Posts by Gabriel Rocheleau
Counting the breaths
Counting the breaths will give your mind an additional task and will make it easier to stay focused. Your initial goal is to be aware of ten consecutive breaths.
Read MoreConnecting the breaths
Connecting the breaths is an additional technique that will help further strengthen stability of attention.
Read MoreFollowing the breath
Our preliminary goal will now be to reduce the length of mind-wandering and to extend the periods of attention. To do this, we will practice following the breath.
Read MoreDaily Meditation Practice
A daily meditation practice is the most important habit you must develop to progress on this journey.
Read MoreFour-step transition
Four-step transition to help you relax and settle on the meditation object in a pleasant and effective way. It will also teach you a lot about attention and awareness.
Read MoreMastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha (MCTB)
A reference manual for intense meditation practice. Contains rare practical advice on Insight meditation (Vipassana), more specifically Mahasi noting. Offers unparalleled phenomenological descriptions of the Progress of Insight and openly discusses meditative achievements and Awakening. This book, more than any other, has motivated me to “step up my game” and intensify my meditation practice.
Read MoreThe Mind Illuminated (TMI)
One of the very best books on the development of concentration meditation (Samatha). Contains illuminating insights into the inner workings of the mind, antidotes for common meditation issues and a powerful 10-stage map of meditation progress.
Read MoreSix Points Preparation
Six points preparation that should be done at the beginning of a meditation session. This preparation has been developed by Culadasa and will render your meditation practice clearer and more effective.
Read MoreBasic Meditation Instructions
Basic meditation instructions to get you started meditating quickly. Ideal if you’ve never meditated before, or if you need a quick refresher of the basic practice.
Read MoreCan Meditation Cure Mental Health Issues?
In an environment where meditation is being promoted for a whole range of mental health problems, a line should be drawn between the problems meditation can help with, and those it can’t. There’s a tendency in spiritual communities to infer spiritual causes to well-known and documented medical conditions. If you look for it, you’ll find…
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