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Analytical Meditation: Story, Thought, and Emotion
The lesser-known technique of analytic meditation enhances our greatest human qualities through stories, thoughts, and emotions.
The Dalai Lama’s “Simple Meditation” From His Ten Percent Happier Interview With Dan Harris
The Dalai Lama’s recommended “simple meditations” from his interview on Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris: meditating on the mind and the kindness of others.
When a White Man Passes a Fake Twenty — Meditation & Racial Bias
Meditation as an antidote to implicit racial bias, toward a more just country for Black Americans and racial justice
The Meditation Session: A Playlist for the Mind
A meditation session, like a perfect playlist or a great story, has an arc to it including posture, motivation, stabilizing, and analytic meditation
What Is Meditation?
Meditation has become popular as a way to help reduce stress, be focused at work, sleep better, or simply relax. Yet meditation isn’t just a tool to improve focus or relax, but a way to strengthen the positive qualities we all naturally possess: compassion, kindness, generosity, patience, humor, and finding joy in everyday life.
What is A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment?
The first time I went to see the Dalai Lama I was skeptical, but one of the first things he said was, “Don’t become a Buddhist.”
A Guided 10-Minute Meditation to Calm the Mind
Even a short 10-minute meditation has the power to calm your body and mind. Here’s a helpful guide on how just 10 minutes a day can improve your well-being.
What Is Tonglen Meditation?
Tonglen, or “taking and giving” is a meditation practice that combines meditating on loving-kindness with meditating on compassion to release our own pain, suffering, and loneliness.
Guided Meditation for Better Sleep
A guided sleep meditation that helps you fall into a peaceful sleep to achieve restful sleep, greater sleep quality, and fall asleep fast.
Analytical Meditation: Story, Thought, and Emotion
The lesser-known technique of analytic meditation enhances our greatest human qualities through stories, thoughts, and emotions.
The Dalai Lama’s “Simple Meditation” From His Ten Percent Happier Interview With Dan Harris
The Dalai Lama’s recommended “simple meditations” from his interview on Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris: meditating on the mind and the kindness of others.
When a White Man Passes a Fake Twenty — Meditation & Racial Bias
Meditation as an antidote to implicit racial bias, toward a more just country for Black Americans and racial justice