Peter McEwen

Dark Retreat prep course explores the body's primordial spaces through breathwork, somatic attention, and prolonged immersion in total darkness. Lama Wall, Andrew Holecek, David Germano in the house! 3 Scholar-practitioners and a sleep mask. Join us! thefield.us/dark-retreat

Beautifully articulated and comprehensive piece. Thank you for your craft @techgnostic

@ocean_kiani Oh wow, thanks for taking the time to read the essay!

It can be heartbreaking to access a vast field of aliveness without the chronic threat-scanning, then recognize that our roots are still gripped by patterns of escape and hurt. Giving Shape to Space, by @techgnostic open.substack.com/pub/petermcewe…

@WallStJesus @PharmD_KS

🗣️ MCELLIGOTT: “But the most important observation here is that increasingly, we’re seeing an unwillingness from market makers to price some of this most ‘toxic’ stuff, as it’s becoming increasingly intuitive that the market is heading toward a negative convexity event into an inevitable ‘crash’ day.”

@danielbrottman My stock reply is 'that might be true'

someone is gonna come in here and say i dont understand awakening, that's fine

day by day

Andrew Holecek was kind enough to share his experience and advice on practicing the yogas of bardo, dream, and darkness, in support of our recent online dark retreat. Here is a link to Andrew’s wonderful talk: youtu.be/2rOwMI-mSbU

@kasratweets @vincitrixanimi I removed the paywall for this article. I hope it helps.

@vincitrixanimi I’ll have to answer that in a long essay at some point but in the meantime I highly recommend this piece (I can send passages over DM) h/t to @techgnostic current.thefield.us/p/a-simple-pra…

I really used to think of anxiety as a Mental Health Problem and now I think of it as an Encounter With God

A free talk with Andrew Holecek this morning at 10 a.m. MT. Andrew will discuss the yogas of darkness, dream, and bardo, followed by a Q&A. Hope you can join us! luma.com/uhw0sdli

If you’re interested in the history and praxis of Dzogchen, and how the tradition is not static but has undergone radical changes over time, this is worth a listen. youtube.com/watch?v=H9r0nP…

Wonderful talk by David Germano, hosted by @techgnostic . Outlining the grammar of meditation practice, and where dark retreat sits. In particular, revealing what types of efforts there are. Highly recommended for anyone interested in serious practice. youtube.com/watch?v=H9r0nP…

BREAKING: Trump bought millions in stocks after the Iran war dip. He also has had unusual large gains. You can see some of his top gains here, where he has made millions. Unusual.

@postmugglism ok, thanks for the input. What a loss. 😢

@techgnostic James sent an email to the membership today letting everyone know. We took it to social media. Yes, crazy. Bizarre. Darkly synchronistic. Strange for sure. Not sure what to make of it yet but we’re all thinking it.

We may light a candle for Gordon, but he lit a fire under us all. We are living in the weird times he predicted. And we are better prepared than we would have been without him. So now he has sailed into the West.

Most cultural coverage of dark retreat skips the question of preparation. Michael Sheehy's session in our Approaching the Dark series addresses this and draws on the Jonang Kālacakra tradition and decades of work inside the lineage. youtu.be/oITNEvu_T6g

@ericodaly Unstained is usually associated with Dzogchen 'kadag'. Maybe we use marigpa for stained.

@techgnostic Awesome offering! What's the meaning of stained vs unstained as it's written here, Peter?

Prolonged darkness produces illusory forms in the visual field, treated by the Tibetan tradition as the opportunity to recognize open, unstained, formless cognizance. The Field is hosting a free three-session series this May with Sheehy, Germano, and Holecek. speakers.thefield.us

@OortCloudAtlas Where would we be without Michael Taft?

I haven't seen this yet, but I bet it's f'in awesome.