Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) was an American author and professor. Pirsig was best known for his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a contemporary philosophical meditation on how to live.
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“What is meditation? Pure fascination with this moment, exactly as it is”. Jeff Foster, a survivor of suicidal depression and now a popular spiritual teacher, invites us to discover the “life-saving” inner sanctuary of true meditation.
This is the ultimate go-to guide for learning how to meditate.
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Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind? The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to.
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In our complex world, facilitation and mediation skills are as important for individuals as they are for organizations.
Ishwar Puri Ji explains that withdrawal of attention to the third eye center requires a lot of practice.
If you are beginning your meditative journey, Buddhist teacher and meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche provides simple guidance on how to connect with and develop awareness to get you started.
Jonni Pollard is a meditation teacher. Here he talks about 'eyes closed silence' and how it can help you manage stress.
Over the coming weeks on A Lust for Life our intention is to get as many of you as possible meditating every day, helping you to establish a daily practice. We are hugely passionate about helping you to learn to meditate because we know from personal experience that the benefits are life changing.
One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.
Shinzen talks about the technique he calls "do nothing", which is associated with what other traditions call choiceless awareness, just sitting, the great perfection (dzogchen), and mahamudra. Shinzen's instructions for how to do this is: "Let whatever happens happen.