James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings Open to Life: Emerson College, 16-21 June 2025, part 3
Aug 18, 2025
Explores space, emptiness, and how perception shapes meaning. Looks at birth, fragility, and the five elements. Examines how naming and social conditioning form identity and false certainties. Discusses openness versus dualistic consciousness and the role of compassion in wise action. Encourages living moment-to-moment, staying available to interruptions, and trusting relaxed awareness.
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Avoid Grasping Names As Handles
- Avoid investing solidity in names and concepts; observe phenomena as they appear and vanish.
- Don't treat your names as handles that prevent you from directly experiencing what's occurring.
History Of Power And Dispossession
- James Low recounts historical violence: post-Civil War removal of indigenous peoples and brutal tactics to claim land.
- He uses this to show how collective delusions and power create suffering in the world.
Root Poison: Assumed Reality
- The basic root poison is the assumption 'I am real, you are real,' which creates mental opacity.
- That opacity increases imaginal constructions that justify harm and exclusion.