Dr. John Vervaeke Silk Road Seminar - Nicole Baden
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Nov 29, 2025 
Nicole Baden, a contemplative teacher and somatic practitioner, dives into the integration of Zen practice and modern psychological techniques. She discusses her Dharma Academy and how it adapts monastic practices for personal growth in the digital age. The conversation touches on the significance of embodied awareness, the limitations of objectivist science, and how relationships shape our perception. They explore the dialogical nature of Zen practice, highlighting community's transformative power and the pilgrimage of shifting perspectives.
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Non‑Propositional Knowing Bridges Traditions
- Vervaeke links Buddhist and Neoplatonic practices through non‑propositional knowing and relevance realization.
- He frames plural contemplative recovery as addressing the modern meaning crisis.
Phenomenology Reveals The Blind Spot
- Prioritizing phenomenology and embodiment reveals blind spots created by subject-object dualism.
- Nicole argues science's subject-object basis can be epistemically limiting and alienating.
No View From Nowhere
- Corrections to attention, embodiment, and relevance must occur within those same modalities.
- John stresses there is no 'view from nowhere'—we're always situated and must work from there.
