Podcasts about concentration meditation

Upayavira was ordained in 2000, and became a parent soon after. Since then he has been exploring, often through necessity, ways to meditate with children around. He has led Meditation for Parents workshops at the Buddhafield Festival and at the Buddhafield Village retreat, as well at some local Buddhist Centres; with the aim of demonstrating that practicing with your young children present is not just possible, there can be some huge benefits in this form of practice. Excerpted from the talk entitled Meditating With Your Child given as part of the Triratna Buddhist Community, 2015. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB

Vince Fakhoury Horn: I was thinking about where to start with the 9th Jhāna, and I think the first thing to say is that the 9th Jhāna is not a state. So why in the world are we within a community of practice called The Jhāna Community, which is explicitly aimed at developing and cultivating certain states of mind, or states of consciousness, why would we be focusing on something which is not a state?Let me let me share a little bit where this term came from. So I'm borrowing this term from a researcher who I spoke to some months ago. This is a researcher working on a project studying advanced meditation. They were asking me about my experience with jhāna's and then asked, “Do you have any experience with anything that would be considered like a 9th Jhāna, or anything beyond the eight traditional jhānas.” And I had to think about that because I'd never heard the term, “the 9th jhāna.” I'd heard other things, weird things, but I hadn't heard that one before, so I thought about it and I was like, “Well, I guess the only thing I would describe as the 9th jhāna is just sort of resting in awareness, or just being open and not doing anything, just being”, what I would normally in my own models call Awareness Meditation, and that is the spirit of this exploration today.Want to explore the 9th jhāna with Vince Horn? Join him for another round of The 9th Jhāna in The Jhāna Community beginning September 30th, 2025. The 9th Jhāna is an exploration of how to explore these states of consciousness that arise in meditation naturally and organically when the mind and body are settled, through the doorway of a very different kind of meditation object, which is not an object at all. We take awareness as our “object.”Of course, awareness can't take itself as an object, right? If you could take awareness as an object, that wouldn't be awareness. It'd be some experience. With the 9th jhāna we're learning how to rest in awareness, to be aware of awareness. And there are lots of ways to do that, and there's lots of ways to think about that. So today I wanted to kind of just share a few different frames with you, uh, as an attempt to frame the unframeable. Awareness isn't something which we can frame properly because it's not an experience, or it's not a thing, or state. But we still have to talk about it. Because it's like the whole point of the Buddhist meditative tradition in a certain way. So how can we talk about something that doesn't fit into the normal categories of how we think about reality? One way I think we have to talk about this, and this is a longstanding conversation in the Buddhist contemplative tradition, is we have to talk about how we enter into this awareness of awareness. And there's a longstanding debate here between what in the Buddhist tradition they call the Sudden and Gradual schools. They're not actual real schools, okay. In fact, they're probably not really actual people who really believe either one of these extreme positions anymore.But, over thousands of years, you could say a dialogue has been happening across these different lines of looking at how the path unfolds. And one of the so-called schools says that the path is a gradual process, it's something that you develop through time. In a book called One Dharma by a Teacher named Joseph Goldstein, he does his best to try to make sense of these different approaches and he describes this kind of approach where you're gradually developing stage by stage or step by step. He calls this the Building From Below orientation. But there's also, as he describes it, a way to Swoop From Above with Awareness. You don't necessarily have to spend 20 years and you know, five Goenka retreats, or whatever the amount of stuff that you did, before you realized the basic truth about awareness, which is: good luck trying to not be aware. Ken Wilber, one of my early mentors, he used to always point to awareness, he'd say, “Try to stop being aware of my voice.” And Ken talks a lot [laughs] and he'd just keep talking, talking, talking about how you can't not be aware. And it's true, it's hard to shut awareness off.So here, how do we actually, suddenly realize that we're already aware? This is the Sudden School, which Joseph Goldstein described as Sweeping from Above. You could just realize it's already done. You're already aware, you're already awake. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, in a book called I Am That he said, “To be aware is to be awake. Unaware means asleep. