What Meditation Isn’t
By Ven. Henepola Gunaratana, from “Mindfulness In Plain English” Meditation is a word. You have heard this word before, or you would never have picked up this book. The thinking process operates by association, and all sorts of ideas are associated with the word ‘meditation’. Some of them are probably accurate and others are hogwash. Some of them pertain more properly to other systems of meditation and have nothing to do with Vipassana practice. Before we proceed, it behooves us to blast some of the residue out of our own neuronal circuits so that new information can...
read moreMeditation – Pitfalls On The Path
By Prabhath P. The path to self-realization has many traps and pitfalls, often paved with exotic paranormal experiences. And only those who can keep their focus reach beyond Meditation is an adventure of the consciousness. And, like any other adventure, it can be a tricky journey. Countless spiritual aspirants have fallen into traps on the way. Some of them manage to come out while others fail. The Paranormal Trap The strange but fascinating emergence of Paranormal perceptions during the meditative process has proved to be one of the most seductive of all the traps. Hordes of New Agers...
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