Andrew Holecek: 3-year meditation retreat, therapy, shadow and reality

Workshop with Andrew Holecek 4th Sep: https://dandelion.events/e/w0dr9

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00:00 Intro
6:40 Schools of Tibetan Buddhism
10:00 Buddhism as a description of reality
10:40 3 Turnings of the wheels in Buddhism
14:00 Pixilated nature of reality = reduce suffering
17:40 Andrew’s path into Tibetan Buddhism
23:20 The value of understanding before realisation
31:00 Three Year Retreat
35:00 Lucid dreaming and sleeping
38:40 Are the best teachers in the east?
46:00 Blindspots in the east
48:00 What is the goal of life? Waking / Play
55:00 Path of freedom vs Path of fullness
56:00 Limitation of radical nonduality
58:00 Transcend and include
59:00 You both need therapy
1:01:00 Scandals and abuse in spirituality