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be. What you need is to be aware of being aware. Be aware deliberately and consciously, broaden and deepen the field of awareness. You are always conscious of the mind, but you are not aware of yourself as being conscious.”I like this way of describing awareness practice, because in a way, he's integrating these two, the sudden and gradual approaches. He's not prioritizing one over the other. He's saying both are true. You're always conscious, right? So consciousness is always present, but you're not always aware that you're aware. You're not always conscious of your consciousness. And so there, that's the practice is being aware of being aware. That's it. That's what we're doing here. B. Alan Wallace in The Attention Revolution, another awesome Dharma book, that touches on awareness as a doorway into jhāna, he says, “In awareness of awareness, there is no intentional directing of attention. You simply rest in that flow of knowing, and from time to time gently recognize that you are aware.”I wish it were more complicated than that, sometimes I wish I could just lay it out like kind of like Daniel Ingram did in his book, Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, and just give you the full, 400 page diagram detail of how to get into awareness. And I'm sure that book exists, and that might be a useful exercise. But for me, the practice is quite simple. And unfortunately, the thinking mind will tend to make this more complex than it is, and that tends to be one of the biggest obstacles that I've noticed in using awareness as a tool for entering into jhāna. So this is one way to look at what we're doing here with the 9th Jhāna. How is it that we're coming into this awareness? Gradually or all of a sudden. Another way of looking at awareness practice, I think that's very important is that if you are taking a gradual approach, if you feel like there's some kind of movement or development or progression through time, what I've noticed is that that progression often takes one of two forms, and this seems to largely depend on the person and the tradition that they're practicing in.One of the ways, in the Christian contemplative tradition, they call this Via Negativa. In the Hindu tradition, they call this Advaita, which is you take all of the experiences that are rising and you recognize that you are not any of those, because they're objects, because they're arising, because you can know them. That means they arise in time that they're changing, and they will vanish. This is the basic truth of vipassana, right? Mindfulness. Yeah, so we can recognize that and we recognize anything that we can be aware of is not ultimately who we are. This is the process of, Neti Neti, as it's said in Sanskrit, “Not this, Not this.”With this approach you're backing away from the untruth. You're backing away from everything that is not you. You're letting go of all those objects and just resting in awareness that's devoid of any characteristics. Devoid. That's important. This is the path of the void. Not this. Via Negativa. Then on the other side though, you have the opposite path, Via Positiva. “This too, This too.” Nothing is excluded. Anything that arises that appears to be apart from you, you include it in awareness. You fold it back into awareness and see that thing that I thought was out there, over here, this too! Shunryū Suzuki Roshi in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, he says, “That everything is included within your mind is the essence of mind.” So, here we're recognizing that everything that arises in the mind is the essence of mind.Another quote from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, in I Am That:“The mind produces thoughts ceaselessly, even when you do not look at them. When you know what is going on in your mind, you call it consciousness. That is your waking state–your consciousness shifts from sensation to sensation, from perception to perception, from idea to idea, in endless succession. Then comes awareness, the direct insight into the whole of consciousness, the totality of the mind. The mind is like a river, flowing ceaselessly in the bed of the body; you identify yourself for a moment with some particular ripple and call it: ‘my thought'. All you are conscious of is your mind; awareness is the cognizance of consciousness as a whole.”Awareness is the cognizance of consciousness as a whole. Again, we'll use this as our kind of broad definition for what it is that we're meditating on. And of course we don't meditate on awareness. We meditate as awareness. There's no way to take awareness as an object. You can only be that awareness.So how do you be aware? Well, you're already aware. How do you not be aware? That might be a more interesting question. How do we not be aware? How do we avoid this moment?So these are two approaches, “Not this, Not this” (via negativa) and “This too, This too.” (via positiva), are both are valid ways to realize Awareness. I remember the first time I really heard this spoken by someone I respected, it was a teacher at Naropa University. I was in this class called Contemplative Hinduism and learning about the different contemplative approaches in the Hindu tradition. My teacher was a woman named Sreedevi Bringi, and she grew up in