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Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-pa…ight-mindfulness/ When we develop the prior steps on the Noble Eightfold Path, there is now a method to look clearer into this human experience. Mindfulness illuminates how reactivity works in the mind and the body, and it reminds us what we are supposed to be doing with the Eightfold Path: To find the Supreme Happiness of Peace. Intro: 0:00 Equanimity: 0:24 3 Characteristics: 5:29 Dzogchen/Advaita Direct Paths: 19:24 Subject - Object - Time: 1:19:03 Photos from Pexels and Wikipedia Photo: Sogyal Rinpoche performing an empowerment ritual in Bhutan By Lotsawa108 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19234742 Resources: The Eight Worldly Winds - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/562014179 The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html Flow: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html Thought and Meditation - Rob Burbea: https://rumble.com/v1gqufd-thought-and-meditation-rob-burbea.html Equanimity - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12307/ Effortlessness - Leela Sarti: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/player/59944.html The Three Characteristics: https://rumble.com/v1gr0w5-mindfulness-how-to-avoid-intellectualizing-your-practice.-anatta.html https://rumble.com/v1gr1it-mindfulness-how-to-meditate-for-longer.-dukkha.html https://rumble.com/v1gr219-mindfulness-gone.-anicca.html Michael Pollan and Chris Bache - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjZypJKSFM Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Dzogchen South Africa Full Explanation of Rigpa with Jackson Peterson: https://youtu.be/Wt5-upLlGWw SN 1:25: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1_25.html The Not-Knowing That Knows - Loch Kelly: https://youtu.be/FW33mNmcG14 Vipassana - Daniel Ingram: https://player.vimeo.com/video/250616410?h=b374ebf8e4 Starting As Awareness - Rupert Spira: https://youtu.be/R1MUMJfLdjY Beyond Mindfulness to Effortless Mindfulness: https://youtu.be/NqUXVRbsKo0 Adyashanti & Loch Kelly - The Journey After Awakening: https://youtu.be/MsVImg6imX8 A Life Of One's Own - Marion Milner: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780415550659/ Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: https://rumble.com/v1gpl0j-attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman.html Esther Hicks - The Receptive Mode: https://youtu.be/LUdti3B3fLM The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gvdo1-the-ego-and-the-id-sigmund-freud.html Loch Kelly, Author, "Shift Into Freedom," on the Path of Awakening: https://youtu.be/LGXmM8cO1b8 Wake Up Now - Stephan Bodian: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780071742221/ Shift Into Freedom - Loch Kelly: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781622033508/ Beyond Mindfulness - Stephan Bodian: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781626259720/ The Way of Effortless Mindfulness - Loch Kelly: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781683642329/ The Unconditioned - Adyashanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22LUSgtIt8c Be Who You Are - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955176258/ Beyond Knowledge - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955176289/ The Book of Listening - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780955399947/ The Ease of Being - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781684034987/ I AM - Jean Klein: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781838383695/ Stop Chasing What You Think Will Make You Happy - Alan Watts: https://youtu.be/1TbfkTJTmxo Sogyal Rinpoche Allegations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche#Abuse_allegations Sogyal Rinpoche scandal: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6539099/dark-behind-the-mindfulness-how-a-buddhist-guru-abused-followers-on-the-hunters-doorstep/ Sogyal Rinpoche and the Crazy Wisdom tradition: https://tzal.org/sogyal-rinpoche-and-the-crazy-wisdom-tradition/ Crazy Wisdom, or just Crazy?: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/rigpa-abuse/ Trap Doors: https://rumble.com/v1grer7-meditation-trap-doors.html Out Of The Fog: https://outofthefog.website/personality-disorder-statistics#pd1 Rest As Awareness - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/hIX_zk5NN6g I cannot find myself - Adyashanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke76fK-Jcis The Subtlety of Dependent Origination - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9553/ Zen Mind Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590302675/ Seeing That Frees - Rob Burbea: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780992848910/ Seeing That Frees Edits: http://www.robburbea.com/teachings/seeing-that-frees-edits/ Rob Burbea Transcripts: https://airtable.com/shr9OS6jqmWvWTG5g/tblHlCKWIIhZzEFMk/viw3k0IfSo0Dve9ZJ Introduction to The Middle Way - Chandrakirti: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781570629426/ Nagarjuna's Precious Garland - Jeffrey Hopkins: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781559392747/ Dignaga on the Interpretation of Signs - Richard Hayes: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9789401078061/ Thought and Meditation - Rob Burbea: https://rumble.com/v1gqufd-thought-and-meditation-rob-burbea.html Guided Meditation on Chronic Pain: https://rumble.com/v1goucj-meditation-and-chronic-pain-various-authors.html How do I stay in the present moment when it feels unbearable? - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://youtu.be/t5Ka2RS0UC4 The Wisdom of No Escape - Pema Chödron: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590307939/ Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/the-eightfold-path-right-speech/ When we think of Right View and Right Resolve, there is a lot of thinking involved and what Buddhists term as Verbal Fabrication has an effect on how we feel. How we heard others talk, shows up in how we talk to ourselves and others. Pictures from Pexels and Wikipedia: Resources: Narcissistic Supply: https://rumble.com/v1gveop-narcissistic-supply-freud-and-beyond-wnaad.html Meditation: Taking Stock: https://rumble.com/v1grdgd-meditation-taking-stock-wnaad.html The 'Wolfman': https://rumble.com/v1gucp1-case-studies-the-wolf-man-13-freud-and-beyond.html Violence and the Sacred - René Girard: https://rumble.com/v1gsnwv-the-origin-of-envy-and-narcissism-ren-girard.html Jeff Toobin apologizing for a Zoom call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8noCAW7z5Bk Right Speech - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/NobleStrategy/Section0008.html MN 58: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN58.html Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1grfah-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-view.html Part 2: https://rumble.com/v1grftr-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-resolve.html Part 3: https://rumble.com/v1grgdj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-speech.html Part 4: https://rumble.com/v1grhdd-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-action.html Part 5: https://rumble.com/v1grhrh-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-livelihood.html Part 6: https://rumble.com/v1griaj-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-effort.html Part 7: https://rumble.com/v1grixl-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-mindfulness.html Part 8: https://rumble.com/v1grjc1-the-noble-eightfold-path-right-concentration.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness-gone-anicca/ After seeing through the concrete self, and learning how to preserve peace, Shinzen Young describes how to see the richness of impermanence. Intro: 0:00 The Flow of life: 0:23 Gone: 1:09 The Source: 3:16 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Gone - Shinzen Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7LXHjGHfM&feature=youtu.be The power of Gone - Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/art_PowerofGone.pdf What is Mindfulness - Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WhatIsMindfulness_SY_Public_ver1.5.pdf Dark Night of the Soul - St. John of the Cross: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781420969306/ The Science of Enlightenment - Shinzen Young: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781591794608/ Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book (Second Edition Revised and Expanded) by Daniel M. Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ Free version: https://mctb.org/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/how-to-meditate-for-longer/ Now that the sense of self is seen through, there are glimpses of peace. Thanissaro Bhikkhu talks about how to preserve it. Intro: 0:00 Dukkha [Dissatisfaction]: 0:24 Worlds: 2:35 Taking charge of your happiness: 3:57 How to meditate for longer: 5:28 Use your Illusion: 6:55 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Narcissistic Supply - Freud and Beyond: https://rumble.com/v1gveop-narcissistic-supply-freud-and-beyond-wnaad.html Dhammatalks - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/ Continuity - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2015/150620_Continuity.mp3 The Allure of Sensuality - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2018/180719_The_Allure_of_Sensuality.mp3

