Berkeley Alembic ⚗️

Curious about Zen koans but not into the robes and all the uptight rituals? Come join me at the @BerkeleyAlembic this Saturday for a workshop on these marvelous meditative Mind-crackers with the wonderful and dynamic Zen teacher Rebecca Long Okura. 1-4pm. eventbrite.com/e/zen-koans-li…

"There is no one framework that's going to help you figure out all of what's going on. I can understand mystic as a meat machine, I can understand myself as a poem" - @erik_davis

How to Navigate the Weirdness: tomorrow night at the @BerkeleyAlembic @ 7pm I will give my second talk on the long strange dark trip we are now on. On deck: simulation, UAPs, grief, and refining the senses. eventbrite.com/e/how-to-navig…

How to Navigate the Weirdness. I will be taking on this (impossible) topic tomorrow night at @BerkeleyAlembic at 7pm. The first half will be live streamed, the Q&A will be in person only. eventbrite.com/e/how-to-navig…

An Alembic is an alchemical vessel for storing water bottles

"How to Navigate the Weirdness." Next Wednesday, March 19, at the @BerkeleyAlembic I will begin my two-part series on the apparent meltdown of consensus reality. Come for the AI oracles, UAPs, shaman bros, and Rationalist cults; stay for the tools of sanity and sense-making, including the balm of collective talk. In person and streaming. eventbrite.com/e/how-to-navig…

An Friday evening well spent

Practicing amid peril. On Sunday, March 9, @OneiroFer and I will lead the Practice Circle at @BerkeleyAlembic from 2-4 pm. A peer-2-peer discussion about the challenges and gifts of personal and collective practice (meditation, prayer, ritual, etc). eventbrite.com/e/practice-cir…

Don't sleep on Soma Nidra ... or do, that's OK too

my set for the mettā dance party @BerkeleyAlembic this past weekend is now live on SoundCloud and Spotify! 🔗 in the next tweet 🥰

🆕📺 Me teaching Vajrayana yidam practice ("being Buddha on the spot") with @_awbery_ at @BerkeleyAlembic. And, we are leading a retreat together in July! Link in reply tweet ⤵️

The world watches - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

The world watches - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

The real hollow earth theory - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

You arise one morning - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

Bright and complex plumage - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

The exact right distance - mailchi.mp/berkeleyalembi…

"As an engineer, tantra appeals to me because it's about getting results!" -@Meaningness in conversation with @_awbery_

Tomorrow night: Brotherhood of Eternal Love @BerkeleyAlembic . For this month's Chalice, we will be hosting Carol and Mike Randall of the Brotherhood to talk about LSD mysticism, being on the run, Orange Sunshine, and a lifetime of consciousness exploration. Wed 7pm, donation. eventbrite.com/e/the-chalice-…

I’m returning to @BerkeleyAlembic next weekend for two events! On Saturday 11th in the evening @meaningness and I will be in conversation about yidam practice. Then all day Sunday, 11am to 5pm, I’ll host a mini-retreat, introducing some contemporary Vajrayana practices. 
 Both these events will be live streamed and the recording will be available afterwards, so you can participate from afar! 

 Reservations are by donation - booking links are in the next post in the thread.