Berkeley Alembic ⚗️
@BerkeleyAlembic
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2820 Seventh St, Berkeley, CA
Joined December 2021
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.
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An introduction on how to work with koans in meditation, turning life’s challenges into tools for deeper insight.
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"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
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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.
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A two-part series exploring the unraveling of consensus reality and offering tools to navigate an increasingly strange and chaotic world.
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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.
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A two-part series exploring the unraveling of consensus reality and offering tools to navigate an increasingly strange and turbulent world.
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An Alembic is an alchemical vessel for storing water bottles
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"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,
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A two-part series exploring the unraveling of consensus reality and offering tools to navigate an increasingly strange and turbulent world.
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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).
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A converational workshop exploring the concept of 'practice'—from meditation and psychedelics to personal transformation
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Don't sleep on Soma Nidra ... or do, that's OK too
Bay Area folks! join me Sunday for a deep dive into the intersection of your nervous & endocrine systems we’ll use somatics, yin and restorative yoga, and Soma Nidra, my somatic approach to Yoga Nidra, to explore our inner body worlds and rest deeply ✨ u know where the link is
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my set for the mettā dance party @BerkeleyAlembic this past weekend is now live on SoundCloud and Spotify! 🔗 in the next tweet 🥰
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🆕📺 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 ⤵️
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"As an engineer, tantra appeals to me because it's about getting results!" -@Meaningness in conversation with @_awbery_
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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.
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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.
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