Podcasts about attention revolution

This is the first interview episode of my newsletter/podcast, and I'm grateful to Erin Lee from the Mindful Yoga School to saying ‘yes' to being my first guest!The transcript of this conversation can be found on my Substack here.In this episode Erin refers to The Attention Revolution by Alan Wallace. Find the book here: The Attention RevolutionFind Alan Wallace here: Alan WallaceYou can find Erin at the following locations online:Erin's InstagramMindful Yoga School InstagramMindful Yoga School WebsiteAnd you can purchase the Little Book of Big Intentions here: The Little Book of Big Intentions Subscribe for every episode delivered to your podcast app as soon as it's published!And if you love what you've heard, please leave a 5-star rating and review - it helps other yoga seekers find us here. Until next week beloveds, Get full access to Now the Yoga Begins - a Substack by evk at embodimentyoga.substack.com/subscribe

Bright on Buddhism Episode 64 - What are the 5 hindrances? How does one overcome them? How have understandings of them changed over time? Resources: Anālayo, Bhikkhu (2006). Satipatthāna: The Direct Path to Realization. Birmingham: Windhorse. ISBN 1-899579-54-0.; Bodhi, Bhikkhu, tr. (2000). The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-331-1.; Bodhi, Bhikkhu, ed. (2005). In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pāli Canon. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-491-1.; Brahmavamso, Ajahn (1999). "The Five Hindrances". Budsas.org. Buddhist Society of Western Australia. Retrieved 2021-11-04.; Fronsdal, Gil (2008). Online Course: Five Hindrances Series (audio). Audio Dharma. Retrieved 2021-11-04.; Rhys Davids, T. W.; Stede, William, eds. (1925). The Pali Text Society's Pali–English Dictionary. Chipstead: Pali Text Society.; Thanissaro Bhikkhu (1997). "Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life". Access To Insight. Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Retrieved 2021-11-04.; Thera, Nyanasatta, tr. (1994). "Satipatthana Sutta: The Foundations of Mindfulness". Access To Insight. Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Retrieved 2021-11-04.; Traleg Kyabgon (2001). The Essence of Buddhism. Shambhala Publications.; Upatissa, Arahant (1995). The Path of Freedom (Vimuttimagga). Translated by Ehara, N.R.M.; Thera, Soma; Thera, Kheminda. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 955-24-0054-6.; Wallace, B. Alan (2006). The Attention Revolution. Widsom Publications.; Walshe, Maurice O'C. (1985). Samyutta Nikaya: An Anthology (Part III). Access To Insight. Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Retrieved 2021-11-04. Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com, or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brightonbuddhism/message

Strengthen your inner balance and deepen your sense of interconnectedness through the practice of equanimity. This meditation draws from the Buddhist teachings of Alan Wallace and Jack Kornfield. It includes a short breath practice, a guided visualization to expand consciousness, and ends with a prayer from the Christian mystic Teresa of Avila, "Let Nothing Disturb You." Relax and enjoy.Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke.Photo: Denis Altindas.Tess on Insight TimerTess on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/

Seed your future with three questions: What would I love to receive? Who do I want to become? What mark do I want to make on the world? Based on a loving-kindness meditation from THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Buddhist scholar Alan Wallace, this practice invites you to visualize and step into a more intentional and fulfilling life. Music: Christopher Lloyd Clarke: https://enlightenedaudio.com/Photo: Daniel Öberg Tess on Insight TimerTess on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/

Notice your habitual mind state operating below conscious awareness. Once seen, old emotional patterns circling within you like eddies in a river can be freed. By reclaiming energy spent on anxiety and despair, you strengthen your life force and invite wisdom and clarity. This meditation invites you to offer this practice for yourself and others. It is partially inspired by a compassion exercise in the book THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Alan Wallace.Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Tess on Insight TimerTess on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/

Our brains are wired to be  Teflon for the good and Velcro for the bad, says psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson, which can lead us into sinkholes of depression and anxiety. But you can rewire that programming by cultivating sympathetic joy for others and savoring your own happy moments. This meditation, inspired by THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION by Alan Wallace, trains your mind to be limber to change and your heart to be open to joy. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Photo by Noah Silliman.Tess on Insight TimerTess on YouTubeTess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/

