THE MEDITATION TOOL
The important role that meditative practices can play in wisdom
development
Jon
Kabat-Zinn Guided Mindfulness Meditation Video. This 16-minute
video is from the 2011
Wisdom 2.0 Conference: "Exploring living with Awareness,
Wisdom, and Compassion in the Technology Age."
Jack
Kornfield Guided Lovingkindness Meditation Video. This 16-minute
video is from the 2011
Wisdom 2.0 Conference: "Exploring living with Awareness,
Wisdom, and Compassion in the Technology Age."
CBC
Radio "Tapestry" interview of meditation teacher Sharon
Salzberg. Sharon Salzberg is co-founder of the Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and has led meditation
retreats around the world for three decades. Here she discusses
her early experiences in India and the lovingkindness meditation
which has been her focus.
Calm
the Inner Clutter of Your Mind is an introduction to the
why and what of mindfulness meditation by Gary
R. McClain.
Vicki
Woodyard Interview on Nonduality Street Here, Jerry
Katz, founder of Nonduality.com
and Nonduality.org interviews
Vicki Woodyard on his
FM radio program Nonduality Street.
Seeing
the Nature of Reality Through Buddhist Meditation Using
contemporary concepts, this article presents a science-grounded
way of looking at the absolute and relative realities spoken of
in "perennial philosophy" traditions. It then discusses
Buddhist meditation practices which can help one to deeply internalize
this perspective.
A
Guided Mindfulness Meditation This very helpful tool for
starting a meditation practice is available as both a downloadable
MP3 file and a click-to-start streaming audio presentation.
Stroke
of Insight. Harvard brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor's insights
about the brain, unconditional happiness, and the way to find it.
The
Importance of Meditation. Thoughts on this subject excerpted
from Copthorne Macdonald's book Matters of Consequence.
Resources
for Developing the Self-Knowledge / Intuitive Aspect of Wisdom.
A compilation of relevant books, meditation resources, links to online
resources, and guided-meditation CDs.
About
Open Focus. Comments on this technique for developing wide-angle,
open-to-everything attentiveness from Copthorne Macdonald's book Toward
Wisdom, plus info on the currently available CDs.
Review
of The Open-Focus Brain by Les Femhi and Jim Robbins.
Reviewer Copthorne Macdonald feels that this 2007 book and the CD
that comes with it provide a powerful introduction to attentiveness
practice.
Seeing
the Unity: Identifying with Being. This discussion of relevant
practices is from Chapter 9 of Copthorne Macdonald's book Toward Wisdom.
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