In this brief talk, Sensei introduces a concept that he began developing several years ago and eventually implemented into his spiritual counseling sessions. This tool is an integral part of the methodology of Lotus Flower Dojo’s approach to healing racial trauma. There are several complimentary practices that help one along the way to effectively use Co-Presence that are taught through the Dojo’s offerings. Please listen to this discourse and leave comments or questions after you’ve had a moment to reflect on it. Feel free to share this with anyone you think may benefit from it. #mentalhealth #racialtrauma #consciousness #buddhism

What or who we believe we are directly impacts our moment to moment experience. The challenge is that our senses, habitual patterns and confusion about our "original face" make attachment to personhood and self identity an obsessive preoccupation. Here, Sensei Derek, leads a group through his Green Apple consciousness exercise to help reveal deeper insights and ways in which to undo the grip of ego and self absorption.

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Founder Sensei Derek introduces Lotus Flower Dojo podcast and explains its unique approach to the problem of racial conflicts and the nonprofit's ultimate goal. Please subscribe to and follow @LotusFlower dojo on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.

Sensei employs mental exercises (thought experiments and contemplations) to help make deepening of one's consciousness an experiential phenomenon. Here he uses his green apple mental exercise to help you strip away false senses of identity and personhood that routinely lead to suffering. #satsang #spirituality #consciousness #meditation #buddhism #meditate #selfhelp #selfcare

Sensei often speaks about what he calls Co-Presence. True to form, rather than merely giving definitions he prefers to give the experience of what he teaches. During this satsang, Sensei takes attendees through an exercise to put them in direct contact with that which does not suffer, feels no pain and is always Co-present no matter what we are presently experiencing. Listen and be changed...right now.

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During this satsang exchange, the questioner asks Sensei if there is a “contradiction” between treatment of childhood trauma that she is learning in sessions with a counselor and what she had just heard described during this satsang regarding “eliminating the I.” Sensei makes some important clarifications and distinctions that were quite insightful…

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In this satsang exchange, Sensei shares how he was able to overcome his deep disbelief and lack of understanding about the Buddha’s teaching that we literally do not have a “self.” Once understood on a experiential level, Sensei was able to see this deep teaching shift his consciousness so drastically that it transformed recurring encounters involving some police officers into entirely different experiences. This is real spiritual practice applied to actual living.

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In this excerpt from a recent Satsang With Sensei the issue of racism within our own social circles is addressed. The questioner dialogues with Sensei about this question: How do we address the subtle and unconscious continuance of racism with others who are well meaning and not racist without accusing them of ill intent or offending them? Sensei gives a real response and example of how to do it. #consciousness #spirituality #satsang #meditate #meditation #selfhelp #buddhism

In this excerpt from Satsang with Sensei we learn why we suffer from sensory data. Sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch present a lot of information to the mind, but that is not why we suffer. Listen now and take a major step towards real healing...forever.