Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

Visualization of a deity is an age-old practice among all the major spiritual traditions for generating and sustaining a calming, healing energy within ourselves. In this guided meditation we use the baby Jesus and Mother Mary, the Madonna, as the focus for the visualization. You can still use this guided meditation recording and replace Jesus and Mary with another deity or Saint or spiritual guru...

Whether you are religious or not there is an extraordinary power in learning to let go. A core teaching from the great masters of old is, to use the old phraseology, "to submit to the will of god". In contemporary, non-sectarian language we might say "letting go" or "allowing the universe to unfold" or "practicing non-resistance". Whatever you'd like to call it, it is like a superpower of healing....

Whether you are religious or not there is an extraordinary power in learning to let go. A core teaching from the great masters of old is, to use the old phraseology, "to submit to the will of god". In contemporary, non-sectarian language we might say "letting go" or "allowing the universe to unfold" or "practicing non-resistance". Whatever you'd like to call it, it is like a superpower of healing....

This guided meditation walks you through the ancient Buddhist practice of Loving Kindness or Metta Bhavana. But it is directed at your body instead of a being or beings. In this case the words guide you to the feet and ankles but you can use this to direct loving, healing energy to any part of your body that is injured or sick. Just replace the words "feet and ankles" with whatever muscle is sore...

Tantra is a method for realizing the true nature of reality. If we can master these practices in our human lifetime then, when we die, the we will be able to stabilize the nature of mind and achieve liberation. This ancient Tibetan tantric meditation will open you to the core energy channel that supports your life energy and open you to the radiant, non-dual, emptiness that is true reality. It als...

Tantra is a method for realizing the true nature of reality. If we can master these practices in our human lifetime then, when we die, the we will be able to stabilize the nature of mind and achieve liberation. This ancient Tibetan tantric meditation will open you to the core energy channel that supports your life energy and open you to the radiant, non-dual, emptiness that is true reality. It als...

Tantra is a method for realizing the true nature of reality. If we can master these practices in our human lifetime then, when we die, the we will be able to stabilize the nature of mind and achieve liberation. This ancient Tibetan tantric meditation will open you to the core energy channel that supports your life energy and open you to the radiant, non-dual, emptiness that is true reality. It als...

Tantra is a method for realizing the true nature of reality. If we can master these practices in our human lifetime then, when we die, the we will be able to stabilize the nature of mind and achieve liberation. This ancient Tibetan tantric meditation will open you to the core energy channel that supports your life energy and open you to the radiant, non-dual, emptiness that is true reality. It als...

Tantra is a method for realizing the true nature of reality. If we can master these practices in our human lifetime then, when we die, the we will be able to stabilize the nature of mind and achieve liberation. This ancient Tibetan tantric meditation will open you to the core energy channel that supports your life energy and open you to the radiant, non-dual, emptiness that is true reality. It als...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

The nature of the human "self" is truly subtle. The physical self in this world of form is clear to see and feel. And even the airiness of thoughts and the ephemerality of emotions still have a substance that everyone can clearly recognize. But behind all of that is the everlasting you; the infinite self. In this meditation, to awaken the recollection of your true self, we use the ancient system o...

It’s 3AM and you feel like crap. Time to bring out your superpowers. You actually have three superpowers. Yet you’re probably not using them or even conscious that you have these superpowers. But you have them all the same. The first power is the ability to move your attention. The second is the power to grant significance. The third is the power to assign causation. Most people project their atte...

It’s 3AM and you feel like crap. Time to bring out your superpowers. You actually have three superpowers. Yet you’re probably not using them or even conscious that you have these superpowers. But you have them all the same. The first power is the ability to move your attention. The second is the power to grant significance. The third is the power to assign causation. Most people project their atte...

It’s 3AM and you feel like crap. Time to bring out your superpowers. You actually have three superpowers. Yet you’re probably not using them or even conscious that you have these superpowers. But you have them all the same. The first power is the ability to move your attention. The second is the power to grant significance. The third is the power to assign causation. Most people project their atte...

It’s 3AM and you feel like crap. Time to bring out your superpowers. You actually have three superpowers. Yet you’re probably not using them or even conscious that you have these superpowers. But you have them all the same. The first power is the ability to move your attention. The second is the power to grant significance. The third is the power to assign causation. Most people project their atte...

It’s 3AM and you feel like crap. Time to bring out your superpowers. You actually have three superpowers. Yet you’re probably not using them or even conscious that you have these superpowers. But you have them all the same. The first power is the ability to move your attention. The second is the power to grant significance. The third is the power to assign causation. Most people project their atte...

The Pythagoreans believed that the number 10 was sacred and perfect; that it symbolized God or Unity or Completeness. It turns out that the number ten, also roughly corresponds to the number of seconds it takes to breathe the "perfect" breath. What is the perfect breath? It is the breath that is universally arrived at by any careful student of spiritual or physical health. For example, people...

The Pythagoreans believed that the number 10 was sacred and perfect; that it symbolized God or Unity or Completeness. It turns out that the number ten, also roughly corresponds to the number of seconds it takes to breathe the "perfect" breath. What is the perfect breath? It is the breath that is universally arrived at by any careful student of spiritual or physical health. For example, people...

The Pythagoreans believed that the number 10 was sacred and perfect; that it symbolized God or Unity or Completeness. It turns out that the number ten, also roughly corresponds to the number of seconds it takes to breathe the "perfect" breath. What is the perfect breath? It is the breath that is universally arrived at by any careful student of spiritual or physical health. For example, people...

The Pythagoreans believed that the number 10 was sacred and perfect; that it symbolized God or Unity or Completeness. It turns out that the number ten, also roughly corresponds to the number of seconds it takes to breathe the "perfect" breath. What is the perfect breath? It is the breath that is universally arrived at by any careful student of spiritual or physical health. For example, people...

The Pythagoreans believed that the number 10 was sacred and perfect; that it symbolized God or Unity or Completeness. It turns out that the number ten, also roughly corresponds to the number of seconds it takes to breathe the "perfect" breath. What is the perfect breath? It is the breath that is universally arrived at by any careful student of spiritual or physical health. For example, people...