Can’t figure out what you should pay attention to in your small business? Looking for powerful strategies for paying attention? In this podcast, Matt and Dan speak to Neen James - a guru in paying attention. Neen talks about her book Attention Pays, how entrepreneurs, like herself, have a choice on where they can focus their attention and strategies on how to do so.   Neen James is the author of Folding Time™ and Attention Pays™. In 2017, she was named one of the Top 30 Leadership Speakers by Global Guru because of her work with companies like Viacom, Comcast, and Abbot Pharmaceuticals among others. Neen has boundless energy, is quick-witted and always offers powerful strategies for paying attention to what matters so you can get more done and create more significant moments at work, and home. You can connect with Neen through the following website and social media platforms: Website: https://neenjames.com/ Twitter: @NeenJames Facebook: @NeenJamesCommunications LinkedIn: Neen James Instagram: @NeenJames YouTube: AussieNeen You can get Neen’s book on how to pay attention personally, professional and globally: Attention Pays. Neen also recommends Erin Gargen’s book, Digital Persuasion: Sell Smarter in the Modern Marketplace, here. --- Remember to subscribe to the SPRH Podcast on iTunes or on the Podcast Addict App on Android, rate it, and share it with your friends, family, and colleagues! Start your day with the right positive affirmations by joining Dan’s The Success Happens Movement Facebook group. Are you taking massive action in your life? Want to share your successes and support others who are also taking massive action? Then join Matt’s Facebook group The 3% Tribe. You can also visit our SPRHPodcast Facebook page for more updates.

Attention, Relationships, Business, Time, Priorities   Summary   Attention … we all need it. And so do those in our lives, both personally and professionally. We'll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment: Neen James has begun an “Attention Revolution” and she'll show us not only why that's so important but how to begin with ourselves and dramatically increase our effectiveness. That and more on today's show.   Bob's Thought of the Day   We'll explore:   The fact that people crave attention at all ages and levels of success. The value of asking the right questions, according to one customer experience specialist. Why the person who sweats the small stuff gets the business.   Interview with Neen James   You'll discover:   What an “Attention Revolution” is, and why Neen is starting one. Neen's personal mission to create an attention-surplus economy. Why you should manage your attention instead of your time. The relationship between intention and attention. Some of the costs of not paying attention. How High Point University President, Dr. Nido Quebein, is a role model for intentional attention. A very valuable lesson that Neen learned from little five-year-old Donovan, her neighbor. Three ways to pay attention. The value of taking fifteen minutes every day prioritizing your priorities. Why multitasking is a no-no. Linda, who utilized attention to create an immensely valuable customer experience.   Click to Tweet   Time is going to happen, but #attention is a choice. @NeenJames My personal mission is to dismantle our attention-deficit society and create an attention-surplus economy. @NeenJames #attention Intention is what makes #attention valuable. @NeenJames Interview Links   NeenJames.comAttention Pays: How to Drive Profitability, Productivity, and Accountability by Neen JamesFolding Time: How to Achieve Twice as Much in Half the Time by Neen JamesNeen's blogConnect with Neen on LinkedIn Connect with Neen on Facebook Follow Neen on Instagram Follow Neen on TwitterNeen's YouTube channel Resources   Order The Go-Giver Influencer Sell The Go-Giver Way Audio Program GoGiverSalesAcademy.com The Go-Giver Leader TheGoGiver.com GoGiverSpeaker.com Burg.com How to Post a Review

B Alan Wallace, author of “The Attention Revolution” and “Embracing Mind”, joins us to discuss the initial results from The Shamatha Project—one of the most extensive studies on the long-term benefits of meditation practice ever conducted. The terabytes of data that were collected during the course of the retreat-study included physiological and psychological measurements, thousands of entries from student journals, and the ongoing evaluations from Dr. Wallace as he interviewed with the students. Find out what his evaluations were, and how deeply the yogi’s progressed over the course of their 3-month retreats. Also listen is in to hear Dr. Wallace’s perspective on the relationship between shamatha and vipassana, and whether deep states of shamatha are necessary pre-requisites for the advanced practices of insight found in the Buddhist tradition. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to Part 2: Unwavering Samadhi: Meditative Achievement and Its Impact in the World. Episode Links: The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind ( http://bit.ly/HIW1o ) Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality ( http://bit.ly/1at9hH ) Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies ( http://www.sbinstitute.com ) AlanWallace.org

