bibliography (incomplete):

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  • Kent, William. Data and Reality: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information. Technics publications, 2012.
  • Problematic but relevantly evocative neuroscience bibliography interlude:
  • Van den Bergh, Omer, et al. "Better safe than sorry: A common signature of general vulnerability for psychopathology." (2020).
  • Andrews, Mel. "The Math is not the Territory: Navigating the Free Energy Principle." (2020).
  • Laukkonen, Ruben, and Heleen A. Slagter. "From many to one: Meditation and the plasticity of the predictive mind."
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  • Solms, Mark Leonard. "The neurobiological underpinnings of psychoanalytic theory and therapy." Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12 (2018): 294.
  • (end interlude)
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  • Kay, John. Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly. Profile Books, 2011.
  • Buber, Martin. I and Thou. 1923. [I have not verified this myself, but I'm told the Ronald Gregor Smith translation is far superior to the Kauffman translation.]
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  • You Are the One You've Been Waiting For (Internal Family Systems). January 1, 2008. by Richard C. Schwartz
  • Sociological/​Institutional/​Market/​Monetary Interlude:
  • Money’s Mutation of the Modern Moral Mind: The Simmel Hypothesis and the Cultural Evolution of WEIRDness. Cameron Harwick. Revised April 3, 2021.
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  • Zelizer, Viviana A. The social meaning of money: Pin money, paychecks, poor relief, and other currencies. Princeton University Press, 2017.
  • [Comment: Harwick is on the now-separation between the sacred and financial. Zelizer is on the still-continuing integrations.]
  • Chwe, Michael Suk-Young. Rational ritual: Culture, coordination, and common knowledge. Princeton University Press, 2013.
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  • End Interlude
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  • Siff, Jason. Thoughts are not the enemy: An innovative approach to meditation practice. Shambhala Publications, 2014. [Note: I haven't looked at this one, yet]
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  • I feel like some of the below are particularly misleading or edge cases in inclusion in various ways (surely ditto for lots of the above, too) but including for completeness):
    • Chogyam, Ngakpa, and Khandro Dechen. Roaring silence: Discovering the mind of Dzogchen. Shambhala Publications, 2002.
    • The Direct Means to Eternal Bliss; 7th edition (June 19, 2015) by Michael Langford
    • Gendlin, Eugene T. Focusing-oriented psychotherapy: A manual of the experiential method. Guilford Press, 1998.
    • Loevinger, Jane. "Ego Development Jossey-Bass." Inc, San Francisco, CA (1976).
    • Loevinger, Jane. Technical foundations for measuring ego development: The Washington University sentence completion test. Psychology Press, 1998.
    • Cook-Greuter, Susanne Regina. Postautonomous ego development: A study of its nature and measurement. Harvard University, 1999.
    • Cook-Greuter, Susanne R. "Ego development: Nine levels of increasing embrace." Unpublished manuscript (2005).
    • Measuring Ego Development, Volume 1: Construction and Use of a Sentence Completion Test (The Jossey-Bass Behavioral Science Series) 1st Edition by Jane Loevinger, Ruth Wessler 1970
    • Measuring Ego Development Vol. Two Scoring Manual for Women and Girls Hardcover – January 1, 1970 by Carolyn Loevinger, Jane; Wessler, Ruth; Redmore
    • Stinchcombe, Arthur L. When formality works: Authority and abstraction in law and organizations. University of Chicago Press, 2001.
    • Gendlin, Eugene T. "Introduction to thinking at the edge." The Folio 19.1 (2004): 1-8.
    • Lamrimpa, Gen. How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence. Shambhala Publications, 2011.
    • Lamrimpa, Gen. How to Realize Emptiness. Shambhala Publications, 2010.
    • Felt Sense: Writing with the Body - Sondra Perl [Heinemann (March 8, 2004)]
    • Rinpoche, Drubwang Tsoknyi. Carefree dignity: Discourses on training in the nature of mind. Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1998.
