Alistair AppletonMar 263 min readMeditation6 Tips for Accessing the Emotions on the CushionThis is an excerpt from the session on emotions on Monday (25th March 2024) where I give some tips about accessing the second field, the...
Alistair AppletonAug 13, 202111 min readPsychologySame world, different sunglassesThis is a transcript from a Mindsprings Practice Space session. I’ve got a great question from one of our community, who submitted it in...
Alistair AppletonJan 14, 20216 min readDharmaLanguage #3: Thinking and Language as the Bridge of LoveNOTE: I think in this last blog I am in some sense arguing myself OUT of a position that I have thoughtlessly held for many years. That...
Alistair AppletonJan 14, 20215 min readDharmaLanguage #2: The Real, the Imaginary and the SymbolicIn the first part of this blog on language and thinking, I argued that the human experience of thinking is fundamentally grounded in...
Alistair AppletonMay 8, 20125 min readMeditationThe bittersaltsweetsour of life: mindfulness, dissociation and tastebudsThis is a reboot of a blog I wrote back in 2012 (which seems like another world) after a weekend retreat at the Abbey in Sutton...