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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.