    • Rinpoche, Drubwang Tsoknyi. Fearless simplicity: The Dzogchen way of living freely in a complex world. Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2003.
    • Fritz, Robert. Your life as art. Newfane Press, 2003.
    • [end of "I feel like some of the below are particularly misleading..."]
  • Judith, Anodea, and Judith Anodea. Eastern body, western mind: Psychology and the chakra system as a path to the self. Random House Digital, Inc., 2004. [I have barely looked at this but people I trust are extracting value from it.] [also ee: https://hareesh.org/blog/2016/2/5/the-real-story-on-the-chakras [Last accessed: 2022-07-30 ht [xx]]]
  • Saraswati, Swami Satyananda, and Janez Kristijan Hiti. Yoga nidra. Munger: Bihar School of Yoga, 1984.
  • Brasington, L. (2015). Right concentration: A practical guide to the jhanas. Shambhala Publications.
  • comment: Nonmonotonicity in human learning and machine learning:
  • Setiya, Kieran. "The midlife crisis." Philosophers 14 (2014). [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/midlife-crisis.pdf?c=phimp;idno=3521354.0014.031;format=pdf Last accessed: 2023-05-26]
  • Nestor, J. (2020). Breath: The new science of a lost art. Penguin.
  • Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series) by Rupert Spira. ASIN: B01LVUV9RY. Publisher : Sahaja; 1st edition (November 1, 2017).
  • Gordon, Alan, and Alon Ziv. The way out: A revolutionary, scientifically proven approach to healing chronic pain. Penguin, 2021.
  • Leahy, Robert L. The worry cure: Seven steps to stop worry from stopping you. Harmony, 2006.
  • Stephen Proctor's MIDL meditation system https://midlmeditation.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/midlmeditation/ [Last accessed: 2023-08-14]
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan. Just this is it: Dongshan and the practice of suchness. Shambhala Publications, 2015.
    • Chödrön, Pema. The wisdom of no escape: And the path of loving-kindness. Shambhala Publications, 2010.
  • the one sutra(???) that i can't find right now that uses the allusion of even a little bit of feces with respect to "not even one bit of becoming" or something like that
  • Kelly, Loch. Shift into freedom: The science and practice of open-hearted awareness. Sounds True, 2015.
  • The Nature of Mind: The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe Jungne. Khenchen Sherab, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Patrul Rinpoche. Snow Lion; Illustrated edition (April 26, 2016) ISBN-10 1559394498 ISBN-13 978-1559394499 [ht N]
  • Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen. As It Is, Volumes I and II: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective. Vols. 1 and 2. Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2004.
  • Jinpa, Thupten. Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy: Tsongkhapa's quest for the middle way. No. 18. Psychology Press, 2002.
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  • Dreyfus, Hubert L. Being-in-the-world: A commentary on Heidegger's being in time, Division I. Vol. 1. Mit Press, 1990.
  • Freeden, Michael. Concealed silences and inaudible voices in political thinking. Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • Shah, Dhwani. "The Analyst's Torment: Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference." The Analyst's Torment (2022): 1-212.
  • Spotnitz, Hyman. Psychotherapy of preoedipal conditions: Schizophrenia and severe character disorders. Jason Aronson, Incorporated, 1995.
  • Gabbard, Glen O., and Sallye M. Wilkinson. Management of countertransference with borderline patients. Jason Aronson, 2000.
  • Bollas, Christopher. The shadow of the object: Psychoanalysis of the unthought known. Columbia University Press, 1987.
  • Reik, Theodor. Listening with the third ear. Macmillan, 1983.
  • Levine, Howard B., Gail S. Reed, and Dominique Scarfone, eds. Unrepresented states and the construction of meaning: Clinical and theoretical contributions. Routledge, 2018.
  • Burns, David. Feeling good together: The secret to making troubled relationships work. Random House, 2010.