India and her family, and her family was close friends with Jiddu Krishnamurti, so she grew up, hanging out with Krishnamurti in her family house. Okay, that should give you a little sense of her background.She said in India there are two basic approaches, and she described it in pretty much the same way I just described them to you, except she said with the Neti, Neti approach, she said in India we call this Advaita Vedanta, radical non-duality. And the other approach “This too, This too”, we call that Tantra. Vedanta and Tantra. And she said both of these are valid approaches. At the time that I heard that, it was really useful, because I'd taken the Via Negativa approach and I thought, “Well, this must be the only way.” I noticed in the beginning when everyone was sharing about your background, I should have probably asked when your first Goenka retreat was, because almost everyone here seems to have experienced that. And that very much is the Via Negativa approach, where you're just breaking down, deconstructing your experience, disidentifying, you could say dissociating from whatever arises. So this is also, I think, an important frame for understanding the 9th Jhāna, that there are different ways in, that are either about backing away from identification with anything, or moving toward identification with everything. Ultimately, I would suggest these lead to the same realizations. And then finally, I want to throw this last frame out to you, which is the Several Ways to Meditate framework. This is a framework that my wife, Emily Horn and I developed over many years now to kind of describe the various approaches to meditation that we have practiced, and we teach, to provide a schema for understanding all the different possible ways there are to do this, and how they connect and relate to each other.If you think for a moment of a hexagram, starting off with a very simple six-sided object. If you look at that hexagram, you can see that there's six points in the hexagram, and each of those points is a style of meditation or a way to meditate. You have Concentration Meditation, bringing attention to a single point. Mindfulness, where we're noticing sensations as they change. Heartfulness, inclining the mind toward opening the heart. Inquiry Meditation where we're using a question as a prompt for discovery, like "What is awareness?" or "Who is aware?" Then you have Imaginal Meditation where you're using internal imagery or other internal senses to kind of put yourself in a position, that you can only imagine, where you're more whole and integrated. And then finally we have Embodiment Meditation where you're working on inhabiting the body. Now obviously there's a lot of overlaps between these styles. It's not that they're completely separate. In fact, they do connect. And if you imagine this hexagram, every point connecting up to a single point, like a pyramid, except this is a hexagramic pyramid. That single point at the top, the apex, is Awareness. Awareness is the only way of meditating that doesn't have a focus. It's the only style of meditation where there's nothing to do, and thus awareness doesn't contradict any of these other styles of practice. You might be missing that you're aware while you're furiously meditating on your breath or something, you might actually miss that, really it's true. But you can be aware and breathe at the same time. Awareness is compatible with everything, and it's the common denominator of all these styles. It's the point that transcends and includes all these different ways to meditate. So in that sense, it's a kind of special approach. And because of that you can use any of those other styles of meditation, in combination with the intention to be aware of awareness, and you can practice that as a doorway into the 9th jhāna. So you can practice Mindful Awareness, you can use techniques that intentionally bring in mindfulness, and also point toward awareness. Or you could do a kind of inquiry into awareness. You could use inquiry meditation to, to hone in on the nature of awareness through asking questions. “What is aware of this experience right now?” Can you find that? You can just sit and be in your body. Embodied awareness. You can take awareness as your concentration object. Shamatha without a sign, which was mentioned earlier. You could move through the jhānas naturally and organically as you just rest in awareness, concentrated awareness. So I mention this model because I'm going to be pulling from a lot of these different techniques over the course of the next 12 weeks. And my hope is that by exploring this from different angles, you can find the approaches to awareness that work for you, to let you in, that are access points for you that are reliable and which you can deepen through. And my experience is sometimes people will find that access point in one place, and it might not be a Goenka retreat, it might be somewhere else. So, here I want to provide as many access points as possible while also continuing to keep the focus centered on the 9th Jhāna.Practice the 9th Jhāna in The Jhāna Community with Vince Fakhoury Horn. Next group starts on September 30th, 2025. Get full access to Buddhist Geeks at www.buddhistgeeks.org/subscribe

