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.
