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Matter, Bodies, Worlds (Part 1) - (Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception) 22 mentions

• now compare that view that sense that perception and interpretation if you like implicit interpretation conceptual
• uh influence each other shape fabricate uh inform each other the perceptions of both
• cosmopoasis to to the world to the cosmos to a perception and a divinising a making divine of the cosmos
• inhabit and the nature of that world and the perception of that world um
• is the whole question of matter and then again the nature the perception the conception of matter
• views the conceptions the sense the perception of all that is is tied together
• or world or body what is the conception and and the perception so again with matter you know might
• very accessible and prolonged in time perception is that all is one and a kind of different flavors of one all is one
• there's a whole way that the the the perception and conception of um matter and materiality
• you mean when you use that word do you mean the experience the perception and wrapped up in that the conception of
• but if you're talking about the experience or the perception or the conception of something like solidity
• experience a phenomenality to solidity it's a perception it's a phenomenon which means appearance perception
• it's a perception it's a phenomenon which means appearance perception um or are you just assuming there's a
• level and with huge effect conceptions perceptions fantasies and images of matter
• grounded if you like and based on conceptions perceptions fantasies of matter
• anything it's all just matter and that's the exclusive perception and deemed real marian chapman needs an opening up of
• spiritual reenchantment where that perception of matter opens up and it includes other views and they're
• and that implies the the multiplicity or the the availability to perception of if you like more than one dimension
• um what conceptions are wrapped up in that perception of divinity for you at that time
• there's this this call to the multiplicity of perception the the multiplicity the possibility of
• all abstract because so much of our assumptions so much of our perception our sense of existence and the world so
• but what is the relationship with all that what is the perception the conception

Matter, Bodies, Worlds (Part 2) - (Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception) 22 mentions

• to science scientism now compare that view that sense that perception and interpretation if you like implicit
• uh influence each other shape fabricate uh inform each other the perceptions of both
• cosmopoases to to the world to the cosmos to a perception and a divinising a making divine of the cosmos
• inhabit and the nature of that world and the perception of that world um
• is the whole question of matter and then again the nature the perception the conception of matter
• views the conceptions the sense the perception of all that is is tied together
• or world or body what is the conception and and the perception so again with matter you know my my
• quite very accessible and prolonged in time perception is that all is one and again of different flavors of one all is
• the way that we think it is and there's a whole way that the the the perception and conception of
• you mean when you use that word do you mean the experience the perception and wrapped up in that the conception of
• but if you're talking about the experience or the perception or the conception of something like solidity
• experience a phenomenality to solidity it's a perception it's a phenomenon which means appearance perception
• it's a perception it's a phenomenon which means appearance perception um or are you just assuming there's a
• level and with huge effect conceptions perceptions fantasies and images of matter
• grounded if you like and based on conceptions perceptions fantasies of matter
• anything it's all just matter and that's the exclusive perception and deemed real marian chapman needs an opening up of
• spiritual reenchantment where that perception of matter opens up and it includes other views and they're
• and that implies the the multiplicity or the the availability to perception of if you like more than one dimension
• um what conceptions are wrapped up in that perception of divinity for you at that time
• there's this this call to the multiplicity of perception the the multiplicity the possibility of
• all abstract because so much of our assumptions so much of our perception our sense of existence and the world so
• but what is the relationship with all that what is the perception the conception

Dilemmas and Delineations: How did we get here?! (Part 3) - (Eros Unfettered - Opening the Dharma... 21 mentions

