“To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to care for the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to care for the things happening around you.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Sometimes contemplative practice instructions I've known of for decades come to me now with a sort of "oh, that's what that means."

In tonight's #meditation it was "Have no gaining idea."

Simple, but hard to put into words:

If I'm trying to make something happen — that's too much. It's too much agency. Too much is "booted up," pursuing things and evaluating things.

Especially hard to put in words is the alternative. It's something like:

This moment, as it is, is what does the practice.

How the Apple Watch improves my life: fitness, heart-monitoring, unobtrusive reminders, timers, alarms, sleeping, and meditation

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You don't need any reason to laugh. Don't take my word for it. Just make yourself laugh, right now, and not just a chuckle, I mean deep gut laughter.

Why am I talking about this?

Because the answer to despair is laughter. It breaks through the illusion fear creates and allows you to see all of the choices and paths in front of you, the ones that fears' illusion obscures and hides from you.

Bonus questions: Where does laughter arise from? Is it a created thing?

When the Buddha awakened, he reportedly said: “There is only one mind.” But what does that really mean? #Buddha #Enlightenment #OneMind #Zen #Nonduality #Consciousness #Awareness #SpiritualAwakening #Mindfulness #TrueNature #ClearMind #Meditation #Dharma #SelfInquiry https://youtube.com/shorts/PyDSeT3EijA

Introducing the "Sound of Meditation" update with many new and improved interval bell sounds (including softer-sounding and wooden options) as well as five new soundscapes.

I really hope the new sounds will bring you lots of joy and enhance your meditation practice!

Also, I’d like to give a big shoutout to everyone who sent me suggestions for new sounds - thank you

I’ve known some markedly altered and rapturous states in the course of my life. I’ve also had a number of remarkable psychic and precognitive experiences. But as I continue to practice and to engage in #meditation, I increasingly have the sense that for me the real point of it all is to appreciate the present moment the way it is, as an utter and matter-of-fact miracle.

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Working with the breath is a way to deal with stress. #meditation #mindfulness #dailycalm @Calm

As beginners on a #spiritualjourney the first thing we do is to go looking for mystical experiences, but this is like trying to build a megatall #skyscraper by building the top floor first and then working your way down.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZ9eyzsRxc

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Continuing the instructions on meditation for beginners - here I discuss the technique of meditating on the breath.

Whether you remain mindful of the breath or count the breath to increase concentration, Anapanasati is a powerful meditation technique that brings peace and tranquility to the mind.

This can be used effectively at the beginning of every meditation session to prepare for the main practice or as the main practice itself.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jo4Lz1BXQ

Here Lama Karma Choga answers a question from a recent livestream from November 27th 2023 "How important is developing Shamata in developing Vipassana?"
#buddhism #meditation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6w5QAxryKo

Explore the power of your #mind as the universal ordering principle; it is the creator of suffering and the creator of happiness. Investigate the appearance of mind - our thoughts, emotions, all the stories, the ordinary mind; and the essence of mind – which is clear, cognizant and has unconfined capacity. Learn to make your #meditation practice truly meaningful.

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