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/mindfulness/ How do we deal with over-intellectualism in meditation practice? Quotes from Bhikkhu Analayo, Pema Chödron, Mooji, Daniel J. Siegel, Adyashanti, and S.N. Goenka. Intro: 0:00 Deep conditioning: 0:25 Mindfulness: 2:41 Emptiness of Self: 4:41 Desire: 6:50 Beauty: 9:07 Concept and experience: 10:22 Pictures and videos from Storyblocks, and Pexels. Resources: Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide - Analayo: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911407102/ Welcoming the unwelcome - Pema Chödron: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781611808681/ Interview with S.N. Goenka: https://www.inquiringmind.com/article/3001_w_goenka/ The Mindful Brain by Daniel J. Siegel - https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780393704709/ Wherever you go, there you are - Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781401307783/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-jhanas/ A compilation of the 8 Jhanas and insights from the points of view of many masters and commentators: Adyashanti, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Ajahn Brahm, Leigh Brasington, Rob Burbea, John Butler, Julia Cameron, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Meister Eckhart, Henepola Gunaratana, Martin Heidegger, Daniel Ingram, Ramana Maharshi, Tina Rasmussen, J. Reid Meloy, Rumi, Pak Au Sayadaw, Daniel J. Siegel, Stephen Snyder, Rupert Spira, and Arahant Upatissa Photos, Video, Music and Sound effects from Storyblocks, Pexels, and Wikipedia. Intro: 0:00 Jhana vs. Narrative: 1:19 Preparation: 16:00 Access Concentration: 22:11 Hindrances: 27:09 1st Jhana - Rapture: 34:19 Guarding: 36:15 2nd Jhana - Joy: 41:18 3rd Jhana - Contentment: 43:52 4th Jhana - Equanimity: 45:51 5th Jhana - Boundless Space: 47:43 6th Jhana - Boundless Consciousness: 54:36 7th Jhana - No-thingness: 1:00:28 8th Jhana - Neither Perception nor Non-Perception: 1:07:23 Oneness insights: 1:11:26 How to live with oneness: 1:26:46 The Problem of Oneness: 1:30:33 Resources: The Anapanasati Sutta: http://psychreviews.org/category-contemp…anapanasatisutta/ Practicing the Jhanas - Stephen Snyder, Tina Rasmussen, Pa Auk Sayadaw: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781590307335/ Tina Rasmussen talks: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/262/ Right Concentration - Leigh Brasington: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781611802696/ The Jhanas - Leigh Brasington: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/janas.html The Jhanas- Ajahn Brahm: http://dhammatalks.net/Books/Ajahn_Brahm_The_Jhanas.pdf Mastering the Core Teachings of The Buddha - Daniel Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781904658405/ 2nd Edition: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/ The Nature of Consciousness - Rupert Spira: Kindle: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781684030002/ The Transparency of Things - Rupert Spira: Kindle: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781626258808/ Be as you are - Ramana Maharshi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780140190625/ Rumi: The Book of Love: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780060750503/ Meister Eckhart: http://www.mythosandlogos.com/eckhart.html Magga-vibhanga Sutta: Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn45/sn45.008.than.html Bhikkhu Sujato: https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/bodhi Jhana: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-samadhi/jhana.html The Jhanas - Henapola Gunaratana: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html Dvedhavitakka Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.019.than.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/improving-concentration/ One of the biggest problems of meditation is maintaining consistent concentration. Sitting down and meditating is not a simple business and many teachers talk about mental maps that take years to traverse for most people, or not at all. As any good psychologist will know, there are many minds in our psyche and they run automatically throughout the day. They make decisions for us. They are our counselors and tormentors. These minds are based on addictive conditioning to follow their advice, based on advise we've gotten from our family and culture, mixed in with direct or indirect threats to remove pleasurable attention if we don't comply. Many Minds: 0:00 Intro: 1:15 Moving too fast: 1:39 Just stop!: 11:36 Ego to satisfy craving: 17:44 Mastering craving: 25:29 Are humans stupid? 