• um appearances you know perceptions come from the brain and this is all
• phenomena i use the word appearances experiences and perceptions interchangeably so i have is appearances
• interchangeably so i have is appearances what i have his perceptions what i have his experiences that's what i have as a
• the the neurophysiology of the brain and that's what gives rise to perceptions etc and i don't also come from a
• whether it's an image or a worldly perception or whatever of the different senses etc and an idea
• in the phenomological approach that perceptions appearances experiences are fabricated more or less dependent on the
• of looking really seem to fabricate if you like more perception more of a sense of self a more solid sense of self a
• time or all of it so the fabrication of perception that's uh number three
• they mix with they saturate our perception of everything of self of other of world of being of path etc they
• um everyday perception or an imaginal um intrapsychically
• earlier in this talk as the sort of organ of imaginal perception so psyche as the organ of imaginal perception
• organ of imaginal perception so psyche as the organ of imaginal perception but there's a second way that i use it
• um by psyche i mean the totality of imaginal perceptions i say
• equivalent with soul the organ of imaginal perception but um quite a few times i will use it as
• um quite a few times i will use it as the totality of imaginal perceptions just almost interchangeable with image
• but when i talk about logos because it's wrapped up in perception i'm not talking about something abstract we live
• relation to that object in other words the imaginal perception of that object so more dimensionality is created and
• there's a kind of spilling over to the to the perception of the world to the world of perception
• to the perception of the world to the world of perception so that something of the image and
• say what are you talking about um it's a it's a perception of the cosmos it's a mystical perception but it's
• it's a it's a perception of the cosmos it's a mystical perception but it's characterized by universality all things

Maya and Nirvana (Beyond the Measure of Mind) - (November Solitary) 21 mentions

• feeling vadna like a like a bubble perception is like a mirage and mental formations like a plantain tree plantain
• ourself form feelings perceptions mental formations and consciousness but also
• understand this process what it comes down to is understanding perception we need to understand the way we see and
• tasting what is completely beyond that process of perception completely beyond what we usually
• one will delineate a delineation of perception and etc etc until you've got the whole
• um shape our perception of the world and perception of pleasant and unpleasant
• shape our perception of the world and perception of pleasant and unpleasant the movements of the mind to shape the
• the movements of the mind to shape the perception this is actually a dialogue that he's having very early on in his
• and he said so all of this comes from the way the mind shapes perception and a sense of pleasant and unpleasant and
• says something he says one not recipient of perceptions in other words one not perceiving
• perceiving not recipient of aberrant perceptions and i was not hallucinating
• manifold making complex have their cause in perception he goes on to say the sage the wise one
• there one is possible to go beyond perception beyond this whole process and also that in so doing we need to really
• can we begin to if it's even possible move beyond perception or untangle this mutual
• would would untangle things untangle the whole nature of perception interesting why would it do that
• they fade more and more and more and more the perception of things fades more and more
• and looking using those dualities to eventually go beyond perception and beyond any sense of duality using
• reality it makes it prominent to to consciousness to perception and then we react we cling the whole thing just kind
• where the movements of the perceiving mind and the perception of form where the movements of the perceiving mind and
• the movements of the perceiving mind and the perception of form are completely cut off
• where movement to the perceiving mind and the perception of form are untangled or are completely cut off that is where

Dilemmas and Delineations: How did we get here?! (Part 4) - (Eros Unfettered - Opening the Dharma... 21 mentions

• richness of of what we call imaginal perception then that is axiomatically in the way that we're talking about that's
• and so in a way we kind of program our perception and we only see this so i've asked you know sometimes a a
• different experiences for them different perceptions of the other different feelings different sense of obligations
• leads brings stimulates uh opens a perception of uh more and more so in fact as it goes on a perception of the
• perception of uh more and more so in fact as it goes on a perception of the beauty and the divinity more and more as
• object of the erotic object eros opens the perception of beauty and divinity and we can't help but love what
• that's wrapped up with an erotic uh perception of someone or something um conceptuality logos
• it tends to solidify the perception of that object that we're clinging to
• stagnation like it really we only stagnation of the perception we only see it this one way or rather it gets
• it this one way or rather it gets stagnated or or the perception gets um what's the word like and more solid or
• and the reverse is also true that when when a certain perception is solidified it tends to stimulate the and the
• solidification solidification stagnation if you like your perception and clinging um and even when we see to a certain
• kind of stagnation um of the perception a kind of one-dimensionality and a certain
• one-dimensionality and a certain unidirectionality of the perception so it's stagnated this perception in a
• unidirectionality of the perception so it's stagnated this perception in a certain way
• the solidification and stagnation of perception are the exact opposites of what happens with this era psychologos
• dynamic and the way that opens out um the perception the imaginal perception the sense of the knowing of
• um the perception the imaginal perception the sense of the knowing of the intimacy with and the idea of the
• um so it's the opposite of stagnating or solidifying the perception and that we're going to talk a lot about
• but what that means is that eros in its capacity to open perception and see also image as image is very different than
• um actually it liberates the object its effect is to liberate the perception in in a certain sense

Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 7) - (The Mirrored Gates) 21 mentions

• reverent is part of the imaginal perception the constellation of the imaginal perceiving
• as as a neurotic object and re-enchance it and then there is the perception that emerges and the idea that emerges so
• but this need on high that we're talking about now this perception of a need on high
• is a first step that allows the perception of a particular as necessary to god
• single kind of a complex shift or quantum leap of perception of relationship and way of looking
• um the sense the perception the conception of any particular
• of any of that as necessary to god that sense that perception that conception uh will usually arise
• this kind of a fuller level of perception of its necessity to god
• so usually the causality is that way around imaginal perception first and then of this particular and then that
• functions as a as a c the stimulus to open up the perception so that we can perceive something or other some or
• one organic movement of soulmaking that affects the perception and the conception but the usual
• kind of direction of causality is the imaginal perception first sensing with soul of this particular
• then uh then then through that imaginal perception of fertilizing and enriching more than the sensing of it as necessary
• action or voice or just as a as a shift of perception and way of looking or re-enchanting a healing of the world
• idea emerges um as uh as an idea or as a perception of both actually
• uh perhaps to these these kinds of perceptions they're not rigid ultimate truths their perspectives
• rigid ultimate truths their perspectives their soulmaking perceptions their conceptions that one can
• inevitability of such of you emerging such a sense perception and conception and also turning it around a little bit
• divine and again it's a perception or conception or conceptual frame that
• making have divinity and this whole this whole kind of perception and conception kind of
• actually emerge organically in the perception in the experience of dimensionality of

"A Body at Peace with Itself" - (November Solitary) 20 mentions

• can never be for us separate from our perception of it it can never be then separate from our
• the body is never separate from our perception of it and as i'm saying we can learn
• body and this is something we can play with perception so sometimes we're in meditation sitting
• body or pain what if we play with the perception you can imagine just kind of chopping it
• happens then what happens in a way the perception that we have of the body if we're just with this
• sensation that the life of the body this energy field of perception if we really pay attention there are
• there are frequencies in the body energy perception and we can learn to tune in to the pleasant ones we can learn to to
• the actual deeper truth of it is that perception is malleable perception is malleable it's shapable we can learn to
• malleable it's shapable we can learn to play with perception and shape it so there is this notion particularly in
• liberating to a certain extent the actual truth is that perception is malleable there is no actuality of
• things independent of this process of perception i'm aware some of you may be listening
• mayor the buddha said if you understand perception completely that's complete liberation that's that's
• so immersed in this field of awareness this field of energy of perception mindfulness immersed in that he knew
• the senses and perceptions of duality in relationship to the body begin to
• where is the body noticing the perception changes can this perception change in a way that
• noticing the perception changes can this perception change in a way that again that the heart is actually touched
• and one might see over and over that the perception changing changing if it changes enough a person
• can begin begin to wonder which is the real perception of the body which is the ultimately real perception of the body
• real perception of the body which is the ultimately real perception of the body and actually see there is no ultimately
• and actually see there is no ultimately real perception of the body buddha once said what is this body that

The Crucible - (Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light) 20 mentions

