Vipassana Practice To Gain Clarity

Vipassana meditation gives us insight into the true nature of things, and the true nature of ourselves. This is one of India's most ancient meditation techniques, offered by the buddha as a universal remedy to eradicate human suffering and bring the highest happiness of full liberation. Enjoy this meditation to relax your mind, relieve stress, and gain clarity.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to your meditation today.

My name is Gil Elhart.

Thank you for joining me.

Today we explore the ancient practice of Vipassana meditation,

Or insight meditation,

Which gives us insight into the true nature of things and the true nature of ourselves.

This is one of India's most ancient meditation techniques offered to us by the Buddha himself as a universal remedy to eradicate human suffering and bring the highest happiness of full liberation.

That's pretty powerful stuff.

Let's get to it.

Please come into a comfortable seated position.

Take a few moments to adjust your posture,

Set up any props that you're using,

And get comfortable.

Thus,

Eliminating distractions from any physical discomfort.

Once you're settled,

Start to tune into your breath.

For Vipassana meditation,

The aim here is not to try and eliminate thoughts,

But to accept them,

To label them simply as a thought or thinking whenever they appear.

This is the nature of the mind to think.

However,

With meditation,

We shift from the mind controlling us to us starting to take control of the mind.

It's a gradual training process.

The technique here is when you notice yourself thinking,

Say to yourself gently,

Compassionately thinking or thought,

And then come back to your breath.

You'll do this throughout the experience.

Over time,

You may notice that there's more time between your thoughts,

There's a little bit more space,

That you're starting to accustom the mind to be less turbulent and more tranquil.

Begin this technique now.

Begin to deepen your breath as you close your meditation for today.

Over time,

You may gain the physical strength to maintain your posture for longer periods and also the mental stamina to endure a longer meditation.

But it's important to stay encouraging with yourself to start slow and gradually build.

I don't believe that there's necessarily a deeper meditation experience per se if you meditate for a longer period of time.

You can easily reach a deep meditative state in a short period of time.

So it's more important to stay consistent with your meditation practice.

Feel free to use this brief Vipassana meditation again and again.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Namaste.

Reviews

The occasional low rumble of cars shifting into gear during the silent part of the guided meditation was interesting, then I realized it was background noise where the instructor is. I labeled them “Car” and moved on. :-) Namaste.

I love that the intro was followed by silence for the duration of the meditation. Thank you, it allows for facing what's happening in one's mind instead of being constantly prompted.

Very nice and minimal guidance. Love the clear and compassionate instructions. Thank you!

Loved the silences provided. Without the distraction of the facilitator talking all the way through it allowed me to really dive into my own experience. Thank you. Namaste 🙏🏻

I especially liked the long segment of silence for meditation. Thank you

Great!!! Simple

Perfect! Thank you 🙏🏼

I love this meditation! Thank you so much for sharing Gil!

This is one my favourite meditation to practice when I don't feel like meditating but I know I would benefit from it.

Thank you for being generous with the silence during the practice.

Thank you. Nice concise intro, voice and quiet space. Enjoyed it. Gil you mentioned in closing that you can get into a deep meditation in a brief time and a longer meditation isn’t necessarily deeper. In my experience, a longer meditation is almost always deeper. Longer sitting for many people can create a profound connection to Self, Source, God, Bliss, All beings, however you may want to name it. Transformation takes time and is not usually instant like quick cooking oats. Your comment did not detract in any way from the meditation, however. Short meditations are fully useful and any level of meditator can truly benefit from this.

Very peaceful and very effective. I will practice it often, and I will share it too. Thank you so much

Simple yet beautiful practice!

Nice meditation with a long stretch of silence. Thank you!

I have used this multiple times now. I really like it. Very simple. I like Gil’s voice too.

Back to basics. Thank you.

Lovely and perfect amount of time as a break from a hectic day. His voice is so soothing when he brings you out of meditation back to opening your eyes

Thanks Gil, nice and simple.

This is a really good, straightforward introduction to this style of meditation. Great for getting back to basics. Thank you.

So simple, enough instruction to guide but not overwhelm. Really appreciated 🙏🏼