30:31 Ignorance (Avijja): 33:55 Resources: Abiding in Emptiness - Mary Aubry https://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/990/56371.html MN 121: The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness: https://suttacentral.net/mn121/en/sujato Deepening into Emptiness - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12520/ Welcoming - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9813/ Dependent Co-arising: https://rumble.com/v1goxkv-dependent-co-arising-various-authors.html How to motivate yourself: https://rumble.com/v1gv3zl-how-to-motivate-yourself-freud-and-beyond.html Emotional Feeding: https://rumble.com/v1gqvl1-emotional-feeding-thanissaro-bhikkhu.html Case Studies: 'Little Hans' - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gu93b-case-studies-little-hans-sigmund-freud.html Jhana: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html LSD Simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTamIwZFr1s "Small moves Ellie." Contact - Jodie Foster and David Morse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPUO6gGSh8 No Mind - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9547/ The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176239 Dr. Willoughby Britton and His Holiness the Dalai Lama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etii18s9RKU Be Completely Not Enough - Gangaji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLN__QHwpss&t=3s The biggest disease affecting humanity - I am not enough - Marisa Peer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3NyUMLh7Y The Diamond In Your Pocket - Gangaji: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781591795520/ Suffering and Addiction - Gangaji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlLcI5oDKu4 I Am Enough: Mark Your Mirror And Change Your Life - Marisa Peer: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781916411005/ The Pleasure Principle - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gurqv-the-pleasure-principle-sigmund-freud.html The Psychology of Awakening - Conscious TV - Georgi Y Johnson interviewed by Renate McNay: (12:36) https://youtu.be/_BQdbwxWUXc From Illusion to Truth - Leonard Jacobson (45:40) https://youtu.be/JFSSKtCYFkM Everybody spiritually by-passes - Mariana Caplan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJ3iqJPX_s Spiritual Bypassing and Inner Bonding: https://rumble.com/v1gpm57-spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding.html Transference Focused Therapy - Otto Kernberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHO5laXVug The Craft of the Heart - Thanissaro Bhikkhu https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2019/190521_The_Craft_of_the_Heart.mp3 Skillful Thinking - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2001/0109n1b1%20Skillful%20Thinking.mp3 Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://rumble.com/v1gvked-how-to-gain-flow-in-7-steps.html The art of focus - Christina Bengsston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF80HzqvAoA The Anapanasati Sutta: 4 tetrads: https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780712654777/ In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People by George K. Simon: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780965169608/ WNAAD Stalking: https://rumble.com/v1gvhk1-stalking-world-narcissistic-abuse-awareness-day.html What is thinking? - Martin Heidegger: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780060905286/ Music and sound effects by Storyblocks Stock photos and stills by Storyblocks, Pexels, Wikipedia, YouTube.

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/emotional-feeding/ Part of the divide between Theravada Buddhist attitudes, and later forms of Buddhism, is the insight of interrelatedness. To Thanissaro, interrelatedness, inter-being, or interdependence is not a happy realization, because of the mind's need for emotional feeding. He says, "all living beings depend on food. Interrelated is the process of eating. We eat each other. Physical, emotional and mental food." All human conflicts relate to feeding, especially on things that cannot be shared. There are good elements to interrelatedness as later traditions of Buddhism point out, but there is danger if the negative side is forgotten. He reminds us that even if we only feed on vegetables, there's a lot of suffering required to farm, process and transport food for consumption. By being hungry we are interdependent to the environment, which has so much that is out of our power. Intro: 0:00 Feeding the Mind: 0:43 Skillful feeding: 1:51 The Manipulative Ego: 2:55 The Challenge: 4:13 Internal and External rewards: 6:06 Emotional Dysregulation: 7:12 The Mind has a Mind of its own: 9:37 Focus on your own work: 12:14 Unstable sources of food: 13:50 How to practice: 16:23 Savouring: 17:42 Skillful Thinking: 19:13 Appreciate where you are: 20:07 Blameless Feeding: 21:00 The Committee: 22:04 Facing Death: 23:52 Guided Meditation for Chronic Pain: https://rumble.com/v1goucj-meditation-and-chronic-pain-various-authors.html Thanissaro's website: https://www.dhammatalks.org/ A New Year's Day Guided Meditation - Emotional Feeding: https://rumble.com/v1gvmab-new-years-day-guided-meditation.html Pictures and video from Storyblocks, Pixabay, Wikipedia, and Me. Guanjin By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19813440 Someone still moves slowly in Japan by 2benny, CC BY 2.0, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, https://flic.kr/p/ns1F9B Buddhist Monk Ajaan Geoff giving a Dhamma Talk By Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk.jpg: Sakula (Mary Reinard).The original uploader was Narcissus at English Wikipedia.derivative work: Sudozero (talk) – Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11290301