What is Access Concentration?This is the question I want to bring forward in this talk.I recorded something on this topic many years ago—too many, honestly, to comfortably admit. At the time, I was working on a project that was essentially a secular meditation app. That's basically been the through-line of my career: building and teaching through these kinds of projects. The app was called Meditate.io, and we had a course titled Concentration Meditation. In it, we aimed to explain the basics of how concentration really works. That course now lives on in The Jhāna Community under the name Concentration 101. It shares some really good foundational ideas, one of which is the concept of Access Concentration. I found this idea so useful in my own Buddhist meditative practice that I really wanted to bring it into a more secular context. There's a YouTube clip that gives my best simple explanation of what Access Concentration is, and I won't go too deep here since that recording already exists. That's the beauty of recording something—you don't have to keep repeating yourself.But here's the short version of how I understand it:Access Concentration is when the object of your focus—whether it's the breath, the body, a sound, a visual orb, a mantra, or anything else—moves into the center of your attention. It shifts into the foreground, and everything else fades into the background. That background doesn't disappear entirely; distractions and thoughts may still be there, but now they're peripheral. The object of your focus becomes primary.This shift is important. It's a turning point in practice when your attention starts to settle and stabilize. Of course, we can fall out of access. Some people think they're only in access concentration if they maintain it the entire time they're sitting—but that's a much deeper, more stable version that usually takes time to develop. Unless you're a natural at this—and few are—it takes consistent effort.In any given moment, if your meditation object is the main thing in your attention, you're in access. And sure, distractions will pull at you—that's normal. You fall out of access, and then you come back. Return to the breath. Be with it.At first, the breath might not hold your full attention. Maybe it gets 50%, then 30%, then 20%, then something else pulls at you. It's a dynamic process. In my experience, concentration becomes more fluid and interactive the deeper you go. But at some point, your focus stabilizes: more than 50% of your attention is on the breath. It begins to draw you in—it has gravity. You want to give it more attention. There's interest. There's intimacy.In the traditional Buddhist framework, this state is called Access Concentration because it's the doorway into the jhānas. You can't access the jhānas without first stabilizing in access—at least, according to later Buddhist sources. And here's a side note for the Buddhist nerds out there: the term Access Concentration doesn't show up in the earliest teachings. It came later—about a thousand years after the Buddha's time.Imagine a thousand years of mostly-male monastics meditating, likely trying to outdo each other, and eventually producing this giant meditation manual called the Visuddhimagga, or The Path of Purification. That's where we find the term Access Concentration, described in the section on concentration—one of three main sections in the book.According to that model, you reach Access Concentration just before entering jhāna. The Visuddhimagga describes 40 different objects that can lead to access, though I doubt that list is exhaustive. (Hopefully someone caught that Pokémon reference. I know Buddy did.)So, what is Access Concentration again?Another way to understand it is this: it's one of the five jhāna masteries. To master meditation, you have to be able to access the states you want to enter. In other words, Access Concentration is the ability to get to the object—mentally and emotionally—so you can begin to absorb into it.If we want to use a numerical analogy: Access is when more than 50% of your attention is with something. You've entered into relationship with it. And from there, you can deepen that relationship, becoming more absorbed.In the KASINA meditation app I've been developing, there's a visual orb that users can move toward them on the screen. As it moves closer, it fills the screen—you merge with it. That's what happens with the breath, or love, or the body, or even not-knowing. You become one with the object. That's the beginning of jhāna.And the sequence of jhānas, from one to eight, describes how that relationship deepens and evolves. First, the merger is blissful—like falling in love. It's magical. But over time, that intensity cools, and you settle into a more steady connection—like the second jhāna and beyond.So, to even enter into that evolving intimacy, we need access. The Visuddhimagga says there are 40 objects that work for this, which implies there are many things that don't. But I actually disagree with that. I think you could potentially access and merge with anything. But the real question is: why would you want to merge with, say, terror?Could you handle becoming one with being terrified? Some people love horror movies. I've never understood that—it feels like life is terrifying enough. But for those people, maybe horror is a doorway. Maybe terror is their access point.Okay, so here's a simple practice to support this:May concentration arise.That's the practice. Just wish for concentration to arise.Who are you wishing it for?Start with yourself. That's why you're here. Get in touch with the sincerity of that wish—why it's important to you. Maybe you want to be able to focus better on your relationships, your work, the way you show up in the world. Maybe you want to be healthy, to remember what matters. Concentration helps with that.So: May concentration arise—for me.And then extend it out: May concentration arise for the people I care about.Because when the people around you are focused and well, it affects you too. It creates a feedback loop of clarity and joy.Then go wider: May concentration arise for everyone.Even knowing some will use it for harmful ends, trust the whole. Most won't.And then: May concentration arise for all beings on Earth.For all beings to be focused on what's most important to them.Even broader: May concentration arise for all beings, everywhere, throughout all time and space.May all of reality concentrate on what matters most to itself.Wishing concentration for everyone.The Jhāna CommunityThe Jhāna Community is a community of practice dedicated to the art of deep meditation. Check out our 6 new weekly jhāna groups beginning in June: Get full access to Buddhist Geeks at www.buddhistgeeks.org/subscribe

