Meditation, Studying, And Living (Arch 98, 198)
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MEDITATION, STUDYING AND LIVING
Arch 198, CCN: 03804
Arch 298, CCN: 03954
Arch 98, CCN: 03606
Fall 2013
Jean-Paul Bourdier 1 unit
11 -12 Wednesday
104 Wurster Hall
Open to all majors, graduate and undergraduate class levels. The purpose of this course is to discover how the anxieties and confusing questions that arise in our mind can be grounded-- or even dissolved-- into the equanimous space of our Body-Heart, lending greater clarity. To directly experience this state of being, each week we will participate in a question/answer period and meditate shortly in the class. All questions and answers sessions will address ANY of your questions and delve into who we are, what is the nature of our mind and how meditation and other techniques may help us become intimate with ourselves, while possibly letting us see the difference between knowledge and experience, changing our creativity, our view on spirituality and our outlook on studying and living. Homework will include: a commitment to meditate 20 minutes every morning (starting with an initial period of 5 minutes and increasing to 20 minutes in 15 days); writing down a minimum of 4 sentences on your daily sitting experience; reading every day at night any spiritual book of your choice for 15 minutes and writing at least 4 sentences or questions related to your reading and realizations.
Attendance, to (outside of class) meetings with visiting spiritual leaders in the Bay Area (such as those presented by East Bay Open Circle in Berkeley or the California Institute of Integral Studies in SF will be strongly encouraged ( but not mandatory). Some of you may form weekly section meditation meetings but this will also not be mandatory.
Three separate sets of copies (bound in a three-ring binder ) will be collected thrice during the semester. These three sets are: a copy of your daily meditation notes, a copy of your daily readings, a copy of your notes during the class, and eventually a copy of your notes taken during meetings outside of class. No change in the requirements will be accepted.
Your grade will be based on the following: 70% for class attendance, 10% for daily meditation notes, , 10% for daily reading notes and 10% for your class notes. You will need a 90% grade in all categories to pass the class. No absence will be accepted without a doctor’s note (and if you are absent more than one time during the class time you will not pass the class).
Selection to be admitted into the class will be by “consent of instructor”. If there are less than 20 students the first day of class, everyone will be admitted and the instructor will give the CEC# at the end of the hour. If there are more than 20 students, you will fill out a questionnaire at the end of the first class and schedule a short interview with the instructor on the following day. Two days after the first class, the final class list with CEC# and a waiting list will be posted on the office door at # 349 Wurster after 12PM.
Showing up the first day of class is therefore essential.
Teacher’s site: jeanpaulbourdier.com
MEDITATION, STUDYING AND LIVING
Arch 198, CCN: 03804
Arch 298, CCN: 03954
Arch 98, CCN: 03606
Fall 2013
Jean-Paul Bourdier 1 unit
11 -12 Wednesday
104 Wurster Hall
Open to all majors, graduate and undergraduate class levels. The purpose of this course is to discover how the anxieties and confusing questions that arise in our mind can be grounded-- or even dissolved-- into the equanimous space of our Body-Heart, lending greater clarity. To directly experience this state of being, each week we will participate in a question/answer period and meditate shortly in the class. All questions and answers sessions will address ANY of your questions and delve into who we are, what is the nature of our mind and how meditation and other techniques may help us become intimate with ourselves, while possibly letting us see the difference between knowledge and experience, changing our creativity, our view on spirituality and our outlook on studying and living. Homework will include: a commitment to meditate 20 minutes every morning (starting with an initial period of 5 minutes and increasing to 20 minutes in 15 days); writing down a minimum of 4 sentences on your daily sitting experience; reading every day at night any spiritual book of your choice for 15 minutes and writing at least 4 sentences or questions related to your reading and realizations.
Attendance, to (outside of class) meetings with visiting spiritual leaders in the Bay Area (such as those presented by East Bay Open Circle in Berkeley or the California Institute of Integral Studies in SF will be strongly encouraged ( but not mandatory). Some of you may form weekly section meditation meetings but this will also not be mandatory.
Three separate sets of copies (bound in a three-ring binder ) will be collected thrice during the semester. These three sets are: a copy of your daily meditation notes, a copy of your daily readings, a copy of your notes during the class, and eventually a copy of your notes taken during meetings outside of class. No change in the requirements will be accepted.
Your grade will be based on the following: 70% for class attendance, 10% for daily meditation notes, , 10% for daily reading notes and 10% for your class notes. You will need a 90% grade in all categories to pass the class. No absence will be accepted without a doctor’s note (and if you are absent more than one time during the class time you will not pass the class).
Selection to be admitted into the class will be by “consent of instructor”. If there are less than 20 students the first day of class, everyone will be admitted and the instructor will give the CEC# at the end of the hour. If there are more than 20 students, you will fill out a questionnaire at the end of the first class and schedule a short interview with the instructor on the following day. Two days after the first class, the final class list with CEC# and a waiting list will be posted on the office door at # 349 Wurster after 12PM.
Showing up the first day of class is therefore essential.
Teacher’s site: jeanpaulbourdier.com