Today, the accelerating pace of life poses real challenges to our wellbeing. At the same time, new understandings about meditation are shedding light on how its transformative powers can improve our daily lives. A Joyful Mind pulls back the curtain on what it means to meditate, on what modern science reveals about its benefits, and on how meditation and mindfulness can be used in workplaces and schools. This groundbreaking film serves to clear up the confusion around meditation perpetuated by the media. It features the experiences of both novice and master meditators, highlighting Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, whose teachings have touched people around the world with their clarity, wit and personal insight into how meditation can have a positive impact on our daily lives.
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Self Knowledge Resources
The Art and Science of Meditation
What is Meditation? How do I Meditate? What are the different types and schools of Meditation? I have difficulty sitting still for even 5 minutes – how can I Meditate? What does it do for me and how can it help in my life? What happens to my brain in Meditation? Will my mind transform through Meditation? How far can I go with Meditation? Is Meditation only for mystical or religious people or can anyone do it? Universal Quest founder, teacher and filmmaker Raja Choudhury, Dr. Karan Singh, Brahmachari Prasanna Swaroopa, Monish Verma and other Guests explore this complex subject at the india International Centre on 1st November 2015
Healed by Love | Official Trailer | Matt Kahn
WATCH THE FULL feature-length documentary film here for FREE: http://mattkahn.org/love/ The film follows the lives of 5 participants as they apply Matt Kahn’s wisdom in their lives and demonstrate the power of transformation that occurs when we are “Healed by Love.” This isn’t a film ABOUT healing, it IS healing.
When the world get crazy, help is here. “All for Love” is Matt Kahn’s brand new book, and now a #1 Bestseller. You can order it here: https://mattkahn.org/all-for-love-book/ • Learn to keep your heart open when someone triggers you. • Deepen your ability to live in a natural state of loving-kindness. • Expand your capacity to create a space of healing for yourself and others. • Alchemize your pain into compassion.
PGS: PERSONAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM | Official Trailer HD
Shot all around the world over a three year period, the film documents Bill Bennett’s journey to find the source of a voice which saved his life while he was driving many years earlier. The film features some of the world’s leading experts on intuition, spanning the fields of science, religion, and spirituality. Bill’s search for the source of that voice would not only take him to the furthermost corners of the planet, but also to the innermost depths of his soul.
Bob Roth and David Lynch ‘Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation’
Every day we face a growing epidemic of stress that is damaging to our physical and emotional health. While there is no one single cure, a simple practice dramatically changes how we respond to stress and life’s challenges: the Transcendental Meditation technique. Bob Roth, a world authority on Transcendental Meditation for forty-five years, joins us to present wisdom from his book Strength In Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation. He is joined onstage by Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Lynch, founder of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Together they outline meditation’s scientifically proven benefits—improved focus, sleep, resilience, creativity, and memory to name a few—and demonstrate how this five-thousand-year-old technique can have a clear and direct impact on our very modern problems. They highlight the three distinct types of meditation—focused attention, open monitoring, and self-transcending—and showcase the evidence that the third, Transcendental Meditation, is the most effective and efficient way to reduce stress, access inner power, and build resilience. Join Roth and Lynch for a simple, practical, and straightforward guide to the healing and stress-reducing potential of Transcendental Meditation.
Bob Roth is one of the most experienced and sought-after meditation teachers in the world, with 45 years experience teaching Transcendental Meditation to billionaire CEOs, Hollywood celebrities, combat-scarred veterans, and inner-city youth. He currently serves as the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and also directs the Center for Leadership Performance. Bob is the host of the SiriusXM radio show, Success Without Stress, and speaks frequently about the science of meditation to industry leaders at such gatherings as Google Zeitgeist, Aspen Ideas Festival, Wisdom2.0, and Summit.
Three-time Oscar-nominated director David Lynch is among the leading filmmakers of our era. From the early seventies to the present day, Lynch’s popular and critically acclaimed film projects, which include Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, INLAND EMPIRE, and Twin Peaks are internationally considered to have broken down the wall between art-house cinema and Hollywood moviemaking. He is founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace.
The Nisargadatta Ultimatum Pointers (audiobook)
Delivered to humanity by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, compiled by Pradeep Apte, read aloud by Philip Evan Cowlishaw.
Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas (audiobook)
How to Practice Dharma by Lama Zopa Rinpoche (audiobook)
How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings (audiobook)
Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche edited by Gordon McDougall
This CIA Document Literally Explains Time Travel (practical steps included)
This is one of the most interesting reads I’ve come across. It’s rather complex and takes a while to digest but it’s 100% worth it. It’s an official declassified CIA document and a terrific analysis of consciousness and beyond – known as the Gateway Process. While it’s an older document and declassified for a while now, the fact that modern developments in science, quantum physics, psychedelics, and neurobiology confirm what’s written within those pages is nothing short of outstanding. It explains consciousness in a profound and analytical way and merges knowledge from mystics from Hindu, Buddhist, and Tibetan cultures to contemporary scientific knowledge of Planck distance, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and the works of Nils Bohr. The cosmic spiral & torus is everything, and everything is one. It seems as though individual consciousness is pulled from the collective consciousness using the frequency/vibrations of the being. This applies to humans, whales, fungus, and amoeba. Mystics of past and present including all ancient religions understood these concepts thousands of years ago. Still, it takes much to open the minds of the most pragmatic, self-conscious, and uptight people.