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/thought-and-meditation/ Instructions for dealing with thought and meditation can be confusing. Are we supposed to stop thinking? It's an important question. Thinking in a painful way, for some people, can lead to suicide. With misunderstandings and poor instruction, the practitioner of meditation has some hurdles to overcome. When the practitioner tries to stop thinking, they will find that the results are only temporary, and they've suffered a lot of strain in the attempt. At other times the practitioner gives up development and surfs on interesting thoughts and concepts. If thinking is allowed in meditation, what kind of thinking is good thinking? A lot of the following material comes from one of my favourite masters Rob Burbea, so I would like to let the audience know, if they don't know already, that he's fighting pancreatic cancer. Yet despite that he's still has the fortitude to teach, for example his new retreat teachings have been uploaded about Imaginal practice, and there are links below. Rob like the rest of us is impermanent and the gifts he provides and are not guaranteed. If you are in the position to do so you can donate via this link to help with his expenses: Intro - Harassed by thinking: 0:00 Rob Burbea 1:19 Working with thought and meditation 1:56 Experimentation 2:52 Ouroboros 4:33 Papañca 5:31 Complication 7:31 Cutting thought 8:32 Allowing 9:51 Rewards 11:44 Thinking with calm 12:08 Labeling 13:26 "I" as the source of papañca 14:25 Only impressions in awareness 16:48 Anger 19:07 Time and the emptiness of time 20:02 Deeper than thinking 22:12 Three characteristics 25:00 Rob Burbea Working with thought in meditation: http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/10835.html Thoughts and Images in Meditation: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17963/ Approaching the Dharma: Part One - Unbinding the World: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17960/ Approaching the Dharma: Part Two - Liberating ways of looking: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/17961/ Only impressions in awareness: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/9820/ Time and the emptiness of time: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11929/ Maya and Nirvana (Beyond the Measure of Mind): http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/10832/ Mindfulness: Nirvana https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Rob's recent retreat talks: The Mirrored Gates: http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/3918/ Tending the Holy Fire: http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/3920/ Andrea Fella Working with thoughts and thinking: https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/2407.html Thanissaro Bhikkhu You can't clone awakening: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2009/090904%20You%20Can't%20Clone%20Awakening.mp3 Your Landing Strip: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2015/150402(short)_Your_Landing_Strip.mp3 Going in light: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2016/160408(short)_Going_in_Light.mp3 Other resources: Compassionate Wrath - Robert Augustus Masters: https://www.atpweb.org/pdf/masters.pdf Dependent Co-arising - Various Authors: http://psychreviews.org/dependent-co-arising-various-authors/ Contemplative practice: http://psychreviews.org/category/contemplativepractice/

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-mind-illuminated-culadasa/ John Yates, also known as Culadasa, directs the Dharma Treasure Buddhist Sangha in Tuscon, Arizona. He has worked in a wide variety of traditions including, Theravada, Tibetan traditions, and he also taught physiology and neuroscience. He wrote the book The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Using Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science, which is refreshing in its use of Stages. Many practitioners want to skip to the end of the path and end up slowing their practice down unknowingly. By focusing on stages, the meditator can focus on what they need to master first before moving onto the next stage, and thereby they keep from getting lost. In this review I’ll focus on some of Culadasa’s insights into how mindfulness works, and the challenges of a wandering mind. For the latest on Culadasa, see Guru Viking's Interviews: The Mind Illuminated: https://youtu.be/roTWZ9GcBMY Pandemic: https://youtu.be/4T5juDagQ1w Denounced In The Dharma https://youtu.be/Yv3AX1IzeCY Intro: 0:00 Lost in thoughts 1:05 Insight 2:07 Intention 4:27 Targeted and wide 5:58 Forgetting 7:11 Following 7:55 Connecting 8:49 Labeling 12:00 Investigating the breath 13:07 Checking-in 13:26 Summary 14:44 Dullness 15:32 Eliminating thoughts causes dullness 18:09 Thoughts in meditation 18:40 The Mind Illuminated 20:23 Music, sound effects, photos and videos from Storyblocks. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Using Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science - Culadasa: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781501156984/ http://culadasa.com/ Dharma Treasure: https://dharmatreasure.org/ The Anapanasati Sutta: http://psychreviews.org/category-contemplativepractice-theanapanasatisutta/ Thanissaro Bhikkhu – Mental Stirrings: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2004/040227%20Mental%20Stirrings.mp3

Blog link for instructions: http://psychreviews.org/inner-bonding-guided-meditation/ Spiritual Bypassing and Inner Bonding http://psychreviews.org/spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding/ Stock footage and photos by Storyblocks

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding/ Spiritual bypassing is a term coined by John Welwood, which defines his experiences he had in meditation communities where practitioners used meditation to skip the work of resolving emotional wounds and unfinished childhood development. To nip this problem in the bud, I chose a modality to explore that has helped me in the past and still helps to this day. Inner Bonding is a process by Dr. Margaret Paul which is a modality of healing that creates a solid foundation for spiritual or philosophical practices. Before we see the impermanence of the self, we first need to get to know the self. Intro: 0:00 Healing your aloneness: 1:18 Intention: 6:16 Feel the feels!: 7:37 The Abandoned Child: 8:23 The Loved Child: 10:38 Inauthenticity: 11:43 Inner Bonding vs. Inner Slavery: 13:06 Choose to connect: 14:26 Self-intimacy and relationships: 15:13 Inner Bonding: 10:06 Outro: 29:13 Spiritual Bypassing interview with John Welwood: http://www.johnwelwood.com/articles/TRIC_interview_uncut.doc Books by Margaret Paul: Inner Bonding: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780062507105/ Healing Your Aloneness: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780062501493/ Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You? By Jordan Paul and Margaret Paul: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781568387963/ Stock music, footage and photos by Storyblocks

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman/ When a meditator has a number of years under their belt they find that there are particular insights that work together to bring the meditator to the equipoise they have now. These insights involve the proper use of the attention span. Looking at a Daniel Kahneman’s work and a few key guided meditations here is a compilation of what I found helpful. Intro: 0:00 "Is the part of the mind that wants peace, peaceful?" 0:48 Autonomy or fate?: 2:46 The Attention Span 4:50 Effort 7:14 Summary - Realistic happiness 8:43 Stock photos from Storyblocks Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: Hardcover: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780130505187/ The book is quite expensive but can be found on a Princeton website: https://www.princeton.edu/~kahneman/docs/attention_and_effort/Attention_hi_quality.pdf Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780374533557/ Freedom through higher awareness – Wayne Dyer: Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3oipyrV Mental Stirrings https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2004/040227%20Mental%20Stirrings.mp3 A Relaxed Focus https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2018/180228(short)_A_Relaxed_Focus.mp3 Dependent Co-arising https://rumble.com/v1goxkv-dependent-co-arising-various-authors.html Non-Duality and the Fading of Perception http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/9548.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/satipatthana-the-direct-path-to-realization-bhikkhu-analayo/ For those who have floundered in many different Buddhist traditions and want a solid foundation of Early Buddhist teachings, the following review highlights some of the works of Bhikkhu Analayo who is one of the best scholars of Early Buddhist texts. For this review I’ll focus on what good meditation practice is in this tradition. Intro: 0:00 Bhikkhu Analayo 0:46 Diligence 2:53 Clearly knowing 5:42 Mindfulness 7:25 Freedom from desires and discontent (equanimity) 9:55 Early Buddhist Meditation Studies: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780367111373/ Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781899579549/ Mindfulness: Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html Video links: The Anapanasati Sutta https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Credits: Bhikkhu Anālayo By Bhikkhu Analayo, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14907622 A lute being made in a workshop By © Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15104236