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  • Becoming One and Being Without Self: The Practice of Samadhi & Dhyana in Zen Buddhism by Jeff Shore
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  • From the quick start guide section; some repeats with other bibliography entries above:
    • Slingerland, Edward. Trying not to try: Ancient China, modern science, and the power of spontaneity. Crown, 2015.
    • Siff, Jason. Unlearning meditation: What to do when the instructions get in the way. Shambhala Publications, 2010.
    • Burns, David. Feeling good together: The secret to making troubled relationships work. Random House, 2010.
    • Grant, Adam. Give and take: A revolutionary approach to success. Penguin, 2013.
    • Kay, John, and Shiva Kumar Srinivasan. "Obliquity: Why Our Goals are Best Achieved Indirectly."
    • Wilber, Ken. The religion of tomorrow: a vision for the future of the great traditions-more inclusive, more comprehensive, more complete. Shambhala Publications, 2017.
  • Freeden, Michael. Concealed silences and inaudible voices in political thinking. Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • Billias, Nancy, and Sivaram Vemuri. The Ethics of Silence: An Interdisciplinary Case Analysis Approach. Springer, 2017.
  • Rogers, Annie G. The unsayable: The hidden language of trauma. Random House Incorporated, 2006.
  • Bandler, Richard, and John Grinder. The structure of magic. Vol. 1. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, 1975.
  • Awbery, Charlie. Opening Awareness: A guide to finding vividness in spacious clarity. Evolving Ground Ltd, 2023.
  • Guskin, Harold. How to stop acting. Macmillan, 2003.
  • Johnstone, Keith. Impro: Improvisation and the theatre. Routledge, 2012.
  • Wile, Daniel B. After the fight: Using your disagreements to build a stronger relationship. Guilford Press, 1995.
  • Wile, Daniel B. "After the honeymoon: How conflict can improve your relationship." (1988).
  • Gause, Donald C., and Gerald M. Weinberg. "Are your lights on." Dorset House (1990).
  • Profound Instruction on the View of the Middle Way by Mipham Rinpoche
  • The Vimalakirti Sutra (KF highly praises Burton Watson translation)
  • https://eigenposts.github.io/thoughts/listen-how-children-learn/ [Last accessed: 2024-03-08]
    • Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges by Patty Wipfler. Hand in Hand Parenting. 2016.
    • How Children Learn by John Holt.
  • Fruzzetti, Alan. The high-conflict couple: A dialectical behavior therapy guide to finding peace, intimacy, and validation. New Harbinger Publications, 2006.
  • Bāhiya Sutta [cf. luminosity e.g. see page 6 of https://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/33.7-Arahatta-Bahiya-S-u1.10-piya.pdf Last accessed: 2024-03-28]
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_old_man_lost_his_horse [Last accessed: 2024-04-02]
    • Related: "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." --- Cormac McCarthy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_white_horse_is_not_a_horse [*unrelated in intention to immediately above, more p1, but thought of it while including above; Last accessed: 2024-04-02]
  • The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession by Robert Falconer (April 2023)
  • Nguyen, C. Thi. "Transparency is surveillance." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 105.2 (2022): 331-361.
  • Self-Arising Three-fold Embodiment of Enlightenment [of Bon Dzogchen Meditation] Shar rDza Rinpoche 2022 Mustang Bon Foundation [ht XX]
  • Double-edged time management books I've found helpful at one point or another, for more bandwidth, brain space, and meditation time (they are all very similar):
    • Lakein, Alan. How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life. Signet. 1989.
    • Allen, David. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Penguin Books. 2015.
    • Linenberger, Michael. Master Your Workday Now!: Proven Strategies to Control Chaos, Create Outcomes, & Connect Your Work to Who You Really Are. New Academy Publishers. 2010.
  • Hursthouse, Rosalind. "Arational actions." The Journal of Philosophy 88.2 (1991): 57-68.
  • Davidson, Donald. "Actions, reasons, and causes." The journal of philosophy 60.23 (1963): 685-700.
  • J. David Velleman, “On the Aim of Belief”. The Possibility of Practical Reason. 244-281. 2014.

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