MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING
This is the first video in a series of videos to
learn and practice meditation by yourself by listening to and following the
video.
learn and practice meditation by yourself by listening to and following the
video.
It gives simple and straight instructions to meditate
in pure form. Just follow the instructions and meditate.
in pure form. Just follow the instructions and meditate.
Practice meditation on a daily basis listening to the
video. When you feel confident that you are comfortable and ready, you may go
to the next video in the series.
video. When you feel confident that you are comfortable and ready, you may go
to the next video in the series.
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MEDITATION:
Meditation
is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic
positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it
possible to play a musical instrument or acquire any other skill.
is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic
positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it
possible to play a musical instrument or acquire any other skill.
The
object of meditation is the mind. For the moment, it is simultaneously
confused, agitated, rebellious and subject to innumerable conditioned and
automatic patterns. The goal of meditation is not to shut down the mind or
anaesthetise it, but rather to make it free, lucid and balanced.
object of meditation is the mind. For the moment, it is simultaneously
confused, agitated, rebellious and subject to innumerable conditioned and
automatic patterns. The goal of meditation is not to shut down the mind or
anaesthetise it, but rather to make it free, lucid and balanced.
Experienced
meditators have demonstrated qualities of focused attention that are not found
among beginners. For example, they are able to maintain more or less perfect
concentration on a particular task for forty-five minutes, whereas most people
cannot go beyond five or ten minutes before they begin making an increasing
number of mistakes.
meditators have demonstrated qualities of focused attention that are not found
among beginners. For example, they are able to maintain more or less perfect
concentration on a particular task for forty-five minutes, whereas most people
cannot go beyond five or ten minutes before they begin making an increasing
number of mistakes.
The primary
goal of meditation is to transform our experience of the world but it has also
been shown that meditation has beneficial effects on our health. Scientific
experiments have shown that twenty minutes of daily practice of meditation can
contribute significantly to the reduction of stress, whose harmful effects on
health are well established.
goal of meditation is to transform our experience of the world but it has also
been shown that meditation has beneficial effects on our health. Scientific
experiments have shown that twenty minutes of daily practice of meditation can
contribute significantly to the reduction of stress, whose harmful effects on
health are well established.
It also
reduces anxiety, the tendency towards anger and the risk of relapse for people
who have previously undergone depression. Eight weeks of meditation for thirty
minutes a day significantly strengthens the immune system, reinforces positive
emotions, and reduces arterial pressure in those suffering from high blood
pressure.
reduces anxiety, the tendency towards anger and the risk of relapse for people
who have previously undergone depression. Eight weeks of meditation for thirty
minutes a day significantly strengthens the immune system, reinforces positive
emotions, and reduces arterial pressure in those suffering from high blood
pressure.
If we consider that the possible benefit of meditation is to
have a new experience of the world each moment in our lives, then it doesn’t
seem excessive to spend at least twenty minutes a day getting to know our mind
better and training it towards this kind of purpose.
have a new experience of the world each moment in our lives, then it doesn’t
seem excessive to spend at least twenty minutes a day getting to know our mind
better and training it towards this kind of purpose.
The fruition of meditation could be described as an optimal
way of being, or again, as genuine happiness. This true and lasting happiness
is a profound sense of having realized to the utmost the potential we have
within us for wisdom and accomplishment. Working towards this kind of
fulfilment is an adventure worth embarking upon.
way of being, or again, as genuine happiness. This true and lasting happiness
is a profound sense of having realized to the utmost the potential we have
within us for wisdom and accomplishment. Working towards this kind of
fulfilment is an adventure worth embarking upon.
THE ART OF MEDITATION by MATTHIEU RICARD
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