Lesson 3 – Knowing versus Thinking

<p>the realities of cultivating loving-kindness and acceptance as the basis of all meditation.The fourth of 6 classes with YOMO on introduction to meditation. (This compilation is transcribed in the book: Finding the Missing Peace, 2011)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://amaravati ... Show More

<p>in many ways, wisdom and compassion are necessary counterparts for each other - but how to apply them in terms of meditation? (This compilation is transcribed in the book: Finding the Missing Peace, 2011)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://amaravati.org/audio/lesson-5-wisdom-and ... Show More

<p>This day 3 talk introduces the practice of the 3nd foundation of Mindfulness/citta. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses)<br /> https://1440.org/</p> <p><p><a hre ... Show More

<p>This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intentional long deep breathing. We then deepen embodied presence, and widen to the awareness that includes sounds, sensations, feelings, breath, and all experience. When the mind drifts from th ... Show More

<p>Meditation: Letting Go - One way of understanding meditation is a letting go of the habitual clenching of thoughts, the clenching that resists emotions and pulls away from aliveness itself. This meditation guides us in letting go, first through the body, and then practicing le ... Show More

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This meditation guides us to awaken to our senses through scanning through the body and then listening to sounds. When distracted by thoughts we relax open again and again, learning to rest in the formless awareness that includes sounds, sensatio ... Show More

Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings, there is a great and awake silence that holds all that unfolds. This space of awareness is our formless essence, and learning to open and rest into this alert, knowing vastness has the ... Show More

<p>This talk examines how the trance of thinking imprisons us, veiling our full aliveness, love, and spiritual essence. Through contemplative reflections and short guided practices, we'll explore pathways to awaken from this trance and open to the light, awareness, and wholeness ... Show More

Eckhart leads a live meditation on pausing our thoughts without suppressing them. Eckhart says it’s more important to be aware of oneself as presence than to get lost in the mind. With practice, gradually the spaces between thoughts increase and more spaciousness grows within. Th ... Show More

Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings, there is a great and awake silence that holds all that unfolds. This space of awareness is our formless essence, and learning to open and rest into this alert, knowing vastness has the ... Show More

Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go - This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we are lost in a thought cloud, our practice is to relax open, listening to and feeling the life of the present moment. We are trainin ... Show More