MIDL Talk 6: The Noble Eightfold Path In MIDL

A series of talks given by Stephen Procter explaining how to gain the most benefit from MIDL Mindfulness meditation training.

Mindfulness Meditation in Daily Life (MIDL) practice is designed to be brought into your everyday life. When practicing this style of Mindfulness Meditation there is no difference between sitting in formal seated meditation and your everyday activities. Systematic training during seated meditation is used to develop Investigation, Mindfulness and Concentration to a refined level so that the Mindfulness meditation practice transfers into everyday activites. This is a Soft path, it is the path of Softening Into, accepting whatever your are experiencing. It is a practice that leads to deep, unconditional peace that is not dependant on life situation or circumstances.

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Very good explanation and reminder to maintain my practice daily and grow
Thank you 🙏

I had a hard time getting past the part about taking full responsibility for what your life is now because your choices led you here. I am stuck in an abusive situation of many years that is completely impossible for me to escape. My choices brought me into the situation many years ago but they cannot bring me out. I wish that abuse and oppression as current facts were more recognized in the world of spirituality.

A clear and elegant explanation of the step by step development of awakening factors in both meditation and our daily life. Thank you.

Very clarifying and helpful. Excellent voice and cadence so easy listening indeed! Thorough and thought provoking. www.gratefulness.org, ahimsa

Enjoyable brought a lot of concepts together in my mind and understanding

Beautiful talk on the Noble Eightfold Path. Thanks Stephen.

Excellent. Clearly presented. Thank you 🙏

Thank you Stephen I’ve never heard the eightfold path so connected and interwoven with the practice of seated meditation. How one is training for the other and how they create a virtuous cycle of mindfulness and behavior and being. Thank you as always for your prajna.

Thank you for the very clear and concise interpretation of the noble 8-fold path.
It is something I have been trying to commit to memory for a long time .

Explaining the hinderances and explaining the virtues then the concentration and mindfulness which then relates it all back to the cycle, which is the noble 8 fold path which will strengthen the practice. A very useful talk . Probably one of the buddha’s most important talks.

Instead of using divisive speech, thought and actions simply changing that to united and combining thoughts, speech and actions , changed my whole outlook. Thank you

I truly appreciate this insight

When practicing on the meditation cushion where we can control the hinderances to the outside world where we have little control.

This is truly mindfulness training in daily life

May you be happy, may you be content and free from suffering 🙏

Thankyou ,Excellent talk well thoughtout and delivered. Need to go back to the start of series.

This is an amazing plan to change your life. I love it.

Very good talk. Clear and succinct, gives an overview and inspires to learn more

Very thought provoking. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this talk about MIDL. I am interested in learning more about this practice so I can incorporate it into my daily life and will search for your other talks and meditations and will be listening to this one again.

Very good! Thank you!

Very clear informative and helpful

Thank you., very insightful. Namaste.

Thank you for the talk.

Informative analysis and very well presented