Tapetum Lucidum: Consciousness and the Hostage Rescue of Meditation

By Bartholomy

We do not yet know what we are: neither what we have been, nor what we are now, nor what we're becoming. We are magical apes, shapeshifters, blowhards, artisans, wizards, liars and lovers: that much can be said for sure. But a definitive answer to what it all could mean, this brief window, this vanishing vista, this trainwreck of civilization, this continually cresting history, this cascade of neural activity we seem doomed to only amplify - that we do not have.The discipline of meditation will take you a step closer: in that much the ascetics have always been right. But we're here to correct those traditions: because meditation, like all esoteric spiritual practice, positively does not yield definitive final answers to anything at all. No nirvana, no final revelation, no samadhi, no high that lasts, no insight that makes you immune to confusion, no feeling that cannot fade. What it does, is change your expectations. It lightens, it moves, it teaches us to ask better questions. It teaches receptivity, gentleness, the power of quiet tender passion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1737889420
• ISBN13: 9781737889427
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: hautogdoad, LLC
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"