Tina Rassmussen is one of our first meditation teachers on in a long while. Well, being a practice based series, this was inevitable. Tina was co-author of a book on jhana states and concentration that I have had on my shelf for a long time. Concentration is not the topic of our conversation, however. Here are some of the themes we explored;

• Compatibility issues between neo-Advaita and Buddhism• Generational conceptions of practice; from Boomers to Millennials• The need to evolve our understanding and ways of thinking about and describing awakening/enlightenment• The phases and stages of a practising life• Roadblocks, hurdles, maturation; limitations• Critiquing the language we use to talk about self, ego, awakening• The way belief shapes practice, perception, expectations and the contours of subjectivity

Enjoy the spring everyone and let’s all wish a swift end to this pandemic.

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