Stages of Meditation

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana

Vipassana

Meditation

Seeing that liberates-Vipassana

A beautiful snippet from our music meditation held in a Yurt in Ibiza. Here we enter the water world and float upon waves of sound featuring self recorded Mexican coast waves, Potsdam singing birds and a one-of-a-kind steel drum. Relax and enjoy this peaceful meditation soundscape.

Produced and Recorded live by Soneiro Collective

Water Meditation (Live Recording x Music Meditation in Ibiza)

Stage One involves the simple practice of keeping your attention on the breath. This is easier said than done. You will discover that attention is easily captured by a distraction, making you forget that you’re supposed to be paying attention to the breath. Forgetting quickly leads to mind-wandering, which can last a few seconds, several minutes, or the entire meditation session.

Stages of Meditation - Part 1a

The biggest challenge during this Stage is forgetting, but sleepiness often becomes a problem as well.

Stages of Meditation Part 2a

You have overcome gross distractions and strong dullness, but there is a tendency to slip into stable subtle dullness. This makes the breath sensations less vivid and causes peripheral awareness to fade.

Stages of Meditation - Part 4a

Serious Meditation is destabilizing and should lead to an identity crisis. This is not mentioned in the marketing of Well-being Mindfulness courses. It is helpful to have a map of the territory and guidance on how to move through the challenges.

Stages of Meditation 6b - Dark Night of the Soul

Introduction to a series of 8 evenings on Vipassana practice.

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 1a

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 1b

Theravada Vipassana is the insight into the three characteristics, anicca dukkha, and anatta. Whatever the meditation object, it is changing, it is not satisfying you, and it is not you. Stephan Pende gives an explanation of how to see dukkha and anatta.

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 2a

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 2b

Identifying the mistaken sense of self is an important step to free you from self-limiting projections and habits.

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 3a

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 3b

Stephan Wormland, MA in clinical psychology and trained in Gestalt therapy. He has studied and practiced meditation in multiple Buddhist traditions for over 30 years and spent altogether 5 years in meditation retreats. Stephan was a monk in the Tibetan tradition for 11 years and teaches meditation in Buddhist centers in Europe.

Seeing that liberates - Vipassana - Part 3b

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