As per title, focusing on Now feels very similar to mindful meditation where you focus on current sensations to stay in the now. Is there a difference I’m missing?
“You live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality, but you do not know this. When you understand this, you will see that you are nothing. And being nothing, you are everything. That is all.”...
We are already in heaven. The divine already lies within us. This has always been and will always be true. Each of us must simply stop reinforcing the fear that this is not so. Meditation helps us learn how to stop. By stopping, we can truly experience what we are and better understand our connection to the universe. Through the...
“Meditation practice is regarded as a good and in fact excellent way to overcome warfare in the world: our own warfare as well as greater warfare.” — Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Transcendental Meditation is a secretive mantra meditation movement founded by an indian yogi/guru. Most research on meditation benefits is on TM. To learn it, one has to pay for and participate in a course led by a certified TM teacher....
I’ve been doing Vipassana meditation for over a year now, but I recently decided to experiment with some other forms. I have been trying the noting technique lately and each time I try it, I end up being overwhelmed with energy in the body, tightness in my chest and throat, and I begin sobbing quite hard. I cut my meditation...
It’s a beautiful summer evening. You’re sitting there peacefully, savoring the fresh air. Then, without warning, a handful of mosquitoes invite themselves. The itch is unbearable and demands our attention. Isn’t this overwhelming need to scratch a mosquito bite strangely similar to those disruptive thoughts that invade our...
I just wanted to say hello and that I’m looking forward to engaging in this community. I lurked over on the other site’s community, and it was not always…helpful. I’ve been meditating every day for maybe a full year now, but feel like there is a long journey still to go. I hope you’re all having a good day/night! (Also...
I find this an excellent book by the late ex-neuroscientist and meditation adept, that illustrates how the mind works and distils the core of Buddhist meditation into easy to follow steps - the medtiation practice, as always, is the challenge to progress....