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Shinzen Young
Session One
Session Five
Introduction
Extraordinary states of focus and presence
Cultivating concentration power
Expanding the scale of your life
Meditation as part of all activities
What is a meditative state?
The physiological effects of meditation
Introduction
The six senses
Modes of thinking
Dimensions of emotion
Being mindful of body sensations
Noting the quality of your feelings
Insight and purification
Acquiring skill at feeling
Session Two
Introduction
The meditative core of world religions
Three aspects of religious experience
What is enlightenment?
A link among the mystics
Hinduism and the technology of concentration
The perennial philosophy
Session Four
Session Six
Global Relaxation
Introduction
Global Relaxation Meditation
Session Eight
Introduction
Focusing the mind with relaxation
The lessons of effort and equanimity
Your wave-like nature
The unified vibration of all life
Changing your understanding of self
Happiness in the midst of suffering
Sounds True
awakening wisdom
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Session Nine
Session Fourteen
Introduction
Meditation as inner catalyst
Paradigms of purification
Relieving friction among the senses
The paradox of complete experience
The technique of no technique
Strategies for increasing awareness
Classic objects of meditation
Focusing on feelings and thoughts
Introduction
The oblique path of shamanism
The body of the absolute
Fundamentals for your practice
Impetus to follow the path
Momentum and maintenance
Liberation vs. entertainment meditation
Session Ten
Session Fifteen
Introduction
Clarifying Meditation
Introduction
The taste of purification
The marathon monks of Mt. Hiye
Digesting karma
Merging spirit and matter
Impermanence as unifier
The activity called you
Session Thirteen
Session Seventeen
Introduction
The pathless path
Three layers of consciousness
The creative nature of impermanence
Relating to your intermediate realms
Problems with the realms of power
The ascent of St. John of the Cross
Introduction
The formless womb
Pondering the obvious
The pairs of fundamental forces
Diadic models in Western philosophy
Mystical Judaism
Rising and passing in Buddhism
Session Twelve
Sounds True
awakening wisdom
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Session Eighteen
Session Twenty-Two
Introduction
Participating in the activity of the source
The polarization of the whole universe
The zero that is everything
Cessation of thought and feeling
What will you do when the earthquake comes?
Being the master of every situation
Introduction
The complexities of Zen
Soto Zen and the relevence of sitting practice
The practices of Rinzai Zen
Vajrayana Buddhism
Sexuality and spiritual growth
The relevence of ritual
Three styles of Buddhism
Session Nineteen
Session Twenty
Session Twenty-Three
Sounds True
awakening wisdom
For a free catalog of wisdom teachings for the inner life, visit www.soundstrue.com or call 800.333.9185.
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