Passage meditation
by Eknath Easwaran · first published 2008
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Pursuing Meditation as a way to make more money or increase business productivity/bottomline, is too narrow and simplistic. Daily meditation (specifically Passage Meditation http://www.easwaran.org/) practice has changed my life's priorities dramatically. At the risk of sounding a little too touchy-feely, Meditation helps you: a) Be more compassionate and choose what is…
on “Meditation and Performance” ↗I highly recommend the book Passage Meditation by Eknath Easwaran.
on “If You're Too Busy to Meditate, Read This” ↗…(http://www.easwaran.org/saint-teresa-of-avila-let-nothing-up...) to come out of them. In my experience these techniques work very well in overcoming negative habits like anger, fear and greed. I practice Passage Meditation (easwaran.org) and its main punch line is, you become what you meditate on. I see resistance to follow these techniques from many people, yet many willingly fall prey to negative media. In essence you…
on “How to hack the beliefs that are holding you back” ↗…pointed attention they can complete tasks that matter and by putting others first, deliver right value at the right price. I am an entrepreneur too and the way I keep my balance is follow the eight point passage meditation program (http://www.easwaran.org/the-eight-point-program.html).
on “My TEDx Talk about Entrepreneurial Depression / Happiness” ↗…emotions come from (primary affect). Read "Mindsight" by Daniel Siegel for a view on higher level emotional processing. You can "sample" his ideas by watching some of his interviews on Mindsight. Read "Passage Meditation" by Eknath Easwaran for a simple and accessible program of meditation. Meditation, in its various forms, improves emotional control.
on “A psychologist rethinking human emotion” ↗Try "Meditation" by Eknath Easwaran. I read it some years ago, so don't remember for sure about the dogma bit, but it likely does not have much of that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_Meditation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eknath_Easwaran
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you've read so far in 2024?” ↗…are different forms of meditation, each with different emphasis. The one mentioned here is a Buddhist (Insight/Vipassana) meditation where one experiences sensations on the body without judgment. The Passage Meditation (http://www.easwaran.org/) for example emphasizes systematic training of attention to turn inward and dwell continuously on a single focus within consciousness, in this case memorized inspirational passages…
on “Why Meditation Doesn't Directly Increase Happiness” ↗