Vipassana meditation techniques for stress relief.(Collections from various books of Theravada Budhism ).
Part-1.
Vipassana (insight) meditation
is the moment-to-moment examination of the body and mind with calm and focused
attention.
This practice brings us
directly in touch with our experience. It helps us live more fully in the
present instead of being lost in thoughts, images, regrets, and fears about the
past and future. As our minds become less distracted, we begin to see things
more clearly.
We begin to see that the bare
experience of sight, sound, sensation, and thought is one thing, and what we
make out of that bare experience is another.
We begin to see that our
happiness and suffering do not lie "out there" in the experience but
are found instead within our own minds, in how we relate to experience.
We begin to see the truth that
"all things are changing" in a much deeper way, so that we are not
trying to hold on to things.
We see we are not who we
thought we were. Our sense of separateness begins to dissolve. Loving kindness
meditation, practiced alongside vipassana, develops this new sense of
connection into a powerful force for healing and well-being.
As it becomes easier to let
go, to let life "live itself," we gain abiding happiness and peace.
Our wisdom leads to spontaneous compassion for the
relief of all suffering beings, including ourselves.
What is mindfulness
Mindfulness is the
moment-to-moment observation, with calm attention, of whatever is happening
within the body and the mind. We all have the ability to be aware in this way.
This non-judgmental and non-interfering observation is one of the keys to
unlock patterns of suffering.
Practice strengthens our
mindfulness into a powerful tool that can cut through deeply ingrained habits
that cause suffering.
Mindfulness helps us learn how
to relate to things differently, without reacting in habitual ways to what is
pleasant or unpleasant.
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