Peter: Normally when we engage in a course, or a retreat, we do so with an expectation that our participation in the work, exercises, processes, and so on, will bring us closer to “it”. We attend the course with the assumption that we haven’t got “it” and that the course will either give “it” to …
Peter: As we draw close to the end of the course many of you are moving in and out of an experience in which you can’t say whether what you are doing is meaningful or not. You are arriving at a point of great simplicity where it no longer seems possible, or even important, to …
Rob: The last time I attended a day with you I had a really strange experience. Right at the end of the day I asked you a question. I’d been wanting to ask it all day but I only got around to opening my mouth just as we were about to finish the last session. …
The mind is to be let loose without directing. Sustaining mindfulness is cast away without objectifying it. The mind is left in its ordinary state without meditating. Thus, with nothing controlling it, the mind is joyous and at ease. Gampopa Tanya: It seems to me that what you are offering is a form of mindfulness …
by Peter Fenner Most spiritual paths suggest that the ego is the source of our suffering and the enemy of true wisdom. The ego shows up as a constant and nagging obstacle to the development of a truly free and liberated way of being. Egoism and egolessness are typically contrasted in the following way: EGOISM …
Anne: I’m feeling bored with what we are doing right now. I want to actually do this work, rather than just describe what is happening for us in this room. I want to do get into my fixations. I want to see how I’m fixating, and how to avoid this. Peter F: Can you see …
“It cannot be sought by mindlessness, it cannot be understood by mindfulness. It cannot be reached by talking, it cannot be understood by silence.” Chinese Zen master Ying-an Peter: Thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity to make a presentation to the Interna- tional Association for Spiritual Psychiatry. I enjoyed being here last year …
Peter: I’m noticing that you seem to be spending a fair amount of time waiting for something to happen. I’m sure you can recognize the energy of waiting. You are waiting for something to come along. It could be a stimulating conversation, a state of bliss, lunch, or the end of the day. It is …
Gary: How would you define surrender? Who or what is one surrendering to in your opinion? God, Universe, Self, Soul, What Is, present moment…? Peter: Generally, the way that I see things, such as the notion of surrender, is inspired by the nondual traditions and approaches to spirituality. Essentially these come out of Buddhism and …
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Radiant Mind Interview with author Peter Fenner By Carrie Grossman Whether it is called enlightenment, pure awareness, or the “unconditioned mind,” there exists an awakened state of pure liberation that is at the heart of every contemplative tradition. Peter Fenner, who studied as a monk for nine years with many notable Buddhist lamas, including Thubten …