by Rick Barrett | Oct 9, 2018 | Consciousness, Event Recaps, Taiji
One of the highlights of Tai Chi Alchemy in Sedona 2018 was Maria Barrett’s presentation of “Touching and Feeling.” It is an important distinction and was illuminating to many. Discerning the difference is a key to understanding and cultivating ting...
by Rick Barrett | May 29, 2017 | Consciousness
I will be appearing at The Society for Consciousness Studies Conference 4pm on June 3 at The Graduate Institute in New Haven. Here is Part One of my address at the Conference in 2015. And here is preview of my notes for next Saturday’s presentation. (It could...
by Rick Barrett | Oct 10, 2015 | Event Recaps
What an incredible weekend! We soared so high, it has taken me a couple of weeks to come down enough to write about it. So much of the really important stuff that happens at TCA is too insubstantial to put into words. Things like that blaze of light when a total...
by Rick Barrett | Oct 8, 2015 | Event Recaps
The 21st Tai Chi Alchemy was held at Mago Garden in Sedona, Arizona September 18-20 and this one was epic, even by TCA standards. The theme this year was, “It all begins with Meeting,” and that set the tone for the most transformative TCA in memory. I went into last...
by Rick Barrett | Aug 9, 2015 | Consciousness, Integration
Nunc fluens facit tempus, nunc stans facit aeternitatum. (The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.) ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy It is easy to get caught up in the idea that time is a commodity (“Time is...