Greg Patenaude

Greg Patenaude

Seattle
Buddhist teacher, writer, lifelong learner and explorer dedicated to figuring out this thing we call life.
May
20
Time to heal.

Time to heal.

Make being alone and in the darkness your friend.
1 min read
May
09
Freedom from views.

Freedom from views.

When we talk about the nature of the mind as an integral part of the nature of reality as we
5 min read
May
06
The primordial state.

The primordial state.

While the Western scientific traditions consider the hard problem of consciousness to be how to explain the subjective experience of
5 min read
Apr
22
Reality doesn't exist.

Reality doesn't exist.

The true nature of reality is beyond conception, description, or imagination.
3 min read
Apr
17
Unraveling the hard problem of consciousness.

Unraveling the hard problem of consciousness.

Consider the possibility that consciousness is not an emergent property of a physical reality, but an integral part of the nature of reality itself.
3 min read
Apr
15
Inviting contemplative practice into the scientific process.

Inviting contemplative practice into the scientific process.

Where do we look to find good explanations for how consciousness fits into our understanding of the nature of reality?
4 min read
Mar
22
What's stopping you?

What's stopping you?

Rather than endlessly planning for the retreat of a lifetime, why not consider a lifetime of retreats?
1 min read
Mar
21
How are you showing up?

How are you showing up?

The Buddhist path is about answering a simple question through our lived experience: how are you showing up?
1 min read
Mar
11
Figure and Ground

Figure and Ground

By shifting the focus to the ground rather than the display one can encounter how they are actually non-dual.
2 min read
Mar
10
Phase change.

Phase change.

Phase changes are interesting. They are not necessarily intuitive when we are going through them though. Consider a pot of
1 min read