Romeo Stevens: An Orientation to Practice (Part 1/4)

The Threefold Training and the Four Pillars of Practice Progress

This is the first part of an interview with Romeo.

You can find the other parts here: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Links to Romeo’s blog posts:

• The Threefold Training

• The Four Pillars of Practice Progress

Links referenced in the audio:

1. How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone

2. Nick Cammarata on post-Jhana charisma

3. Concentration/Tranquillity/Absorption

   1. Rob Burbea

      1. Jhanas

      2. Dharma Seed material

   2. Sheila Catherine

      1. Focused and Fearless (book)

   3. Right Concentration (book by Leigh Brasington)

   4. Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond (book by Ajahn Brahm)

4. Insight

   1. Shinzen’s PDFs

   2. Unified Mindfulness CORE program (free)

   3. UM See Hear Feel Masterclass

5. Malcolm’s post: Towardsness and Awayness Motivation are fundamentally asymmetric

6. My peer Focusing practice

   1. Booking link

   2. Twitter thread talking about it

7. Modalities

   1. Focusing

      1. Focusing, by Eugene Gendlin (book)

      2. The Power of Focusing, Ann Weiser Cornell (book)

      3. Bio-Spirituality: Focusing As a Way to Grow (book; Christian perspective)

      4. The Focusing Institute’s Events page (you can find Focusing trainings here)

   2. Core Transformation

      1. Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within (book)

      2. Core Transformations Foundations (online workshop/class)

8. Samskaara Theory

   1. The Power of Subtle Impressions (samskaara theory)

   2. Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart (book)

9. Retreat guide: TBD/TBA, no timeline.

10. Immunity to Change, by Robert Kegan (book). What follow are sundry systematisation guides/schemas that were recommended or approved by Romeo:

    1. (Physical, tangible) Stuff: Marie Kondo

    2. Attention, energy, and intention: Getting Things Done, Complice [this one’s my (Aneesh’s) inclusion]

    3. Money: simple envelope budgeting, eg YNAB

11. Romeo’s FB post on how his experience changed