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What Is Meditation

By Kendra Cherry — 2020

Meditation can be defined as a set of techniques that are intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Meditation is also a consciousness-changing technique that has been shown to have a wide number of benefits on psychological well-being.

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Listening to Your Intuitive Self

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Beginning Buddhist Meditation - Mingyur Rinpoche

If you are beginning your meditative journey, Buddhist teacher and meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche provides simple guidance on how to connect with and develop awareness to get you started.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

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C. S. Lewis
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