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/how-to-walk-thich-nhat-hanh/ Throughout the day it is hard to include mindfulness for meditation practitioners. The mind can swirl around goals and obstacles for most of the day. The trick for many meditators is to include as much mindfulness as possible in areas of the day that are taken for granted. One area for Thich Naht Hanh that is taken for granted is walking. Intro: 0:00 How to walk: 1:26 Gratitude on tap: 2:47 What is happiness? 3:24 How to Walk - Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781937006921/ Stock Footage from www.videoblocks.com

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/zen-haiku-various-authors/ Haiku is the shortest form of poetry. The goal of this poetry is to communicate the poet’s immediate experience. Of course the audience didn’t experience what the poet did, so the trick is how it makes the audience use their memories to fill in the gaps. Each individual reader will have a unique image in response to the same poem. To get the most out of this experience just absorb yourself in the images that your mind naturally creates from the words… Explanation of Haiku 0:00 Pointing instruction 0:30 Basho 1:44 Masaoka 2:07 Soseki 2:12 Soseki 2:24 Soseki 2:33 Joso 2:44 Basho 2:57 Chiyo-Ni 3:07 Hashin 3:14 Basho 3:26 Masaoka 3:38 Basho 3:50 Moritake 3:58 Issa 4:06 Basho 4:16 Basho 4:26 Soseki 4:38 Basho 4:50 Masaoka 5:02 Ryuin 5:13 Hara 5:24 Issa 5:33 Tama 5:39 Soseki 5:48 Issa 5:57 Basho 6:08 Basho 6:21 Outro Japan 6:28 Zen Haiku – Jonathan Clements: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780711236516/ Classic Haiku - by Tom Lowenstein: Hardcover: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781627950480/ Good English translations here http://www.thehypertexts.com/Haiku%20Best%20Masters%20Translation%20.htm Sound effects and Zen Garden music: https://mynoise.net/ Video of Japan from my 2015 trip.

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/dependent-co-arising-various-authors/ Welcome to Psych Reviews. In this video I am tackling one of the most difficult subjects to understand in Buddhism and that is the study of how suffering is caused. It is called Dependent Co-arising. Intro: 0:00 Dependent Co-arising 0:38 Disclaimer 2:18 Alternate sequence 4:05 Ignorance 6:17 Four Noble Truths 6:28 The Eightfold Path 6:58 Aging and death 7:36 Birth 8:44 Becoming 9:16 Clinging 9:56 Craving 11:44 Feeling 12:50 Name and Form 13:32 Consciousness 14:54 Fabrication 16:00 Eightfold path 17:16 What is the deathless like? 22:42 Outro 24:14 The Shape of Suffering – Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/shapeofsuffering.pdf The Great Discourse on Causation: The Mahanidana Sutta and its Commentaries – Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781681724478/ Buddhessence – Darryl Bailey: http://www.darrylbailey.net/books/ Under the Bodhi Tree: Buddha's Original Vision of Dependent Co-arising - Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781614292197/ The Noble Eightfold Path – Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/eightfoldPath_150211.pdf Lusting While Loathing: Parallel Counterdriving of Wanting and Liking Ab Litt, Uzma Khan, and Baba Shiv Stanford University Identity and authentic change https://rumble.com/v1gvjcr-identity-and-5-ways-to-make-authentic-change.html Credits: Photos, music and sound effects from: www.storyblocks.com https://mynoise.net/ Austro-Hungarian troops executing captured Serbians, 1917. By UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD - http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DefenseLINK_Search/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=HDSN9902350&JPGPath=/Assets/1999/DoD/HD-SN-99-02350.JPGhttps://research.archives.gov/description/533647, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1550332 Andromeda and Milky Way Colliding By NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19730667 Four classical elements By en:User:Heron - Transwikied from en:. Originally uploaded by en:User:Heron. Recompressed with OptiPNG by Michael. Converted to SVG by tiZom, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2262444 The Victory of Buddha By Abanindranath Tagore - Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20165972 Reeds growing in saltmarsh in the estuary of the River Tay By Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12580279 Map of territorial changes in Europe after World War I (as of 1923) By derivative work: Fluteflute (talk)Map_Europe_1923-fr.svg: Historicair - Map_Europe_1923-fr.svg, CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5707302

