3

10-30-22 In this session, we stopped in part two at the paragraph starting with “Nangaku’s meaning here is that whatever you do, that is zazen.”

10-16-22 In this session we stopped in part 2 at the paragraph starting with “Just continue in you calm, ordinary practice and your character will be built up.”

10-9-22 in this session we stopped in part one at “At first you will have various problems, and it is necessary for you to make some effort…”

10-2-22 in this session we stopped in part one at the paragraph starting with “When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing”

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Book Club Recordings: Humanual by Betsy Polatin

Tankmetal — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 01:25:24 +0000

9-25-22 this is the last session in this book

9-18-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 18 at “4. Embodying Unity/Nonduality” in bold

9-11-22 in this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 18

9-4-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 17 at “Moving with Coherence” in bold

8-28–22 In this session we stopped in chapter 16 at “meditation for modern life” in bold

8-21-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 16 at “2. meditation for modern life”

8-14-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 15 at “C. Practice–look at your outside perceptions” in bold

8-7-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 14 at “4. Neuroception; something is off”

7-31-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 13 at “4. the ever-present fear pattern” in bold

7-24-22 in this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 13

7-17-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 12 at “2. flow of breath: a coordinated activity” in bold

7-10-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 11 at “EX-ploration: Standing Upright

7-3-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 10 at “5. Arms; Brachiation” in bold

6-26-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 9 at ‘6. Emotional Tensegrity: if I feel sad, where do I feel it in my body?” in bold. note that there was no recording for the 19th due to bot issues

6-12-22 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 8

6-5-22 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 7

5-29-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 6 at “4. cortisol: when it helps, when it hurts”

5-22-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 5 at “4. vagal tone and breath” in bold

5-15-22 in this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 5

5-8-22 in this session we stopped in chapter 4 at “3. how we move or don’t move in response to danger”

5-1-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at “the two basic choices for human development: ease or effort?”

4-24-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 2 at “How we make ourselves smaller” in bold

4-17-22 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 2

4-10-22 this is our fist session, we stopped in chapter one at “3. preparation for the journey”

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Book Club Recordings: Silence by Thich Nhat Hanh

Tankmetal — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:51:06 +0000

4-3-22 this is the last session of this book

3-27-22 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 7

3-20-22 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 6

3-13-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 4 at “practice: the four mantras” (note that we had some technical difficulties with this recording there is some missing content)

3-6-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at “practice: healing” in bold

2-27-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 at “letting go” in bold

2-20-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 2 at “the habit of negative thinking” in bold

2-13-22 This is the first session of the book. We stopped in chapter one at “edible food” in bold

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Book club Recordings: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Tankmetal — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:43:55 +0000

1-30-22 In this session we decided to start wrapping up the book by reading the summary. This is part one of the summary reading

1-23-22 this is the last session we did in this book before moving on to the summary. We stopped at chapter 11 “speaking of small numbers”

1-16-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 10 at “the law of Small numbers”

1-8-22 In this session we stopped in chapter 9 at “The 3-D Heuristic” in bold

1-1-22 In this session we stopped at the start of chapter 8

12-18-21 In this session we stopped in chapter 7 at “exaggerated emotional coherence (halo effect)”

12-11-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 6

12-4-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 5

11-27-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 4

11-20-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 3

11-13-21 In this session we stopped in Chapter one, section “two systems”, sub chapter “illusions’ in bold

11-6-21 in this session we read up to “where we are now” in bold within the introduction

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Book Club Recordings: The Buddha Before Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal

Tankmetal — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:32:07 +0000

10-16-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 14

10-9-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 12

10-2-21 in this session we stopped that the beginning of chapter 10

9-25-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 8

9-18-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 6

9-11-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 2

9-4-21 in this session we stopped in the introduction at “Buddhist context for the book of eights” in bold

8-25-21 this is the first session of the book. we stopped in the introduction at “sexual craving” in bold.

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Book Club Recordings: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson

Tankmetal — Tue, 11 May 2021 20:53:17 +0000

8-14-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 8 at the paragraph starting with “Death, when I rode in triumph through the streets of Rome alongside Lucius, where you with me then?”

8-7-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 7 at “nature gave us the virtues to deal with anger”

7-31-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 7 at “1. we are naturally social animals, designed to help one another”

7-24-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 7 at the paragraph stating with “at the far side of the empire, over fifteen hundred miles away, an exhausted dispatch rider…”’ Note: there was no book club recording last week due to our recording bot breaking

7-10-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 6 at “The Premeditation of adversity”

7-3-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 5 at the section “stoic acceptance”

6-26-21 In this session we stopped in chapter 5 at the subchapter “how to tolerate pain”

6-19-21 in this weeks session we stopped at the top of chapter 5

6-12-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 4 at the paragraph “Marcus led the dance of the salii, the ancient leaping warrior priests, and trained in boxing and wrestling as a youth.”

6-5-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 4 at the subchapter break “how to conquer desire”

5-29-21 In this session we stopped at the beginning of chapter 4

5-22-21 In this session we stopped in chapter 3 the paragraph starting with “in addition to asking ourselves what qualities the ideal wise person might have, we can ask what qualities we might hope to possess in the distant future”.

5-15-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 3 at the paragraph starting with “We can perhaps infer which aspects of Marcus’ character Rusticus challenged based upon comments in the meditations.”

5-8-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 2 at the paragraph starting with “indeed, one way of understanding the contrast between stoic philosophy and sophistic rhetoric…”

5-1-21 in this session we stopped in chapter 2, at the paragraph starting with “Perhaps Diognetus dressed and lived as a philosopher himself and Marcus was inspired to imitate his example.”

4-24-21 this is our fist session for this book we stopped in chapter 1 at the subchapter “what did the stoics believe”

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Book Club Recordings: Invoking Reality by John Daido Loori

Tankmetal — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:58:53 +0000

4-17-21 this is the last session of the book

4-10-21 in this session we stopped at “the seventh Grave Precept”

4-3-21 in this session we stopped at “the second grave precept, be giving. do not steal”

3-27-21 In this session we stopped at “the third pure Precept, Actualizing Good for Others”

3-20-21 this is the first session for this book. we left off at “the first pure precept” we will pick it up there next week.

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