Alan discusses on developing loving-kindness for even disagreeable people by starting with oneself (as for myself, also for you). Beware to avoid its near enemy: self-centered attachment. The trigger of loving-kindness is this primal yearning for happiness within the continual flow of awareness. Traditional meditation by Buddhagosa starting with oneself, a close person, a neutral person, and an enemy. With the in-breath, may each find happiness and its causes, and with the out-breath, may it be so. NB: It is important to attend beyond sheer appearances, but we shouldn’t probe too deeply as to wind up at emptiness. Meditation starts at 42:00 Questions (67:10): Q1) In Chap. 3 of the Attention Revolution, it is said that in order to attain stage 3, one needs to take on practice as a serious advocation. Q2) If there is no cultivation of bodhicitta in the dzogchen path, what aspiration is necessary to avoid becoming an arhat? Q3) What are similarities and differences between the Theravada and Mahayana in their treatment of shamatha and vipassana/vipashyana?

Alan Wallace begins today's teaching with a 40-minute dharma talk that could be titled, "Retreat and Expedition Approaches to Freedom from Blatant Suffering." In this engaging talk, Alan surveys the history of these approaches and explores the mechanisms and effects of shamatha and vipassana. He then guides a meditation on compassion, first wishing ourselves freedom from blatant suffering, then on to others, working both spatially and allowing others to simply appear, "invite themselves in," to our meditation. The guided meditation begins at 41:00 in the recording. He answers two questions from the group, the first of which refers to the notes available on the Santa Barbara Institute's website at http://sbinstitute.com/PodcastNotes/PodcastNotes.html and is titled "Three New Methods." 1. Could you explain the following excerpt from Buddhaghosa's commentary on Sati, especially the underlined parts. "Its characteristic is not floating; its property is not losing; its manifestation is guarding or the state of being face to face with an object; its basis is strong noting or the close applications of mindfulness of the body and so on. It should be seen as like a post due to its state of being set in the object, and as like a gatekeeper because it guards the gate of the eye and so on." 2. What do you mean (in Chapter 4 of Attention Revolution) by saying that, "[Through the achievement or the power of mindfulness at stage 4] the practice comes into its own." Could you use a synonym for that?

In this session, Alan Wallace guides us through the second method of mindfulness of breathing, which focuses on grounding one's attention in the sensations of breath in the abdomen. He reminds us that doing this practice alone can take us through stage four in the stages of shamatha (detailed in his book, "The Attention Revolution"). The guided meditation begins at 9:20 in the recording.

Hello All you Lovelies out in Computerland or iPodland, This morning’s meditation technique is Awareness of Awareness. Padmasambhava, in his book Natural Liberation, calls this meditation technique the cultivation of ‘Shamatha without a sign’. Then, Alan went into some of the history of how different scientific disciplines have thought about the mind according to how their discipline measures things. Each one has a specialized language. He gave instructions on how to do the meditation of Awareness of Awareness and I will refer you to his books ‘The Attention Revolution’ and ‘Genuine Happiness’ for details. Alan believes in radical empiricism. Let experience lead you to the theory. This is what Padmasambhava is saying when he gave us the meditational technique of Awareness of Awareness. Darlene

This afternoon we went directly into meditation with no preamble, and had no outro directly pertaining to the meditation. So you can meditate for 24 minutes on your own and then press play!We briefly come back to Malcom's question on the Theravada/Mahayana views of Equanimity, clearning up some generalizations that are sometimes made about Buddhism (specifically about karma and equanimity) in the process. We then go to a question from Mervin about "The Attention Revolution" and the expedition of Shamatha, specifically focusing on the perils and dead ends. Alan also briefly talks about how the practice can go wrong (in rare cases) and how to avoid that, referencing the beautiful Nine Stages of Progressive Mental Development thangka which you probably already know and love (and can be used as an illustration for the nine stages in "Attention Revolution"). Thangka can also be seen at the website for this episode.And you will be wondering why the podcast only lasted 15 minutes. Unfortunately we had some sort of electric surge which triggered a hard drive skip and the audio was corrupted. This podcast is all I could rescue. But the themes covered will probably come up in the Fall retreat =)Sorry about that!