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/meditation-chronic-pain/ I have another digital web review on Meditation but exclusively on dealing with Chronic Pain. As turbulent as it is to meditate with a stressful mind, it is much more difficult when there is physical pain. Both the mental and physical pain play off of each other and build. There is agreement with this in the book “The Mindfulness Solution to pain.” It states that “emotional stability contributes to a more manageable pain perception.” We cannot eliminate physical chronic pain but our emotional state can make it worse. Meditation can work to reduce the overall experience of pain, because “we function so much better when the body-mind dynamic feels better, and we are able to do more things.” As always don’t use these meditation instructions in place of professional medical care. Meditation is best when it is not the sole method used for your pain management. Intro 0:00 Disclaimer 0:58 Thanissaro Bhikkhu & Rob Burbea 1:08 Guided meditation 2:09 The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Jackie Gardner-Nix, Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781572245815/ The Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing) Step-by-step https://rumble.com/v1gon6r-the-anapanasati-sutta-4-stages-of-meditation.html Fabricating around pain - Thanissaro Bhikkhu https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2017/170825_Fabricating_Around_Pain.mp3 Rob Burbea's Energy Body talks Energy Body: Instructions (1) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31525.html Energy Body: Instructions (2) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31526.html Energy, Image, Emotion (Part 1) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31527.html Energy, Image, Emotion (Part 2) Gaia House: Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course) http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/210/31528.html

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/saints-and-psychopaths/ This is a review of the Mahasi master William L. Hamilton's book, Saints and Psychopaths. Bring a notepad and take down some tips on how to improve your meditation practice. Intro 0:00 Greed, hatred and delusion 0:33 Saints and Psychopaths - Mukti 1:28 Cycle of Abuse 2:02 Psychopath development 2:15 Saint vs. Psychopath 3:03 Enlightenment maps 3:38 Snowmass Contemplative Group 3:56 The value of teachers 5:20 Embarrassment of Enlightenment - False Gold 6:12 Summary 6:41 Outro 7:23 Saints and Psychopaths by William L. Hamilton: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780964490406/ Credits: Reward of Saint Sebastian By Eliseu Visconti - Eliseu Visconti Website: page; file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37938802 Depiction of the Devil By Herman the Recluse of the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice - http://www.kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/Browse-the-Manuscript/Djavulen/?=&mode=1&page=577#, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=181848 The Retreat House at St. Benedict's Monastery http://www.stbenedictsretreat.com/ Jekyll and Hyde (Richard Mansfield) By Photo by Henry Van der Weyde (1838-1924; London, England) - http://www.photography-museum.com/jekyll.html / Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia; description page was here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1819530 Miroirs - V. La vallee des cloches – Maurice Ravel – Performed by Luis Sarro Intro music: Violin Sonata no. 9 'Kreutzer', Op. 47 performed by Edward Auer

Blog: https://www.tumblr.com/psychreviews2/719123605096660992 The Anapanasati Sutta: This is a mini review of Gil Fronsdal's and Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translations of the sutta into English. It shows you how to meditate with the Anapanasati Sutta, and how to develop insight towards enlightenment. You can find much more below: 1st Tetrad: 0:26 2nd Tetrad 4:15 3rd Tetrad 5:50 4th Tetrad 8:45 Gil Fronsdal's translation and audio files http://media.audiodharma.org/documents/16_steps_of_Anapanasati.pdf http://audiodharma.org/series/1/talk/5979/ Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html Thanissaro's index of talks. You can search under "Tetrad" for the specific talks on the discourse on breath meditation. https://www.dhammatalks.org/mp3_index.html Thanissaro's description of stream entry via the concentration path at 1:19:00 http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/3022.html Gil's description of stream entry http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/975.html