[Buddha-l] Volume 54 Issue 52

[S.A. Feite]

On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Jackhat1 at aol.com wrote:

> The book Destructive Emotions by Daniel Goleman  is compilation of a  
> series
> of talks and interactions of a group of  neuroscientists and The Dalai
> Lama. If I remember correctly Davidson was a  member of the group.


That's right. A good read, Goleman weaves the story so you experience  
it as a sense of discovery with the group at one of the 'invitation  
only' Mind and Life conferences held at the Dalai Lamas residence in  
Dharamsala.

He also tells the great story of Paul Ekman's early life and his  
meeting the HHDL, and the fascinating story of this western guy who  
has mastered samadhi, being tested for flinching in a lab by  
meditating next to a sound like a shot gun blast going off. They test  
him for fixed attention and open presence styles, and through the open  
presence, Dzogchen practice he is able to almost completely eliminate  
the instinctive flinch (you normally cannot suppress).