Here I offer a guided meditation designed to help one cultivate the positive affect of kindness. We then use the feeling of kindness as a return point after each distraction. This process not only strengthens concentration but also helps to shift one from the passing state of kindness to kindness as a permanent trait. have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder

In this enlightening episode of the Modern Mystic Institute podcast, Cian delves into the world of concentration meditation, a foundational practice in Buddhist tradition. Cian explains the importance of training the mind to focus and concentrate, especially in a world where distractions are abundant. The podcast explores the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind, and how understanding this dynamic can enhance meditation practice. He also shares personal experiences and the transformative power of consistent meditation. The episode concludes with a guided short meditation session, allowing listeners to apply the teachings in real-time. Whether you're a seasoned meditator or a beginner, this episode offers valuable insights into the art of concentration meditation and its potential to enhance spiritual evolution.#Mindfulness #MeditationPractice Join the Modern Mystic Institute here

This 10 minute concentration meditation is an exercise from Mindful in Minutes Meditation For The Modern Family. In this practice you will have to focus and dial in with two different concentration breath techniques. Join MIM on Patreon here Order Meditation For The Modern Family Meditation TT 40-Hour Meditation Teacher Training is now open for enrollment Learn more and enroll here Let's Connect Email Kelly your questions at info@yogaforyouonline.com Follow Kelly on instagram @yogaforyouonline Please rate, subscribe and review (it helps more than you know!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Studies continually show that 10-12 minutes of consistent meditation practice improves your life. https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-12-minutes-a-day-can-change-your-life-1117165 What is concentration meditation? Simply put, it's non-distraction. We practice focusing on the breath and kindly guiding ourself back to the breathe when we've been distracted. Still confused about what mediation is?! Check out my Youtube video to FINALLY understand what meditation is. https://youtu.be/xbqDA-93LmE Thank you for your practice! It's so important to have support from a teacher when learning to meditate and create a daily practice. Are you looking for 1:1 meditation coaching? Let's work together! My offerings are available on lizcoaches.com Keep meditating!