• all these realms of perception if you like are are transubstantiated through the
• kind of womb what's involved in the gestation of those kinds of perceptions those kinds of images what's involved in
• uh they're tending to the image or the sense or the perception or the soulmaking transformation that comes so
• if we use that language this that perception um so that was one reflection that
• duty that comes from an image or a perception a sense of something or things that has really touched us deeply
• sensing the soul is there and in that moment the very perception of the image sort of blows us away in the sense that
• god depends on human ascent human perception and human action we've touched on that um or mentioned
• how we create god or how god needs us or somehow that our perceptions our intentions our actions our thoughts our
• something touches us in life some sense a perception of things or or physical touch even
• certain openings or experiences or shifts of perception but there's also a way that it can be regarded as simply
• influences shapes opens or closes perceptions the entertaining lightly holding a certain idea about the cosmos
• um becomes like a seed or a yeast that opens up the perception um to more sensing the soul so there's
• difficulty or situation or perception uh just beforehand it's a gift from the depth of soul it's
• feeling quite flat in the sense uh our perception is quite one-dimensional um this might feel unresourced or
• um i don't mean a kind of view that goes into a perception of it all being one in some vast awareness that's great it's a
• some vast awareness that's great it's a wonderful mystical perception etc really helpful at times what we're
• um of of the body and matter and so um perception there was there was a degree of less fabrication just just
• liquefied um the perception of self body world matter etc we talked
• opens the sensing soul and the perception of of anything really so
• of the reverential artistic regard and object and for the perception of beauty etc

Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion - (Lovingkindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening) 20 mentions

• that's unfamiliar much more open perceptions have changed a little bit the body feels different the scent of
• there's side there's a moment of perception and it's almost like putting that in the
• and you can toy with this playing of perception something comes this moment death and vastness
• look for myself all i see all i can find is perceptions that's all i can find is perception of carpet
• all i can find is perceptions that's all i can find is perception of carpet perception of microphone perception of
• i can find is perception of carpet perception of microphone perception of julian perception of perception of
• perception of microphone perception of julian perception of perception of person perception of sound perception of
• julian perception of perception of person perception of sound perception of body perception of emotion all i find in
• person perception of sound perception of body perception of emotion all i find in my experience is a series of perceptions
• body perception of emotion all i find in my experience is a series of perceptions when i look inside that's all i can find
• can't find anything that's not a perception it's not possible can't find anything
• it's not possible can't find anything that's not a perception perception
• that's not a perception perception needs
• all i find when i look for myself is perceptions and those perceptions are not separate from the from the universe
• when i look for it all i find is perceptions which are actually inseparable from the rest of the
• i find nothing but perceptions and they are inseparable in a way it's seeing it's
• happens too open to them have that change of perception and and feel the beauty of that and feel touched by that
• pleasant unpleasant neutral perceptions the whole range of our mental thoughts and formations and moods
• so that your perception didn't color the object yeah in any way whatsoever is
• deeper into it the whole the whole nature of perception begins to be unraveled and and the assumption that

On the Essence of Being - (Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation) 20 mentions

• so there's an obvious sense of essence that almost is with the perception it's woven into the perception
• that almost is with the perception it's woven into the perception and there is a kind of another group of
• the problem one of the problems with all of them is that they're all perceptions they're all perceptions they're all
• of them is that they're all perceptions they're all perceptions they're all experiences that we perceive
• and this has problems because a perception is always impermanent that's not quite enough because you
• myself i always stumble on some particular perception or other of hate or cold light or shade love or hatred
• i never catch myself at any time without a perception and never can observe anything but the perception
• a perception and never can observe anything but the perception a few hundred years later bertrand
• whether there is or not and that the self except as a bundle of perceptions cannot enter into any part of our
• body the vadana which we talked about perceptions mental formations and consciousness you say
• what happens is the matter grows in the heart to the perception things begin getting much more fuzzy much more open
• profoundly from even a sense of all this um reality of perception a world and space and time and existence and
• exactly what it looks like but we've said that perception is shaped the reality that we see is shaped and
• back to what i said about the nature of perception very briefly i'm aware skim through it quite quickly but
• so a sense of being a sense of being needs a perception you can't have a sense of being without a perception
• needs a perception you can't have a sense of being without a perception perception is something built fabricated
• sense of being without a perception perception is something built fabricated actually takes some
• actually takes some work some doing to create a perception i need to be it's not we don't passively
• little bit put it all together mix it up and we've got this perception that we've built
• point in understanding all this understanding how our perception of self of other of things is is built how it's