In several of my videos I’ve mentioned the concept of “letting go” or surrender, but I also recognize that it is challenging to describe what that means. Letting go is not a “doing”, as in it’s not something you can ‘do’… rather it’s something that you experience or allow. I’ve done my best to describe how I personally experience Letting Go in this video:
Category: mental conditioning
Vipassana – 10 Days of Silent Meditation
I have had several profound, transformational experiences in my life that have been catalysts for significant shifts in my consciousness, including (but not limited to):
- A rollover car accident in my teens, where I fractured several vertebrae
- My father’s death due to cancer at a relatively young age
- The birth of our daughter
- My first breakthrough DMT experience
- My first (and only) full release 5MEO experience
- Vipassana 10 day silent meditation retreat
Of these life events, Vipassana is the most recent. As with almost all of my life-changing experiences, Vipassana was both challenging and liberating. Although it is something one must experience to understand, I’d like to briefly share some of my own observations from this course to potentially provide some insight to others who may be interested in trying it for themselves.
How to Meditate – The Benefits of Mindfulness
In a world where we tend to focus so much more on “doing” vs “being”, where our To-Do list keeps growing, and where we often focus more on the future (ie: goals, better days, finishing projects, etc) rather than being present right here and now, meditation offers us stillness and peace of mind.
I now consider meditation to be the foundation of healthy, balanced living. The primary form of meditation I use is Mindfulness Meditation and it has lead to a significant improvement in my quality of life as well as my spiritual awareness. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it as it is without judgment.
This video will briefly explain the benefits of mindfulness meditation and will demonstrate how to meditate as well as how you might incorporate meditation and mindfulness into your daily routine, including formal, informal, and intensive meditation practices:
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