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He also describes different types of bliss, and the power of becoming intimate with flavor or body sensations.Meditation A New Type of LearningA great first CD or first day of retreat CD (no matter how many retreats you’ve done). Shinzen explains how meditation is learning at all levels of the brain simultaneously, and how the simplicity of the retreat setting is optimal for rewiring to start to take place at deep levels of the nervous system.  He also discusses how mindfulness and equanimity will affect our habits of making judgments and other undesirable behaviors.Paradigms of PurificationDescribes several alternative conceptual models for the process of purifying consciousness. Discusses paradigms from morality, theology, psychology and physics.Simplification (former title – How to be the Master of Every Situation)An overview of why one meditates leads to a discussion of the forces that lead to spirituality, the six senses which reduce to the simplicity of expansion and contraction and zero, an experience of true peace.Slowing Down and DissolutionShinzen offers two guided meditations:1. How to slow down internal talk using a technique called Echoing.2. How to use body, image, feel and thought for urges and desires to experience qualities of impermanence.Thanatos and ErosConsidered by many to be one of Shinzen’s most extraordinary public talks, Shinzen describes “The Big Picture” of human existence in terms of two fundamental principles: Love (eros) and Death (thanatos). Contains a step-by-step procedure for guiding others through their dying process. Also speaks about using sexual experience as a platform for spiritual growth. At the end of the talk, Shinzen recites Goethe’s “Holy Longing” in German and English as a surprise for his old friend, Nicola Geiger. Nicola reveals that she recited that same poem to her father on his deathbed.The FormulaDuring a series of talks at a week-long retreat in June, 2002, Shinzen teaches a formula: E + M + E = I + P  (Equanimity + Mindfulness + Experience = Insight + Purification) that reveals something deep and powerful about the psycho-spiritual nature of human beings.  While explaining the terms in the formula, he maintains that understanding the meaning of the words grows over time, as meditation contributes to “vertical” learning – that is, understanding the words at deeper and deeper levels.The Primordial Rhythm of Nature and PracticeBeing Still (and the Retreat Setting) is like the Cocoon that Allows Total Restructuring; The Same Ordering Principle Inside Everything; How the ‘Runner’s High’ is a Taste of Purification; Penetrating the Feeling Core of Being; The Square-One Principle; How this Path is a Journey from the Surface of Consciousness to the Formless Activity that is the Source of Consciousness.Thought and Compulsiveness – Monkey MindOne of the greatest challenges for people when they meditate is the wandering mind. Shinzen outlines four techniques for working with “monkey mind”. This tape also contains information on how to work with compulsive addictive behaviors.Understanding Impermanence Through Effort, Intention & GraceShinzen uses examples of effort, intention and grace to understand subjective reality and impermanence. He ends by reciting the poem The Buddha in Glory by Rainer Maria Rilke.Using Visions and Hallucinations for Spiritual GrowthOne paradigm for describing spiritual growth is as a journey from surface (ordinary) consciousness to the Source of consciousness. When traversing this path we pass through intermediate realms in which some people encounter various archetypes (devils, monsters, sages, saints). Tells how a person can relate to these visions and hallucinations in order to grow spiritually.What is Equanimity?Describes in detail exactly what equanimity is and what it is not, assisting the listener in developing a clear concept of the true meaning of this powerful practice.What Is The Self? A Contemporary metaphorThis tape, full of fascinating information, covers how separation leads to oneness; the “divide and conquer” strategy; how white (like the limited self) emerges from red, green and blue on our TV screens; and the “nearest exit” strategy in meditation.What To Expect After a RetreatDescribes the “side effects” or “reactions” which might occur as a result of having been mindful and equanimous. The phenomena of “afterglow” and “aftershock” are discussed; why they happen and what to do about them. Contains a brief autobiography of Shinzen and a short history of the practice.Why Are We Doing This?Shinzen shares what Vipassana Meditation is the goes into much detail about why we do it or why one should consider doing it.