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Welcome to Unstrictly Business, a podcast all about work-life balance, combating burnout, and cultivating success inside and outside the office. We do this by sharing behind-the-scenes interviews with successful business owners as well as other resources for busy business people. I'm your host, Calli! I'm the Founder of “Do Well Dept,” an inclusive online community that helps passionate work-from-home entrepreneurs & remote businesses achieve overall wellbeing for themselves, their employees, and their business.    In today's episode, Calli will take you through a Focused Attention and Concentration Meditation. This quick 8-minute meditation is great for all those who meditate—beginners and experts alike.  Completely guided, this meditation is made to help you get in the right mindset before work, reset during lunchtime, or take a few minutes for yourself in between projects.  I hope this meditation helps you take a little time for yourself as you get through the workweek. Enjoy!   Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Unstrictly Business! If you want to learn more about how you can create a successful business of your own. Visit our website dowelldept.com.    Resources and links:   Calli's Instagram: @callizar Do Well Dept Instagram: @dowelldept Do Well Dept Website: dowelldept.com

Hi and welcome to this meditation on concentration. This meditation is a little different in the sense that it shines a light on creating concentration by giving the mind something to do. By counting on our breaths, we ask the mind to focus and concentrate on one single task. See if you can do this and count to 8. Listen to the guiding sound of my voice, with a few moments to practice this concentration by yourself, whilst listening to the relaxing sound of rain. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------- If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot and share it on Instagram, tag me @AmazonWarriorAU (www.instagram.com/amazonwarriorau/) and share it with your friends and family. If you really want to help me grow this podcast, leave a review on Apple Podcasts as it really helps to grow the podcast. If you want to help me personally, donations can be made on the website http://amazonwarrior.com.au/donate/. Request your own personalised meditation via the website. For one on one sessions or corporate bookings, email info@carolinebakker.com Thanks again for listening. Stay healthy, stay well. ❤️

In Episode 6, Media Mogul, Crystal Feliciano discusses the power of Meditation as well as the benefits of becoming centered and in tune with ones self.  Join her as she discusses Concentration Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation as well as the benefits of meditation such as: lower blood pressure; improved blood circulation; lower heart rate and more. 

Special Guests Omid Asgari, Media Relations Manager & Program Manager MTO Shahmaghsoudi® for London Centre & Dr. Saloumeh, Clinical Psychologist in Chicago joined our show to discuss music from the MTO Zendeh Delan Ensemble.  This Ensemble created 63 songs Mastered Specifically for the Tarmakoz Method-The Sufi Art of Concentration and Mediation.  Music heals the soul, and I am eager to present two specially produced meditation tracks from this amazing group towards the end of our show entitled “Hope” appearing at 44:10-47:12 of the episode, and “Wisdom" appearing at 47:20-51:10 of the episode.  These original songs were produced in their entirety through a virtual collaboration with musicians across multiple European cities, during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.  The music for Tamarkoz® & Movazeneh®, created by MTO Zendeh Delan, is a melodic blend of Persian and Western musical modes and harmonies, that further include traces of diverse musical cultures from around the globe: Indian, African, Asian, Arabic, Native American, &  Spanish, as well as ambient sounds of nature. MTO Sufi School main website:  www.mto.org Music ensemble: www.zendehdelan.org Sufi practice of Concentration & Meditation: www.tamarkozapp.com Charity: www.mtocharity.org Sufi Psychology: www.sufipsychology.org   

