MIDL 08/36: Insight Meditation: Past, Present & Future

In this meditation, Stephen Procter will guide you in the insight meditation skill of observing the autonomous (anatta) relationship between the experience of your body and focus on the past, present or future. As insight develops the effort and disturbance that is experienced within your mind and body when your attention dwells in the past or future will become clear, and your mind will incline towards the experience of calm found in letting go of present experience. Support articles and instructions for this guided meditation can be found in the Free Online MIDL Insight Meditation Course by checking Stephens Procter's teacher profile.

Reviews

I love all of these MIDL meditations. Thank you so much for uploading them.

Very profound. Thank you for letting me appreciate and experience the beauty of present so deeply

Wonderful. I’ve never noticed the different feelings within my body while thinking about past and future before.

That was an interesting meditation. I found sitting with the unpleasant memory difficult to tolerate. My body got increasingly more tense as I pulled inwards. It was a relief to let it go. It was interesting to feel the contrast between being in the past or future compared to the present. A sense of my body faded as I was in the past or future. It was quite instructive. I was also aware of how difficult it was to return to a clear sense of the present. It was as though it was contaminated by the past or future. Thank you Steven.

Wow, what a great experience! My mind definitely needs the focus of my hands touching to stay present. It's like trying to herd cats... Thank you for this course!