Interpersonal dharma. Devon 11.2001

November 10th 2001. James Low talked about the application of dharma in psychotherapy at The Sharpham Trust, in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom. This is an audio-only recording with background video extracted from "The flow of transmission and the transmission of flow. Macclesfield 06.2007". Audio edited by Wendy. More information: https://simplybeing.co.uk/audio-recordings/retreats/interpersonal-dharma/#sharpham-trust-totnes-devon-uk-10-nov-2001 Learn more about future events: https://simplybeing.co.uk/events/ Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrRJd7DtSjo Chapters 00:00 Living applied phenomenology through Dzogchen 09:08 Historical and cultural context of Tibetan Buddhism 21:57 The three poisons: stupidity, attachment and aversion 30:49 Taking refuge in the Buddha, dharma and sangha 44:19 Finding security without mastery 51:07 Observing thoughts and feelings to understand self 1:05:46 The body of experience and the body of representation 1:14:06 The impact of inner dialogues and self-judgment on the body 1:25:28 Dissociation and difficulty integrating traumatic experience 1:36:55 The three stages of ignorance 1:46:59 The construction of self in relation to others 1:59:47 Introduction to Dzogchen: the great completion 2:07:23 The mirror as metaphor for mind's nature 2:13:57 Attachment theory and the constraint of predictability 2:25:20 The central channel and the side channels 2:31:48 The central channel (avadhuti) and ungraspability 2:38:58 Attunement and finding value in the other's perspective 2:53:30 Finding value through attunement with others 3:01:00 Karma and rebirth as explanatory frameworks 3:06:46 Explanations as skillful means, not truth 3:17:21 The two accumulations: merit and wisdom 3:26:55 Beliefs as skillful means (upaya) 3:38:24 Form is emptiness: reflection and essential being 3:47:57 Family systems and situational loss of self 3:54:15 Staying with the breath during engagement 3:59:27 Mirroring and the development of narcissism in childhood 4:06:17 Authenticity and adapting to relational limitations 4:14:18 Resourcing through meditation and infinite nature 4:28:32 The depressive position and living ambivalence 4:35:29 Dzogchen as direct recognition of indestructible nature 4:42:08 Agency and identification with resistance 4:50:25 Identity as co-creation with others 4:56:01 The three A practice: emptiness and form 5:05:13 The four-fold frame: view, meditation, activity, result 5:12:38 The three modes of arising: dang, tsel and rolpa 5:19:36 Breathing in the five elements 5:26:30 Returning to familiar patterns and observing the self 5:31:30 Self and other as process rather than solid entities 5:48:15 Compassion as balance between self and other 5:54:46 Attachment to negative identity and ruling in hell 6:00:15 Trusting presence over planning interventions 6:12:26 Power, capacity and ethical responsibility in practice 6:21:57 Closing meditation and instructions