Special Guests Omid Asgari, Media Relations Manager & Program Manager MTO Shahmaghsoudi® for London Centre & Dr. Saloumeh, Clinical Psychologist in Chicago joined our show to discuss music from the MTO Zendeh Delan Ensemble.  This Ensemble created 63 songs Mastered Specifically for the Tarmakoz Method-The Sufi Art of Concentration and Mediation.  Music heals the soul, and I am eager to present two specially produced meditation tracks from this amazing group towards the end of our show entitled “Hope” appearing at 44:10-47:12 of the episode, and “Wisdom" appearing at 47:20-51:10 of the episode.  These original songs were produced in their entirety through a virtual collaboration with musicians across multiple European cities, during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.  The music for Tamarkoz® & Movazeneh®, created by MTO Zendeh Delan, is a melodic blend of Persian and Western musical modes and harmonies, that further include traces of diverse musical cultures from around the globe: Indian, African, Asian, Arabic, Native American, &  Spanish, as well as ambient sounds of nature.  MTO Sufi School main website:  www.mto.org  Music ensemble: www.zendehdelan.org  Sufi practice of Concentration & Meditation: www.tamarkozapp.com  Charity: www.mtocharity.org  Sufi Psychology: www.sufipsychology.org      

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Can concentration meditation improve your focus? How can you use meditation to get “in the zone?” In this post, learn everything you need to know about concentration in meditation.

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This is the 5th Paramita of Mahayana Buddhism... True concentration and insight... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/enkyoji-network/support

تو اولین اپیزود معرفی شخصیت فیکاکست، ما ویم هاف ملقب به مرد یخی رو برای شما انتخاب کردیم. یک مرد ۶۱ ساله هلندی که تا حالا ۲۶ تا رکورد جهانی گینس رو شکونده. اون روشی رو بنیانگذاری کرده که ادعا میکنه میتونه باعث بهبود خیلی از بیماریها مخصوصا اختلالات روانی مثل افسردگی بشه. ما باور داریم که این اپیزود میتونه زندگی خیلی از شماها رو تغییر بده! لطفا نظراتتون رو تو قسمت کامنت با ما به اشتراک بذارید مخصوصا اگر تصمیم گرفتید این روش رو امتحان کنین. Wim Hof free mini-course: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/free-mini-class The Superman World of Wim Hof (Vice Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaMjhwFE1Zw Rhonda Patrick in discussion with Wim Hof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389c31dD9xg Radboud Research on Endocrine system: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/uploads/kcfinder/files/biology-now-chapter-22-Wim-Hof.pdf "Brain over body”–A study on the willful regulation of autonomic function during cold exposure: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811918300673 Voluntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system and attenuation of the innate immune response in humans: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/20/7379.full.pdf The Influence of Concentration/Meditation on Autonomic Nervous System Activity and the Innate Immune Response: https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/Abstract/2012/06000/The_Influence_of_Concentration_Meditation_on.10.aspx Photo Credit: https://www.instagram.com/iceman_hof/

Concentration is Power! If you wish to achieve anything in life, material or spiritual, there is no other way than to learn to rightly concentrate. In the first 20 min discourse you will learn about: The importance of concentration Differences between attention, concentration, meditation and samadhi 5 levels of concentration Format: Discourse (20 mins) + Guided Meditation (30 mins) Your host, Dhyanse (www.dhyanse.com) ***MORE FOR YOU*** Exclusive 10% discount on a perfect meditation cushion, code: PD10 Redeem on: https://dhyanse.life/ ***GIVE BACK IN 3 MINS*** FEEDBACK: If you were touched by this Meditation experience, please support our REVIEWS and RATINGS by your UPVOTE! (1 min) SHARE: Tell a friend about this podcast and your meditation experience (2 min) Thank you very much!

Concentration Meditation

Recording Date: 2014-15 Series: Dhamma Course 2014-15 - Dhamma Roadmap Title: 06 Samādhi (Concentration Meditation) Speaker: Sylvia Bay Venue: Private Video: https://youtu.be/LoqwyFyMJ5M (part 1 of 2) Video: https://youtu.be/HWBDFGTJTjc (part 2 of 2) #sylviabay #dhamma #singapore #dharma #buddhism #sutta #buddha #samadhi #stillness #concentration #meditation https://www.dhammawitz.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DhammaWitz/ https://www.instagram.com/dhammawitz/ https://www.pinterest.com/dhammawitz/

