Six Ways to Steady the Mind
Learn six way for cultivating the mind and our attention to being malleable and wielding, so we can use it well....
13
Feb
Meditations
06
Feb
The Top-Down, Executive Control of Attention
Explore how to cultivate steadiness of mind from the top-down deliberate regulation of attention....
31
Jan
Grounding the Mind in Living Body
Explore why it is useful to consider the undying physical, living basis of states of conscience that have been exhalted by the traditions of the world....
23
Jan
Why and How to Cultivate Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. It is titled, “The Why - and the How - of Cultivating Happiness, Love, and Wisdom” and it focuses on cultivating personal strengths into happiness by training yourself to do good that lasts,...
09
Jan
Intro to the Neurodharma Exploration in 2019 – Framework
This meditation and talk focuses on the framework of this year's exploration as it relates to Neurodharma: the Deepest Roots to the Highest Happiness - through seven fundamental qualities of awakening....
04
Aug
Metta for the Whole World: A Meditative Reflection
“Metta” means lovingkindness. A beautiful way to compensate for the hard-wired tendency to fix our attention and affections on mainly one person, or small group of people, is to deliberately cultivate and practice an attitude of compassion and kindness toward people in general....
04
Apr
Helplessness and Agency
This talk from the San Rafael Meditation and focuses on sources of well-being and grit, and specifically on the quality of agency - which is feeling more like a "hammer" and less like a "nail."...
28
Mar
From Craving to Contentment
This talk from the San Rafael Meditation is titled, “From Craving to Contentment” and focuses on where our mind dwells and what is in our heart, and the relationship between the two....
