Drawing from Buddhism, neuroscience, and personal experience, Kenneth explains that enlightenment is a natural aspect of human development that is available to everyone.
Developmental Window for Contemplative Fitness brainstorm
Kenneth talks with Nadav Spiegelman about the “developmental window.” Recorded on 26January2013. Developmental Window for Contemplative Fitness brainstorm 26JAN2013
What is Meditation?
Is meditation sitting cross-legged? Is meditation sitting still? In this video clip, Kenneth Folk defines in practical terms the true meaning of meditation.
NYC Talk: Choice
First Gear
First Gear: Investigate the Objects of Attention. Balance Concentration and Investigation. My first spiritual opening came in 1982, when I was 23 years old. This first, powerful awakening to the fact that there was a deeper reality than my habitual way of seeing the world completely changed my life; having…
Mahamudra and the Joy of Failure
Kenneth guides a student to the happiness that does not depend on conditions. Embracing failure as the ideal condition for progress. (Guided meditation. Mostly audio only, with some video toward the beginning of the talk.)
The Pop-noting Protocol
In a world where everyone is connected, there isn’t enough connection. You can ride your Facebook feed all day long and still go to bed feeling lonely and isolated. Even in-the-flesh face time with friends and family can leave us wanting, each of us caught up in our own internal…
How to Get Enlightened
What would I say if I had just five minutes to give comprehensive instructions for awakening? You are unenlightened to the extent that you are embedded in your experiences. You think that your experiences are you. You must dis-embed. Do that by taking each aspect of experience as object (looking…
What is the Three Speed Transmission?
[2/27/13 11:07:29 AM] Nadav Spiegelman: we’re introducing the concept of the 3 speed transmission. What it is, how it came about, how it’s used. Kenneth Folk: OK, let’s talk about how it came up in the first place. After my first spiritual opening in 1982, I read a bunch of…