To get in touch with Tiaga Prem Singh...   tiagaprem@thedharmatemple.com   or Instagram   @tiagaprem   @thedharmatemple   In this week's episode:   *The difference and the connection between Concentration + Meditation   *Dealing with duality on Planet Earth   *Facing your challenges   *Dharmic Warrior of the Nervous System   *The Strength that comes from Breath, Sound, Devotion   *Wherever the Creator keeps me, there is heaven - Nanak   *Living Dharma is doing whatever you want???   *Three fold path to Living in Oneness   *Learning to Trust the Real You   *True Prosperity is Trustworthiness   *The other person is you   *Blame becomes blame *Blame seeks sympathy   *Wisdom of the Heart seeks to heal + elevate rather than blame or seek sympathy   *External validation in society pushes us to not trust ourselves   *The importance of re-programming   *Can you experience your You even when you’re in pain *Can you pray even when you’re not in pain   *Always Start with gratitude

Realizing Abundance Series Part I - The Innate Guide of Co-Creation & Self-Realization 01 - Introduction to Realizing Abundance Chapter 1, the Innate Guide 02 - The Maya Matrix - the Illusion of Reality as We Know it. Youtube Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJ49pYWu8c&list=PL2m6-GIdLF1t4PbKNxuCz9wINS9UA04kz The topics mentioned in this episodeConcentration and Integration The state of Meditation Samadhi, Self-Realization, and Enlightenment. What is death in the Maya Matrix? Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/166625897334718 Website: http://intentionalbeings.com/ Get the book: Transcending the Maya Matrix on Amazon.com here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0795XG471    

I was initially really hesitant to try meditation. I share how the brain responds to and changes from stress. Here are the studies (Harvard Study & Hong Kong Study) I mention pointing to how the brain can change with meditation. Then I share my 5 favorite ways to meditate. (6:30) - Concentration Meditation (7:45) - Reflection Meditation (9:33)- Appreciate Audit (11:04) - Visualization Meditation (12:22) - I Am Meditation    

In this meditation, touch all your finger tips together, leaving a space between your fingers. And we are going to focus on the feeling of the fingertips pressing against each other one by one. This exercise is fro strengthening your focus and concentrations :) Enjoy

What is Zen meditation? What am I supposed to be doing? How do I get started with this life of true freedom and joy you keep talking about? Have a listen to understand the basics and to get some tips and tricks for building up your access to Pure Selfless Awareness! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/totally-zensible/support

“As a freelancer, as an entrepreneur, as a business owner you need to build systems of accountability that will help hold and support you.” Jordan Baker used his expertise in software development to help him create Focuster, a personal productivity tool (aka a scheduling calendar) that helps you manage not only your time but also your focus.  Listen in as Kim and Jordan discuss focus, time, the difference between being productive and being busy, and much more! Get the show notes, transcription and resources mentioned at https://thekimsutton.com/pp432 Highlights: 3:15 How to operate in an optimal state - aka being focused 3:32 How I developed Focuster   6:20 Three ways traditional “to do” lists are broken - 1) don’t account for time, 2) don’t distinguish the urgent from the important and 3) they’re stressful 10:36 Tony Robbins likes to say “If you talk about it, it’s a dream.  But if you schedule it, it’s real.” 11:43 I realized that software can play a role in helping you focus & plan your time 12:50 Work on the right things in the right order because if you’re not doing that, you’re not being productive, you’re being busy 17:04 Time Blocking 25:50 Concentration Meditation 26:07 The reason behind procrastination 27:50 Work Meditation

Andrew discusses the role of samadhi (i.e. concentration or "collectedness of awareness") in mindfulness practice. He discusses how the meditator can better develop insight and overcome stressful obstacles by first "breaking the addiction" to the thinking mind. Once the meditator is grounded in a primary object of meditation (i.e. breath), they can then start to observe patterns of stress and rumination in the mind.

Concentration Meditation