Meditation Resources
My focus, when teaching meditation, is on spiritual awakening or enlightenment. Here are resources to help you on your path to greater self-understanding. These links and other information related to the meditation may be of interest to you. They include free books, audio, and video sources.
Yoga Nidra guided meditation audio
Adyashanti on True Meditation: Adyashanti has many videos on YouTube but the ones on True Meditation are gone. However you can get still his write-up on it here and the tabs above provide free audio and video excerpts: Adyashanti on True Meditation
Robert Adams: Robert teaches mainly Atma Vichara (Self Inquiry) and spent time with Ramana Maharshi. Here is the website that has audio recordings of many of his Satsangs (meetings) as well as some written materials: Audio Recordings. I listen to Robert Adams every day. This audio might be a good one to listen to first: Four Principles – Signs of Awakening. For his book see the book list below.
Anandamayi Ma: http://www.anandamayi.org/
Buddha at the Gas Pump (video interviews with many awakened people) http://batgap.com/
The guest list is at the top under Past Interviews but not all are worth watching. Here are the ones that are my favorite teachers and you can find many of their talks on YouTube. See what resonates for you:
Adyashanti http://batgap.com/adyashanti/
Karen Richards (1&2) http://batgap.com/karen-richards/ http://batgap.com/karen-richards-2/
Mooji http://batgap.com/mooji/
Rupert Spira http://batgap.com/rupert-spira/
Ellie Roozdar (1&2) http://batgap.com/ellie-roozdar/ http://batgap.com/ellie-roozdar-2/
Francis Lucille http://batgap.com/francis-lucille/
Jeff Foster http://batgap.com/jeff-foster/
Nirmala http://batgap.com/nirmala/
Anita Moorjani (NDE) http://batgap.com/anita-moorjani/
Unmani http://batgap.com/unmani/
Others of interest:
Gangaji http://batgap.com/gangaji/
Petrica Verdes, Translator of Ilie Cioara’s Works http://batgap.com/petrica-verdes-ilie-cioara/
Also you can search on YouTube or Google for:
Ramana Maharshi
Papaji
Jed McKenna
Eckhart Tolle
Advaita Vedanta
Anthony Demello
Jill Bolte-Taylor’s Ted Talk – Stroke of Insight: Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, ego-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story. http://youtu.be/mYD7Y9CXeUw
Visit her website: http://www.mystrokeofinsight.com/
Suggested Books List: (You can check these out on Amazon for ratings and reviews)
1. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
2. A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
3. Ramana Maharshi, Be As You Are – Godman (here is a link to read it online or download the PDF): Be As You Are More: http://selfdefinition.org/ramana/
4. The Three Pillars of Zen – Kapleau
5. Silence of the Heart – Robert Adams 1997 ed. (original book, once again available, don’t accept other editions – click the link)
6. Emptiness Dancing – Adyashanti
7. The Joy of Being – Jeff Foster
8. Meditation as Medicine – Khalsa
You may also visit my Zen Blog here where I share my own spiritual insights from self inquiry and meditation: Zen Blog
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Here are some links regarding the International Day of Peace, a yearly celebration of peace and world wide meditation:
http://internationaldayofpeace.org/ Enter area code for surrounding events
http://www.worldpeacegroup.org/world_peace_through_meditation.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsy8mJZKBNA History of IDP
http://worldpeacemeditation.org/#sthash.crdzNxCP.dpuf World meditation group
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The Benefits of Meditation
(adapted from the book The Best Guide to Meditation by Victor Davich)
Psychological Benefits
☆ Improve mental health – greater emotional stability
☆ Outgoingness – independence
☆ Spontaneity – empathy
☆ Lessened anxiety and depression
☆ Reduced dependence on licit and illicit drugs
☆ Greater sense of and interest in the spiritual
☆ More accurate judgement
☆ Creative thoughts – increased concentration
☆ Improved memory and intelligence
Physical Benefits
☆ Boosts energy – increases stamina
☆ Speeds recovery
☆ Lessens the frequency and severity of asthmatic attacks and other allergic reactions
☆ Lowers blood pressure significantly – may reduce normal body temperature and even slow ageing
☆ Materially reduces stress and stress-related illnesses like heart disease, hypertension, and insomnia
☆ Significantly alleviates present-moment and chronic physical pain from arthritis, back injury and other causes,
Spiritual Benefits
☆ Awakening to your true nature – ultimate spiritual freedom
☆ Inner peace
☆ Spiritual experiences
☆ Increases spiritual perceptions and other spiritual abilities
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